## Rashi on Ezra Chapter 9

###### Rashi on Ezra 9:1:1
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**אֵלֶּה.** דְּבָרִים הַלָּלוּ אֲשֶׁר סִפְּרוּ דָּתֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**these** these incidents that related the kings’ decrees.


###### Rashi on Ezra 9:1:2
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**וְהַשָּׂרִים.** שֶׁל יִשְׂרָאֵל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the chiefs** of Israel.


###### Rashi on Ezra 9:1:3
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**לֵאמֹר.** וְכֵן אָמְרוּ לִי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**saying** And so they said to me.


###### Rashi on Ezra 9:2:1
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**הָיְתָה בַּמַּעַל הַזֶּה רִאשׁוֹנָה.** שֶׁהֵם הִתְחִילוּ לִמְעוֹל מַעַל לְהִתְחַתֵּן **בְּגוֹיֵי הָאֲרָצוֹת**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**was first in this treachery** for they commenced to deal treacherously by intermarrying with the peoples of the lands.


###### Rashi on Ezra 9:3:1
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**מְשׁוֹמֵם.** עָלוּב וְשׁוֹמֵם, כְּמוֹ (יחזקאל ג:טו) ״שִׁבְעַת יָמִים מַשְׁמִים בְּתוֹכָם״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**bewildered** Heb. מְשּׁוֹמֵם miserable and bewildered, like (Ez. 3:15): “...seven days bewildered among them.”


###### Rashi on Ezra 9:5:1
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**מִתַּעֲנִיתִי.** שֶׁלֹּא אָכַלְתִּי אוֹתוֹ יוֹם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**from my fast** for I had not eaten on that day.


###### Rashi on Ezra 9:7:1
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**נָתַנּוּ.** כְּמוֹ נְתַנְנוּ, דָּגֵשׁ הַנּוּ״ן תַּחַת חֶסְרוֹן נוּ״ן אַחֶרֶת, כְּמוֹ ״כִּי עָלֶיךָ תִשְּׁעַנוּ״ (דברי הימים ב יד:יד) כְּמוֹ נִשְׁעַנְנוּ, ״וְנָתַנּוּ אֶת בְּנֹתֵינוּ״ (בראשית לד:טז) כְּמוֹ וְנָתַנְנוּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**we were delivered** Heb. נִתַּנוּ, like נִתַּנְנוּ. The “dagesh” in the “nun” is instead of another “nun,” like (II Chron. 14:10): “for we rely (תִשְּׁעַנוּ) on You,” like נִשְּׁעַנְנוּ. (Gen. 34:16): “... then we will give (וְנָתַנוּ) our daughters,” like וְנָתַנְנוּ.


###### Rashi on Ezra 9:7:2
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**כְּהַיּוֹם הַזֶּה.** כְּמוֹ שֶׁנִּרְאֶה הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה, שֶׁכְּבָר גָּלוּ עֲשֶׂרֶת הַשְּׁבָטִים וַעֲדַיִן נִשְׁאֲרוּ בְּבָבֶל הַרְבֵּה מִן הַגּוֹלִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**as of this day** as appears this day, for the Ten Tribes have already been exiled, and many of the exiles still remain in Babylon.


###### Rashi on Ezra 9:8:1
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**וְעַתָּה כִּמְעַט רֶגַע.** לְפִי שָׁעָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And now, for a short moment** temporarily.


###### Rashi on Ezra 9:8:2
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**תְּחִנָּה.** כְּמוֹ חֲנִינָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**favor** Heb. תְּחִנָה, like חֲנִינָה


###### Rashi on Ezra 9:8:3
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**וְלָתֶת לָנוּ יָתֵד.** לִקְבֹּעַ אוֹתָנוּ בְּאֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and to give us a peg** to establish us in the land of Israel.


###### Rashi on Ezra 9:8:4
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**יָתֵד.** כְּמוֹ (ישעיהו כב:כג) ״וּתְקַעְתִּיו יָתֵד בְּמָקוֹם נֶאֱמָן״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**a peg** יָתֵד, like (Isa. 22:23): “And I will thrust him like a peg (יָתֵד) in a sure place.”


