The Meaning of 1 Chronicles 6:16 Explained

1 Chronicles 6:16

KJV: The sons of Levi; Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.

YLT: Sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.

Darby: The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.

ASV: The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

The sons  of Levi;  Gershom,  Kohath,  and Merari. 

What does 1 Chronicles 6:16 Mean?

Chapter Summary: 1Ch 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 6:16 mean?

The sons of Levi [were] Gershom Kohath and Merari
בְּנֵ֖י לֵוִ֑י גֵּרְשֹׁ֕ם קְהָ֖ת וּמְרָרִֽי

בְּנֵ֖י  The  sons  of 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
לֵוִ֑י  Levi 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: לֵוִי 
Sense: the 3rd son of Jacob by Leah and progenitor of tribe of Levites.
גֵּרְשֹׁ֕ם  [were]  Gershom 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: גֵּרְשֹׁם  
Sense: firstborn son of Moses and Zipporah.
קְהָ֖ת  Kohath 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: קְהָת  
Sense: the 2nd of the 3 sons of Levi and progenitor of a family in the tribe of Levi.
וּמְרָרִֽי  and  Merari 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: מְרָרִי  
Sense: the 3rd son of Levi and head of a Levitical family.

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