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Ezra 9:2 Interlinear

For they have taken of their daughters for themselves and for their sons have mingled seed so that the holy themselves with the people of those lands yea the hand of the princes and rulers in this trespass hath been chief

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1כִּֽיH3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
2נָשְׂא֣וּH5375For they have takento lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
3מִבְּנֹֽתֵיהֶ֗םH1323of their daughtersa daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
4לָהֶם֙H1992they (only used when emphatic)
5וְלִבְנֵיהֶ֔םH1121for themselves and for their sonsa son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
6וְהִתְעָֽרְבוּ֙H6148have mingledto braid, i.e., intermix; technically, to traffic (as if by barter); also or give to be security (as a kind of exchange)
7זֶ֣רַעH2233seedseed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity
8הַקֹּ֔דֶשׁH6944so that the holya sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity
9בְּעַמֵּ֖יH5971themselves with the peoplea people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
10הָֽאֲרָצ֑וֹתH776of those landsthe earth (at large, or partitively a land)
11וְיַ֧דH3027yea the handa hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from h3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great v
12הַשָּׂרִ֣יםH8269of the princesa head person (of any rank or class)
13וְהַסְּגָנִ֗יםH5461and rulersa prfect of a province
14הָ֥יְתָ֛הH1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
15בַּמַּ֥עַלH4604in this trespasstreachery, i.e., sin
16הַזֶּ֖הH2088the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that
17רִֽאשׁוֹנָֽה׃H7223hath been chieffirst, in place, time or rank (as adjective or noun)

Verse Context

Ezra 9:1Now when these things were done came the princes to me saying...
Ezra 9:2 (current) For they have taken of their daughters for themselves and for their sons have mingled seed so that the holy themselves with the people of those lands yea the hand of the princes and rulers in this trespass hath been chief
Ezra 9:3And when I heard this thing I rent ...

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