Exodus 6:17 Go deeper

The sons of Gershon; Libni, and Shimi, according to their families. (KJV)

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בְּנֵ֥יbe.Nei[the] sons of

Lemma: בֵּן (ben) · Strong's: H1121A

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)

Meaning: son: child

Used 3039 times. Also: Genesis 3:16, Genesis 4:17, Genesis 4:25, Genesis 4:26, Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1121A; TAHOT Exodus 6:17 word 1

גֵרְשׁ֛וֹןge.re.ShonGershon

Lemma: גֵּרְשׁוֹן (ge.re.shon) · Strong's: H1648

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)

Meaning: Gershon

Used 18 times. Also: Genesis 46:11, Exodus 6:16, Numbers 3:17, Numbers 3:18, Numbers 3:21, Numbers 3:25 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1648; TAHOT Exodus 6:17 word 2

לִבְנִ֥יliv.Ni[were] Libni

Lemma: לִבְנִי (liv.ni) · Strong's: H3845G

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)

Meaning: Libni

Used 4 times. Also: Numbers 3:18, 1 Chronicles 6:17, 1 Chronicles 6:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3845G; TAHOT Exodus 6:17 word 3

וְשִׁמְעִ֖יve.shim.'Iand Shimei

Lemma: שִׁמְעִי (shim.i) · Strong's: H8096G

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)

Meaning: Shimei

Used 6 times. Also: Numbers 3:18, 1 Chronicles 6:17, 1 Chronicles 23:7, 1 Chronicles 23:10 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8096G; TAHOT Exodus 6:17 word 4

לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָֽם\׃le.mish.pe.cho.Tamto clans their

Lemma: מִשְׁפָּחָה (mish.pa.chah) · Strong's: H4940

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Construct (HNcfpc)

Meaning: family

Used 302 times. Also: Genesis 8:19, Genesis 10:5, Genesis 10:18, Genesis 10:20, Genesis 10:31, Genesis 10:32 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4940; TAHOT Exodus 6:17 word 5

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

The sons	→	בֵּן H1121A son: child
of Gershon [were]	→	גֵּרְשׁוֹן H1648 Gershon
Libni	→	לִבְנִי H3845G Libni
and Shimei	→	שִׁמְעִי H8096G Shimei
by their clans	→	מִשְׁפָּחָה H4940 family

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Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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