Hebrew Interlinear

Ezra 9:3 Interlinear

And when I heard this thing I rent my garment and my mantle and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard and sat down astonied

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וּכְשָׁמְעִי֙H8085And when I heardto hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
2אֶתH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
3הַדָּבָ֣רH1697this thinga word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
4הַזֶּ֔הH2088the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that
5קָרַ֥עְתִּיH7167I rentto rend, literally or figuratively (revile, paint the eyes, as if enlarging them)
6אֶתH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
7בִּגְדִ֖יH899my garmenta covering, i.e., clothing
8וּמְעִילִ֑יH4598and my mantlea robe (i.e., upper and outer garment)
9וָֽאֶמְרְטָ֞הH4803and plucked offto polish; by implication, to make bald (the head), to gall (the shoulder); also, to sharpen
10מִשְּׂעַ֤רH8181the hairhair (as if tossed or bristling)
11רֹאשִׁי֙H7218of my headthe head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
12וּזְקָנִ֔יH2206and of my beardthe beard (as indicating age)
13וָאֵֽשְׁבָ֖הH3427and sat downproperly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
14מְשׁוֹמֵֽם׃H8074astoniedto stun (or intransitively, grow numb), i.e., devastate or (figuratively) stupefy (both usually in a passive sense)

Verse Context

Ezra 9:2 For they have taken of their daughters for themselves and for their sons have mingled...
Ezra 9:3 (current)And when I heard this thing I rent my garment and my mantle and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard and sat down astonied
Ezra 9:4 Then were assembled unto me every one that trembled at the words of the God...

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