Ezra 8:28

“And I said to them, “You are holy to YHWH, and the utensils are holy, and the silver and the gold are a freewill offering to YHWH, the Elohim of your fathers.”

Ezra 8:28 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ezra 8:28, word by word

And I saidאֹמְרָomra

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

Where else “omra” appears
are holyקֹדֶשׁkodesh

holy thing

Something set apart for God: a day, an offering.

Where else “kodesh” appears
to YHWHיהוָהyhva

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.

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and the utensilsכֵּלִיםkelim

utensil

Something for use: tools, jewels, travel gear.

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and the silverכֶּסֶףkesef

silver

A white, valuable metal, the one most used after gold.

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and the goldזָּהָבzahav

gold

Gold.

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are a freewill offeringנְדָבָהnedava

freewill offering

An offering given without being asked.

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the Elohimאֱלֹהֵיelohe

Elohim

The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.

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of your fathersאֲבֹתֵיavote

forefather

Ancestors, those who came before in the family.

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The context

27and twenty bowls of gold worth a thousand darics, and two utensils of good shining bronze, desirable as gold.

28 · This verse (above)

29Keep watch and guard them until you weigh them before the leaders of the priests and the Levites and the leaders of the fathers’ houses of Israel in Jerusalem, in the chambers of the house of YHWH.”

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