And ofוּמִןthe priests:הַכֹּהֲנִיםthe sonsבְּנֵיof Habaiah,חֳבַיָּהthe sonsבְּנֵיof Hakkoz,הַקּוֹץand the sonsבְּנֵיof Barzillai,בַרְזִלַּיwhoאֲשֶׁרtookלָקַחa wifeאִשָּׁהfrom the daughtersמִבְּנוֹתof Barzillaiבַּרְזִלַּיthe Gileaditeהַגִּלְעָדִיand was calledוַיִּקָּרֵאby their name.עַל שְׁמָם
Nehemiah 7:63
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
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.