17{
"verseID": "Numbers.3.17",
"source": "וַיִּֽהְיוּ־אֵ֥לֶּה בְנֵֽי־לֵוִ֖י בִּשְׁמֹתָ֑ם גֵּרְשׁ֕וֹן וּקְהָ֖ת וּמְרָרִֽי׃",
"text": "*wa-yihyû*-*ʾēlleh* *bənê*-*Lēwî* *bi-šmōtām* *Gēršôn* *û-Qəhāt* *û-Mərārî*",
"grammar": {
"*wa-yihyû*": "conjunction + verb, Qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd common plural - and were",
"*ʾēlleh*": "demonstrative pronoun, masculine plural - these",
"*bənê*": "noun, masculine plural construct - sons of",
"*Lēwî*": "proper noun - Levi",
"*bi-šmōtām*": "preposition + noun, feminine plural + 3rd masculine plural suffix - by their names",
"*Gēršôn*": "proper noun, masculine singular - Gershon",
"*û-Qəhāt*": "conjunction + proper noun, masculine singular - and Kohath",
"*û-Mərārî*": "conjunction + proper noun, masculine singular - and Merari"
},
"variants": {
"*bi-šmōtām*": "by their names/according to their names/as named"
}
}
18{
"verseID": "Numbers.3.18",
"source": "וְאֵ֛לֶּה שְׁמ֥וֹת בְּֽנֵי־גֵרְשׁ֖וֹן לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֑ם לִבְנִ֖י וְשִׁמְעִֽי׃",
"text": "*wə-ʾēlleh* *šəmôt* *bənê*-*Gēršôn* *lə-mišpəḥōtām* *Libnî* *wə-Šimʿî*",
"grammar": {
"*wə-ʾēlleh*": "conjunction + demonstrative pronoun, masculine plural - and these",
"*šəmôt*": "noun, feminine plural construct - names of",
"*bənê*": "noun, masculine plural construct - sons of",
"*Gēršôn*": "proper noun, masculine singular - Gershon",
"*lə-mišpəḥōtām*": "preposition + noun, feminine plural + 3rd masculine plural suffix - according to their families",
"*Libnî*": "proper noun, masculine singular - Libni",
"*wə-Šimʿî*": "conjunction + proper noun, masculine singular - and Shimei"
},
"variants": {
"*lə-mišpəḥōtām*": "according to their families/by their clans"
}
}
19{
"verseID": "Numbers.3.19",
"source": "וּבְנֵ֥י קְהָ֖ת לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֑ם עַמְרָ֣ם וְיִצְהָ֔ר חֶבְר֖וֹן וְעֻזִּיאֵֽל׃",
"text": "*û-bənê* *Qəhāt* *lə-mišpəḥōtām* *ʿAmrām* *wə-Yiṣhār* *Ḥebrôn* *wə-ʿUzzîʾēl*",
"grammar": {
"*û-bənê*": "conjunction + noun, masculine plural construct - and sons of",
"*Qəhāt*": "proper noun, masculine singular - Kohath",
"*lə-mišpəḥōtām*": "preposition + noun, feminine plural + 3rd masculine plural suffix - according to their families",
"*ʿAmrām*": "proper noun, masculine singular - Amram",
"*wə-Yiṣhār*": "conjunction + proper noun, masculine singular - and Izhar",
"*Ḥebrôn*": "proper noun, masculine singular - Hebron",
"*wə-ʿUzzîʾēl*": "conjunction + proper noun, masculine singular - and Uzziel"
},
"variants": {
"*lə-mišpəḥōtām*": "according to their families/by their clans"
}
}
20{
"verseID": "Numbers.3.20",
