Study it in the app“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, and they returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his city,”
Theseאֵלֶּהare the sonsבְּנֵיof the provinceהַמְּדִינָהwho came upהָעֹלִיםfrom the captivityמִשְּׁבִיof the exiles,הַגּוֹלָהwhomאֲשֶׁרNebuchadnezzarנְבוּכַדְנֶצַּרkingמֶלֶךְof Babylonבָּבֶלhad carried into exile,הֶגְלָהand they returnedוַיָּשׁוּבוּto Jerusalemלִירוּשָׁלִַםand Judah,וְלִיהוּדָהeachאִישׁto his city,לְעִירוֹ
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appearsprovince, district
Province, district: a territory governed by a ruler or judge.
Where else “medina” appearsgo up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “olim” appearscaptive, captivity
Captive, prisoner; captivity.
Where else “shevi” appearsexile, 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” appearsNebuchadnezzar
Nebuchadnezzar: king of Babylon who subdued Judah, took Jerusalem, burned the house of YHWH and took the people into exile (2 Kings 24-25; Jeremiah; Daniel 1-4). The Hebrew writes his name in several forms.
Where else “nevuchadnetsar” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsBabel, Babylon
See it on the mapWhere else “bavel” appearsgo into exile
To be taken away from one's own land, or deport others.
Where else “hegla” appearsreturn
To go back to a place.
Where else “yashuvu” appearsJerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yrushalaim” appearsJudah
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” appearseach
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appearscity
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appearsThis list (7:6-73) is the same as that of Ezra 2. Some figures and some names are different in the two places; here they are left as they are in the Hebrew of Nehemiah.
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).
5Then my Elohim put it into my heart, and I gathered the nobles, the officials, and the people to be registered by genealogy. And I found the book of the genealogy of those who came up at the first, and I found written in it:
6 · This verse (above)
7who came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, and Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel:
