1 Chronicles 6:47

American Standard Version (1901)

the son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְלִבְנֵ֨י גֵרְשׁ֜וֹם לְמִשְׁפְּחוֹתָ֗ם מִמַּטֵּ֣ה יִ֠שָׂשכָר וּמִמַּטֵּ֨ה אָשֵׁ֜ר וּמִמַּטֵּ֣ה נַפְתָּלִ֗י וּמִמַּטֵּ֤ה מְנַשֶּׁה֙ בַּבָּשָׁ֔ן עָרִ֖ים שְׁלֹ֥שׁ עֶשְׂרֵֽה׃ ס

Transliteration

wə-li-bnê Gēršôm lə-mišpəḥôtām mi-maṭṭēh Yiśāśkār û-mi-maṭṭēh ʾĀšēr û-mi-maṭṭēh Naptālî û-mi-maṭṭēh Mənaššeh ba-Bāšān ʿārîm šəlōš ʿeśrēh

Grammar Details

• *wə*: conjunction - and
• *li*-*bnê*: preposition with noun, masculine plural construct - to the sons of
• *Gēršôm*: proper noun, masculine singular
• *lə*-*mišpəḥôtām*: preposition with noun, feminine plural construct with 3rd masculine plural suffix - for their families
• *mi*-*maṭṭēh*: preposition with noun, masculine singular construct - from the tribe of
• *Yiśāśkār*: proper noun, masculine singular
• *û*-*mi*-*maṭṭēh*: conjunction with preposition with noun, masculine singular construct - and from the tribe of
• *ʾĀšēr*: proper noun, masculine singular
• *Naptālî*: proper noun, masculine singular
• *Mənaššeh*: proper noun, masculine singular
• *ba*-*Bāšān*: preposition with definite article with proper noun - in Bashan
• *ʿārîm*: noun, feminine plural - cities
• *šəlōš* *ʿeśrēh*: numeral, feminine - thirteen

Word Meanings

• *maṭṭēh*: tribe/staff/rod
• *ʿārîm*: cities/towns

Referenced Verses

• Exod 6:19 : 19 And the sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their generations.
• Num 3:20 : 20 And the sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers' houses.
• Num 3:33-36 : 33 Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites: these are the families of Merari. 34 And those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were six thousand and two hundred. 35 And the prince of the fathers' house of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail: they shall encamp on the side of the tabernacle northward. 36 And the appointed charge of the sons of Merari shall be the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and the sockets thereof, and all the instruments thereof, and all the service thereof,
• Num 4:42 : 42 And those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, by their families, by their fathers' houses,
• Num 7:8 : 8 and four wagons and eight oxen he gave unto the sons of Merari, according unto their service, under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
• Num 10:17 : 17 And the tabernacle was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari, who bare the tabernacle, set forward.
• Josh 21:7 : 7 The children of Merari according to their families had out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.
• Josh 21:34-40 : 34 And unto the families of the children of Merari, the rest of the Levites, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with its suburbs, and Kartah with its suburbs, 35 Dimnah with its suburbs, Nahalal with its suburbs; four cities. 36 And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with its suburbs, and Jahaz with its suburbs, 37 Kedemoth with its suburbs, and Mephaath with its suburbs; four cities. 38 And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Mahanaim with its suburbs, 39 Heshbon with its suburbs, Jazer with its suburbs; four cities in all. 40 All [these were] the cities of the children of Merari according to their families, even the rest of the families of the Levites; and their lot was twelve cities.
• 1 Chr 23:21 : 21 The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli: Eleazar and Kish.
• 1 Chr 23:28 : 28 For their office was to wait on the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of Jehovah, in the courts, and in the chambers, and in the purifying of all holy things, even the work of the service of the house of God;