Then arose
quwm  (koom)
to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
Ezra
`Ezra'  (ez-raw')
Ezra, an Israelite -- Ezra.
and made the chief
sar  (sar)
a head person (of any rank or class) -- captain (that had rule), chief (captain), general, governor, keeper, lord, (-task-)master, prince(-ipal), ruler, steward.
priests
kohen  (ko-hane')
literally, one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman) -- chief ruler, own, priest, prince, principal officer.
the Levites
Leviyiy  (lay-vee-ee')
a Levite or descendant of Levi -- Leviite.
and all Israel
Yisra'el  (yis-raw-ale')
he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel.
to swear
shaba`  (shaw-bah')
propr. to be complete; to seven oneself, i.e. swear (as if by repeating a declaration seven times)
that they should do
`asah  (aw-saw')
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
according to this word
dabar  (daw-baw')
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
And they sware
shaba`  (shaw-bah')
propr. to be complete; to seven oneself, i.e. swear (as if by repeating a declaration seven times)


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