The nameוְשֵׁםof Amram’sעַמְרָםwifeאֵשֶׁתwas Jochebed,יוֹכֶבֶדdaughterבַּתof Levi,לֵוִיwhoאֲשֶׁרwas bornיָלְדָה אֹתָהּto Leviלְלֵוִיin Egypt.בְּמִצְרָיִםShe boreוַתֵּלֶדto AmramלְעַמְרָםAaronאַהֲרֹןand Mosesוְ מֹשֶׁהand Miriamוְ מִרְיָםtheir sister.אֲחֹתָם
Numbers 26:59
Study it in the app“The name of Amram’s wife was Jochebed, daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in Egypt. She bore to Amram Aaron and Moses and Miriam their sister.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 26:59, word by word
- The nameשֵׁםshem
name
The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.
Where else “shem” appears- of Amram’sעַמְרָםamram
Amram
Amram, grandson of Levi, father of Aaron, Moses and Miriam; also another Israelite (Ezra 10:34).
Where else “amram” appears- wifeאֵשֶׁתeshet
wife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “eshet” appears- was Jochebedיוֹכֶבֶדyocheved
Jochebed
Jochebed, the mother of Aaron, Moses and Miriam. Her name means "YHWH is glory".
Where else “yocheved” appears- daughterבַּתbat
daughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “bat” 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- was bornיָלְדָהyalda
be born
To come into the world, to begin to live.
Where else “yalda” appears- in Egyptמִצְרָיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears- Aaronאַהֲרֹןaharon
Aaron
Aaron, the older brother of Moses, his spokesman before Pharaoh and the first high priest of Israel.
Where else “aharon” appears- and Mosesמֹשֶׁהmoshe
Moses
Moses, the man God called to bring Israel out of Egypt and through whom he gave the Law. His name sounds like "draw out" (Exodus 2:10).
Where else “moshe” appears- and Miriamמִרְיָםmiryam
Miriam
Miriam, sister of Moses and Aaron, a prophetess; also a woman of the tribe of Judah (1 Chronicles 4:17).
Where else “miryam” appears- their sisterאֲחֹתָachota
sister
A woman who has the same parents as another person, or belongs to their family.
Where else “achota” appears
Places in this verse
Egypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
The context
58These are the families of Levi: the family of the Libnites, the family of the Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites, the family of the Mushites, the family of the Korahites. And Kohath fathered Amram.
59 · This verse (above)
60To Aaron were born Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.