Ezra

Ezra 2:62–63

⁶²These men searched for their family records, but they could not find them and so were excluded from the priesthood as unclean. ⁶³The governor ordered them not to eat the most holy things until there was a priest to consult the Urim and Thummim.^r

Footnotes

r 2:63 Literally Lights and Perfections

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Ezra 2:62

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
These	אֵ֗לֶּה	’êl·leh	Pronoun - common plural	H428 these
searched for	בִּקְשׁ֧וּ	biq·šū	Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural	H1245 seek
their family records	כְתָבָ֛ם	ḵə·ṯā·ḇām	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine plural	H3791 writing
but they could not	וְלֹ֣א	wə·lō	Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
find them	נִמְצָ֑אוּ	nim·ṣā·’ū	Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural	H4672 attain to, find
and so were excluded	וַֽיְגֹאֲל֖וּ	way·ḡō·’ă·lū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Pual - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H1351 defile
from	מִן־	min-	Preposition	H4480 out of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not
the priesthood	הַכְּהֻנָּֽה׃	hak·kə·hun·nāh	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H3550 priesthood

Ezra 2:63

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
The governor	הַתִּרְשָׁ֙תָא֙	hat·tir·šā·ṯā	Article; Adjective - masculine singular	H8660 Tirshathâ
ordered	וַיֹּ֤אמֶר	way·yō·mer	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H559 utter, say
them	לָהֶ֔ם	lā·hem	Preposition; third person masculine plural
not	לֹא־	lō-	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
to eat	יֹאכְל֖וּ	yō·ḵə·lū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H398 eat
the most holy things	מִקֹּ֣דֶשׁ	miq·qō·ḏeš	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular construct	H6944 sacred, sanctity
until	עַ֛ד	‘aḏ	Preposition	H5704 as far as, even to, up to, until, while
there was a priest	כֹּהֵ֖ן	kō·hên	Noun - masculine singular	H3548 priest
to consult the Urim	לְאוּרִ֥ים	lə·’ū·rîm	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine plural	H224 Urim
and Thummim	וּלְתֻמִּֽים׃	ū·lə·ṯum·mîm	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l; Noun - masculine plural	H8550 perfections

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Ezra 2:62 Numbers 3:10 · Numbers 16:39–40

Ezra 2:63 Leviticus 2:3 · Leviticus 2:10 · Numbers 27:21 · Exodus 28:30 · Nehemiah 8:9 · Leviticus 22:10

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.