Ezra 10:8

“and that everyone who did not come within three days, according to the counsel of the officials and the elders, all his goods would be devoted to destruction, and he himself would be separated from the assembly of the exiles.”

Ezra 10:8 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ezra 10:8, word by word

comeיָבוֹאyavo

come

To come, arrive: "days are coming".

Where else “yavo” appears
within threeשְׁלֹשֶׁתsheloshet

three

A quantity of three: three persons or things together.

Where else “sheloshet” appears
daysיָּמִיםyamim

day

The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.

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according to the counselעֲצַתatsat

counsel

What is said to someone to help him decide what to do.

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of the officialsשָּׂרִיםsarim

chief

Someone set over others, in the army or in the state.

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and the eldersזְּקֵנִיםzekenim

elder

The senior men who led a city or the people.

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his goodsרְכוּשׁrechush

possessions

Goods, possessions, property.

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would be devoted to destructionיָחֳרַםyachoram

devote to destruction

To give something wholly to YHWH, often by destroying it.

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would be separatedיִבָּדֵלyibadel

separate

Separate, make a distinction between two things; also set something apart for a purpose.

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from the assemblyקְּהַלkehal

assembly

The people gathered before YHWH.

Where else “kehal” appears
of the exilesגּוֹלָהgola

exile, exiles

Exile: being taken by force from one's own land to live in that of another people; also the whole body of exiles (2 Kings 24:15-16; Jeremiah 29:1; Ezra 1:11).

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Translation note

“Devoted to destruction”: the same word as in Leviticus 27:28; here the goods stopped belonging to their owner and became a devoted thing.

The context

7And they made a proclamation pass throughout Judah and Jerusalem to all the sons of the exile to gather at Jerusalem,

8 · This verse (above)

9And all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered at Jerusalem within three days; it was the ninth month, on the twentieth of the month. And all the people sat in the square of the house of Elohim, trembling because of the matter and because of the rains.

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