Forכִּיthe priestsהַכֹּהֲנִיםand the Levitesוְהַלְוִיִּםhad purified themselvesהִטַּהֲרוּas one;כְּאֶחָדall of themכֻּלָּםwere clean.טְהוֹרִיםAnd they slaughteredוַיִּשְׁחֲטוּthe Passoverהַפֶּסַחfor allלְכָלthe sonsבְּנֵיof the exile,הַגּוֹלָהand for their brothersוְלַאֲחֵיהֶםthe priests,הַכֹּהֲנִיםand for themselves.וְלָהֶם
Ezra 6:20
Study it in the app“For the priests and the Levites had purified themselves as one; all of them were clean. And they slaughtered the Passover for all the sons of the exile, and for their brothers the priests, and for themselves.”
With the Aramaic beneath
Ezra 6:20, word by word
- the priestsכֹּהֲנִיםkohanim
priest
One who serves in the sanctuary and offers for the people.
Where else “kohanim” appears- and the Levitesלְוִיִּםleviyim
Levite
Levite: of the tribe of Levi.
Where else “leviyim” appears- had purified themselvesהִטַּהֲרוּhitaharu
be clean
To be free of uncleanness under the law.
Where else “hitaharu” appears- as oneאֶחָדechad
united
United as one: "YHWH is one".
Where else “echad” appears- were cleanטְהוֹרִיםtehorim
clean
Fit under the law for worship, without stain.
Where else “tehorim” appears- And they slaughteredיִּשְׁחֲטוּyishchatu
slaughter
To kill an animal by cutting its throat, to sacrifice it or to eat.
Where else “yishchatu” appears- the Passoverפֶּסַחpesach
Passover
Passover (pesach): the festival that recalls the night when God "passed over" the houses of Israel and brought them out of Egypt; also the animal sacrificed that night.
Where else “pesach” appears- the sonsבְּנֵיbene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appears- of the exileגּוֹלָהgola
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- and for their brothersאֲחֵיache
countryman
Someone of the same people, or a friend.
Where else “ache” appears
The context
19And the sons of the exile celebrated the Passover on the fourteenth of the first month.
20 · This verse (above)
21And the sons of Israel who had returned from the exile ate, and everyone who had separated himself from the uncleanness of the nations of the land to join them, to seek YHWH, the Elohim of Israel.