Ezra
Ezra 9:6
6and said:
“O my God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift up my face to You, my God, because our iniquities are higher than our heads, and our guilt has reached the heavens.
Word by word
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| and said | וָאֹמְרָ֗ה | wā·’ō·mə·rāh | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular; third person feminine singular | H559 utter, say |
| O my God | אֱלֹהַי֙ | ’ĕ·lō·hay | Noun - masculine plural construct; first person common singular | H430 God |
| I am ashamed | בֹּ֣שְׁתִּי | bō·šə·tî | Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular | H954 be ashamed |
| and embarrassed | וְנִכְלַ֔מְתִּי | wə·niḵ·lam·tî | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular | H3637 be humiliated |
| to lift up | לְהָרִ֧ים | lə·hā·rîm | Preposition-l; Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct | H7311 be high, exalted, rise |
| my face | פָּנַ֖י | pā·nay | Noun - masculine plural construct; first person common singular | H6440 face, before |
| to You | אֵלֶ֑יךָ | ’ê·le·ḵā | Preposition; second person masculine singular | H413 motion to |
| my God | אֱלֹהַ֛י | ’ĕ·lō·hay | Noun - masculine plural construct; first person common singular | H430 God |
| because | כִּ֣י | kî | Conjunction | H3588 burning, branding |
| our iniquities | עֲוֺנֹתֵ֤ינוּ | ‘ă·wō·nō·ṯê·nū | Noun - common plural construct; first person common plural | H5771 iniquity, guilt, or punishment of iniquity |
| are higher than | רָבוּ֙ | rā·ḇū | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural | H7235 be, or become, much, many, great |
| our heads | רֹּ֔אשׁ | rōš | Noun - masculine singular | H7218 head |
| and our guilt | וְאַשְׁמָתֵ֥נוּ | wə·’aš·mā·ṯê·nū | Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common plural | H819 wrong-doing, guiltiness |
| has reached | גָדְלָ֖ה | ḡā·ḏə·lāh | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular | H1431 grow up, become great |
| the heavens | לַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃ | laš·šā·mā·yim | Preposition-l, Article; Noun - masculine plural | H8064 sky, aloft |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Revelation 18:5 · Psalm 38:4 · 2 Chronicles 28:9 · Luke 15:21 · Job 42:6 · Ezra 9:15 · Jeremiah 3:24–25 · Jeremiah 8:12 · Daniel 9:7–8 · Job 40:4 · Ezekiel 16:63 · Jeremiah 31:19
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.