And theseוְאֵלֶּהare the headsרָאשֵׁיof their fathers’ houses,אֲבֹתֵיהֶםand the genealogical recordוְהִתְיַחְשָׂםof those who went upהָעֹלִיםwith meעִמִּיin the reignבְּמַלְכוּתof Artaxerxesאַרְתַּחְשַׁסְתְּאthe kingהַמֶּלֶךְfrom Babylon:מִבָּבֶל
Ezra 8:1
Study it in the app“And these are the heads of their fathers’ houses, and the genealogical record of those who went up with me in the reign of Artaxerxes the king from Babylon:”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezra 8:1, word by word
- are the headsרָאשֵׁיrashe
chief
Literally "the head": the one who leads, or the best of something.
Where else “rashe” appears- of their fathers’ housesאֲבֹתֵיavote
head of family
The head of a family or clan.
Where else “avote” appears- and the genealogical recordהִתְיַחְשָׂhityachsa
enroll in a genealogy
Enroll in the genealogy: record someone in the list of his family according to his ancestors. These lists showed to which tribe and family each person belonged.
Where else “hityachsa” appears- of those who went 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- in the reignמַלְכוּתmalchut
reign
A reign, or what belongs to a king: his rule and dignity.
Where else “malchut” appears- of Artaxerxesאַרְתַּחְשַׁסְתְּאartachshast
Artaxerxes
Artaxerxes: a name borne by several kings of Persia. In Ezra and Nehemiah, the king under whom the building was stopped and, later, the one who sent Ezra and Nehemiah.
Where else “artachshast” appears- the kingמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- from Babylonבָּבֶלbavel
Babel, Babylon
See it on the mapWhere else “bavel” appears
Places in this verse
Babylon
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).
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2of the sons of Phinehas, Gershom; of the sons of Ithamar, Daniel; of the sons of David, Hattush,