Ezra 10:2
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Then Shecaniah son of Jehiel, an Elamite, said to Ezra: “We have been unfaithful to our God by marrying foreign women from the people of the land, yet in spite of this, there is hope for Israel.

Young's Literal Translation
And Shechaniah son of Jehiel, of the sons of Elam, answereth and saith to Ezra, ‘We—we have trespassed against our God, and we settle strange women of the peoples of the land; and now there is hope for Israel concerning this,

King James Bible
And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, [one] of the sons of Elam, answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have taken strange wives of the people of the land: yet now there is hope in Israel concerning this thing.

Hebrew
Then Shecaniah
שְׁכַנְיָ֨ה (šə·ḵan·yāh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 7935: Shecaniah -- 'Yah has taken up His abode', the name of several Israelites

son
בֶן־ (ḇen-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1121: A son

of Jehiel,
יְחִיאֵ֜ל (yə·ḥî·’êl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3171: Jehiel -- 'may God live', the name of a number of Israelites

an Elamite,
מִבְּנֵ֤י (mib·bə·nê)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 1121: A son

said
וַיַּעַן֩ (way·ya·‘an)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 6030: To answer, respond

to Ezra:
לְעֶזְרָ֔א (lə·‘ez·rā)
Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 5830: Ezra -- 'help', three Israelites

“We
אֲנַ֙חְנוּ֙ (’ă·naḥ·nū)
Pronoun - first person common plural
Strong's 587: We

have been unfaithful
מָעַ֣לְנוּ (mā·‘al·nū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common plural
Strong's 4603: To cover up, to act covertly, treacherously

to our God
בֵאלֹהֵ֔ינוּ (ḇê·lō·hê·nū)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common plural
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

by marrying
וַנֹּ֛שֶׁב (wan·nō·šeḇ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - first person common plural
Strong's 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry

foreign
נָכְרִיּ֖וֹת (nā·ḵə·rî·yō·wṯ)
Adjective - feminine plural
Strong's 5237: Foreign, alien

women
נָשִׁ֥ים (nā·šîm)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 802: Woman, wife, female

from the people
מֵעַמֵּ֣י (mê·‘am·mê)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock

of the land,
הָאָ֑רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 776: Earth, land

yet
וְעַתָּ֛ה (wə·‘at·tāh)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb
Strong's 6258: At this time

in spite of
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

this,
זֹֽאת׃ (zōṯ)
Pronoun - feminine singular
Strong's 2063: Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that,

there is
יֵשׁ־ (yêš-)
Adverb
Strong's 3426: Being, substance, existence, is

hope
מִקְוֶ֥ה (miq·weh)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4723: Something waited for, confidence, a collection, a pond, a caravan, drove

for Israel.
לְיִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל (lə·yiś·rā·’êl)
Preposition-l | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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