Ezra
Ezra 9:12
12Now, therefore, do not give your daughters in marriage to their sons or take their daughters for your sons. Never seek their peace or prosperity, so that you may be strong and may eat the good things of the land, leaving it as an inheritance to your sons forever.’
Word by word
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Now | וְ֠עַתָּה | wə·‘at·tāh | Conjunctive waw; Adverb | H6258 now |
| therefore | וְ֠עַתָּה | wə·‘at·tāh | Conjunctive waw; Adverb | H6258 now |
| do not | אַל־ | ’al- | Adverb | H408 prohibition, do not . . ., let not . . . |
| give | תִּתְּנ֣וּ | tit·tə·nū | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural | H5414 give, put, set |
| your daughters | בְּֽנוֹתֵיכֶ֞ם | bə·nō·w·ṯê·ḵem | Noun - feminine plural construct; second person masculine plural | H1323 daughter |
| to their sons | לִבְנֵיהֶ֗ם | liḇ·nê·hem | Preposition-l; Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine plural | H1121 son |
| or take | תִּשְׂא֣וּ | tiś·’ū | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural | H5375 lift, take, carry |
| their daughters | וּבְנֹֽתֵיהֶם֙ | ū·ḇə·nō·ṯê·hem | Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine plural construct; third person masculine plural | H1323 daughter |
| for your sons | לִבְנֵיכֶ֔ם | liḇ·nê·ḵem | Preposition-l; Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine plural | H1121 son |
| Never | וְלֹֽא־ | wə·lō- | Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| seek | תִדְרְשׁ֧וּ | ṯiḏ·rə·šū | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural | H1875 resort to, seek |
| their peace | שְׁלֹמָ֛ם | šə·lō·mām | Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine plural | H7965 completeness, soundness, welfare, peace |
| or prosperity | וְטוֹבָתָ֖ם | wə·ṭō·w·ḇā·ṯām | Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine plural | H2896 pleasant, agreeable, good |
| so that | לְמַ֣עַן | lə·ma·‘an | Conjunction | H4616 purpose, intent |
| you may be strong | תֶּחֶזְק֗וּ | te·ḥez·qū | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural | H2388 be or grow firm, strong, strengthen |
| and may eat | וַאֲכַלְתֶּם֙ | wa·’ă·ḵal·tem | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural | H398 eat |
| the good things | ט֣וּב | ṭūḇ | Noun - masculine singular construct | H2898 good things, goods, goodness |
| of the land | הָאָ֔רֶץ | hā·’ā·reṣ | Article; Noun - feminine singular | H776 earth, land |
| leaving it as an inheritance | וְהוֹרַשְׁתֶּ֥ם | wə·hō·w·raš·tem | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural | H3423 take possession of, inherit, dispossess |
| to your sons | לִבְנֵיכֶ֖ם | liḇ·nê·ḵem | Preposition-l; Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine plural | H1121 son |
| forever | עַד־ | ‘aḏ- | Preposition | H5704 as far as, even to, up to, until, while |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Deuteronomy 7:3 · Deuteronomy 23:6 · Joshua 23:12–13 · Exodus 34:15–16 · Proverbs 13:22 · 2 John 1:10–11 · Proverbs 20:7 · Psalm 112:1–2 · Genesis 18:18–19 · Isaiah 1:19 · Exodus 23:32 · Ezra 9:2
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.