1 Chronicles 9:14

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And of the Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari;

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּמִֽן־הַלְוִיִּ֑ם שְׁמַֽעְיָ֧ה בֶן־חַשּׁ֛וּב בֶּן־עַזְרִיקָ֥ם בֶּן־חֲשַׁבְיָ֖ה מִן־בְּנֵ֥י מְרָרִֽי׃

Transliteration

û-from-ha-Lĕwiyyîm Šĕmaʿyāh son-of-Ḥaššûb son-of-ʿAzrîqām son-of-Ḥăšabyāh from-bĕnê Mĕrārî

Grammar Details

• *û*-from-*ha*-*Lĕwiyyîm*: conjunction + preposition + definite article + proper noun, masculine plural - and from the Levites
• *Šĕmaʿyāh*: proper noun - Shemaiah
• son-of-*Ḥaššûb*: construct relationship + proper noun - son of Hasshub
• son-of-*ʿAzrîqām*: construct relationship + proper noun - son of Azrikam
• son-of-*Ḥăšabyāh*: construct relationship + proper noun - son of Hashabiah
• from-*bĕnê*: preposition + noun, masculine plural construct - from sons of
• *Mĕrārî*: proper noun - Merari

Word Meanings

• *Šĕmaʿyāh*: Shemaiah (meaning 'Yahweh has heard')
• *Mĕrārî*: Merari (one of the three sons of Levi)

Referenced Verses

• Num 26:57 : 57 And these are they that were numbered of the Levites after their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites; of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites; of Merari, the family of the Merarites.
• 1 Chr 6:19 : 19 The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. And these are the families of the Levites according to their fathers' [houses].
• 1 Chr 6:29 : 29 The sons of Merari: Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzzah his son,
• 1 Chr 6:63 : 63 Unto the sons of Merari [were given] by lot, according to their families, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.
• Neh 10:11 : 11 Mica, Rehob, Hashabiah,
• Neh 11:15-19 : 15 And of the Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Bunni; 16 and Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the chiefs of the Levites, who had the oversight of the outward business of the house of God; 17 and Mattaniah the son of Mica, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, who was the chief to begin the thanksgiving in prayer, and Bakbukiah, the second among his brethren; and Abda the son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun. 18 All the Levites in the holy city were two hundred fourscore and four. 19 Moreover the porters, Akkub, Talmon, and their brethren, that kept watch at the gates, were a hundred seventy and two.
• Neh 12:24 : 24 And the chiefs of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brethren over against them, to praise and give thanks, according to the commandment of David the man of God, watch next to watch.