Study it in the app“And Ezra blessed YHWH, the great Elohim; and all the people answered, “Amen, amen,” lifting up their hands; and they bowed and prostrated themselves before YHWH with their faces to the ground.”
Ezra reads the law from morning until midday, and all the people listen closelyThe Word of God
And Ezraוַ עֶזְרָאblessedיְבָרֶךְYHWH,יְהוָהthe greatהַגָּדוֹלElohim;הָאֱלֹהִיםand allוַ כָלthe peopleהָעָםanswered,יַּעֲנוּ“Amen,אָמֵןamen,”אָמֵןlifting upבְּמֹעַלtheir hands;יְדֵיהֶםand they bowedוַיִּקְּדוּand prostrated themselvesוַיִּשְׁתַּחֲוֻּbefore YHWHלַיהוָהwith their facesאַפַּיִםto the ground.אָרְצָה
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” appearsbless
God gives good things: life, children, harvests.
Where else “yevarech” 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” appearsgreat
Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.
Where else “gadol” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appearscrowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appearsanswer
To reply to what was said.
Where else “yaanu” appearsamen
Amen: "so it is," "so be it." Whoever says it accepts as firm and true what has just been said.
Where else “amen” appearslifting up
The act of lifting up the hands, as a gesture of prayer or of agreement.
Where else “moal” appearshand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yede” appearsbow down
Bow the head or the body as a sign of respect.
Where else “yikdu” appearsworship
To bow before God in adoration.
Where else “yishtachavu” appearsface
A person's face: it is bowed to the ground to honor, and "before someone" is in front of his face.
Where else “apayim” appearsground
What is underfoot: bowing down to touch it.
Where else “artsa” appears5And Ezra opened the book before the eyes of all the people, for he was above all the people; and when he opened it, all the people stood up.
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7And Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites were making the people understand the law, and the people were in their place.
