Numbers 3:17

Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

And these are ye names of ye childre of Leui: Gerson Cahath and Merari.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּֽהְיוּ־אֵ֥לֶּה בְנֵֽי־לֵוִ֖י בִּשְׁמֹתָ֑ם גֵּרְשׁ֕וֹן וּקְהָ֖ת וּמְרָרִֽי׃

Transliteration

wa-yihyû-ʾēlleh bənê-Lēwî bi-šmōtām Gēršôn û-Qəhāt û-Mərārî

Grammar Details

• *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

Word Meanings

• *bi-šmōtām*: by their names/according to their names/as named

Referenced Verses

• Gen 46:11 : 11 The childern of Leui: Gerson Rahath and Merari.
• Exod 6:16-19 : 16 These are the names of the childern of Leui in their generations: Gerson, Kahath and Merari. And Leui lyued an hundred and. xxxvij. yere. 17 The sonnes of Gerson: Libni ad Semei in their kinreddes. 18 The childern of Kahath: Amram, Iesear, Hebron and Vsiel. And Kahath lyued an hundred and.xxxiij. yere. 19 The children of Merari are these: Mahely and Musi: these are the kynreddes of Leui in their generations.
• Num 15:5-9 : 5 and the fourth parte of an hin of wine for a drynkofferynge and offer with ye burntofferynge or any other offerynge when it is a lambe. 6 And vnto a ra thou shalt offer a meatofferynge of.ij. tenth deales of floure myngled with ye thyrde parte of an hin of oyle 7 and to a drynkofferynge thou shalt offer the thyrde parte of an hin of wyne to be a swete sauoure vnto the Lorde. 8 When thou offerist an oxe to a burntofferynge or in any speciall vowe or peaseofferinge vnto the Lorde 9 then thou shalt brynge vnto an oxe a meateofferynge of.iij. tenth deales of floure myngled with halfe an hin of oyle. 10 And thou shalt brynge for a drynkofferynge halfe an hin of wyne that is an offerynge of a swete sauoure vnto the Lorde. 11 This is the maner that shalbe done vnto one oxe one ram a lambe or a kyd. 12 And acordynge to the numbre of soche offerynges thou shalt encrease ye meateofferynges and the drynkofferynges 13 All that are of youre selues shall do these thinges after this maner when he offereth an offerynge of swete sauoure vnto the Lorde 14 And yf there be a straunger with you or be amonge you in youre generacions and will offer an offerynge of a swete sauoure vnto ye Lorde: euen as ye do so he shall doo. 15 One ordynaunce shall serue both for you of the congregacion and also for the straunger. And it shalbe an ordynaunce for euer amonge youre childern after you that the straunger and ye shalbe lyke before the Lorde. 16 One lawe and one maner shall serue both for you and for ye straunger that dwelleth with you. 17 And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge: 18 speake vnto the childern of Israel ad saye vnto them: When ye be come into the londe whether I will brynge yo 19 then whe ye will eate of the bred of the londe ye shall geue an heue offerynge vnto the Lorde. 20 Ye shall geue a cake of the first of youre dowe vnto an heueofferynge: as ye do the heue offerynge of the barne euen so ye shall heue it. 21 Of the first of youre dowe ye must geue vnto the Lorde an heue offerynge thorow out youre generacions. 22 Yf ye ouerse youre selues and obserue not all these commaundmetes which the Lorde hath spoken vnto Moses 23 and all that the Lorde hath commaunded you by ye hade of Moses from the first daye forwarde that the Lorde commaunded amonge youre generacion:
• Num 23:6-9 : 6 And he went agayne vnto him and loo he stode by his sacrifice both he ad all the LORdes of Moab. 7 And he began hys parable and sayed: Balac the kinge of Moab hath fett me fro Mesopotamia out of the mountaynes of the easte sayenge: come and curse me Iacob come and defye me Israel. 8 How shall I curse whom God curseth not and how shall I defye whom the Lorde defyeth not? 9 from the toppe of ye rockes I se him and from the hylles I beholde him: loo ye people shall dwell by him selfe and shall not be rekened amoge other nacions. 10 Who can tell the dust of Iacob and the numbre of the fourth parte of Israel. I praye God that my soule maye dye the deeth of the righteous ad that my last ende maye be like his. 11 And Balac sayed vnto Balam what hast thou done vnto me? I fett ye to curse myne enemyes: and beholde thou blessest them. 12 And he answered and sayed: must I not kepe that and speake it which the Lorde hath put in my mouthe? 13 And Balac sayed vnto him: Come I praye the with me vnto another place whence thou shalt se them and shalt se but ye vtmoste parte of them ad shalt not se them all and curse me them there. 14 And he brought him in to a playne felde where men myght se farre euen to the toppe of Pisga and bylt.vij. alters and offered an oxe and a ra on euery alter. 15 And he sayed vnto Balac: stonde here by thi sacrifyce whyle I goo yonder. 16 And the Lorde mett Balam and put wordes in his mouth and sayed: goo agayne vnto Balac ad thus saye. 17 And when he came to him: beholde he stode by his sacrifyce and the LORdes of Moab with him And Balac sayed vnto him: what sayeth ye Lorde? 18 And he toke vp his parable and sayed: ryse vpp Balac and heare and herken vnto me thou sonne of Ziphor 19 The Lorde is not a ma that he can lye nether the sonne of a ma that he can repent: shulde he saye and not doo or shulde he speake and not make it good? 20 beholde I haue begon to blesse and haue blessed and can not goo backe there fro. 21 He beheld no wikednesse in Iacob nor sawe Idolatrye in Israel: The Lorde his God is with him and the trompe of a kynge amonge the. 22 God that broughte them out of Egipte is as the strength of an vnycorne 23 vnto them for there is no sorcerer in Iacob nor sothsayer in Israel. When the tyme cometh it wylbe sayed of Iacob and of Israel what God hath wrought
• Num 24:1-9 : 1 When Balam sawe that it pleased ye Lorde that he shulde blesse Israel he went not as he dyd twyse before to fett sothsayenge but sett his face towarde ye wildernesse 2 and lyfte vpp his eyes and loked apon Israel as he laye with his trybes and the spirite of God came apon him. 3 And he toke vp his parable and sayed: Bala the sonne of Beor hath sayed 4 and the man whose eye is open hath sayed: he hath sayed which heareth the wordes of God and seeth the visions of the allmightie which falleth downe and his eyes are opened. 5 How goodly are the tentes of Iacob and thine habitacions Israel 6 euen as the brode valeyes and as gardens by the ryuerssyde as the tentes which the Lorde hath pitched and as ciperstrees apon the water. 7 The water shall flowe out of his boket and his seed shall be many waters and his kynge shalbe hyer then Agag And his kyngdome shalbe exalted. 8 God that broughte him out of Egipte is as the strenght of an vnycorne vnto him and he shall eate the nacions that are his enemies and breake their bones and perse them thorow with his arowes. 9 He couched him selfe and laye doune as a lion and as a lyonesse who shall stere him vp? blessed is he that blesseth the ad cursed is he that curseth the. 10 And Balac was wroth with balam and smote his handes together and sayed vnto him: I sent for the to curse myne enemyes: and beholde thou hast blessed them this thre tymes 11 and now gett the quyckly vnto thi place. I thoughte that I wolde promote the vnto honoure but the Lorde hath kepte the backe from worshepe. 12 And Balam sayed vnto Balac: tolde I not thi messegers which thou sentest vnto me sayenge: 13 Yf balac wolde geue me his house ful of syluer ad golde I can not passe the mouth of the Lorde to doo ether good or bad of myne awne mynde. What the Lorde sayeth that must I speake. 14 And now beholde I goo vnto my people: come let me shewe the what this people shall doo to thi folke in the later dayes. 15 And he began his parable ad sayed: Balam the sonne of Beor hath sayed and ye man that hath his eye open hath sayed 16 and he hath sayed that heareth the wordes of God and hath the knowlege of the most hye and beholdeth ye vision of the allmightie and when he falleth downe hath his eyes opened. 17 I se him but not now I beholde him but not nye. There shall come a starre of Iacob and ryse a cepter of Israel which shall smyte ye coostes of Moab and vndermyne all the childern of Seth. 18 And Edom shalbe his possession and ye possession of Seir shalbe their enimyes and Israel shall doo manfully. 19 And out of Iacob shall come he that shall destroye the remnaut of the cities. 20 And he loked on Amaleck and began his parable and sayed: Amaleck is the first of the nacions but his latter ende shall perysh utterly. 21 And he loked on the Kenites and toke his parable and sayed: stronge is thi dwellynge place and put thinest apon a rocke 22 Neuerthelater thou shalt be a burnynge to Kain vntill Assur take ye prisoner. 23 And he toke his parable and sayed: Alas who shall lyue when God doeth this? 24 The shippes shall come out of the coste of Cittim and subdue Assur and subdue Eber and he him selfe shall perysh at the last. 25 And Balam rose vp and went and dwelt in his place: and Balac also went his waye.
• Num 26:57-58 : 57 These are the summes of ye leuites in their kinredes: of Gerson came the kynred of ye Gersonites: and of Cahath came the kinred of the Cahathites: and of Merari came the kinred of the Merarites. 58 These are the kinredes of Leui: the kinred of the Libnites the kynred of the Hebronites the kynred of the Mahelites the kynred of the Musites the kynred of the Karahites. Kahath begate Amra