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And the offspringוַ זֶרַעof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלseparated themselvesיִּבָּדְלוּfromמִallכֹּלforeigners,בְּנֵי נֵכָרand they stoodוַיַּעַמְדוּand confessedוַיִּתְוַדּוּtheir sinsעַל חַטֹּאתֵיהֶםand the iniquitiesוַעֲוֺנוֹתof their fathers.אֲבֹתֵיהֶם
Nehemiah 9:2
Study it in the app“And the offspring of Israel separated themselves from all foreigners, and they stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers.”
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Nehemiah 9:2, word by word
- And the offspringזֶרַעzera
offspring
The children, grandchildren and whole line that come from someone.
Where else “zera” appears- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
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” appears- separated themselvesיִּבָּדְלוּyibadlu
separate
Separate, make a distinction between two things; also set something apart for a purpose.
Where else “yibadlu” appears- foreignersבְּנֵיbene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appears- foreignersנֵכָרnechar
foreign
What is foreign; "son of a foreigner" is someone of another people.
Where else “nechar” appears- and they stoodיַּעַמְדוּyaamdu
stand
To be on one's feet, firm in a place, or to rise up to act.
Where else “yaamdu” appears- and confessedיִּתְוַדּוּyitvadu
confess
To own aloud before God and others one's own sins.
Where else “yitvadu” appears- their sinsחַטֹּאתֵיchatote
sin
Failing God, not doing what he asks.
Where else “chatote” appears- and the iniquitiesעֲוֺנוֹתavonot
iniquity
A serious wrong.
Where else “avonot” appears- of their fathersאֲבֹתֵיavote
forefather
Ancestors, those who came before in the family.
Where else “avote” appears
The context
1And on the twenty-fourth day of this month the sons of Israel gathered with fasting and in sackcloth and with earth on them.
2 · This verse (above)
3And they stood up in their place and read in the book of the law of YHWH their Elohim a fourth of the day, and for another fourth they were confessing and prostrating themselves before YHWH their Elohim.