The Meaning of Nehemiah 7:64 Explained

Nehemiah 7:64

KJV: 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.

YLT: These have sought their register among those reckoning themselves by genealogy, and it hath not been found, and they are redeemed from the priesthood,

Darby: These sought their genealogical register, but it was not found; therefore were they, as polluted, removed from the priesthood.

ASV: 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.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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. 

What does Nehemiah 7:64 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Nehemiah 7

1  Nehemiah commits the charge of Jerusalem to Hanani and Hananiah
5  A register of the genealogy of them which came at the first out of Babylon
9  of the people
39  of the priests
43  of the Levites
46  of the Nethinims
57  of Solomon's servants
63  and of the priests which could not find their pedigree
66  The whole number of them, with their substance
70  Their offerings

What do the individual words in Nehemiah 7:64 mean?

These sought their listing [among] those who were registered by genealogy but not it was found therefore they were excluded as defiled from the priesthood
אֵ֗לֶּה בִּקְשׁ֧וּ כְתָבָ֛ם הַמִּתְיַחְשִׂ֖ים וְלֹ֣א נִמְצָ֑א וַיְגֹֽאֲל֖וּ מִן־ הַכְּהֻנָּֽה

אֵ֗לֶּה  These 
Parse: Pronoun, common plural
Root: אֵהֶל 
Sense: these.
בִּקְשׁ֧וּ  sought 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Perfect, third person common plural
Root: בָּקַשׁ  
Sense: to seek, require, desire, exact, request.
כְתָבָ֛ם  their  listing 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine plural
Root: כְּתָב  
Sense: a writing, document, edict.
הַמִּתְיַחְשִׂ֖ים  [among]  those  who  were  registered  by  genealogy 
Parse: Article, Verb, Hitpael, Participle, masculine plural
Root: יָחַשׂ  
Sense: (Hithpael) to reckon genealogically, enrol on a genealogy, enrol, be enrolled.
וְלֹ֣א  but  not 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adverb, Negative particle
Root: הֲלֹא 
Sense: not, no.
נִמְצָ֑א  it  was  found 
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: מָצָא  
Sense: to find, attain to.
וַיְגֹֽאֲל֖וּ  therefore  they  were  excluded  as  defiled 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Pual, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: גָּאַל  
Sense: to defile, pollute, desecrate.
הַכְּהֻנָּֽה  the  priesthood 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: כְּהֻנָּה  
Sense: priesthood.