The Meaning of Numbers 3:27 Explained

Numbers 3:27

KJV: And 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.

YLT: And of Kohath is the family of the Amramite, and the family of the Izharite, and the family of the Hebronite, and the family of the Uzzielite; these are families of the Kohathite.

Darby: And of Kohath, the family of the Amramites, and the family of the Izharites, and the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites: these are the families of the Kohathites.

ASV: And of Kohath was the family of the Amramites, and the family of the Izharites, and the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites: these are the families of the Kohathites.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And 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. 

What does Numbers 3:27 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 3:27 mean?

And from Kohath [came] the family of the Amramite and the family of the Izharite and the family of the Hebronite of the Uzzielite these were the families of the Kohathite
וְלִקְהָ֗ת מִשְׁפַּ֤חַת הַֽעַמְרָמִי֙ וּמִשְׁפַּ֣חַת הַיִּצְהָרִ֔י וּמִשְׁפַּ֙חַת֙ הַֽחֶבְרֹנִ֔י הָֽעָזִּיאֵלִ֑י אֵ֥לֶּה הֵ֖ם מִשְׁפְּחֹ֥ת הַקְּהָתִֽי

וְלִקְהָ֗ת  And  from  Kohath 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, 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.
מִשְׁפַּ֤חַת  [came]  the  family 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: מִשְׁפָּחָה  
Sense: clan, family.
הַֽעַמְרָמִי֙  of  the  Amramite 
Parse: Article, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: עַמְרָמִי  
Sense: a branch of the Kohathite family of the tribe of Levi and descendants of Amram, the father of Moses.
וּמִשְׁפַּ֣חַת  and  the  family 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: מִשְׁפָּחָה  
Sense: clan, family.
הַיִּצְהָרִ֔י  of  the  Izharite 
Parse: Article, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יִצְהָרִי  
Sense: descendants of Izhar son of Kohath and grandson of Levi.
וּמִשְׁפַּ֙חַת֙  and  the  family 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: מִשְׁפָּחָה  
Sense: clan, family.
הַֽחֶבְרֹנִ֔י  of  the  Hebronite 
Parse: Article, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: חֶבְרֹונִי  
Sense: the inhabitants of the city of Hebron.
הָֽעָזִּיאֵלִ֑י  of  the  Uzzielite 
Parse: Article, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: עָזִּיאֵלִי  
Sense: descendants of Uzziel.
אֵ֥לֶּה  these 
Parse: Pronoun, common plural
Root: אֵהֶל 
Sense: these.
מִשְׁפְּחֹ֥ת  the  families 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct
Root: מִשְׁפָּחָה  
Sense: clan, family.
הַקְּהָתִֽי  of  the  Kohathite 
Parse: Article, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: קְהָתִי  
Sense: the descendants of Kohath, the 2nd son of Levi.

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