ya.cha.s denotes being entered in a genealogical or communal register, including records used to identify families and priestly status.

The verb consistently concerns enrollment or registration in a record, often organized by family line or group membership. Its occurrences include counted family groups, priestly and Levitical registration, a written genealogical scroll, and the unsuccessful search for a qualifying registration.

1. Registration in genealogical or group records · dominant

   The Hithpael forms occur where people or groups are entered in an identifying record: in 1 Chronicles 5:17 the APB renders the clause “All of them were enrolled,” while 1 Chronicles 9:1 places Israel's enrollment alongside being written on a scroll. In 2 Chronicles 31:17 the priests and Levites are registered by fathers' houses and divisions; Ezra 2:62 and Nehemiah 7:64 describe people searching for their registration among those enrolled by genealogy, with the record not found.

   1 Chronicles 5:171 Chronicles 9:12 Chronicles 31:17Ezra 2:62Nehemiah 7:5Nehemiah 7:64

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB variously presents the clause with “enrolled,” “enrollment,” “registered,” and “enrolled by genealogy.” These renderings reflect the verses' record-keeping contexts.