Ezra 9:8
And now for a little space grace hath been shewed from the LORD our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage.Ezra 9:8 in the real world
Who
In what words
- מִחְיָהmichyâhpreservation of life; hence, sustenance; also the live flesh, i.e. the quick
- רֶגַעregaʻa wink (of the eyes), i.e. a very short space of time
- יָתֵדyâthêda peg
- פְּלֵיטָהpᵉlêyṭâhdeliverance; concretely, an escaped portion
- תְּחִנָּהtᵉchinnâhgraciousness; causatively, entreaty
- אוֹרʼôwrto be (causative, make) luminous (literally and metaphorically)
- מְעַטmᵉʻaṭa little or few (often adverbial or compar.)
- שָׁאַרshâʼarproperly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Psa 13:3, Rom 11:5–6, Hos 6:2, Hab 3:2, Ezk 37:11–14, Isa 57:15, Psa 85:6, Zec 10:4