Ezra 2:59
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
The following came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addan, and Immer, but could not prove that their families were descended from Israel:

Young's Literal Translation
And these [are] those going up from Tel-Melah, Tel-Harsa, Cherub, Addan, Immer, and they have not been able to declare the house of their fathers, and their seed, whether they [are] of Israel:

King James Bible
And these [were] they which went up from Telmelah, Telharsa, Cherub, Addan, [and] Immer: but they could not shew their father's house, and their seed, whether they [were] of Israel:

Hebrew
The following
וְאֵ֗לֶּה (wə·’êl·leh)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - common plural
Strong's 428: These, those

came up
הָֽעֹלִים֙ (hā·‘ō·lîm)
Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's 5927: To ascend, in, actively

from Tel-melah,
מֶ֙לַח֙ (me·laḥ)
Preposition | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 8528: Tel-melah -- 'mound of salt', a place in Babylon

Tel-harsha,
חַרְשָׁ֔א (ḥar·šā)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 8521: Tel-harsha -- 'mound of a craftsman', a city in Babylon

Cherub,
כְּר֥וּב (kə·rūḇ)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 3743: Cherub -- a place in Babylon

Addan,
אַדָּ֖ן (’ad·dān)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 135: Addan -- a place in Babylon

and Immer,
אִמֵּ֑ר (’im·mêr)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 564: Immer -- the name of several Israelites, perhaps also a place in Babylon

but could not
וְלֹ֣א (wə·lō)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

prove
לְהַגִּ֤יד (lə·hag·gîḏ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct
Strong's 5046: To be conspicuous

that their families
בֵּית־ (bêṯ-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1004: A house

were descended
וְזַרְעָ֔ם (wə·zar·‘ām)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 2233: Seed, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity

from Israel:
מִיִּשְׂרָאֵ֖ל (mî·yiś·rā·’êl)
Preposition-m | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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