These men searched for their family records, but they could not find them and so were excluded from the priesthood as unclean.Ezra 2:62
Original language and places
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Original language (Hebrew)
אֵ֗לֶּה בִּקְשׁ֧וּ כְתָבָ֛ם הַמִּתְיַחְשִׂ֖ים וְלֹ֣א נִמְצָ֑אוּ וַֽיְגֹאֲל֖וּ מִן־הַכְּהֻנָּֽה׃
- אֵ֗לֶּה'E.leh“these”Particle, demonstrative · from אֵ֫לֶּה · “these” · Strong's H0428
- בִּקְשׁ֧וּbik.Shu“they searched”Verb, piel, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural · from בָּקַשׁ · “to seek” · Strong's H1245
- כְתָבָ֛םkhe.ta.Vam“document[s] their”Noun, masculine, singular, construct + Suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural · from כְּתָב · “writing” · Strong's H3791
- הַמִּתְיַחְשִׂ֖יםha.mit.yach.Sim“the [ones who] had had themselves enrolled”Definite article + Verb, hithpael, participle (active), masculine, plural, absolute · from יָחַשׂ · “to enroll” · Strong's H3187
- וְלֹ֣אve.Lo'“and not”Conjunction + Particle, negative · from לֹא · “not” · Strong's H3808
- נִמְצָ֑אוּnim.Tza.'u“they were found”Verb, niphal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural · from מָצָא · “to find” · Strong's H4672
- וַֽיְגֹאֲל֖וּvay.go.'a.Lu“and they were defiled”Conjunction + Verb, pual, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural · from גָּאַל · “to defile” · Strong's H1351
- מִן־min-“from”Preposition · “from” · Strong's H4480A
- הַכְּהֻנָּֽה׃ha.ke.hu.Nah“the priesthood”Definite article + Noun, feminine, singular, absolute · from כְּהֻנָּה · “priesthood” · Strong's H3550
- Hebrew and Aramaic words: STEP Bible (STEPBible.org), based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. CC BY 4.0. Source (version ed476a8)