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title: יָחַשׂ — enroll oneself · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יָחַשׂ (3187), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 20 times: enroll oneself. BDB 1906: genealogy. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יָחַשׂ

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«יָחַשׂ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **enroll oneself** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 20 times · **Key:** 3187 · **BDB:** יַ֫חַשׂ

### Glosses

their.genealogical (8); genealogical.enrolment (2); they.had.themselves.enrolled (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

enroll oneself [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3187/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

genealogy [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3187/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] genealogy (NH יַחַס, יִחוּס, Aramaic יִחוּס)—סֵפֶר הַיַּ֫חַשׂ Ne 7:5 book of genealogy.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech differs, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (7 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יָחַשׂ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3187/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 5:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.5.17/)

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כֻּלָּם֙ הִתְיַחְשׂ֔וּ בִּימֵ֖י יוֹתָ֣ם מֶֽלֶךְ־יְהוּדָ֑ה וּבִימֵ֖י יָרָבְעָ֥ם מֶֽלֶךְ־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃פ

*Word for word:* of.them all they.had.themselves.enrolled in the.days of.Jotham the.king of.Judah and in the.days Jeroboam the.king of.Israel

*JPS 1917:* All these were reckoned by genealogies in the days of Jotham king of Judah and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel.

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[Ezra 2:62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.2.62/)

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אֵ֗לֶּה בִּקְשׁ֧וּ כְתָבָ֛ם הַמִּתְיַחְשִׂ֖ים וְלֹ֣א נִמְצָ֑אוּ וַֽיְגֹאֲל֖וּ מִן־הַכְּהֻנָּֽה׃

*Word for word:* these they.sought document their \[those who.had\].had.themselves.enrolled and not they.were.found and they.were.defiled from the priesthood

*JPS 1917:* These sought their register, that is, the genealogy, but it was not found; therefore were they deemed polluted and put from the priesthood.

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