Exodus 6:19

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And the sons of Merari; Mahali and Mushi: these are the families of Levi according to their generations.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּבְנֵ֥י מְרָרִ֖י מַחְלִ֣י וּמוּשִׁ֑י אֵ֛לֶּה מִשְׁפְּחֹ֥ת הַלֵּוִ֖י לְתֹלְדֹתָֽם׃

Transliteration

and-bənê Mərārî Maḥlî û-Mûšî these mišpəḥōt hal-Lēwî lətôlədōtām

Grammar Details

and-*bənê*: conjunction + noun, masculine plural construct - and sons of
*Mərārî*: proper noun - Merari
*Maḥlî*: proper noun - Mahli
*û-Mûšî*: conjunction + proper noun - and Mushi
these: demonstrative pronoun *ʾēlleh* - these
*mišpəḥōt*: noun, feminine plural construct - families of
*hal-Lēwî*: definite article + proper noun - the Levi
*lətôlədōtām*: preposition + noun + 3rd masculine plural suffix - according to their generations

Word Meanings

*bənê*: sons, children, descendants
*Mərārî*: Merari
*Maḥlî*: Mahli
*Mûšî*: Mushi
*mišpəḥōt*: families, clans, kindreds
*hal-Lēwî*: the Levites, the tribe of Levi
*lətôlədōtām*: according to their generations, by their descendants, in their birth order

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Referenced Verses

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.
1 Chr 6:19 : 19 The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. And these are the families of the Levites according to their fathers.
1 Chr 23:21 : 21 The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. The sons of Mahli; Eleazar, and Kish.

Similar Verses (AI)

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

1 Chr 6:16-20
5 verses
96%
16The sons of Levi; Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.
17And these be the names of the sons of Gershom; Libni, and Shimei.
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.
20Of Gershom; Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son,
Num 3:19-20
2 verses
90%
19And the sons of Kohath by their families; Amram, and Izehar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
20And the sons of Merari by their families; Mahli, and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to the house of their fathers.
1 Chr 6:47
87%
47The son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.
1 Chr 6:1-3
3 verses
84%
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. The sons also of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
Num 3:33-34
2 verses
82%
33Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites: these are the families of Merari.
34And 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.
1 Chr 23:21
81%
21The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. The sons of Mahli; Eleazar, and Kish.
Gen 46:11
80%
11And the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
Exod 6:16-18
3 verses
80%
16And 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 an hundred thirty and seven years.
17The sons of Gershon; Libni, and Shimi, according to their families.
18And the sons of Kohath; Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel: and the years of the life of Kohath were an hundred thirty and three years.
1 Chr 24:30
79%
30The sons also of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jerimoth. These were the sons of the Levites after the house of their fathers.
Num 3:17
79%
17And these were the sons of Levi by their names; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari.
Num 26:57-59
3 verses
79%
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 the Levites: the family of the Libnites, the family of the Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites, the family of the Mushites, the family of the Korathites. And Kohath begat Amram.
59And the name of Amram's wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, whom her mother bare to Levi in Egypt: and she bare unto Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister.
1 Chr 24:26-27
2 verses
78%
26The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi: the sons of Jaaziah; Beno.
27The sons of Merari by Jaaziah; Beno, and Shoham, and Zaccur, and Ibri.
Num 4:42
77%
42And those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, throughout their families, by the house of their fathers,
1 Chr 6:29
76%
29The sons of Merari; Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzza his son,
1 Chr 6:43-44
2 verses
76%
43The son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi.
44And their brethren the sons of Merari stood on the left hand: Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch,
Num 4:45-46
2 verses
75%
45These be those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the word of the LORD by the hand of Moses.
46All those that were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron and the chief of Israel numbered, after their families, and after the house of their fathers,
Num 4:29
74%
29As for the sons of Merari, thou shalt number them after their families, by the house of their fathers;
1 Chr 23:23
74%
23The sons of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jeremoth, three.
1 Chr 15:6
74%
6Of the sons of Merari; Asaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred and twenty:
1 Chr 6:38
72%
38The son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel.
Exod 6:20-21
2 verses
72%
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 an hundred and thirty and seven years.
21And the sons of Izhar; Korah, and Nepheg, and Zichri.
Exod 6:24
71%
24And the sons of Korah; Assir, and Elkanah, and Abiasaph: these are the families of the Korhites.
1 Chr 23:6
71%
6And David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi, namely, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
1 Chr 9:14
71%
14And of the Levites; Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari;
Exod 6:26
71%
26These are that Aaron and Moses, to whom the LORD said, Bring out the children of Israel from the land of Egypt according to their armies.
1 Chr 12:26
70%
26Of the children of Levi four thousand and six hundred.
1 Chr 6:6
70%
6And Uzzi begat Zerahiah, and Zerahiah begat Meraioth,
Num 3:27
70%
27And of Kohath was the family of the Amramites, and the family of the Izeharites, and the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites: these are the families of the Kohathites.
Ezra 8:19
70%
19And Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, his brethren and their sons, twenty;
1 Chr 23:14-15
2 verses
70%
14Now concerning Moses the man of God, his sons were named of the tribe of Levi.
15The sons of Moses were, Gershom, and Eliezer.
1 Chr 26:19
69%
19These are the divisions of the porters among the sons of Kore, and among the sons of Merari.
Num 4:33
69%
33This is the service of the families of the sons of Merari, according to all their service, in the tabernacle of the congregation, under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.