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Commentary for Nehemiah 7:5

וַיִּתֵּ֤ן אֱלֹהַי֙ אֶל־לִבִּ֔י וָאֶקְבְּצָ֞ה אֶת־הַחֹרִ֧ים וְאֶת־הַסְּגָנִ֛ים וְאֶת־הָעָ֖ם לְהִתְיַחֵ֑שׂ וָֽאֶמְצָ֗א סֵ֤פֶר הַיַּ֙חַשׂ֙ הָעוֹלִ֣ים בָּרִאשׁוֹנָ֔ה וָאֶמְצָ֖א כָּת֥וּב בּֽוֹ׃ (פ)

And my God put into my heart to gather together the nobles, and the rulers, and the people, that they might be reckoned by genealogy. And I found the book of the genealogy of them that came up at the first, and I found written therein:

Rashi on Nehemiah

to trace their lineage Heb. לְהִתְיַחֵישׂ, to search for their lineage.
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Rashi on Nehemiah

those who went up at first of those Jews who went up with Ezra at first.
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Rashi on Nehemiah

and I found written in it All these words were written in that letter.
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