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From Gershonלְגֵרְשׁוֹןcame the familyמִשְׁפַּחַתof the Libnitesהַלִּבְנִיand the familyוּמִשְׁפַּחַתof the Shimeites;הַשִּׁמְעִיtheseאֵלֶּהareהֵםthe familiesמִשְׁפְּחֹתof the Gershonites.הַגֵּרְשֻׁנִּי
Numbers 3:21
Study it in the app“From Gershon came the family of the Libnites and the family of the Shimeites; these are the families of the Gershonites.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 3:21, word by word
- From Gershonגֵרְשׁוֹןgershon
Gershon
Gershon, the eldest son of Levi; one of the three Levite families descends from him.
Where else “gershon” appears- came the familyמִשְׁפַּחַתmishpachat
family
A group of relatives within a tribe.
Where else “mishpachat” appears- of the Libnitesלִּבְנִיlivni
Libnite
Libnite: a descendant of Libni, of the Levite family of Gershon.
Where else “livni” appears- of the Shimeitesשִּׁמְעִיshimi
Shimeite
Shimeite: a descendant of Shimei, of the Levite family of Gershon.
Where else “shimi” appears- of the Gershonitesגֵּרְשֻׁנִּיgershuni
Gershonite
Gershonite: a descendant of Gershon, son of Levi.
Where else “gershuni” appears
The context
20And the sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites by their fathers’ houses.
21 · This verse (above)
22Those of them counted, according to the number of every male from a month old and upward, those of them counted were seven thousand five hundred.