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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 9:12Hebrew 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 ···
Words 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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