Rashi, on Neh 7:5

“But God had put in my heart, and I assembled the princes and magistrates, and common people, to number them: and I found a book of the number of them who came up at first, and therein it was found written:”

“to trace their lineage Heb. לְהִתְיַחֵישׂ, to search for their lineage. those who went up at first of those Jews who went up with Ezra at first. and I found written in it All these words were written in that letter.”

Hebrew and Aramaic words are the commentator’s citations of the sacred text; the English translation that follows each is the translator’s.

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.