1 Chronicles 6:47

Authorized King James Version (1611)

The son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְלִבְנֵ֨י גֵרְשׁ֜וֹם לְמִשְׁפְּחוֹתָ֗ם מִמַּטֵּ֣ה יִ֠שָׂשכָר וּמִמַּטֵּ֨ה אָשֵׁ֜ר וּמִמַּטֵּ֣ה נַפְתָּלִ֗י וּמִמַּטֵּ֤ה מְנַשֶּׁה֙ בַּבָּשָׁ֔ן עָרִ֖ים שְׁלֹ֥שׁ עֶשְׂרֵֽה׃ ס

Transliteration

wə-li-bnê Gēršôm lə-mišpəḥôtām mi-maṭṭēh Yiśāśkār û-mi-maṭṭēh ʾĀšēr û-mi-maṭṭēh Naptālî û-mi-maṭṭēh Mənaššeh ba-Bāšān ʿārîm šəlōš ʿeśrēh

Grammar Details

• *wə*: conjunction - and
• *li*-*bnê*: preposition with noun, masculine plural construct - to the sons of
• *Gēršôm*: proper noun, masculine singular
• *lə*-*mišpəḥôtām*: preposition with noun, feminine plural construct with 3rd masculine plural suffix - for their families
• *mi*-*maṭṭēh*: preposition with noun, masculine singular construct - from the tribe of
• *Yiśāśkār*: proper noun, masculine singular
• *û*-*mi*-*maṭṭēh*: conjunction with preposition with noun, masculine singular construct - and from the tribe of
• *ʾĀšēr*: proper noun, masculine singular
• *Naptālî*: proper noun, masculine singular
• *Mənaššeh*: proper noun, masculine singular
• *ba*-*Bāšān*: preposition with definite article with proper noun - in Bashan
• *ʿārîm*: noun, feminine plural - cities
• *šəlōš* *ʿeśrēh*: numeral, feminine - thirteen

Word Meanings

• *maṭṭēh*: tribe/staff/rod
• *ʿārîm*: cities/towns

Referenced Verses

• Exod 6:19 : 19 And the sons of Merari; Mahali and Mushi: these [are] the families of Levi according to their generations.
• Num 3:20 : 20 And the sons of Merari by their families; Mahli, and Mushi. These [are] the families of the Levites according to the house of their fathers.
• Num 3:33-36 : 33 Of Merari [was] the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites: these [are] the families of Merari. 34 And those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, [were] six thousand and two hundred. 35 And the chief of the house of the father of the families of Merari [was] Zuriel the son of Abihail: [these] shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle northward. 36 And [under] the custody and charge of the sons of Merari [shall be] the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and the sockets thereof, and all the vessels thereof, and all that serveth thereto,
• Num 4:42 : 42 And those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, throughout their families, by the house of their fathers,
• Num 7:8 : 8 And four wagons and eight oxen he gave unto the sons of Merari, according unto their service, under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
• Num 10:17 : 17 And the tabernacle was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari set forward, bearing the tabernacle.
• Josh 21:7 : 7 The children of Merari by their families [had] out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.
• Josh 21:34-40 : 34 And unto the families of the children of Merari, the rest of the Levites, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with her suburbs, and Kartah with her suburbs, 35 Dimnah with her suburbs, Nahalal with her suburbs; four cities. 36 And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with her suburbs, and Jahazah with her suburbs, 37 Kedemoth with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs; four cities. 38 And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, [to be] a city of refuge for the slayer; and Mahanaim with her suburbs, 39 Heshbon with her suburbs, Jazer with her suburbs; four cities in all. 40 So all the cities for the children of Merari by their families, which were remaining of the families of the Levites, were [by] their lot twelve cities.
• 1 Chr 23:21 : 21 The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. The sons of Mahli; Eleazar, and Kish.
• 1 Chr 23:28 : 28 Because their office [was] to wait on the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of the LORD, in the courts, and in the chambers, and in the purifying of all holy things, and the work of the service of the house of God;