Ezra 10:2
Then Shecaniah son of Jehiel, an Elamite, said to Ezra: “We have been unfaithful to our God by marrying foreign women from the people of the land, yet in spite of this, there is hope for Israel.
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ASV
And Shecaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have married foreign women of the peoples of the land: yet now there is hope for Israel concerning this thing.
KJV
And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have taken strange wives of the people of the land: yet now there is hope in Israel concerning this thing.
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22 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וַיַּעַן֩ | vai.ya.'An | and he answered | H6030 → |
| שְׁכַנְיָ֨ה | she.khan.Yah | Shecaniah | H7935 → |
| בֶן־ | ven- | [the] son of | H1121 → |
| יְחִיאֵ֜ל | ye.chi.'El | Jehiel | H3171 → |
| מִבְּנֵ֤י | mi.be.Nei | one of [the] descendants of | H1121 → |
| עֵילָם֙ | o.lam | Elam | H5867 → |
| וַיֹּ֣אמֶר | vai.Yo.mer | and he said | H559 → |
| לְעֶזְרָ֔א | le.'ez.Ra' | to Ezra | H5830 → |
| אֲנַ֙חְנוּ֙ | 'a.Nach.nu | we | H587 → |
| מָעַ֣לְנוּ | ma.'Al.nu | we have acted unfaithfully | H4603 → |
| בֵאלֹהֵ֔ינוּ | ve.lo.Hei.nu | against God our | H430 → |
| וַנֹּ֛שֶׁב | va.No.shev | and we have married | H3427 → |
| נָשִׁ֥ים | na.Shim | women | H802 → |
| נָכְרִיּ֖וֹת | na.khe.ri.Yot | foreign | H5237 → |
| מֵעַמֵּ֣י | me.'a.Mei | from [the] peoples of | H5971 → |
| הָאָ֑רֶץ | ha.'A.retz | the land | H776 → |
| וְעַתָּ֛ה | ve.'a.Tah | and now | H6258 → |
| יֵשׁ־ | yesh- | there | H3426 → |
| מִקְוֶ֥ה | mik.Veh | [is] hope | H4723 → |
| לְיִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל | le.Yis.ra.'El | for Israel | H3478 → |
| עַל־ | 'al- | on | H5921 → |
| זֹֽאת׃ | Zot | this | H2063 → |
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