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And theseוַ אֵלֶּהwereיִּהְיוּthe sonsבְנֵיof Leviלֵוִיby their names:בִּשְׁמֹתָםGershon,גֵּרְשׁוֹןand Kohath,וּקְהָתand Merari.וּמְרָרִי
Numbers 3:17
Study it in the app“And these were the sons of Levi by their names: Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 3:17, word by word
- wereיִּהְיוּyihyu
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yihyu” appears- the sonsבְנֵיvene
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “vene” 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- by their namesשְׁמֹתָshemota
name
The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.
Where else “shemota” appears- Gershonגֵּרְשׁוֹןgershon
Gershon
Gershon, the eldest son of Levi; one of the three Levite families descends from him.
Where else “gershon” appears- and 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
The context
16So Moses counted them according to the command of YHWH, as he had been commanded.
17 · This verse (above)
18And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families: Libni and Shimei.