5 Then my God {Elohay} put it into my heart to assemble the nobles, the officials, and the people to be enrolled by genealogy. I found the genealogical register of those who had first returned, and I found the following written in it:

6 These are the people of the province who came up from the captivity of the exiles carried away to Babylon (confusion by mixing) by Nebuchadnezzar (may Nebo protect the crown) its king. They returned to Jerusalem (city of peace) and Judah (praised), each to his own town,

7 accompanied by Zerubbabel (sown in Babylon), Jeshua (he is saved), Nehemiah (YHWH comforts), Azariah (YHWH has helped), Raamiah (thunder of YHWH), Nahamani (merciful), Mordecai (little man), Bilshan (in slander), Mispereth (number), Bigvai (in my bodies), Nehum (comfort), and Baanah . This is the count of the men of Israel (he wrestles with God):

Nehemiah 7:5-7, Berean Annotated Bible. Public domain.
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