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Exodus 6:16 — King James Version← Study notes

And these are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari: and the years of the life of Levi were an hundred thirty and seven years.


Exodus 6:16Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 6:1615 words
וְאֵלֶּהwəʾēlehAnd these
שְׁמוֹתšəmwōtAppellation
בְּנֵיbənêSon
לֵוִיlēwîLevi
לְתֹלְדֹתָםlətōlədōtāmTo descent
גֵּרְשׁוֹןgērəšwōnGereshon
וּקְהָתûqəhātAnd Kehath
וּמְרָרִיûmərārîAnd Merari
וּשְׁנֵיûšənêAnd year
חַיֵּיḥayêLiving
לֵוִיlēwîLevi
שֶׁבַעševaʿSeven
וּשְׁלֹשִׁיםûšəlōšîmAnd thirty
וּמְאַתûməʾatAnd hundred
שָׁנָהšānāhYear
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְאֵלֶּהwəʾēlehAnd these
שְׁמוֹתšəmwōtAppellation
בְּנֵיbənêSon
לֵוִיlēwîLevi
לְתֹלְדֹתָםlətōlədōtāmTo descent
גֵּרְשׁוֹןgērəšwōnGereshon
וּקְהָתûqəhātAnd Kehath
וּמְרָרִיûmərārîAnd Merari
וּשְׁנֵיûšənêAnd year
חַיֵּיḥayêLiving
לֵוִיlēwîLevi
שֶׁבַעševaʿSeven
וּשְׁלֹשִׁיםûšəlōšîmAnd thirty
וּמְאַתûməʾatAnd hundred
שָׁנָהšānāhYear

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