Genealogy Enrollment

† [הִתְיַחֵשׂ] vb.Hithp.denom. enrol oneself or be enrolled by genealogy (NH often in Pi. (also Hithp.), Aramaic Pa. (Ithpa.))—Pf. 3 mpl. הִתְיַחֲשׂוּ 1 Ch 5:17; 9:1; Inf. cstr. הִתְיַחֵשׂ 5:1 + 5 times; sf. הִתְיַחֲשָׂם 1 Ch 4:33 + 7 times; Pt. pl. הַמִּתְיַחֲשִׂים Ezr 2:62 Ne 7:64;—be enrolled by genealogy 1 Ch 5:17; 9:1 Ne 7:5; perhaps also לְהִתְי׳ 2 Ch 12:15 (tr. to 11:16 according to Hi Be, v. VB); וְלֹא לְהִתְי׳ לַבְּכֹרָה 1 Ch 5:1 but he is not to be enrolled in the place of firstborn; sq. בְּ (among, of, consisting in) 7:40, without לְ 7:7 Ezr 8:1; הִתְי׳ הַכֹּהֲנִים 2 Ch 31:17; Inf. = genealogical enrolment 1 Ch 4:33 these were their dwellings and they had (לָהֶם) genealogical enrolment, cf. 7:5, 9; בְּהִתְי׳ 5:7 at the enrolment of (לְ) their generations; הֵמָּה בְּחַצְרֵיהֶם הִתְיַחֲשָׂם 1 Ch 9:22 as for them, in their villages was their enrolment; nearly = genealogical list 2 Ch 31:16 (לִזְכָרִים; i.e.the males whose names were in the list), so Ezr 8:3, cf. 2 Ch 31:18, 19 (all sq. בְּ among, of); Pt. pl. c. art. בִּקְשׁוּ כְתָבָם הַמִּתְיַחֲשִׂים Ezr 2:62 = Ne 7:64 they sought their writing (their book), namely the enrolled, i.e. their genealogical record.

γενεᾱλογ-ία, ἡ, tracing a pedigree, Refs 5th c.BC+; title of work by Hecataeus; γ. καὶ μῦθοι NT+2nd c.BC+

ἀγενεᾱλόγητος, ον, of unrecorded descent, NT.Heb.7.3.

γενεᾱλογ-έω, Ionic dialect γενεη-, trace a pedigree, γ. γένεσιν Refs 5th c.BC+; γ. ἑωυτόν draw out one's pedigree,Refs 5th c.BC+; γ. τινὰ γενέσθαι, εἶναι.., Refs 5th c.BC+:—passive, Refs 5th c.BC+; γενεαλογούμενος ἔκ τινος NT; ἐγενεαλογήθη (impersonal) the genealogy was reckoned, LXX

† יַ֫חַשׂ n.[m.] genealogy (NH יַחַס, יִחוּס, Aramaic יִחוּס)—סֵפֶר הַיַּ֫חַשׂ Ne 7:5 book of genealogy.