Study it in the app“So 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.”
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
So Ezraוַ עֶזְרָאthe priestהַכֹּהֵןbroughtיָּבִיאthe lawהַתּוֹרָהbeforeלִפְנֵיthe assembly,הַקָּהָלfrom manמֵאִישׁtoוְעַדwoman,אִשָּׁהand allוְכֹלwho could understandמֵבִיןto listen,לִשְׁמֹעַon the first dayבְּיוֹם אֶחָדof the seventhהַשְּׁבִיעִיmonth.לַחֹדֶשׁ
Ezra
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” appearspriest
One who serves in the sanctuary and offers for the people.
Where else “kohen” appearsbring
To bring something or someone.
Where else “yavi” appearslaw
Literally "teaching": what YHWH commands, written in Moses' book.
Where else “tora” appearsbefore
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appearsassembly
The people gathered before YHWH.
Where else “kahal” appearsman
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appearswoman
An adult female person: single, married or widowed.
Where else “isha” appearsunderstand
To understand, realize.
Where else “mevin” appearslisten
To pay close attention, or heed a plea.
Where else “shemoa” appearsday
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appearsfirst
Literally "one": day one of the month.
Where else “echad” appearsseventh
Seventh.
Where else “shevii” appearsmonth
A period of about thirty days, from one new moon to the next.
Where else “chodesh” appears1And 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.
2 · This verse (above)
3And he read in it before the square that is in front of the Water Gate, from the light until the middle of the day, in front of the men and the women and those who could understand; and the ears of all the people were toward the book of the law.
