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And the sonsוּבְנֵיof Merariמְרָרִיby their families:לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָםMahliמַחְלִיand Mushi.וּמוּשִׁיTheseאֵלֶּהareהֵםthe familiesמִשְׁפְּחֹתof the Levitesהַלֵּוִיby their fathers’ houses.לְבֵית אֲבֹתָם
Numbers 3:20
Study it in the app“And the sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites by their fathers’ houses.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 3:20, word by word
- And 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- by their familiesמִשְׁפְּחֹתָmishpchota
family
A group of relatives within a tribe.
Where else “mishpchota” 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- of the Levitesלֵּוִיlevi
Levite
Levite: of the tribe of Levi.
Where else “levi” appears- by their fathers’ housesבֵיתvet
household
The family, everyone living under one roof.
Where else “vet” appears- by their fathers’ housesאֲבֹתָavota
head of family
The head of a family or clan.
Where else “avota” appears
The context
19And the sons of Kohath by their families: Amram, and Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
20 · This verse (above)
21From Gershon came the family of the Libnites and the family of the Shimeites; these are the families of the Gershonites.