Study it in the app“And I proclaimed a fast there, at the river Ahava, to afflict ourselves before our Elohim, to seek from him a straight way for us and for our little ones and for all our goods.”
And I proclaimedוָאֶקְרָאa fastצוֹםthere,שָׁםatעַלthe riverהַנָּהָרAhava,אַהֲוָאto afflict ourselvesלְהִתְעַנּוֹתbeforeלִפְנֵיour Elohim,אֱלֹהֵינוּto seekלְבַקֵּשׁfrom himמִמֶּנּוּa straightיְשָׁרָהwayדֶּרֶךְfor usלָנוּand for our little onesוּלְטַפֵּנוּand for allוּלְכָלour goods.רְכוּשֵׁנוּ
proclaim
To announce aloud.
Where else “ekra” appearsfast
Fast: going without food for a time, as a sign of mourning, of sorrow for sin, or of pleading with God.
Where else “tsom” appearsriver
River, stream; above all the Euphrates ("the River") or the Nile.
Where else “nahar” appearsAhava
Ahava: the name of a place and of a river or canal of Babylonia, where Ezra gathered those who were going up to Jerusalem and proclaimed a fast.
Where else “ahava” appearshumble
To humble, or humble oneself; to fast.
Where else “hitanot” appearsbefore
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appearsseek
To go after someone or something in order to find it.
Where else “vakesh” appearsstraight
Without bends or lean, like a straight road or a straight foot.
Where else “yeshara” appearsmanner
The way one lives and acts.
Where else “derech” appearslittle ones
Little ones: the children of a family.
Where else “tape” appearspossessions
Goods, possessions, property.
Where else “rechushe” appears20and of the Nethinim, whom David and the officials had given for the service of the Levites, two hundred twenty Nethinim; all of them were designated by name.
21 · This verse (above)
22For I was ashamed to ask of the king troops and horsemen to help us against the enemy on the way, because we had said to the king, saying, “The hand of our Elohim is on all who seek him for good, and his strength and his anger are against all who forsake him.”
