Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleSo the exiles did as proposed. Ezra the priest selected men who were family heads, each of them identified by name, to represent their families. On the first day of the tenth month they launched the investigation, Young's Literal Translation And the sons of the removal do so, and Ezra the priest, [and] men, heads of the fathers, for the house of their fathers, are separated, even all of them by name, and they sit on the first day of the tenth month, to examine 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. Hebrew So the exilesבְּנֵ֣י (bə·nê) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 1121: A son did וַיַּֽעֲשׂוּ־ (way·ya·‘ă·śū-) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 6213: To do, make as proposed. כֵן֮ (ḵên) Adverb Strong's 3651: So -- thus Ezra עֶזְרָ֨א (‘ez·rā) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 5830: Ezra -- 'help', three Israelites the priest הַכֹּהֵ֜ן (hak·kō·hên) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3548: Priest selected וַיִּבָּדְלוּ֩ (way·yib·bā·ḏə·lū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 914: To be divided, separate men אֲנָשִׁ֨ים (’ă·nā·šîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person who were family הָאָב֛וֹת (hā·’ā·ḇō·wṯ) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 1: Father heads, רָאשֵׁ֧י (rā·šê) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 7218: The head each of them וְכֻלָּ֣ם (wə·ḵul·lām) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every identified by name, בְּשֵׁמ֑וֹת (bə·šê·mō·wṯ) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 8034: A name to represent their families. אֲבֹתָ֖ם (’ă·ḇō·ṯām) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 1: Father On the first אֶחָד֙ (’e·ḥāḏ) Number - masculine singular Strong's 259: United, one, first day בְּי֤וֹם (bə·yō·wm) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3117: A day of the tenth הָעֲשִׂירִ֔י (hā·‘ă·śî·rî) Article | Number - ordinal masculine singular Strong's 6224: Tenth, tenth month, part month לַחֹ֣דֶשׁ (la·ḥō·ḏeš) Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2320: The new moon, a month they convened לְדַרְי֖וֹשׁ (lə·ḏar·yō·wōš) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 1875: To tread, frequent, to follow, to seek, ask, to worship the investigation, הַדָּבָֽר׃ (had·dā·ḇār) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause |