Lexical Definition

‎יָחַשׂ‎ yâchas (yaw-khas') to enroll ^H:V
a primitive root; to sprout; used only as denominative from ‎יַחַשׂ‎

(number after, number throughout the) genealogy (to be reckoned), be reckoned by genealogies.

• to enroll by pedigree

1) (Hithpael) to reckon genealogically, enrol on a genealogy, enrol, be enrolled

See Greek: ἀριθμός · γενεαλογέω · καταριθμέω · συνοδία

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎הִתְיַחֵשׂ‎] verb Hithpa`el denominative enroll oneself or be enrolled by genealogy (Late Hebrew often in Pi`el (also Hithpa`el), Aramaic Pa`el (Ithpa`al)) — Perfect 3 masculine plural ‎הִתְיַחֲשׂוּ‎ 1Chr 5:17; 1Chr 9:1 Infinitive construct ‎הִתְיַחֵשׂ‎ 1Chr 5:1 + 5 t.; suffix ‎הִתְיִחֲשָׂם‎ 1Chr 4:33 + 7 t.; Participle plural ‎הַמִּתְיִחֲשִׂים‎ Ezra 2:62; Neh 7:64 — be enrolled by genealogy 1Chr 5:17; 1Chr 9:1; Neh 7:5 perhaps also ‎׳‎‎לְהִתְי‎ 2Chr 12:15 (tr. to 2Chr 11:16 according to Hi Be, see VB); ‎לַבְּכֹרָה‎ ‎׳‎‎וְלֹא לְהִתְי‎ 1Chr 5:1 but he is not to be enrolled in the place of first born; followed by ‎בְּ‎ (among, of, consisting in) 1Chr 7:40, without ‎לְ‎ 1Chr 7:7; Ezra 8:1 ‎הַכֹּהֲנִים‎ ‎׳‎‎הִתְי‎ 2Chr 31:17 Infinitive = genealogical enrolment 1Chr 4:33 these were their dwellings and they had (‎לָהֶם‎) genealogical enrolment, compare 1Chr 7:5; 1Chr 7:9 ‎׳‎‎בְּהִתְי‎ 1Chr 5:7 at the enrolment, of. (‎לְ‎) their generations; ‎הֵמָּה בְּחַצְרֵיהֶם הִתְיַחֲשָׂם‎ 1Chr 9:22 as for them, in their villages was their enrolment; nearly = genealogical list 2Chr 31:15 (‎לִזְכָרִים‎; i.e. the males whose names were in the list), so Ezra 8:3, compare 2Chr 31:18; 2Chr 31:19 (all followed by ‎בְּ‎ among, of) Participle plural with article ‎בִּקְשׁוּ כְתָבָם הַמִּתְיַחֲשִׂים‎ Ezra 2:62 = Neh 7:64 they sought their writing (their book), namely the enrolled, i.e. their genealogical record. ‎יַ֫חַת‎ see below ‎חתה‎

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