“Then arose” | וַיָּ֣קָם | To rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative) | Then arose |
“Ezra,” | עֶזְרָ֡א | Ezra, an Israelite | Ezra |
“and made” | אֶת | Properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely) | made |
“the chief” | שָׂרֵי֩ | A head person (of any rank or class) | chief |
“priests,” | הַכֹּֽהֲנִ֨ים | Literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman) | priests |
“the Levites,” | הַלְוִיִּ֜ם | A Levite or descendant of Levi | Levites |
“and all” | וְכָל | Properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) | all |
“Israel,” | יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל | He will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity | Israel |
“to swear” | וַיַּשְׁבַּ֣ע | To seven oneself, i.e., swear (as if by repeating a declaration seven times) | swear |
“that they should do” | לַֽעֲשׂ֛וֹת | To do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application | should do |
“according to this” | הַזֶּ֖ה | The masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that | according |
“word.” | כַּדָּבָ֥ר | A word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause | word |
“And they sware.” | וַיִּשָּׁבֵֽעוּ׃ | To seven oneself, i.e., swear (as if by repeating a declaration seven times) | sware |