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And when I heardוּכְשָׁמְעִיthisהַזֶּהthing,הַדָּבָרI toreקָרַעְתִּיmy garmentבִּגְדִיand my robe,וּמְעִילִיand pulled outוָאֶמְרְטָהsome of the hairמִשְּׂעַרof my headרֹאשִׁיand my beard,וּזְקָנִיand satוָאֵשְׁבָהappalled.מְשׁוֹמֵם
Ezra 9:3
Study it in the app“And 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezra 9:3, word by word
- And when I heardשָׁמְעִshami
hear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “shami” appears- thingדָּבָרdavar
thing
A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.
Where else “davar” appears- I toreקָרַעְתִּיkarati
tear
To rip one's clothes in great grief.
Where else “karati” appears- my garmentבִּגְדִbigdi
garment
A garment with which someone covers the body, or a blanket for warmth.
Where else “bigdi” appears- and my robeמְעִילִmeili
robe
Robe: a long garment without sleeves worn over the tunic.
Where else “meili” appears- and pulled outאֶמְרְטָemrta
pull out hair
To pull out someone's hair or beard, as a gesture of grief or humiliation.
Where else “emrta” appears- some of the hairשְּׂעַרsear
hair
Hair, body hair.
Where else “sear” appears- of my headרֹאשִׁroshi
head
The upper part of the body, where the face and hair are.
Where else “roshi” appears- and my beardזְקָנִzekani
beard
Beard; also the chin.
Where else “zekani” appears- and satאֵשְׁבָeshva
sit
To sit; or sit on the throne to reign.
Where else “eshva” appears- appalledמְשׁוֹמֵםmeshomem
be appalled
To be struck with dread at the ruin.
Where else “meshomem” appears
Translation note
Tearing one’s clothes and pulling out one’s hair were signs of mourning and of horror.
The context
2For 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.”
3 · This verse (above)
4And to me gathered everyone who trembled at the words of the Elohim of Israel because of the unfaithfulness of the exiles, while I sat appalled until the evening offering.