Hebrew Interlinear
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
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | כִּֽי | H3588 | (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed | |
| 2 | נָשְׂא֣וּ | H5375 | For they have taken | to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative |
| 3 | מִבְּנֹֽתֵיהֶ֗ם | H1323 | of their daughters | a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively) |
| 4 | לָהֶם֙ | H1992 | they (only used when emphatic) | |
| 5 | וְלִבְנֵיהֶ֔ם | H1121 | for themselves and for their sons | a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or |
| 6 | וְהִתְעָֽרְבוּ֙ | H6148 | have mingled | to braid, i.e., intermix; technically, to traffic (as if by barter); also or give to be security (as a kind of exchange) |
| 7 | זֶ֣רַע | H2233 | seed | seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity |
| 8 | הַקֹּ֔דֶשׁ | H6944 | so that the holy | a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity |
| 9 | בְּעַמֵּ֖י | H5971 | themselves with the people | a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock |
| 10 | הָֽאֲרָצ֑וֹת | H776 | of those lands | the earth (at large, or partitively a land) |
| 11 | וְיַ֧ד | H3027 | yea the hand | a 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 |
| 12 | הַשָּׂרִ֣ים | H8269 | of the princes | a head person (of any rank or class) |
| 13 | וְהַסְּגָנִ֗ים | H5461 | and rulers | a prfect of a province |
| 14 | הָ֥יְתָ֛ה | H1961 | to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary) | |
| 15 | בַּמַּ֥עַל | H4604 | in this trespass | treachery, i.e., sin |
| 16 | הַזֶּ֖ה | H2088 | the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that | |
| 17 | רִֽאשׁוֹנָֽה׃ | H7223 | hath been chief | first, 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 ...