Ezra 9:12 — King James Version← Study notes

“Now therefore give not your daughters unto their sons, neither take their daughters unto your sons, nor seek their peace or their wealth for ever: that ye may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children for ever.”

Ezra 9:12 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Ezra 9:1225 words

HebrewMeaning

וְ֠/עַתָּהwəʿatāh

and thereforeconjH6258

now · straightway · this time · whereas

בְּֽנוֹתֵי/כֶ֞םbənwōtēykem

daughters yournounH1323

branch · company · daughter · first ···

אַלʾal

may notparticleH408

neither · never · no · nor ···

תִּתְּנ֣וּtitənw

you giveverbH5414

apply · appoint · ascribe · assign ···

לִ/בְנֵי/הֶ֗םlibənēyhem

to sons theirpronH1121

afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···

וּ/בְנֹֽתֵי/הֶם֙wbənōtēyhem

and daughters theirconjH1323

branch · company · daughter · first ···

אַלʾal

may notparticleH408

neither · never · no · nor ···

תִּשְׂא֣וּtiśəʾw

you takeverbH5375

advance · arise · (able to · suffer to) bear(-er ···

לִ/בְנֵי/כֶ֔םlibənēykem

for sons yourpronH1121

afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···

וְ/לֹֽאwəlōʾ

and notconjH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

תִדְרְשׁ֧וּtidərəšw

you must seekverbH1875

at all · care for · diligently · inquire ···

שְׁלֹמָ֛/םšəlōmām

peace theirnounH7965

do · fare · favour · friend ···

וְ/טוֹבָתָ֖/םwəṭwōbātām

and good theirconjH2896

best · better · bountiful · cheerful ···

עַדʿad

untilpronH5704

and · as · at · before ···

עוֹלָ֑םʿwōlām

perpetuitynounH5769

ancient · any more · continuance · eternal ···

לְמַ֣עַןləmaʿan

so thatpronH4616

to the end that · for (to · ... 's sake) · lest ···

תֶּחֶזְק֗וּteḥezəqw

you may be strongverbH2388

amend · calker · catch · cleave ···

וַ/אֲכַלְתֶּם֙waʾăkalətem

and you will eatconjH398

at all · consume · devour(-er · up) ···

אֶתʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

ט֣וּבṭwb

the good things ofnounH2898

gladness · good(-ness · thing · -s) ···

הָ/אָ֔רֶץhāʾāreṣ

the landparticleH776

common · earth · field · ground ···

וְ/הוֹרַשְׁתֶּ֥םwəhwōrašətem

and you will cause to inherit itconjH3423

consume · destroy · disinherit · dispossess ···

לִ/בְנֵי/כֶ֖םlibənēykem

sons yourpronH1121

afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···

עַדʿad

untilpronH5704

and · as · at · before ···

עוֹלָֽםʿwōlām

perpetuitynounH5769

ancient · any more · continuance · eternal ···

ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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