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The sonsוּבְנֵיof Merari:מְרָרִיMahliמַחְלִיand Mushi.וּמוּשִׁיTheseאֵלֶּהare the familiesמִשְׁפְּחֹתof the Levitesהַלֵּוִיaccording to their generations.לְתֹלְדֹתָם
Exodus 6:19
Study it in the app“The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their generations.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 6:19, word by word
- The sonsבְנֵיvene
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “vene” appears- of Merariמְרָרִיmerari
Merari
Merari, a son of Levi; one of the three Levite families descends from him.
Where else “merari” appears- Mahliמַחְלִיmachli
Mahli
Mahli, son of Merari, grandson of Levi; also a son of Mushi (1 Chronicles 6:47).
Where else “machli” appears- and Mushiמוּשִׁיmushi
Mushi
Mushi, son of Merari, grandson of Levi.
Where else “mushi” appears- are the familiesמִשְׁפְּחֹתmishpchot
family
A group of relatives within a tribe.
Where else “mishpchot” appears- of the Levitesלֵּוִיlevi
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- according to their generationsתֹלְדֹתָtoldota
generations
What comes from someone: his descendants and their history. "These are the generations of..." is the phrase with which Genesis opens each of its sections.
Where else “toldota” appears
The context
18The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel; and the years of the life of Kohath were a hundred thirty- three years.
19 · This verse (above)
20Amram took Jochebed, his aunt, as his wife, and she bore him Aaron and Moses; and the years of the life of Amram were a hundred thirty- seven years.