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Theseאֵלֶּהsoughtבִּקְשׁוּtheir record,כְתָבָםthat of those registered in the genealogy,הַמִּתְיַחְשִׂיםbutוְit was notלֹאfound,נִמְצָאand they were excluded as uncleanוַיְגֹאֲלוּfromמִןthe priesthood.הַכְּהֻנָּה
Nehemiah 7:64
Study it in the app“These sought their record, that of those registered in the genealogy, but it was not found, and they were excluded as unclean from the priesthood.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Nehemiah 7:64, word by word
- soughtבִּקְשׁוּbikshu
seek
To go after someone or something in order to find it.
Where else “bikshu” appears- their recordכְתָבָchetava
register
The written record in which the names of a people or of families are listed.
Where else “chetava” appears- that of those registered in the genealogyמִּתְיַחְשִׂיםmityachsim
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 “mityachsim” appears- foundנִמְצָאnimtsa
find
To come upon what one seeks, or something not expected.
Where else “nimtsa” appears- and they were excluded as uncleanיְגֹאֲלוּyegoalu
disqualify
To be barred from the priesthood as unclean.
Where else “yegoalu” appears- the priesthoodכְּהֻנָּהkehuna
priesthood
Priesthood: the office of a priest.
Where else “kehuna” appears
The context
63And 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.
64 · This verse (above)
65And the governor said to them that they should not eat of the most holy things until the priest stood up for Urim and Thummim.