Tanach
Ezra 2:1-2 עזרא ב׳:א׳-ב׳
Part of: Chapter 2
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וְאֵלֶּה ׀ בְּנֵי הַמְּדִינָה הָֽעֹלִים מִשְּׁבִי הַגּוֹלָה אֲשֶׁר הֶגְלָה (נבוכדנצור) [נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּר] מֶֽלֶךְ־בָּבֶל לְבָבֶל וַיָּשׁוּבוּ לִירוּשָׁלַ͏ִם וִֽיהוּדָה אִישׁ לְעִירֽוֹ׃
And these are the men of the land [(Eretz Yisrael)] who went up from the captivity of the exile, which Nevuchadnezzar king of Bavel had exiled to Bavel, and who [now] returned to Jerusalem. And (those of) Judah returned, each to his city,
And these are the men of the land [(Eretz Yisrael)] who went up from the captivity of the exile, which Nevuchadnezzar king of Bavel had exiled to Bavel, and who [now] returned to Jerusalem. And (those of) Judah returned, each to his city,
Rashi
וישובו. ועתה חזרו לירושלים:
and they returned And now they returned to Jerusalem.
ויהודה. ובני יהודה חזרו כל א' וא' לעירו:
and Judea And the people of Judea returned, each one to his city.
אֲשֶׁר־בָּאוּ עִם־זְרֻבָּבֶל יֵשׁוּעַ נְחֶמְיָה שְׂרָיָה רְֽעֵלָיָה מׇרְדֳּכַי בִּלְשָׁן מִסְפָּר בִּגְוַי רְחוּם בַּעֲנָה מִסְפַּר אַנְשֵׁי עַם יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ {ס}
[the men] who had come [in the beginning] with Zerubavel, Yeshua, Nechemiah, Serayah, Re'elayah, Mordechai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rechum (and) Ba'anah, the number of [those who followed] the [prominent] men of the people of Israel:
[the men] who had come [in the beginning] with Zerubavel, Yeshua, Nechemiah, Serayah, Re'elayah, Mordechai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rechum (and) Ba'anah, the number of [those who followed] the [prominent] men of the people of Israel:
Rashi
אשר באו. בני המדינה הללו בתחילה כאשר גלו מארץ ישראל לבבל עם זרובבל וגו':
[Those] who came these people of the province, in the beginning, when they went into exile from Israel to Babylon with Zerubbabel etc.
מספר. הראשון פ"א קמוצה בגדול ושם אדם הוא מספר השני פ"א פתוחה ודבוק הוא:
Mispar...the number Heb. מִסְפָּר. [This word appears twice in this verse.] In the first one, the “pay” is vowelized with a “kamatz,” and it is the name of a man; in the second, the “pay” is vowelized with a “pattah”, and it is the construct state, [meaning the number of].
אנשי עם ישראל. הללו בני אדם גדולים וחשובים היו והאחרים היו משוכים אחריהם ועל כן מנאום אחריהם לבד:
the important men of the people of Israel These were the great and important people, and the others followed them. Therefore, they were counted after them separately.
ואלה בני המדינה. אלה בני ישראל אשר ממדינת ארץ ישראל העולים עתה מן השבי אשר בגולה לירושלים:
And these are the people of the province These are the Children of Israel who are from the province of the land of Israel, who are now coming up to Jerusalem from the captivity that is in the exile.