Nehemiah 7:63

“And of the priests: the sons of Habaiah, the sons of Hakkoz, and the sons of Barzillai, who took a wife from the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite and was called by their name.”

Nehemiah 7:63 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Nehemiah 7:63, word by word

the priestsכֹּהֲנִיםkohanim

priest

One who serves in the sanctuary and offers for the people.

Where else “kohanim” appears
the sonsבְּנֵיbene

descendant

A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".

Where else “bene” appears
of Habaiahחֳבַיָּהchovaya

Habaiah

Habaiah: head of a family of priests that could not prove its genealogy.

Where else “chovaya” appears
of Hakkozהַקּוֹץhakots

Koz, Hakkoz

Koz (with the article, Hakkoz): the name of two Israelites: one of Judah and the ancestor of a family of priests.

Where else “hakots” appears
of Barzillaiבַרְזִלַּיvarzilay

Barzillai

Barzillai: the name of several men in the Bible: the rich old Gileadite from Rogelim who brought provisions to David when he fled from Absalom (2 Samuel 17 and 19); a man of Meholah, father of Adriel (2 Samuel 21:8); and a priest who took that name by marrying a daughter of the Gileadite (Ezra 2:61). The lexicon relates the name to "iron."

Where else “varzilay” appears
tookלָקַחlakach

take a wife

"Take a wife": to marry.

Where else “lakach” appears
a wifeאִשָּׁהisha

wife

Literally "his woman": the one married to him.

Where else “isha” appears
from the daughtersבְּנוֹתbenot

daughter

A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.

Where else “benot” appears
the Gileaditeגִּלְעָדִיgiladi

Gileadite

Gileadite: a descendant of Gilead, or an inhabitant of the region of Gilead.

Where else “giladi” appears
and was calledיִּקָּרֵאyikare

name

To give someone a name.

Where else “yikare” appears
by their nameשְׁמָshema

name

The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.

Where else “shema” appears

The context

62the sons of Delaiah, the sons of Tobiah, and the sons of Nekoda, six hundred forty-two.

63 · This verse (above)

64These sought their record, that of those registered in the genealogy, but it was not found, and they were excluded as unclean from the priesthood.

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