and I said,וָאֹמְרָה“My Elohim,אֱלֹהַיI am ashamedבֹּשְׁתִּיand humiliatedוְנִכְלַמְתִּיto liftלְהָרִיםmy face,פָּנַיmy Elohim,אֱלֹהַיto you,אֵלֶיךָforכִּיour iniquitiesעֲוֺנֹתֵינוּhave multipliedרָבוּhigher thanלְמַעְלָהour head,רֹּאשׁand our guiltוְאַשְׁמָתֵנוּhas grownגָדְלָהup toעַד לַthe heavens.שָּׁמָיִם
Ezra 9:6
Study it in the app“and I said, “My Elohim, I am ashamed and humiliated to lift my face, my Elohim, to you, for our iniquities have multiplied higher than our head, and our guilt has grown up to the heavens.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezra 9:6, 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- “My Elohimאֱלֹהַeloha
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “eloha” appears- I am ashamedבֹּשְׁתִּיboshti
be ashamed
To feel disgrace and distress over something bad one did or that befell him.
Where else “boshti” appears- and humiliatedנִכְלַמְתִּיnichlamti
be ashamed, humiliate
Put to shame, humiliate; be put to shame.
Where else “nichlamti” appears- to liftהָרִיםharim
lift up
To put on high: to raise the voice, praise God, or be God lifting up the lowly.
Where else “harim” appears- my faceפָּנַpana
face
The front of the head, of someone or of God.
Where else “pana” appears- our iniquitiesעֲוֺנֹתֵיavonote
iniquity
A serious wrong.
Where else “avonote” appears- have multipliedרָבוּravu
multiply
To grow in number.
Where else “ravu” appears- higher thanמַעְלָmala
above
Upward, above; with ages, "twenty years old or more".
Where else “mala” appears- our headרֹּאשׁrosh
head
The upper part of the body, where the face and hair are.
Where else “rosh” appears- and our guiltאַשְׁמָתֵashmate
guilt
Guilt: the responsibility that remains for having done wrong; also an offense.
Where else “ashmate” appears- has grownגָדְלָהgadla
make great
To give someone importance; do wonderful deeds.
Where else “gadla” appears- the heavensשָּׁמָיִםshamayim
sky
The high space seen above the earth, where the birds, clouds, sun and stars are.
Where else “shamayim” appears
The context
5And at the evening offering I rose from my affliction, and having torn my garment and my robe, I fell on my knees and spread out my hands to YHWH my Elohim,
6 · This verse (above)
7From the days of our fathers we have been in great guilt until this day; and for our iniquities we have been given, our kings, and our priests, into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity, and to plunder, and to shame of face, as at this day.