Numbers 3:21

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Numbers 3:21


← Numbers 3:20 Numbers 3:21 (KJV) Numbers 3:22 →
And the sons of Merari by their families; Mahli, and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to the house of their fathers.
Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimites: these are the families of the Gershonites.
Those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, even those that were numbered of them were seven thousand and five hundred.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Of GershonH1648 was the familyH4940 of the LibnitesH3846, and the familyH4940 of the ShimitesH8097: these are the familiesH4940 of the GershonitesH1649.


Original Hebrew

לְגֵרְשֹׁון מִשְׁפַּחַת הַלִּבְנִי וּמִשְׁפַּחַת הַשִּׁמְעִי אֵלֶּה הֵם מִשְׁפְּחֹת הַגֵּרְשֻׁנִּי׃

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Morphology Gloss
לְ/גֵ֣רְשׁ֔וֹן
le./Ge.re.Shon H1648 HR/Np (belonged) to/ Gershon
מִשְׁפַּ֨חַת֙
mish.Pa.chat H4940 HNcfsc (the) clan of
הַ/לִּבְנִ֔י
ha./liv.Ni H3846 HTd/Ngmsa the/ Libnite(s)
וּ/מִשְׁפַּ֖חַת
u./mish.Pa.chat H4940 HC/Ncfsc and/ (the) clan of
הַ/שִּׁמְעִ֑י
ha./shim.'I H8097 HTd/Ngmsa the/ Shimeite(s)
אֵ֣לֶּה
'E.leh H428 HPdxcp these
הֵ֔ם
Hem H1992 HPp3mp they
מִשְׁפְּחֹ֖ת
mish.pe.Chot H4940 HNcfpc (were) (the) clans of
הַ/גֵּרְשֻׁנִּֽי
ha./ge.re.shu.Ni H1649 HTd/Ngmsa the/ Gershonite(s)
Strong's References
  • H1648 — גֵּרְשׁוֹן (Gêrᵉshôwn, gay-resh-one'): or גֵּרְשׁוֹם (Gêrᵉshôwm); from גָּרַשׁ (gârash) H1644; a refugee; Gereshon or Gereshom, an Israelite; Gershon, Gershom.
  • H1649 — גֵּרְשֻׁנִּי (Gêrᵉshunnîy, gay-resh-oon-nee'): patronymically from גֵּרְשׁוֹן (Gêrᵉshôwn) H1648; a Gereshonite or descendant of Gereshon; Gershonite, sons of Gershon.
  • H3846 — לִבְנִי (Libnîy, lib-nee'): patronymically from לִבְנִי (Libnîy) H3845; a Libnite or descendants of Libni (collectively); Libnites.
  • H4940 — מִשְׁפָּחָה (mishpâchâh, mish-paw-khaw'): from שָׁפָה (shâphâh) H8192 (compare שִׁפְחָה (shiphchâh) H8198); a family, i.e. circle of relatives; figuratively, a class (of persons), a species (of animals) or sort (of things); by extension a tribe or people; family, kind(-red).
  • H8097 — שִׁמְעִי (Shimʻîy, shim-ee'): patronymically from שִׁמְעִי (Shimʻîy) H8096; a Shimite (collectively) or descendants of Shimi; of Shimi, Shimites.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

  • H428 — אֵלֶּה (ʼêl-leh, ale'-leh): prolonged from אֵל (ʼêl) H411; these or those; an-(the) other; one sort, so, some, such, them, these (same), they, this, those, thus, which, who(-m).
  • H1992 — הֵם (hêm, haym): or (prolonged) הֵמָּה (hêmmâh); masculine plural from הֲלַךְ (hălak) H1981; they (only used when emphatic); it, like, [idiom] (how, so) many (soever, more as) they (be), (the) same, [idiom] so, [idiom] such, their, them, these, they, those, which, who, whom, withal, ye.
Cross References

Reciprocal references (3): Numbers 4:22, Joshua 21:6, 1 Chronicles 6:17

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