Study it in the app“And all the people gathered as one man into the square that is in front of the Water Gate, and they told Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which YHWH had commanded Israel.”
Ezra reads the law from morning until midday, and all the people listen closelyThe Word of GodAll the people gather as one man to hear the lawThe Church and Community
And allוַ כָלthe peopleהָעָםgatheredיֵּאָסְפוּasכְּoneאֶחָדmanאִישׁintoאֶלthe squareהָרְחוֹבthatאֲשֶׁרisin front ofלִפְנֵיthe WaterהַמָּיִםGate,שַׁעַרand they toldוַיֹּאמְרוּEzraלְעֶזְרָאthe scribeהַסֹּפֵרto bringלְהָבִיאthe bookסֵפֶרof the lawתּוֹרַתof Moses,מֹשֶׁהwhichאֲשֶׁרYHWHיְהוָהhad commandedצִוָּהIsrael.יִשְׂרָאֵל
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appearsassemble
To bring people together in one place.
Where else “yeasfu” appearsunited
United as one: "YHWH is one".
Where else “echad” appearsman
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appearssquare
Square: the open space of a town.
Where else “rechov” appearsbefore
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appearswater
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appearsgate
The entrance of a city or house, with doors that close.
Where else “shaar” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomru” appearsEzra
Ezra: a priest and scribe, a descendant of Aaron, who went up from Babylon to Jerusalem to teach the law. Also another man of the same name in Nehemiah. The name means "help".
Where else “ezra” appearsscribe
An official who writes and reads the documents of the king or the temple.
Where else “sofer” appearsbring
To bring something or someone.
Where else “havi” appearsbook
A scroll of skin or papyrus on which law, history or a record is written.
Where else “sefer” appearslaw
Literally "teaching": what YHWH commands, written in Moses' book.
Where else “torat” appearsMoses
Moses, the man God called to bring Israel out of Egypt and through whom he gave the Law. His name sounds like "draw out" (Exodus 2:10).
Where else “moshe” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearscommand
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “tsiva” appearsIsrael
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears1 · This verse (above)
2So Ezra the priest brought the law before the assembly, from man to woman, and all who could understand to listen, on the first day of the seventh month.
