Forכִּיthey have takenנָשְׂאוּof their daughtersמִבְּנֹתֵיהֶםfor themselvesלָהֶםand for their sons,וְלִבְנֵיהֶםandוְthe holyהַקֹּדֶשׁoffspringזֶרַעhas mixed itselfהִתְעָרְבוּwith the peoplesבְּעַמֵּיof the lands;הָאֲרָצוֹתand the handוְיַדof the officialsהַשָּׂרִיםand the officialsוְהַסְּגָנִיםhas beenהָיְתָהfirstרִאשׁוֹנָהin thisהַזֶּהunfaithfulness.”בַּמַּעַל
Ezra 9:2
Study it in the app“For they have taken of their daughters for themselves and for their sons, and the holy offspring has mixed itself with the peoples of the lands; and the hand of the officials and the officials has been first in this unfaithfulness.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezra 9:2, word by word
- they have takenנָשְׂאוּnasu
take
To get something; with "a wife", to marry.
Where else “nasu” appears- of their daughtersבְּנֹתֵיbenote
daughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “benote” appears- and for their sonsבְנֵיvene
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “vene” appears- the holyקֹּדֶשׁkodesh
holy thing
Something set apart for God: a day, an offering.
Where else “kodesh” appears- offspringזֶרַעzera
offspring
The children, grandchildren and whole line that come from someone.
Where else “zera” appears- has mixed itselfהִתְעָרְבוּhitarvu
mingle
To mingle with others until one is no longer distinct.
Where else “hitarvu” appears- with the peoplesעַמֵּיame
people
A group of people united by family, land and customs: a nation.
Where else “ame” appears- of the landsאֲרָצוֹתaratsot
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “aratsot” appears- and the handיַדyad
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yad” appears- of the officialsשָּׂרִיםsarim
chief
Someone set over others, in the army or in the state.
Where else “sarim” appears- and the officialsסְּגָנִיםseganim
official, magistrate
Official, magistrate: one who holds a government office under a higher chief. In Ezra and Nehemiah, the authorities of the people together with the leaders.
Where else “seganim” appears- has beenהָיְתָהhayta
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “hayta” appears- firstרִאשׁוֹנָהrishona
first
What comes ahead in order or in time; the first.
Where else “rishona” appears- unfaithfulnessמַּעַלmaal
unfaithfulness
Unfaithfulness, a breach of trust.
Where else “maal” appears
The context
1And when these things were finished, the officials approached me, saying, “The people of Israel and the priests and the Levites have not separated themselves from the peoples of the lands, according to their abominations, those of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Perizzite, the Jebusite, the Ammonite, the Moabite, the Egyptian, and the Amorite.
2 · This verse (above)
3And when I heard this thing, I tore my garment and my robe, and pulled out some of the hair of my head and my beard, and sat appalled.