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the sonבֶּןof Abishua,אֲבִישׁוּעַthe sonבֶּןof Phinehas,פִּינְחָסthe sonבֶּןof Eleazar,אֶלְעָזָרthe sonבֶּןof Aaronאַהֲרֹןthe headהָרֹאשׁpriest:הַכֹּהֵן
Ezra 7:5
Study it in the app“the son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the head priest:”
With the Hebrew and Aramaic beneath
Ezra 7:5, word by word
- the sonבֶּןben
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appears- of Abishuaאֲבִישׁוּעַavishua
Abishua
Abishua: the name of two Israelites: a priest, son of Phinehas, and a man of Benjamin.
Where else “avishua” appears- of Phinehasפִּינְחָסpinchas
Phinehas
Phinehas, the name of two priests: the son of Eleazar and grandson of Aaron (Numbers 25:7) and one of the two sons of Eli (1 Samuel 1:3); also the father of a priest after the exile (Ezra 8:33).
Where else “pinchas” appears- of Eleazarאֶלְעָזָרelazar
Eleazar
Eleazar: the name of several Israelites, above all the third son of Aaron, who succeeded him as high priest.
Where else “elazar” appears- of Aaronאַהֲרֹןaharon
Aaron
Aaron, the older brother of Moses, his spokesman before Pharaoh and the first high priest of Israel.
Where else “aharon” appears- the headרֹאשׁrosh
chief
Literally "the head": the one who leads, or the best of something.
Where else “rosh” appears- priestכֹּהֵןkohen
priest
One who serves in the sanctuary and offers for the people.
Where else “kohen” appears
The context
4the son of Zerahiah, the son of Uzzi, the son of Bukki,
5 · This verse (above)
6this Ezra went up from Babylon. And he was a skilled scribe in the law of Moses, which YHWH, the Elohim of Israel, had given; and the king gave him, according to the hand of YHWH his Elohim upon him, all he requested.