OET interlinear EZRA 9:3

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: translate-symaction

קָרַ֥עְתִּי אֶת־בִּגְדִ֖⁠י וּ⁠מְעִילִ֑⁠י וָ⁠אֶמְרְטָ֞⁠ה מִ⁠שְּׂעַ֤ר רֹאשִׁ⁠י֙ וּ⁠זְקָנִ֔⁠י וָ⁠אֵשְׁבָ֖⁠ה מְשׁוֹמֵֽם

(Some words not found in UHB: and,just,as,I_heard DOM the,matter the=this tore DOM garment_of,my and,robe_of,my and,I,pulled_out some,of_the_hair_of my=head and,beard_of,my and,I,sat_down appalled )

By performing these actions, Ezra was demonstrating symbolically how serious a wrong the Israelites had committed. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could say this explicitly. Alternate translation: [to show how wrong it was for the Israelites to have married foreign women, I tore my tunic and my cloak, I pulled out some hair from my head and my beard, and I sat down stunned]

מְשׁוֹמֵֽם

appalled

The sense of this word is that Ezra was so overwhelmed with shock and horror that he did not move or speak. In your translation, you can use the expression in your language that would best indicate this. Alternate translation: [stunned] or [devastated]