Ezra 8:1

“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:”

Ezra 8:1 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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

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Places in this verse

Babylon
Approximate location. A “?” means it is not known for sure where it was.
  • 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).

    Genesis 11:92 Kings 25:1Psalms 137:1Daniel 1:1

The context

1 · This verse (above)

2of the sons of Phinehas, Gershom; of the sons of Ithamar, Daniel; of the sons of David, Hattush,

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