Ezra

Ezra 10:16

¹⁶So 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,

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
So the exiles	בְּנֵ֣י	bə·nê	Noun - masculine plural construct	H1121 son
did	וַיַּֽעֲשׂוּ־	way·ya·‘ă·śū-	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H6213 do, make
as proposed	כֵן֮	ḵên	Adverb	H3651 right, veritable, honest
Ezra	עֶזְרָ֨א	‘ez·rā	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H5830 Ezra
the priest	הַכֹּהֵ֜ן	hak·kō·hên	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H3548 priest
selected	וַיִּבָּדְלוּ֩	way·yib·bā·ḏə·lū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H914 be divided, separate
men	אֲנָשִׁ֨ים	’ă·nā·šîm	Noun - masculine plural	H582 man, mankind
who were family	הָאָב֛וֹת	hā·’ā·ḇō·wṯ	Article; Noun - masculine plural	H1 father
heads	רָאשֵׁ֧י	rā·šê	Noun - masculine plural construct	H7218 head
each of them	וְכֻלָּ֣ם	wə·ḵul·lām	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine plural	H3605 the whole, all
identified by name	בְּשֵׁמ֑וֹת	bə·šê·mō·wṯ	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine plural	H8034 name
to represent their families	אֲבֹתָ֖ם	’ă·ḇō·ṯām	Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine plural	H1 father
On the first	אֶחָד֙	’e·ḥāḏ	Number - masculine singular	H259 one
day	בְּי֤וֹם	bə·yō·wm	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular	H3117 day
of the tenth	הָעֲשִׂירִ֔י	hā·‘ă·śî·rî	Article; Number - ordinal masculine singular	H6224 tenth
month	לַחֹ֣דֶשׁ	la·ḥō·ḏeš	Preposition-l, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H2320 (newness), new moon, month
they launched	לְדַרְי֖וֹשׁ	lə·ḏar·yō·wōš	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H1875 resort to, seek
the investigation	הַדָּבָֽר׃	had·dā·ḇār	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H1697 speech, word

Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.