Ezra 9:3
King James Version
8 Jun 2026
“And when I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my mantle, and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down astonied.”
שָׁמֵם
to stun (or intransitively, grow numb), i.e. devastate or (figuratively) stupefy (both usually in a passive sense)
רֹאשׁ
head/ my
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רֹאשׁ
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
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קָרַע
I tore
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קָרַע
to rend, literally or figuratively (revile, paint the eyes, as if enlarging them)
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