shall we againהֲנָשׁוּבbreakלְהָפֵרyour commandmentsמִצְוֺתֶיךָand intermarryוּלְהִתְחַתֵּןwith the peoplesבְּעַמֵּיof theseהָאֵלֶּהabominations?הַתֹּעֵבוֹתWould you notהֲלוֹאbe angryתֶאֱנַףwith usבָּנוּuntilעַדyou made an end of us,כַּלֵּהso that there is noלְאֵיןremnantשְׁאֵרִיתor escapees?וּפְלֵיטָה
Ezra 9:14
Study it in the app“shall we again break your commandments and intermarry with the peoples of these abominations? Would you not be angry with us until you made an end of us, so that there is no remnant or escapees?”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezra 9:14, word by word
- shall we againנָשׁוּבnashuv
again
To do something one more time.
Where else “nashuv” appears- breakהָפֵרhafer
annul
To void a covenant or vow; spoil a plan.
Where else “hafer” appears- your commandmentsמִצְוֺתֶיmitsvote
commandment
An order of God that must be kept.
Where else “mitsvote” appears- and intermarryהִתְחַתֵּןhitchaten
intermarry
To become another's family by means of a marriage.
Where else “hitchaten” appears- with the peoplesעַמֵּיame
people
A group of people united by family, land and customs: a nation.
Where else “ame” appears- abominationsתֹּעֵבוֹתtoevot
abomination
Abomination: something that a people or God rejects with disgust, above all idolatry and the practices God forbids; also a custom another people will not tolerate.
Where else “toevot” appears- be angryתֶאֱנַףteenaf
be angry
Be angry: grow very angry; it comes from a root that means "breathe hard."
Where else “teenaf” appears- you made an end of usכַּלֵּהkale
destroy
To put an end to something, destroy it.
Where else “kale” appears- remnantשְׁאֵרִיתsheerit
remnant
Remnant: those left alive after a disaster.
Where else “sheerit” appears- or escapeesפְלֵיטָהfeleta
survivors
The small group that survives a defeat or a disaster.
Where else “feleta” appears
The context
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,
14 · This verse (above)
15YHWH, the Elohim of Israel, you are righteous, for we have been left as escapees, as at this day. Here we are before you in our guilt, for it is not possible to stand before you because of this.”