Exodus 6:20

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And Amram took him Jochebed his father's sister to wife; and she bare him Aaron and Moses: and the years of the life of Amram were a hundred and thirty and seven years.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּקַּ֨ח עַמְרָ֜ם אֶת־יוֹכֶ֤בֶד דֹּֽדָתוֹ֙ ל֣וֹ לְאִשָּׁ֔ה וַתֵּ֣לֶד ל֔וֹ אֶֽת־אַהֲרֹ֖ן וְאֶת־מֹשֶׁ֑ה וּשְׁנֵי֙ חַיֵּ֣י עַמְרָ֔ם שֶׁ֧בַע וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֛ים וּמְאַ֖ת שָׁנָֽה׃

Transliteration

wə-yiqqaḥ ʿAmrām ʾet-Yôḵeḇed dōdātô to-him for-ʾiššāh wə-tēled to-him ʾet-ʾAhărōn wə-ʾet-Mōšeh û-šənê ḥayyê ʿAmrām seven and-thirty and-hundred šānāh

Grammar Details

*wə-yiqqaḥ*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he took
*ʿAmrām*: proper noun - Amram
*ʾet-Yôḵeḇed*: direct object marker + proper noun - Jochebed
*dōdātô*: noun + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his aunt
to-him: preposition + 3rd masculine singular suffix *lô* - to him
for-*ʾiššāh*: preposition + noun, feminine singular - for a wife
*wə-tēled*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd feminine singular - and she bore
*ʾet-ʾAhărōn*: direct object marker + proper noun - Aaron
*wə-ʾet-Mōšeh*: conjunction + direct object marker + proper noun - and Moses
*û-šənê*: conjunction + noun, masculine dual construct - and years of
*ḥayyê*: noun, masculine plural construct - life of
seven: number *šeḇaʿ* - seven
and-thirty: conjunction + number *û-šəlōšîm* - and thirty
and-hundred: conjunction + number *û-məʾat* - and hundred
*šānāh*: noun, feminine singular - year

Word Meanings

*yiqqaḥ*: he took, he married, he received
*ʿAmrām*: Amram
*Yôḵeḇed*: Jochebed
*dōdātô*: his aunt, his father's sister
*ʾiššāh*: wife, woman
*tēled*: she bore, she gave birth to, she delivered
*ʾAhărōn*: Aaron
*Mōšeh*: Moses
*šənê*: years of
*ḥayyê*: life of, lifetime of
*šānāh*: year

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Referenced Verses

Exod 2:1-2 : 1 And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi. 2 And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months.
Num 26:59 : 59 And the name of Amram's wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in Egypt: and she bare unto Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister.
Exod 6:16 : 16 And these are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations: Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari; and the years of the life of Levi were a hundred thirty and seven years.
Exod 6:18 : 18 And the sons of Kohath: Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel; and the years of the life of Kohath were a hundred thirty and three years.

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