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Ezra 2:1

Now these are the people of the province who came up from the captivity of the exiles carried away to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar its king. They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own town,
Ezra 2:1
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Original language and places

Reference data from open datasets, shown as published by their sources. Word-by-word English is a literal guide, not a translation.

Original language (Hebrew)

וְאֵ֣לֶּה׀ בְּנֵ֣י הַמְּדִינָ֗ה הָֽעֹלִים֙ מִשְּׁבִ֣י הַגּוֹלָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר הֶגְלָ֛ה נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּ֥ר מֶֽלֶךְ־בָּבֶ֖ל לְבָבֶ֑ל וַיָּשׁ֛וּבוּ לִירוּשָׁלִַ֥ם וִֽיהוּדָ֖ה אִ֥ישׁ לְעִירֽוֹ׃

  1. וְאֵ֣לֶּה׀ve.'E.leh“and these”
    Conjunction + Particle, demonstrative · from אֵ֫לֶּה · “these” · Strong's H0428
  2. בְּנֵ֣יbe.Nei“[are] [the] children of”
    Noun, masculine, plural, construct · from בֵּן · “descendant” · Strong's H1121G
  3. הַמְּדִינָ֗הha.me.di.Nah“the province”
    Definite article + Noun, feminine, singular, absolute · from מְדִינָה · “province” · Strong's H4082
  4. הָֽעֹלִים֙ha.'o.Lim“who came up”
    Definite article + Verb, qal, participle (active), masculine, plural, absolute · from עָלָה · “rise” · Strong's H5927G
  5. מִשְּׁבִ֣יmi.she.Vi“from [the] captivity of”
    Preposition + Noun, masculine, singular, construct · from שְׁבִי · “captivity” · Strong's H7628A
  6. הַגּוֹלָ֔הha.go.Lah“the exile”
    Definite article + Noun, feminine, singular, absolute · from גּוֹלָה · “captivity” · Strong's H1473
  7. אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.Sher“whom”
    Particle, relative · from אֲשֶׁר · “which” · Strong's H0834A
  8. הֶגְלָ֛הheg.Lah“he had taken into exile”
    Verb, hiphil, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular · from גָּלָה · “remove” · Strong's H1540K
  9. נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּ֥רne.vu.khad.ne.tzor“Nebuchadnezzar”
    Noun, proper name of a man · from נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּר, נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּר · “Nebuchadnezzar” · Strong's H5019
    Qere: the scribes' reading in the margin
  10. מֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-“[the] king of”
    Noun, masculine, singular, construct · from מֶ֫לֶךְ · “king” · Strong's H4428G
  11. בָּבֶ֖לba.Vel“Babylon”
    Noun, proper name of a place · from בָּבֶ֫ל, בָּבֶל · “Babylon” · Strong's H0894
  12. לְבָבֶ֑לle.va.Vel“to Babylon”
    Preposition + Noun, proper name of a place · from בָּבֶ֫ל, בָּבֶל · “Babylon” · Strong's H0894
  13. וַיָּשׁ֛וּבוּvai.ya.Shu.vu“and they returned”
    Conjunction + Verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural · from שׁוּב · “return” · Strong's H7725G
  14. לִירוּשָׁלִַ֥םli.ru.sha.Lim“to Jerusalem”
    Preposition + Noun, proper name of a place · from יְרוּשָׁלִַ֫ם, יְרוּשְׁלֵם · “Jerusalem” · Strong's H3389
  15. וִֽיהוּדָ֖הvi.hu.Dah“and Judah”
    Conjunction + Noun, proper name of a place · from יְהוּדָה · “Judah” · Strong's H3063G
  16. אִ֥ישׁ'ish“each”
    Noun, masculine, singular, absolute · from אִישׁ · “anyone” · Strong's H0376I
  17. לְעִירֽוֹ׃le.'i.Ro“to own city his”
    Preposition + Noun, feminine, singular, construct + Suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular · from עִיר · “city” · Strong's H5892B
Places named in this verse
  • Places: OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data, CC BY 4.0. Coordinates from OpenStreetMap (ODbL) are left out. Source (version 7eb18a5)
  • Hebrew and Aramaic words: STEP Bible (STEPBible.org), based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. CC BY 4.0. Source (version ed476a8)