Ezra 6:21

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And the children of Israel that were come again out of the captivity, and all such as had separated themselves unto them from the filthiness of the nations of the land, to seek Jehovah, the God of Israel, did eat,

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּאכְל֣וּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל הַשָּׁבִים֙ מֵֽהַגּוֹלָ֔ה וְכֹ֗ל הַנִּבְדָּ֛ל מִטֻּמְאַ֥ת גּוֹיֵֽ־הָאָ֖רֶץ אֲלֵהֶ֑ם לִדְרֹ֕שׁ לַֽיהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

Transliteration

And they yōʾḵᵉlû the bᵉnê-Yiśrāʾēl who were haššāḇîm from haggôlāh, and all who hanniḇdāl from ṭumʾaṯ the gôyê-hāʾāreṣ to them, to liḏrōš laYHWH ʾĕlōhê Yiśrāʾēl.

Grammar Details

*yōʾḵᵉlû*: verb, Qal imperfect (with waw consecutive), 3rd masculine plural - they ate
*bᵉnê-Yiśrāʾēl*: construct phrase - children of Israel
*haššāḇîm*: definite article + verb, Qal participle, masculine plural - the returning ones
*mēhaggôlāh*: preposition + noun, feminine singular, definite - from the exile
*wᵉḵōl*: conjunction + noun - and all
*hanniḇdāl*: definite article + verb, Niphal participle, masculine singular - the one who separated
*miṭṭumʾaṯ*: preposition + noun, feminine singular construct - from uncleanness of
*gôyê-hāʾāreṣ*: construct phrase - nations of the land
*ʾălêhem*: preposition + 3rd masculine plural suffix - to them
*liḏrōš*: preposition + verb, Qal infinitive construct - to seek
*laYHWH*: preposition + divine name - to YHWH
*ʾĕlōhê*: noun, masculine plural construct - God of
*Yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel

Word Meanings

*yōʾḵᵉlû*: ate/consumed/partook
*haššāḇîm mēhaggôlāh*: who returned from exile/the returnees from captivity
*hanniḇdāl*: who separated/who set themselves apart
*ṭumʾaṯ*: uncleanness/impurity/defilement
*gôyê-hāʾāreṣ*: nations of the land/gentiles of the country
*liḏrōš*: to seek/to inquire of/to follow

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Referenced Verses

Ezra 9:11 : 11 which you have commanded by your servants the prophets, saying, The land, unto which you go to possess it, is an unclean land through the uncleanness of the peoples of the lands, through their abominations, which have filled it from one end to another with their filthiness:
Neh 9:2 : 2 And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all foreigners, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.
Ezek 36:25 : 25 And I will sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.
2 Cor 6:17 : 17 Wherefore Come ye out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, And touch no unclean thing; And I will receive you,
2 Cor 7:1 : 1 Having therefore these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
Neh 10:28 : 28 And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the porters, the singers, the Nethinim, and all they that had separated themselves from the peoples of the lands unto the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, every one that had knowledge, and understanding;
Ps 93:5 : 5 Thy testimonies are very sure: Holiness becometh thy house, O Jehovah, for evermore.
Isa 52:11 : 11 Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from thence, touch no unclean thing; go ye out of the midst of her; cleanse yourselves, ye that bear the vessels of Jehovah.
Exod 12:47-49 : 47 All the congregation of Israel shall keep it. 48 And when a stranger shall sojourn with thee, and will keep the passover to Jehovah, let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come near and keep it; and he shall be as one that is born in the land: but no uncircumcised person shall eat thereof. 49 One law shall be to him that is home-born, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among you.
Num 9:6-7 : 6 And there were certain men, who were unclean by reason of the dead body of a man, so that they could not keep the passover on that day: and they came before Moses and before Aaron on that day: 7 and those men said unto him, We are unclean by reason of the dead body of a man: wherefore are we kept back, that we may not offer the oblation of Jehovah in its appointed season among the children of Israel?
Num 9:10-14 : 10 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If any man of you or of your generations shall be unclean by reason of a dead body, or be on a journey afar off, yet he shall keep the passover unto Jehovah. 11 In the second month on the fourteenth day at even they shall keep it; they shall eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs: 12 they shall leave none of it unto the morning, nor break a bone thereof: according to all the statute of the passover they shall keep it. 13 But the man that is clean, and is not on a journey, and forbeareth to keep the passover, that soul shall be cut off from his people; because he offered not the oblation of Jehovah in its appointed season, that man shall bear his sin. 14 And if a stranger shall sojourn among you, and will keep the passover unto Jehovah; according to the statute of the passover, and according to the ordinance thereof, so shall he do: ye shall have one statute, both for the sojourner, and for him that is born in the land.
Ezra 9:1 : 1 Now when these things were done, the princes drew near unto me, saying, The people of Israel, and the priests and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the peoples of the lands, [doing] according to their abominations, even of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites.

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