Ezra

Ezra 2:62

⁶²These men searched for their family records, but they could not find them and so were excluded from the priesthood as unclean.

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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

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