And Ezra
`Ezra' (ez-raw')
Ezra, an Israelite -- Ezra.
the priest
kohen (ko-hane')
literally, one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman) -- chief ruler, own, priest, prince, principal officer.
stood up
quwm (koom)
to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
and said
'amar (aw-mar')
to say (used with great latitude)
unto them Ye have transgressed
ma`al (maw-al')
to cover up; used only figuratively, to act covertly, i.e. treacherously -- transgress, (commit, do a) trespass(-ing).
and have taken
yashab (yaw-shab')
to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
strange
nokriy (nok-ree')
strange, in a variety of degrees and applications (foreign, non-relative, adulterous, different, wonderful) -- alien, foreigner, outlandish, strange(-r, woman).
wives
'ishshah (ish-shaw')
irregular plural, nashiym {naw-sheem'}; a woman
to increase
yacaph (yaw-saf')
to add or augment (often adverbial, to continue to do a thing)
the trespass
'ashmah (ash-maw')
guiltiness, a fault, the presentation of a sin-offering -- offend, sin, (cause of) trespass(-ing, offering).
of Israel
Yisra'el (yis-raw-ale')
he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel.
