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The sonsבְּנֵיof Levi:לֵוִיGershom,גֵּרְשֹׁםKohath,קְהָתand Merari.וּמְרָרִי
1 Chronicles 6:16
Study it in the app“The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Chronicles 6:16, word by word
- The sonsבְּנֵיbene
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “bene” appears- of Leviלֵוִיlevi
Levi
Levi, the third son of Jacob and Leah; the tribe of the priests comes from him. The name sounds like "be joined".
Where else “levi” appears- Gershomגֵּרְשֹׁםgershom
Gershom
Gershom, the elder son of Moses; his name sounds like "a stranger there". Other men also bore it, among them a son of Levi (1 Chronicles 6:16).
Where else “gershom” appears- Kohathקְהָתkehat
Kohath
Kohath, a son of Levi; Moses and Aaron came from his family.
Where else “kehat” appears- and Merariמְרָרִיmerari
Merari
Merari, a son of Levi; one of the three Levite families descends from him.
Where else “merari” appears
Translation note
From here on the Hebrew writes this name “Gershom”; he is the same Gershon of verse 1.
The context
15and Jehozadak went when YHWH carried into exile Judah and Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.
16 · This verse (above)
17And these are the names of the sons of Gershom: Libni and Shimei.