and that everyoneוְכֹלwhoאֲשֶׁרdid notלֹאcomeיָבוֹאwithin threeלִשְׁלֹשֶׁתdays,הַיָּמִיםaccording to the counselכַּעֲצַתof the officialsהַשָּׂרִיםand the elders,וְהַזְּקֵנִיםallכָּלhis goodsרְכוּשׁוֹwould be devoted to destruction,יָחֳרַםand he himselfוְהוּאwould be separatedיִבָּדֵלfrom the assemblyמִקְּהַלof the exiles.הַגּוֹלָה
Ezra 10:8
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
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.
Where else “yamim” appears- according to the counselעֲצַתatsat
counsel
What is said to someone to help him decide what to do.
Where else “atsat” appears- of the officialsשָּׂרִיםsarim
chief
Someone set over others, in the army or in the state.
Where else “sarim” appears- and the eldersזְּקֵנִיםzekenim
elder
The senior men who led a city or the people.
Where else “zekenim” appears- his goodsרְכוּשׁrechush
possessions
Goods, possessions, property.
Where else “rechush” appears- would be devoted to destructionיָחֳרַםyachoram
devote to destruction
To give something wholly to YHWH, often by destroying it.
Where else “yachoram” appears- would be separatedיִבָּדֵלyibadel
separate
Separate, make a distinction between two things; also set something apart for a purpose.
Where else “yibadel” appears- 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).
Where else “gola” appears
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.