Strong's Hebrew English Morphology 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to do, work, make, produce 1a1a) to do 1a1b) to work 1a1c) to deal (with) 1a1d) to act, act with effect, effect 1a2) to make 1a2a) to make 1a2b) to produce 1a2c) to prepare 1a2d) to make (an offering) 1a2e) to attend to, put in order 1a2f) to observe, celebrate 1a2g) to acquire (property) 1a2h) to appoint, ordain, institute 1a2i) to bring about 1a2j) to use 1a2k) to spend, pass 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be done 1b2) to be made 1b3) to be produced 1b4) to be offered 1b5) to be observed 1b6) to be used 1c) (Pual) to be made 2) (Piel) to press, squeeze">6213 [e] וַיַּֽעֲשׂוּ־ way-ya-‘ă-śū- And did Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp 1) so, therefore, thus 1a) thus, so 1b) just so 1c) therefore 1d) so...as (paired with adv) 1e) then 1f) forasmuch as (in phrase) 1g) (with prep) 1g1) therefore, this being so (specific) 1g2) hitherto 1g3) therefore, on this ground (general) 1g4) afterwards 1g5) in such case adj 2) right, just, honest, true, veritable 2a) right, just, honest 2b) correct 2c) true, veritable 2d) true!, right!, correct! (in assent)">3651 [e] כֵן֮ ḵên So Adv 1a) son, male child 1b) grandson 1c) children (pl. - male and female) 1d) youth, young men (pl.) 1e) young (of animals) 1f) sons (as characterisation, i.e. sons of injustice [for un- righteous men] or sons of God [for angels] 1g) people (of a nation) (pl.) 1h) of lifeless things, i.e. sparks, stars, arrows (fig.) 1i) a member of a guild, order, class">1121 [e] בְּנֵ֣י bə-nê the descendants N-mpc 1a) exiles (coll) 1b) exile, captivity (abstract)">1473 [e] הַגּוֹלָה֒ hag-gō-w-lāh of the captivity Art | N-fs 1a) (Hiphil) 1a1) to divide, separate, sever 1a2) to separate, set apart 1a3) to make a distinction, difference 1a4) to divide into parts 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to separate oneself from (reflexive of 1a2) 1b2) to withdraw from 1b3) to separate oneself unto 1b4) to be separated 1b5) to be excluded 1b6) to be set apart">914 [e] וַיִּבָּדְלוּ֩ way-yib-bā-ḏə-lū and were set apart Conj-w | V-Nifal-ConsecImperf-3mp 1) the priest and scribe who led the reforms of the returned exiles in Jerusalem; co-worker with Nehemiah 2) a priest with Zerubbabel 3) another post-exilic Jew">5830 [e] עֶזְרָ֨א ‘ez-rā Ezra N-proper-ms 1a) priest-king (Melchizedek, Messiah) 1b) pagan priests 1c) priests of Jehovah 1d) Levitical priests 1e) Zadokite priests 1f) Aaronic priests 1g) the high priest">3548 [e] הַכֹּהֵ֜ן hak-kō-hên the priest Art | N-ms 1a) man, male (in contrast to woman, female) 1b) husband 1c) human being, person (in contrast to God) 1d) servant 1e) mankind 1f) champion 1g) great man 2) whosoever 3) each (adjective)">376 [e] אֲנָשִׁ֨ים ’ă-nā-šîm [with] certain N-mp 1a) head (of man, animals) 1b) top, tip (of mountain) 1c) height (of stars) 1d) chief, head (of man, city, nation, place, family, priest) 1e) head, front, beginning 1f) chief, choicest, best 1g) head, division, company, band 1h) sum">7218 [e] רָאשֵׁ֧י rā-šê heads N-mpc 2) of God as father of his people 3) head or founder of a household, group, family, or clan 4) ancestor 4a) grandfather, forefathers -- of person 4b) of people 5) originator or patron of a class, profession, or art 6) of producer, generator (fig.) 7) of benevolence and protection (fig.) 8) term of respect and honour 9) ruler or chief (spec.)">1 [e] הָאָב֛וֹת hā-’ā-ḇō-wṯ of the fathers' [households] Art | N-mp 1) house 1a) house, dwelling habitation 1b) shelter or abode of animals 1c) human bodies (fig.) 1d) of Sheol 1e) of abode of light and darkness 1f) of land of Ephraim 2) place 3) receptacle 4) home, house as containing a family 5) household, family 5a) those belonging to the same household 5b) family of descendants, descendants as organized body 6) household affairs 7) inwards (metaph.) 