"source": "וּבְנֵ֧י מְרָרִ֛י לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֖ם מַחְלִ֣י וּמוּשִׁ֑י אֵ֥לֶּה הֵ֛ם מִשְׁפְּחֹ֥ת הַלֵּוִ֖י לְבֵ֥ית אֲבֹתָֽם׃",
"text": "*û-bənê* *Mərārî* *lə-mišpəḥōtām* *Maḥlî* *û-Mûšî* *ʾēlleh* *hēm* *mišpəḥōt* *ha-Lēwî* *lə-bêt* *ʾăbōtām*",
"grammar": {
"*û-bənê*": "conjunction + noun, masculine plural construct - and sons of",
"*Mərārî*": "proper noun, masculine singular - Merari",
"*lə-mišpəḥōtām*": "preposition + noun, feminine plural + 3rd masculine plural suffix - according to their families",
"*Maḥlî*": "proper noun, masculine singular - Mahli",
"*û-Mûšî*": "conjunction + proper noun, masculine singular - and Mushi",
"*ʾēlleh*": "demonstrative pronoun, masculine plural - these",
"*hēm*": "personal pronoun, 3rd masculine plural - they",
"*mišpəḥōt*": "noun, feminine plural construct - families of",
"*ha-Lēwî*": "definite article + proper noun - the Levi/Levites",
"*lə-bêt*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular construct - according to house of",
"*ʾăbōtām*": "noun, masculine plural + 3rd masculine plural suffix - their fathers"
},
"variants": {
"*lə-mišpəḥōtām*": "according to their families/by their clans",
"*mišpəḥōt*": "families/clans",
"*lə-bêt ʾăbōtām*": "by their fathers' houses/by their ancestral houses"
}
}
21{
"verseID": "Numbers.3.21",
"source": "לְגֵ֣רְשׁ֔וֹן מִשְׁפַּ֙חַת֙ הַלִּבְנִ֔י וּמִשְׁפַּ֖חַת הַשִּׁמְעִ֑י אֵ֣לֶּה הֵ֔ם מִשְׁפְּחֹ֖ת הַגֵּרְשֻׁנִּֽי׃",
"text": "To *gērəšôn* *mišppaḥaṯ* the *libənî* and *mišppaḥaṯ* the *šiməʿî*; these they [are] *mišpəḥōṯ* the *gērəšunnî*.",
"grammar": {
"*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"
},
"variants": {
"*mišppaḥaṯ*": "family/clan/kinship group",
"*gērəšunnî*": "descendants of Gershon/Gershonites"
}
}
22{
"verseID": "Numbers.3.22",
"source": "פְּקֻדֵיהֶם֙ בְּמִסְפַּ֣ר כָּל־זָכָ֔ר מִבֶּן־חֹ֖דֶשׁ וָמָ֑עְלָה פְּקֻ֣דֵיהֶ֔ם שִׁבְעַ֥ת אֲלָפִ֖ים וַחֲמֵ֥שׁ מֵאֽוֹת׃",
"text": "*pəqudêhem* in *mispar* all-*zāḵār* from *ben*-*ḥōdeš* and *māʿəlāh*; *pəqudêhem* *šiḇʿaṯ* *ʾălāp̄îm* and *ḥămēš* *mēʾôṯ*.",
"grammar": {
"*pəqudêhem*": "masculine plural noun with 3rd person plural suffix - their numbered ones/their census",
"*mispar*": "masculine singular construct - number/counting of",
"*zāḵār*": "masculine singular - male",
"*ben*": "construct state - son of/from age of",
"*ḥōdeš*": "masculine singular - month/new moon",
"*māʿəlāh*": "adverb with conjunction waw - and upward/above",
"*šiḇʿaṯ*": "construct state - seven of",
"*ʾălāp̄îm*": "masculine plural - thousands",
"*ḥămēš*": "cardinal number - five",
"*mēʾôṯ*": "feminine plural - hundreds"
},
"variants": {
"*pəqudêhem*": "their numbering/their census count/their registered ones",
"*mispar*": "number/count/census",
"*ḥōdeš*": "month/new moon/lunar cycle"
}
}