Numbers

Numbers 3:17

¹⁷These were the sons of Levi by name: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
These	אֵ֥לֶּה	’êl·leh	Pronoun - common plural	H428 these
were	וַיִּֽהְיוּ־	way·yih·yū-	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
the sons	בְנֵֽי־	ḇə·nê-	Noun - masculine plural construct	H1121 son
of Levi	לֵוִ֖י	lê·wî	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3878 Levi
by name	בִּשְׁמֹתָ֑ם	biš·mō·ṯām	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine plural	H8034 name
Gershon	גֵּרְשׁ֕וֹן	gê·rə·šō·wn	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H1648 Gereshon, Gereshom
Kohath	וּקְהָ֖ת	ū·qə·hāṯ	Conjunctive waw; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H6955 Kehath
and Merari	וּמְרָרִֽי׃	ū·mə·rā·rî	Conjunctive waw; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H4847 Merari

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.