And theseוְאֵלֶּהare the sonsבְּנֵיof the provinceהַמְּדִינָהwho came upהָעֹלִיםfrom the captivityמִשְּׁבִיof the exiles,הַגּוֹלָהwhomאֲשֶׁרNebuchadnezzarנְבוּכַדְנֶצַּרkingמֶלֶךְof Babylonבָּבֶלhad carried into exileהֶגְלָהto Babylon,לְבָבֶלand they returnedוַיָּשׁוּבוּto Jerusalemלִירוּשָׁלִַםand Judah,וִיהוּדָהeachאִישׁto his city,לְעִירוֹ
Ezra 2:1
Study it in the app“And these are the sons of the province who came up from the captivity of the exiles, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried into exile to Babylon, and they returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his city,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezra 2:1, word by word
- are the sonsבְּנֵיbene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appears- of the provinceמְּדִינָהmedina
province, district
Province, district: a territory governed by a ruler or judge.
Where else “medina” appears- who came upעֹלִיםolim
go up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “olim” appears- from the captivityשְּׁבִיshevi
captive, captivity
Captive, prisoner; captivity.
Where else “shevi” appears- of the exilesגּוֹלָהgola
exile, exiles
Exile: being taken by force from one's own land to live in that of another people; also the whole body of exiles (2 Kings 24:15-16; Jeremiah 29:1; Ezra 1:11).
Where else “gola” appears- Nebuchadnezzarנְבוּכַדְנֶצַּרnevuchadnetsar
Nebuchadnezzar
Nebuchadnezzar (the Aramaic form of the name): king of Babylon who took Jerusalem, destroyed the temple and carried the people of Judah into exile.
Where else “nevuchadnetsar” appears- kingמֶלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- of Babylonבָּבֶלbavel
Babel, Babylon
See it on the mapWhere else “bavel” appears- had carried into exileהֶגְלָהhegla
go into exile
To be taken away from one's own land, or deport others.
Where else “hegla” appears- and they returnedיָּשׁוּבוּyashuvu
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “yashuvu” appears- to Jerusalemירוּשָׁלִַםyrushalaim
Jerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yrushalaim” appears- and Judahיהוּדָהyhuda
Judah
Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later the southern kingdom; King David came from it. The name sounds like "give thanks". Borne also by other Israelites.
Where else “yhuda” appears- eachאִישׁish
each
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appears- to his cityעִירir
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appears
Translation note
“The province”: Judah, which was then a province of the Persian Empire. This list is repeated, with some differences, in Nehemiah 7.
Places in this verse
1Babylon
Today: Babylon ruins, near Hillah, Iraq
A great city on the Euphrates River, in present-day Iraq, about 53 miles (85 km) south of Baghdad.
In its land the languages were confused at Babel (Gen 11:9). Nebuchadnezzar destroyed Jerusalem and took the people captive there (2 Kgs 25:1-11). Daniel lived there (Dan 1:1-6).
2Jerusalem
Today: Old City of Jerusalem
A city in the hills of Judea, about 22 miles (35 km) west of the Dead Sea and 35 miles (55 km) east of the Mediterranean.
David took it and made it his city (2 Sam 5:7); Solomon built the temple there (1 Kgs 8:1). Jesus was presented there, and the apostles' witness began from it (Luke 2:22; Acts 1:8).
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2who came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel: