The Meaning of Numbers 3:33 Explained

Numbers 3:33

KJV: Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites: these are the families of Merari.

YLT: Of Merari is the family of the Mahlite, and the family of the Mushite; these are the families of Merari.

Darby: Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites: these are the families of Merari.

ASV: Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites: these are the families of Merari.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Of Merari  [was] the family  of the Mahlites,  and the family  of the Mushites:  these [are] the families  of Merari. 

What does Numbers 3:33 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Numbers 3

1  The sons of Aaron
5  The Levites are given to the priests instead of the firstborn
14  Are numbered by their families
21  The families, number, and charge of the Gershonites
27  Of the Kohathites
33  Of the Merarites
38  The place and charge of Moses and Aaron
40  The firstborn are freed by the Levites
44  The balances are refunded

What do the individual words in Numbers 3:33 mean?

From Merari [came] the family of the Mahlite and the family of the Mushite these were the families of Merari
לִמְרָרִ֕י מִשְׁפַּ֙חַת֙ הַמַּחְלִ֔י וּמִשְׁפַּ֖חַת הַמּוּשִׁ֑י אֵ֥לֶּה הֵ֖ם מִשְׁפְּחֹ֥ת מְרָרִֽי

לִמְרָרִ֕י  From  Merari 
Parse: Preposition-l, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: מְרָרִי  
Sense: the 3rd son of Levi and head of a Levitical family.
מִשְׁפַּ֙חַת֙  [came]  the  family 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: מִשְׁפָּחָה  
Sense: clan, family.
הַמַּחְלִ֔י  of  the  Mahlite 
Parse: Article, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: מַחְלִי  
Sense: descendants of Mahli, the grandson of Levi.
וּמִשְׁפַּ֖חַת  and  the  family 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: מִשְׁפָּחָה  
Sense: clan, family.
הַמּוּשִׁ֑י  of  the  Mushite 
Parse: Article, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: מוּשִׁי  
Sense: descendants of Mushi, the great grandson of Levi.
אֵ֥לֶּה  these 
Parse: Pronoun, common plural
Root: אֵהֶל 
Sense: these.
מִשְׁפְּחֹ֥ת  the  families 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct
Root: מִשְׁפָּחָה  
Sense: clan, family.
מְרָרִֽי  of  Merari 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: מְרָרִי  
Sense: the 3rd son of Levi and head of a Levitical family.

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