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So we fastedוַנָּצוּמָהand soughtוַנְּבַקְשָׁהfrom our Elohimמֵאֱלֹהֵינוּconcerningעַלthis,זֹאתand he let himself be entreatedוַיֵּעָתֵרby us.לָנוּ
Ezra 8:23
Study it in the app“So we fasted and sought from our Elohim concerning this, and he let himself be entreated by us.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezra 8:23, word by word
- So we fastedנָּצוּמָnatsuma
fast
Fast: go without food for a time, as a sign of grief or to seek God.
Where else “natsuma” appears- and soughtנְּבַקְשָׁnevaksha
seek God
To turn to YHWH to find him: to come to him and long for his presence.
Where else “nevaksha” appears- from our Elohimאֱלֹהֵיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears- and he let himself be entreatedיֵּעָתֵרyeater
be entreated
God accepts the plea and responds.
Where else “yeater” appears
The context
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.”
23 · This verse (above)
24And I set apart twelve of the leaders of the priests: Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and with them ten of their brothers;