Numbers 3:21

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

To Gershon belonged the clan of the Libnites and the clan of the Shimeites. These are the clans of the Gershonites.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לְגֵ֣רְשׁ֔וֹן מִשְׁפַּ֙חַת֙ הַלִּבְנִ֔י וּמִשְׁפַּ֖חַת הַשִּׁמְעִ֑י אֵ֣לֶּה הֵ֔ם מִשְׁפְּחֹ֖ת הַגֵּרְשֻׁנִּֽי׃

Transliteration

To gērəšôn mišppaḥaṯ the libənî and mišppaḥaṯ the šiməʿî; these they [are] mišpəḥōṯ the gērəšunnî.

Grammar Details

• *gērəšôn*: proper noun, masculine singular - name of Levite son
• *mišppaḥaṯ*: construct state, feminine singular - family/clan of
• *libənî*: proper noun with definite article, tribal designation
• *šiməʿî*: proper noun with definite article, tribal designation
• *mišpəḥōṯ*: feminine plural construct - families/clans of
• *gērəšunnî*: gentilic noun with definite article - the Gershonites

Word Meanings

• *mišppaḥaṯ*: family/clan/kinship group
• *gērəšunnî*: descendants of Gershon/Gershonites

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimites: these are the families of the Gershonites.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites and the family of the Shimites; these are the families of the Gershonites.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimites: these are the families of the Gershonites.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Of Gershon{H1648} was the family{H4940} of the Libnites,{H3846} and the family{H4940} of the Shimeites:{H8097} these are the families{H4940} of the Gershonites.{H1649}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Of Gershon{H1648} was the family{H4940} of the Libnites{H3846}, and the family{H4940} of the Shimites{H8097}: these are the families{H4940} of the Gershonites{H1649}.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And of Gerson came the kynred of ye Libnites and the Semeites which are the kynredes of the Gersonites.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  These are ye kynreds of Gerson: The Libnites and Semeites,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Of Gershon came the familie of the Libnites, and the familie of the Shimeites: these are the families of the Gershonites.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Of Gerson came the kinred of the Libnites and the kinred of the Semeites. These are the kinredes of the Gersonites,

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Of Gershon [was] the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimites: these [are] the families of the Gershonites.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimeites: these are the families of the Gershonites.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Of Gershon `is' the family of the Libnite, and the family of the Shimite; these are the families of the Gershonite.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimeites: these are the families of the Gershonites.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimeites: these are the families of the Gershonites.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  From Gershon come the Libnites and the Shimeites; these are the families of the Gershonites.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimeites: these are the families of the Gershonites.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  The Numbering of the Gershonites From Gershon came the family of the Libnites and the family of the Shimeites; these were the families of the Gershonites.