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The sonsבְּנֵיof Gershon:גֵרְשׁוֹןLibniלִבְנִיand Shimei,וְשִׁמְעִיaccording to their families.לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָם
Exodus 6:17
Study it in the app“The sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei, according to their families.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 6:17, 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 Gershonגֵרְשׁוֹןgershon
Gershon
Gershon, the eldest son of Levi; one of the three Levite families descends from him.
Where else “gershon” 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- according to their familiesמִשְׁפְּחֹתָmishpchota
family
A group of relatives within a tribe.
Where else “mishpchota” appears
The context
16These are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari; and the years of the life of Levi were a hundred thirty- seven years.
17 · This verse (above)
18The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel; and the years of the life of Kohath were a hundred thirty- three years.