Ezra 10:16
So the exiles did as proposed. Ezra the priest selected men who were family heads, each of them identified by name, to represent their families. On the first day of the tenth month they launched the investigation,
BSB
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ASV
And the children of the captivity did so. And Ezra the priest, with certain heads of fathers’ houses, after their fathers’ houses, and all of them by their names, were set apart; and they sat down in the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter.
KJV
And the children of the captivity did so. And Ezra the priest, with certain chief of the fathers, after the house of their fathers, and all of them by their names, were separated, and sat down in the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter.
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21 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וַיַּֽעֲשׂוּ־ | vai.ya.'a.su- | and they did | H6213 → |
| כֵן֮ | khen | thus | H3651 → |
| בְּנֵ֣י | be.Nei | [the] children of | H1121 → |
| הַגּוֹלָה֒ | ha.go.Lah | the exile | H1473 → |
| וַיִּבָּדְלוּ֩ | vai.yi.ba.de.Lu | and they separated themselves | H914 → |
| עֶזְרָ֨א | 'ez.Ra' | Ezra | H5830 → |
| הַכֹּהֵ֜ן | ha.ko.Hen | the priest | H3548 → |
| אֲנָשִׁ֨ים | 'a.na.Shim | men | H582 → |
| רָאשֵׁ֧י | ra.Shei | [the] leaders of | H7218 → |
| הָאָב֛וֹת | ha.'a.Vot | the fathers | H1 → |
| לְבֵ֥ית | le.Veit | for [the] house of | H1004 → |
| אֲבֹתָ֖ם | 'a.vo.Tam | ancestors their | H1 → |
| וְכֻלָּ֣ם | ve.khu.Lam | and all of them | H3605 → |
| בְּשֵׁמ֑וֹת | be.she.Mot | by names | H8034 → |
| וַיֵּשְׁב֗וּ | vai.ye.she.Vu | and they sat down | H3427 → |
| בְּי֤וֹם | be.Yom | on day | H3117 → |
| אֶחָד֙ | 'e.Chad | one | H259 → |
| לַחֹ֣דֶשׁ | la.Cho.desh | of the month | H2320 → |
| הָעֲשִׂירִ֔י | ha.'a.si.Ri | <the> tenth | H6224 → |
| לְדַרְי֖וֹשׁ | le.dar.Yo.osh | to investigate | H1875 → |
| הַדָּבָֽר׃ | ha.da.Var | the matter | H1697 → |
The walk
About Ezra
