Nehemiah 7:61
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
Theseוְאֵ֗לֶּה
(ve·'el·leh)
428: thesea prim. pronoun
[were] they who cameהָעֹולִים֙
(ha·'o·v·lim)
5927: to go up, ascend, climba prim. root
up from Tel-melah,מֶ֙לַח֙
(me·lach)
8528: "mound of salt," a place in Bab.from tel and melach
Tel-harsha,חַרְשָׁ֔א
(char·sha,)
8521: "mound of a craftsman," a city in Bab.from tel and charash
Cherub,כְּר֥וּב
(ke·ruv)
3743: a place in Bab.from the same as kerub
Addonאַדֹּ֖ון
(ad·do·vn)
114: "powerful," appar. a place in Bab.probably intens. for adon
and Immer;וְאִמֵּ֑ר
(ve·'im·mer;)
564: the name of several Isr., perhaps also a place in Bab.from amar
but they couldיָכְל֗וּ
(ya·che·lu)
3201: to be able, have powera prim. root
not showלְהַגִּ֤יד
(le·hag·gid)
5046: to be conspicuousa prim. root
their fathers'אֲבֹותָם֙
(a·vo·v·tam)
1: fatherfrom an unused word
housesבֵּית־
(beit-)
1004: a housea prim. root
or their descendants,וְזַרְעָ֔ם
(ve·zar·'am,)
2233: a sowing, seed, offspringfrom zara
whetherאִ֥ם
(im)
518: ifa prim. conjunction
they were of Israel:מִיִּשְׂרָאֵ֖ל
(mi·yis·ra·'el)
3478: "God strives," another name of Jacob and his desc.from sarah and el


















KJV Lexicon
And these were they which went up
`alah  (aw-law')
to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative (as follow)
also from Telmelah
Tel Melach  (tale meh'-lakh)
mound of salt; Tel-Melach, a place in Babylonia -- Tel-melah.
Telharesha
Tel Charsha'  (tale khar-shaw')
mound of workmanship; Tel-Charsha, a place in Babylonia -- Tel-haresha, Tel-harsa.
Cherub
Kruwb  (ker-oob')
Kerub, a place in Bab. -- Cherub.
Addon
'Addown  (ad-done')
powerful; Addon, apparently an Israelite -- Addon.
and Immer
'Immer  (im-mare')
talkative; Immer, the name of five Israelites -- Immer.
but they could
yakol  (yaw-kole')
to be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might)
not shew
nagad  (naw-gad')
to front, i.e. stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to one present); specifically, to expose, predict, explain, praise
their father's
'ab  (awb)
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application) -- chief, (fore-)father(-less), patrimony, principal. Compare names in Abi-.
house
bayith  (bah'-yith)
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
nor their seed
zera`  (zeh'-rah)
seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity -- carnally, child, fruitful, seed(-time), sowing-time.
whether they were of Israel
Yisra'el  (yis-raw-ale')
he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
These were they who came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addon and Immer; but they could not show their fathers' houses or their descendants, whether they were of Israel:

King James Bible
And these were they which went up also from Telmelah, Telharesha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer: but they could not shew their father's house, nor their seed, whether they were of Israel.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The following are those who came from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer, but were unable to prove that their families and ancestors were Israelite:

International Standard Version
Here is a list of returnees from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addan, and Immer, who could not prove their ancestry and lineage from Israel:

NET Bible
These are the ones who came up from Tel Melah, Tel Harsha, Kerub, Addon, and Immer (although they were unable to certify their family connection or their ancestry, as to whether they were really from Israel):

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The following people came from Tel Melah, Tel Harsha, Cherub, Addan, and Immer, but they couldn't prove they were Israelites on the basis of their father's family or their genealogy:

King James 2000 Bible
And these were they who went up also from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer: but they could not prove their father's house, nor their descendants, whether they were of Israel.
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