###### Rashi on Ezra 9:8:5
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**מְחְיָה מְעַט.** חַיִּים מוּעָטִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**a little life** [as translated,] a little life.


###### Rashi on Ezra 9:9:1
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**כִּי עֲבָדִים אֲנַחְנוּ.** לְדָרְיָוֶשׁ מֶלֶךְ פָּרָס:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**For we are slaves** to Darius, king of Persia.


###### Rashi on Ezra 9:9:2
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**לֹא עֲזָבָנוּ.** לֹא עָזַב אוֹתָנוּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**has not forsaken us** Heb. לֹא עֲזָבָנוּ, a combination of לֹא עָזַב אוֹתָנוּ.


###### Rashi on Ezra 9:9:3
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**וַיֵּט.** לְשׁוֹן מִפְעָל כְּמוֹ ״מַטֶּה״, הַטֵּה עָלֵינוּ חַסְדּוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and He has extended** Heb. וַיַט, an expression of the causative, like מַטֶה. He extended His loving-kindness upon us.


###### Rashi on Ezra 9:9:4
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**גָּדֵר.** שֶׁהָיוּ גּוֹדְרִין גָּדֵר לִשְׁמֹר מִצְוֹתָיו:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**a fence** for they had created a fence to keep His commandments.


###### Rashi on Ezra 9:11:1
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**נִדָּה.** טְמֵאָה וּגְעוּלָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**unclean** Heb. נִדָה, unclean and repulsive.


###### Rashi on Ezra 9:12:1
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**וְהוֹרַשְׁתֶּם.** אֶת הָאָרֶץ לִבְנֵיכֶם עַד עוֹלָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and you shall cause...to inherit** You shall give the land to your children as an inheritance to eternity.


###### Rashi on Ezra 9:13:1
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**וְאַחֲרֵי כָּל הַבָּא עָלֵינוּ.** אַחֲרֵי כָּל הַמַּעֲשֶׂה הָרָע אֲשֶׁר הִגִּיעַ עָלֵינוּ בְּמַעֲשֵׂינוּ הָרָעִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And after all that has come upon us** after all the calamity that has befallen us because of our evil deeds.


###### Rashi on Ezra 9:13:2
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**חָשַׂכְתָּ לְמַטָּה מֵעֲוֺנֵנוּ.** מָנַעְתָּ מֵעֲוֺנוֹתֵינוּ עַד **לְמַטָּה** שֶׁנִּפְחַת עֲוֺנֵינוּ עַל כַּפָּרַת גָּלוּתֵנוּ. וְיֵשׁ לָנוּ לְפוֹתְרוֹ בְּעִנְיָן זֶה: מָנַעְתָּ עַצְמְךָ מִלִּגְבּוֹת מִמֶּנּוּ כָּל עֲוֺנֵינוּ, וְגָבִיתָ מִמֶּנּוּ **לְמַטָּה** מִן הָעֲוֺנוֹת, וְלֹא פָרַעְתָּ מִמֶּנּוּ כְּכָל חַטֹּאתֵינוּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**You have punished less** You have held back from our iniquities until below them [i.e., less than them], for our iniquity was lessened by the expiation effected by our exile. We may also interpret it in this manner: You held Yourself back from collecting from us all our iniquity, and You collected from us below [less than] the iniquities, and You requited us according to all our sins.


###### Rashi on Ezra 9:14:1
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**הֲנָשִׁיב.** אִם נָשׁוּב:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**If we revert** Heb. הֲנָשּׁוּב, if we return.


###### Rashi on Ezra 9:14:2
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**הֲלֹא תֶאֱנַף בָּנוּ.** תְּמִיהָה הַמִּתְקַיֶּמֶת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**will You not be wroth with us** a wonder with an affirmative answer.


###### Rashi on Ezra 9:15:1
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**כִּי אֵין.** כֹּחַ מַעֲשִׂים טוֹבִים בָּנוּ לַעֲמֹד וּלְהִתְקַיֵּם לְפָנֶיךָ עַל עֲבֵירָה זוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for we cannot** lit. for there is nothing; i.e., we do not have the power of good deeds to stand and exist before You, because of this transgression.