Numbers 26:59

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְשֵׁ֣ם ׀ אֵ֣שֶׁת עַמְרָ֗ם יוֹכֶ֙בֶד֙ בַּת־לֵוִ֔י אֲשֶׁ֨ר יָלְדָ֥ה אֹתָ֛הּ לְלֵוִ֖י בְּמִצְרָ֑יִם וַתֵּ֣לֶד לְעַמְרָ֗ם אֶֽת־אַהֲרֹן֙ וְאֶת־מֹשֶׁ֔ה וְאֵ֖ת מִרְיָ֥ם אֲחֹתָֽם׃

Transliteration

And shēm ʾēshet ʿamrām yôkebed bat-lēwî who yāldâ her to lēwî in miṣrāyim; and tēled to ʿamrām ʾet-ʾahărōn and ʾet-mōsheh and ʾēt miryām ʾăḥōtām.

Grammar Details

*wə*: conjunction - and
*shēm*: noun, masculine singular construct - name of
*ʾēshet*: noun, feminine singular construct - wife of
*ʿamrām*: proper noun - Amram
*yôkebed*: proper noun - Jochebed
*bat*: noun, feminine singular construct - daughter of
*lēwî*: proper noun - Levi
*ʾăsher*: relative pronoun - who/which
*yāldâ*: verb, qal perfect 3rd feminine singular - she bore
*ʾōtāh*: direct object marker with 3rd feminine singular suffix - her
*lə*: preposition - to/for
*bə*: preposition - in
*miṣrāyim*: proper noun - Egypt
*wa*: conjunction - and
*tēled*: verb, qal imperfect 3rd feminine singular with consecutive waw - and she bore
*ʾet*: direct object marker
*ʾahărōn*: proper noun - Aaron
*mōsheh*: proper noun - Moses
*ʾēt*: direct object marker
*miryām*: proper noun - Miriam
*ʾăḥōtām*: noun, feminine singular with 3rd person masculine plural possessive suffix - their sister

Word Meanings

*shēm*: name/designation/title
*ʾēshet*: wife of/woman of/spouse of
*yāldâ*: bore/gave birth to/was delivered of
*tēled*: bore/gave birth to/brought forth

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Exod 6:20 : 20 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.
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.
Lev 18:12 : 12 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's sister: she is thy father's near kinswoman.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Exod 6:19-21
3 verses
85%
19And the sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their generations.
20And 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.
21And the sons of Izhar: Korah, and Nepheg, and Zichri.
1 Chr 6:1-3
3 verses
81%
1The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
2And the sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.
3And the children of Amram: Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam. And the sons of Aaron: Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
Num 26:57-58
2 verses
78%
57And 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.
58These are the families of Levi: the family of the Libnites, the family of the Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites, the family of the Mushites, the family of the Korahites. And Kohath begat Amram.
Exod 2:1-2
2 verses
75%
1And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi.
2And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months.
Num 26:60
75%
60And unto Aaron were born Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
Exod 6:23
74%
23And Aaron took him Elisheba, the daughter of Amminadab, the sister of Nahshon, to wife; and she bare him Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
Exod 6:25-27
3 verses
73%
25And Eleazar Aaron's son took him one of the daughters of Putiel to wife; and she bare him Phinehas. These are the heads of the fathers' [houses] of the Levites according to their families.
26These are that Aaron and Moses, to whom Jehovah said, Bring out the children of Israel from the land of Egypt according to their hosts.
27These are they that spake to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring out the children of Israel from Egypt: these are that Moses and Aaron.
Num 12:1
71%
1And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Cushite woman whom he had married; for he had married a Cushite woman.
Gen 46:11
70%
11And the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
1 Chr 4:17-18
2 verses
70%
17And the sons of Ezrah: Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon; and she bare Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa.
18And his wife the Jewess bare Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah. And these are the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh, whom Mered took.
Num 3:19-20
2 verses
70%
19And the sons of Kohath by their families: Amram, and Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
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1 Chr 6:18-19
2 verses
70%
18And the sons of Kohath were Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.
19The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. And these are the families of the Levites according to their fathers' [houses].
1 Chr 23:12-14
3 verses
69%
12The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four.
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14But as for Moses the man of God, his sons were named among the tribe of Levi.
Num 3:1
69%
1Now these are the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that Jehovah spake with Moses in mount Sinai.
1 Chr 6:16
69%
16The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.
Num 3:27
69%
27And of Kohath was the family of the Amramites, and the family of the Izharites, and the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites: these are the families of the Kohathites.
Num 3:17
69%
17And these were the sons of Levi by their names: Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari.
Num 4:46
68%
46All those that were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron and the princes of Israel numbered, by their families, and by their fathers' houses,
1 Chr 6:47
68%
47the son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.
Exod 18:6
68%
6and he said unto Moses, I, thy father-in-law Jethro, am come unto thee, and thy wife, and her two sons with her.
Num 25:6
68%
6And, behold, one of the children of Israel came and brought unto his brethren a Midianitish woman in the sight of Moses, and in the sight of all the congregation of the children of Israel, while they were weeping at the door of the tent of meeting.
Gen 29:34
68%
34And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Now this time will my husband be joined unto me, because I have borne him three sons: therefore was his name called Levi.
1 Chr 6:38
67%
38the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel.
Exod 18:1
67%
1Now Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses' father-in-law, heard of all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people, how that Jehovah had brought Israel out of Egypt.
Mic 6:4
67%
4For I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed thee out of the house of bondage; and I sent before thee Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.