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ForכִּיEzraעֶזְרָאhad setהֵכִיןhis heartלְבָבוֹto seekלִדְרוֹשׁthe lawאֶת תּוֹרַתof YHWHיְהוָהand to do it,וְלַעֲשֹׂתand to teachוּלְלַמֵּדin Israelבְּיִשְׂרָאֵלstatuteחֹקand rule.וּמִשְׁפָּט
Ezra 7:10
Study it in the app“For Ezra had set his heart to seek the law of YHWH and to do it, and to teach in Israel statute and rule.”
With the Hebrew and Aramaic beneath
Ezra 7:10, word by word
- Ezraעֶזְרָאezra
Ezra
Ezra: a priest and scribe, a descendant of Aaron, who went up from Babylon to Jerusalem to teach the law. Also another man of the same name in Nehemiah. The name means "help".
Where else “ezra” appears- had setהֵכִיןhechin
establish
To make something firm, establish it.
Where else “hechin” appears- his heartלְבָבlevav
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, desire and decide.
Where else “levav” appears- to seekדְרוֹשׁderosh
seek
To pursue something earnestly, or care for it.
Where else “derosh” appears- the lawתּוֹרַתtorat
law
Literally "teaching": what YHWH commands, written in Moses' book.
Where else “torat” appears- of YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- and to do itעֲשֹׂתasot
carry out
To do what is commanded.
Where else “asot” appears- and to teachלַמֵּדlamed
teach
To instruct another with words or example, so that he learns.
Where else “lamed” appears- in Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- statuteחֹקchok
statute
A rule that God or a king sets and that must be kept.
Where else “chok” appears- and ruleמִשְׁפָּטmishpat
rule
Each of the rules the law gives for concrete cases of life.
Where else “mishpat” appears
Translation note
“Seek the law”: study it diligently in order to know what it requires.
The context
9For on the first day of the first month was the beginning of the going up from Babylon, and on the first day of the fifth month he came to Jerusalem, according to the good hand of his Elohim upon him.
10 · This verse (above)
11And this is the copy of the letter that King Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priest, the scribe, a scribe of the words of the commandments of YHWH and of his statutes for Israel: