The Meaning of 1 Chronicles 6:3 Explained

1 Chronicles 6:3

KJV: And the children of Amram; Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam. The sons also of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

YLT: And sons of Amram: Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam. And sons of Aaron: Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

Darby: And the children of Amram: Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam. And the sons of Aaron: Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

ASV: And the children of Amram: Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam. And the sons of Aaron: Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And the children  of Amram;  Aaron,  and Moses,  and Miriam.  The sons  also of Aaron;  Nadab,  and Abihu,  Eleazar,  and Ithamar. 

What does 1 Chronicles 6:3 Mean?

Chapter Summary: 1 Chronicles 6

1  The sons of Levi
4  The line of Eleazar unto the captivity
16  The families of Gershom, Kohath, and Merari
49  The office of Aaron, and his line unto Ahimaaz
54  The cities of the priests and Levites

What do the individual words in 1 Chronicles 6:3 mean?

And the sons of Amram [were] Aaron and Moses and Miriam - of Aaron [were] Nadab and Abihu Eleazar and Ithamar
וּבְנֵ֣י עַמְרָ֔ם אַהֲרֹ֥ן וּמֹשֶׁ֖ה וּמִרְיָ֑ם ס אַהֲרֹ֔ן נָדָב֙ וַאֲבִיה֔וּא אֶלְעָזָ֖ר וְאִיתָמָֽר

וּבְנֵ֣י  And  the  sons 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
עַמְרָ֔ם  of  Amram 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: עַמְרָם  
Sense: a descendant of Kohath and Levi and father of Moses.
אַהֲרֹ֥ן  [were]  Aaron 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: אַהֲרֹון  
Sense: brother of Moses, a Levite and the first high priest.
וּמֹשֶׁ֖ה  and  Moses 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: מֹשֶׁה  
Sense: the prophet and lawgiver, leader of the exodus.
וּמִרְיָ֑ם  and  Miriam 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: מִרְיָם  
Sense: elder sister of Moses and Aaron.
ס  - 
Parse: Punctuation
אַהֲרֹ֔ן  of  Aaron 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: אַהֲרֹון  
Sense: brother of Moses, a Levite and the first high priest.
נָדָב֙  [were]  Nadab 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: נָדָב  
Sense: eldest son of Aaron by Elisheba; struck dead before the sanctuary in the wilderness for kindling the censers with strange fire.
וַאֲבִיה֔וּא  and  Abihu 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: אֲבִיהוּא  
Sense: a son of Aaron destroyed for sacrificing strange fire to God.
אֶלְעָזָ֖ר  Eleazar 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: אֶלְעָזָר  
Sense: Additional Information: Eleazar = “God has helped”.
וְאִיתָמָֽר  and  Ithamar 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: אִיתָמָר  
Sense: fourth and youngest son of Aaron.