Ezra
Ezra 9:11
11that You gave through Your servants the prophets, saying: ‘The land that you are entering to possess is a land polluted by the impurity of its peoples and the abominations with which they have filled it from end to end.
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| that | אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ’ă·šer | Pronoun - relative | H834 particle of relation |
| You gave | צִוִּ֗יתָ | ṣiw·wî·ṯā | Verb - Piel - Perfect - second person masculine singular | H6680 lay charge (upon), give charge (to), charge, command, order |
| through | בְּיַ֨ד | bə·yaḏ | Preposition-b; Noun - feminine singular construct | H3027 hand |
| Your servants | עֲבָדֶ֣יךָ | ‘ă·ḇā·ḏe·ḵā | Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine singular | H5650 slave, servant |
| the prophets | הַנְּבִיאִים֮ | han·nə·ḇî·’îm | Article; Noun - masculine plural | H5030 spokesman, speaker, prophet |
| saying | לֵאמֹר֒ | lê·mōr | Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | H559 utter, say |
| The land | הָאָ֗רֶץ | hā·’ā·reṣ | Article; Noun - feminine singular | H776 earth, land |
| that | אֲשֶׁ֨ר | ’ă·šer | Pronoun - relative | H834 particle of relation |
| you | אַתֶּ֤ם | ’at·tem | Pronoun - second person masculine plural | H859 thou |
| are entering | בָּאִים֙ | bā·’îm | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural | H935 come in, come, go in, go |
| to possess | לְרִשְׁתָּ֔הּ | lə·riš·tāh | Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct; third person feminine singular | H3423 take possession of, inherit, dispossess |
| is | הִ֔יא | hî | Pronoun - third person feminine singular | H1931 he, she |
| a land | אֶ֤רֶץ | ’e·reṣ | Noun - feminine singular construct | H776 earth, land |
| polluted | נִדָּה֙ | nid·dāh | Noun - feminine singular | H5079 impurity |
| by the impurity | בְּנִדַּ֖ת | bə·nid·daṯ | Preposition-b; Noun - feminine singular construct | H5079 impurity |
| of its peoples | עַמֵּ֣י | ‘am·mê | Noun - masculine plural construct | H5971 people |
| and the abominations | בְּתוֹעֲבֹֽתֵיהֶ֗ם | bə·ṯō·w·‘ă·ḇō·ṯê·hem | Preposition-b; Noun - feminine plural construct; third person masculine plural | H8441 abomination |
| with which | אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ’ă·šer | Pronoun - relative | H834 particle of relation |
| they have filled it | מִלְא֛וּהָ | mil·’ū·hā | Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural; third person feminine singular | H4390 be full, fill |
| from end | מִפֶּ֥ה | mip·peh | Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular | H6310 mouth |
| to | אֶל־ | ’el- | Preposition | H413 motion to |
| end | פֶּ֖ה | peh | Noun - masculine singular | H6310 mouth |
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Leviticus 18:24–30 · Ezra 6:21
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.