Ezra 8:21
Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.Ezra 8:21 in the real world
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Who
In what words
- אַהֲוָאʼAhăvâʼAhava, a river of Babylonia
- צוֹםtsôwma fast
- טַףṭapha family (mostly used collectively in the singular)
- עָנָהʻânâhto depress literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive (in various applications,
- נָהָרnâhâra stream (including the sea; expectation the Nile, Euphrates, etc.); figuratively, prosper
- יָשָׁרyâshârstraight (literally or figuratively)
- בָּקַשׁbâqashto search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to striv
- דֶּרֶךְdereka road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
2Ch 20:3, Jol 1:14, Isa 30:21, 1Sa 7:6, Jon 3:5, Lev 16:29, Psa 107:2–8, Psa 143:8–10