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And theseוְאֵלֶּהarethe namesשְׁמוֹתof the sonsבְּנֵיof Gershom:גֵרְשׁוֹםLibniלִבְנִיand Shimei.וְשִׁמְעִי
1 Chronicles 6:17
Study it in the app“And these are the names of the sons of Gershom: Libni and Shimei.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Chronicles 6:17, word by word
- the namesשְׁמוֹתshemot
name
The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.
Where else “shemot” appears- of the sonsבְּנֵיbene
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “bene” appears- of Gershomגֵרְשׁוֹםgershom
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- Libniלִבְנִיlivni
Libni
Libni, son of Gershon, grandson of Levi; also a Levite of the family of Merari (1 Chronicles 6:29).
Where else “livni” appears- and Shimeiשִׁמְעִיshimi
Shimei
Shimei, the name of many men; among them a son of Gershon, grandson of Levi (Exodus 6:17), and the Benjaminite of Saul's family who cursed David as he fled from Absalom (2 Samuel 16:5-13; 19:16-23). It means "heard".
Where else “shimi” appears
The context
16The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.
17 · This verse (above)
18And the sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.