8) (TWOT) temple adv 9) on the inside prep 10) within">1004 [e] לְבֵ֥ית lə-ḇêṯ by the [households] Prep-l | N-msc 2) of God as father of his people 3) head or founder of a household, group, family, or clan 4) ancestor 4a) grandfather, forefathers -- of person 4b) of people 5) originator or patron of a class, profession, or art 6) of producer, generator (fig.) 7) of benevolence and protection (fig.) 8) term of respect and honour 9) ruler or chief (spec.)">1 [e] אֲבֹתָ֖ם ’ă-ḇō-ṯām fathers' N-mpc | 3mp 1a) all, the whole of 1b) any, each, every, anything 1c) totality, everything">3605 [e] וְכֻלָּ֣ם wə-ḵul-lām and each of them Conj-w | N-msc | 3mp 1a) name 1b) reputation, fame, glory 1c) the Name (as designation of God) 1d) memorial, monument">8034 [e] בְּשֵׁמ֑וֹת bə-šê-mō-wṯ; by name Prep-b | N-mp 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to sit, sit down 1a2) to be set 1a3) to remain, stay 1a4) to dwell, have one's abode 1b) (Niphal) to be inhabited 1c) (Piel) to set, place 1d) (Hiphil) 1d1) to cause to sit 1d2) to cause to abide, set 1d3) to cause to dwell 1d4) to cause (cities) to be inhabited 1d5) to marry (give an dwelling to) 1e) (Hophal) 1e1) to be inhabited 1e2) to make to dwell">3427 [e] וַיֵּשְׁב֗וּ way-yê-šə-ḇū, and they sat down Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp 1a) day (as opposed to night) 1b) day (24 hour period) 1b1) as defined by evening and morning in Genesis 1 1b2) as a division of time 1b2a) a working day, a day's journey 1c) days, lifetime (pl.) 1d) time, period (general) 1e) year 1f) temporal references 1f1) today 1f2) yesterday 1f3) tomorrow">3117 [e] בְּי֤וֹם bə-yō-wm on the day Prep-b | N-ms 1a) one (number) 1b) each, every 1c) a certain 1d) an (indefinite article) 1e) only, once, once for all 1f) one...another, the one...the other, one after another, one by one 1g) first 1h) eleven (in combination), eleventh (ordinal)">259 [e] אֶחָד֙ ’e-ḥāḏ first Number-ms 1a) the first day of the month 1b) the lunar month">2320 [e] לַחֹ֣דֶשׁ la-ḥō-ḏeš of the month Prep-l, Art | N-ms 1a) a tenth">6224 [e] הָעֲשִׂירִ֔י hā-‘ă-śî-rî, tenth Art | Number-oms 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to resort to, frequent (a place), (tread a place) 1a2) to consult, enquire of, seek 1a2a) of God 1a2b) of heathen gods, necromancers 1a3) to seek deity in prayer and worship 1a3a) God 1a3b) heathen deities 1a4) to seek (with a demand), demand, require 1a5) to investigate, enquire 1a6) to ask for, require, demand 1a7) to practice, study, follow, seek with application 1a8) to seek with care, care for 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to allow oneself to be enquired of, consulted (only of God) 1b2) to be sought, be sought out 1b3) to be required (of blood)">1875 [e] לְדַרְי֖וֹשׁ lə-ḏar-yō-wōš to examine Prep-l | V-Qal-Inf 1a) speech 1b) saying, utterance 1c) word, words 1d) business, occupation, acts, matter, case, something, manner (by extension)">1697 [e] הַדָּבָֽר׃ had-dā-ḇār. the matter Art | N-ms

New American Standard Bible
But the exiles did so. And Ezra the priest selected men who were heads of fathers' households for each of their father's households, all of them by name. So they convened on the first day of the tenth month to investigate the matter.

King James Bible
And the children of the captivity did so. And Ezra the priest, with certain chief of the fathers, after the house of their fathers, and all of them by their names, were separated, and sat down in the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The exiles did what had been proposed. Ezra the priest selected men who were family leaders, all identified by name, to represent their ancestral houses. They convened on the first day of the tenth month to investigate the matter,

to examine the matter

Deuteronomy 13:14 Then shall you inquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, …

Job 29:16 I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.

John 7:51 Does our law judge any man, before it hear him, and know what he does?

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