And now,וְעַתָּהdo notאַלgiveתִּתְּנוּyour daughtersבְּנוֹתֵיכֶםto their sons,לִבְנֵיהֶםand do notאַלtakeתִּשְׂאוּtheir daughtersוּבְנֹתֵיהֶםfor your sons,לִבְנֵיכֶםand you shall notוְלֹאseekתִדְרְשׁוּtheir peaceשְׁלֹמָםor their goodוְטוֹבָתָםforever,עַד עוֹלָםso thatלְמַעַןyou may be strongתֶּחֶזְקוּand eatוַאֲכַלְתֶּםthe goodטוּבof the landהָאָרֶץand leave it as a possessionוְהוֹרַשְׁתֶּםto your sonsלִבְנֵיכֶםforever.’עַד עוֹלָם
Ezra 9:12
Study it in the app“And now, do not give your daughters to their sons, and do not take their daughters for your sons, and you shall not seek their peace or their good forever, so that you may be strong and eat the good of the land and leave it as a possession to your sons forever.’”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezra 9:12, word by word
- giveתִּתְּנוּtitnu
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “titnu” appears- your daughtersבְּנוֹתֵיbenote
daughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “benote” appears- to their sonsבְנֵיvene
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “vene” appears- takeתִּשְׂאוּtisu
take
To get something; with "a wife", to marry.
Where else “tisu” appears- seekתִדְרְשׁוּtidrshu
seek
To pursue something earnestly, or care for it.
Where else “tidrshu” appears- their peaceשְׁלֹמָsheloma
peace
Living without war or quarrels, in harmony.
Where else “sheloma” appears- or their goodטוֹבָתָtovata
good
What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.
Where else “tovata” appears- foreverעוֹלָםolam
forever
Time without end, beyond what a lifetime can see.
Where else “olam” appears- you may be strongתֶּחֶזְקוּtechezku
be strong
To stand firm and brave, not giving in to fear.
Where else “techezku” appears- and eatאֲכַלְתֶּםachaltem
eat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “achaltem” appears- the goodטוּבtuv
good things
The best the land gives: its goods, wealth and plenty.
Where else “tuv” appears- of the landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears- and leave it as a possessionהוֹרַשְׁתֶּםhorashtem
possess
To occupy a land and make it one's own.
Where else “horashtem” appears
The context
11which you commanded by the hand of your servants the prophets, saying, ‘The land which you are entering to possess it is a land of impurity through the impurity of the peoples of the lands, through their abominations, with which they have filled it from one end to the other with their uncleanness.
12 · This verse (above)
13And after all that has come upon us for our evil deeds and for our great guilt, for you, our Elohim, have held back punishment below our iniquity, and have given us escapees like these,