We asked them their names also, to inform you that we might write the names of the men who were at the head of them.
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We asked them their names also, to inform you that we might write the names of the men who were at the head of them.
We asked their names also, to certify thee, that we might write the names of the men that were the chief of them.
And also we asked of them their names, to let you know, so that we could write down the names of the men who were at their head.
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We asked them their names also, to inform you that we might write the names of the men who were at the head of them.
We also asked for their names, so that we could write down the names of their leaders for your information.
We also asked for their names, so that we could write down the names of their leaders for your information.
We asked their names also, to certify thee, that we might write the names of the men that were the chief of them.
We asked them their names also, to certify thee, that we might write the names of the men that were at the head of them.
We asked them their names also, to certify thee, that we might write the names of the men that were at the head of them.
We asked their names also, that we might certifie thee, and that we might write the names of the men that were their rulers.
We asked also of them their names, that we might give thee notice: and we have written the names of the men that are the chief among them.
And also their names we have asked of them, to let thee know, that we might write the names of the men who `are' at their head.
And also their names we have asked of them, to let you know, that we might write the names of the men who [are] at their head.
We also asked them their names so you might know the name of each man who led them.
And also we asked of them their names, to let you know, so that we could write down the names of the men who were at their head.
We asked their names also, to inform thee, that we might write the names of the men that were the chief of them.
We asked them their names also, to inform you that we might write the names of the men who were at their head.
We asked their names also, to certify thee, that we might write the names of the men that were the chief of them.
We also asked for their names, so that we could write them down and let you know the names of their leaders.
And we made request for their names, so that we might send you word, and give you the names of the men at the head of them.
We asked them their names also, to announce to thee, that we might write the names of the men that were at the head of them.
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Notable vocabulary
The rarest word here is וְאַ֧ף also H638 — appearing just 4 times in the whole Hebrew Bible.
First appearance in Scripture
These words make their first canonical appearance in the Hebrew Bible here:
Shared distinctive vocabulary
וְאַ֧ף also H638 occurs in 4 verses of the Hebrew Bible. Also found in:
Grammatical profile
Verb forms
Repetition
Words recur within this verse — often emphatic in Hebrew:
Hebrew & Septuagint length
In English translation the verse runs 25 words from the Hebrew and 25 from the Septuagint (LXX English) — the same length.
A rough comparison of the two English renderings, which tokenize alike — not a word-level alignment.
Word counts can differ between the Hebrew and the Greek without any difference in meaning — e.g. the Hebrew direct-object marker אֵת has no separate Greek word, and Greek often adds the article ὁ.
In the original languages it is 11 Hebrew tokens and 18 Greek tokens — but the two are counted differently (Hebrew bundles its prefixes and suffixes into one token; the Greek is in lemma form), so that isn’t a like-for-like length.
The same verse in the two great witnesses to the Old Testament, shown verse-for-verse.
These are two independent witnesses, not word-aligned to each other, and the Septuagint is shown in lemma (dictionary) form.
וְאַ֧ף שְׁמָהָתְהֹ֛ם שְׁאֵ֥לְנָא לְּהֹ֖ם לְהוֹדָעוּתָ֑ךְ דִּ֛י נִכְתֻּ֥ב שֻׁם גֻּבְרַיָּ֖א דִּ֥י בְרָאשֵׁיהֹֽם
We asked them their names also, to inform you that we might write the names of the men who were at the head of them.
World English Bible · Public Domain
καί ὁ ὄνομα αὐτός ἐρωτάω αὐτός γνωρίζω σύ ὥστε γράφω σύ ὁ ὄνομα ὁ ἀνήρ ὁ ἄρχων αὐτός
And we asked them their names, in order to declare them to you, so as to write to you the names of their leading men.
LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) · Public Domain
In the Septuagint this is one book — Esdras B (2 Esdras): Ezra is chapters 1–10, Nehemiah 11–23.
Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex (CC BY 4.0). Greek: Septuagint (public domain); English from LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) (Public Domain). How the Septuagint differs from the Hebrew →
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Ezra, in the Historical, opens this verse with 11 words (8 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is ʼaph (“also”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.
Commentary
Notes on Ezra 5:10 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.
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Trapp's Complete Commentary
John Trapp
John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
John Gill's Exposition
John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.
Rashi
Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchaki (Rashi)
Rashi on the Tanakh — English translations: “The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg” (CC BY 4.0); “Pentateuch with Rashi's commentary by M. Rosenbaum and A.M. Silbermann, 1929-1934” (public domain); “The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J” (CC BY 4.0); and “The Book of Joshua, Metsudah Publications, 1997” (CC BY 4.0). Text via Sefaria.