Strong's Lexicon These [men] אֵ֗לֶּה (’êl·leh) Pronoun - common plural Strong's Hebrew 428: 1) these 1a) used before antecedent 1b) used following antecedent searched for בִּקְשׁ֧וּ (biq·šū) Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's Hebrew 1245: 1) to seek, require, desire, exact, request 1a) (Piel) 1a1) to seek to find 1a2) to seek to secure 1a3) to seek the face 1a4) to desire, demand 1a5) to require, exact 1a6) to ask, request 1b) (Pual) to be sought their family records כְתָבָ֛ם (ḵə·ṯā·ḇām) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 3791: 1) a writing, document, edict 1a) register, enrolment, roll 1b) mode of writing, character, letter 1c) letter, document, a writing 1d) a written edict 1d1) of royal enactment 1d2) of divine authority הַמִּתְיַחְשִׂ֖ים (ham·miṯ·yaḥ·śîm) Article | Verb - Hitpael - Participle - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 3187: 1) (Hithpael) to reckon genealogically, enrol on a genealogy, enrol, be enrolled but they could not וְלֹ֣א (wə·lō) Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle Strong's Hebrew 3808: 1) not, no 1a) not (with verb-absolute prohibition) 1b) not (with modifier-negation) 1c) nothing (subst) 1d) without (with particle) 1e) before (of time) find them נִמְצָ֑א (nim·ṣā) Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 4672: 1) to find, attain to 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to find 1a1a) to find, secure, acquire, get (thing sought) 1a1b) to find (what is lost) 1a1c) to meet, encounter 1a1d) to find (a condition) 1a1e) to learn, devise 1a2) to find out 1a2a) to find out 1a2b) to detect 1a2c) to guess 1a3) to come upon, light upon 1a3a) to happen upon, meet, fall in with 1a3b) to hit 1a3c) to befall 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be found 1b1a) to be encountered, be lighted upon, be discovered 1b1b) to appear, be recognised 1b1c) to be discovered, be detected 1b1d) to be gained, be secured 1b2) to be, be found 1b2a) to be found in 1b2b) to be in the possession of 1b2c) to be found in (a place), happen to be 1b2d) to be left (after war) 1b2e) to be present 1b2f) to prove to be 1b2g) to be found sufficient, be enough 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to cause to find, attain 1c2) to cause to light upon, come upon, come 1c3) to cause to encounter 1c4) to present (offering) and so were excluded וַיְגֹֽאֲל֖וּ (way·ḡō·’ă·lū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Pual - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 1351: 1) to defile, pollute, desecrate 1a) (Niphal) to be defiled, be polluted 1b) (Piel) to pollute, desecrate 1c)(Pual) to be desecrated (of removal from priesthood) 1d) (Hiphil) to pollute, stain 1e) (Hithpael) to defile oneself from מִן־ (min-) Preposition Strong's Hebrew 4480: prep 1) from, out of, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not, more than 1a) from (expressing separation), off, on the side of 1b) out of 1b1) (with verbs of proceeding, removing, expelling) 1b2) (of material from which something is made) 1b3) (of source or origin) 1c) out of, some of, from (partitively) 1d) from, since, after (of time) 1e) than, more than (in comparison) 1f) from...even to, both...and, either...or 1g) than, more than, too much for (in comparisons) 1h) from, on account of, through, because (with infinitive) conj 2) that the priesthood {as unclean}. הַכְּהֻנָּֽה׃ (hak·kə·hun·nāh) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 3550: 1) priesthood Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleThese men searched for their family records, but they could not find them and so were excluded from the priesthood as unclean. Young's Literal Translation These have sought their register among those reckoning themselves by genealogy, and it hath not been found, and they are redeemed from the priesthood, Holman Christian Standard Bible These searched for their entries in the genealogical records, but they could not be found, so they were disqualified from the priesthood. New American Standard Bible These searched [among] their ancestral registration, but it could not be located; therefore they were considered unclean [and excluded] from the priesthood. King James Bible These sought their register [among] those that were reckoned by genealogy, but it was not found: therefore were they, as polluted, put from the priesthood. Parallel Verses New International Version These searched for their family records, but they could not find them and so were excluded from the priesthood as unclean. New Living Translation They searched for their names in the genealogical records, but they were not found, so they were disqualified from serving as priests. English Standard Version These sought their registration among those enrolled in the genealogies, but it was not found there, so they were excluded from the priesthood as unclean. New American Standard Bible These searched among their ancestral registration, but it could not be located; therefore they were considered unclean and excluded from the priesthood. King James Bible These sought their register among those that were reckoned by genealogy, but it was not found: therefore were they, as polluted, put from the priesthood. Holman Christian Standard Bible These searched for their entries in the genealogical records, but they could not be found, so they were disqualified from the priesthood. International Standard Version These people searched for their ancestral records, but they couldn't be located. Accordingly, they were considered disqualified from the priesthood. NET Bible They searched for their records in the genealogical materials, but none were found. They were therefore excluded from the priesthood. American Standard Version These sought their register among those that were reckoned by genealogy, but it was not found: therefore were they deemed polluted and put from the priesthood. English Revised Version These sought their register among those that were reckoned by genealogy, but it was not found: therefore were they deemed polluted and put from the priesthood. Young's Literal Translation These have sought their register among those reckoning themselves by genealogy, and it hath not been found, and they are redeemed from the priesthood, Cross References Nehemiah 7:63 And of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Koz, the children of Barzillai, which took one of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite to wife, and was called after their name. Nehemiah 7:65 And the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and Thummim. Nehemiah 1:1 The words of Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah. And it came to pass in the month Chisleu, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the palace, Nehemiah 7:62 The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred forty and two. Nehemiah 7:61 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. Nehemiah 7:66 The whole congregation together was forty and two thousand three hundred and threescore, Nehemiah 7:67 Beside their manservants and their maidservants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and they had two hundred forty and five singing men and singing women. 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