1 Chronicles 6:17

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And these are the names of the sons of Gershom: Libni and Shimei.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּהְי֨וּ מְשָׁרְתִ֜ים לִפְנֵ֨י מִשְׁכַּ֤ן אֹֽהֶל־מוֹעֵד֙ בַּשִּׁ֔יר עַד־בְּנ֧וֹת שְׁלֹמֹ֛ה אֶת־בֵּ֥ית יְהוָ֖ה בִּירוּשָׁלָ֑͏ִם וַיַּעַמְד֥וּ כְמִשְׁפָּטָ֖ם עַל־עֲבוֹדָתָֽם׃

Transliteration

wa-yyihyû mᵊšārᵊṯîm li-p̄nê miškan ʾōhel-môʿēḏ ba-ššîr ʿaḏ-bᵊnôṯ Šᵊlōmōh ʾeṯ-bêṯ YHWH bî-rûšālā͏im wa-yyaʿamḏû ḵᵊ-mišpāṭām ʿal-ʿăḇôḏāṯām

Grammar Details

*wa-yyihyû*: conjunction waw + verb, qal imperfect with consecutive waw, 3rd masculine plural - and they were
*mᵊšārᵊṯîm*: verb, piel participle, masculine plural - ministering/serving
*li-p̄nê*: preposition lamed + noun, plural construct - before/in front of
*miškan*: noun, masculine singular, construct - tabernacle of
*ʾōhel*-*môʿēḏ*: noun, masculine singular, construct + noun - tent of meeting
*ba-ššîr*: preposition bet + definite article + noun, masculine singular - with singing
*ʿaḏ*-*bᵊnôṯ*: preposition + infinitive construct - until the building of
*Šᵊlōmōh*: proper noun, masculine singular - Solomon
*ʾeṯ*-*bêṯ*: direct object marker + noun, masculine singular, construct - the house of
*YHWH*: proper noun - Yahweh/the LORD
*bî-rûšālā͏im*: preposition bet + proper noun - in Jerusalem
*wa-yyaʿamḏû*: conjunction waw + verb, qal imperfect with consecutive waw, 3rd masculine plural - and they stood
*ḵᵊ-mišpāṭām*: preposition kaf + noun, masculine singular + 3rd masculine plural suffix - according to their ordinance
*ʿal*-*ʿăḇôḏāṯām*: preposition + noun, feminine singular + 3rd masculine plural suffix - at their service

Word Meanings

*mᵊšārᵊṯîm*: ministering/serving
*ḵᵊ-mišpāṭām*: according to their ordinance/according to their ordering/as prescribed for them

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Referenced Verses

1 Chr 23:7 : 7 Of the Gershonites: Ladan and Shimei.
Exod 6:17 : 17 The sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei, according to their families.
Num 3:18 : 18 And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families: Libni and Shimei.
Num 3:21 : 21 Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimeites: these are the families of the Gershonites.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Num 3:17-22
6 verses
93%
17And these were the sons of Levi by their names: Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari.
18And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families: Libni and Shimei.
19And the sons of Kohath by their families: Amram, and Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
20And the sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers' houses.
21Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimeites: these are the families of the Gershonites.
22Those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, even those that were numbered of them were seven thousand and five hundred.
Exod 6:15-17
3 verses
93%
15And the sons of Simeon: Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman; these are the families of Simeon.
16And 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 a hundred thirty and seven years.
17The sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei, according to their families.
1 Chr 6:16
82%
16The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.
1 Chr 6:18-20
3 verses
80%
18And the sons of Kohath were Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.
19The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. And these are the families of the Levites according to their fathers' [houses].
20Of Gershom: Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son,
1 Chr 6:1-2
2 verses
79%
1The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
2And the sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.
1 Chr 23:7
78%
7Of the Gershonites: Ladan and Shimei.
1 Chr 6:29-30
2 verses
78%
29The sons of Merari: Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzzah his son,
30Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, Asaiah his son.
1 Chr 6:42-43
2 verses
77%
42the son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, the son of Shimei,
43the son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi.
Gen 46:11
77%
11And the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
1 Chr 23:15-16
2 verses
75%
15The sons of Moses: Gershom and Eliezer.
16The sons of Gershom: Shebuel the chief.
1 Chr 9:14
72%
14And of the Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari;
Num 26:57-58
2 verses
72%
57And these are they that were numbered of the Levites after their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites; of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites; of Merari, the family of the Merarites.
58These are the families of Levi: the family of the Libnites, the family of the Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites, the family of the Mushites, the family of the Korahites. And Kohath begat Amram.
Ezra 10:31
72%
31And [of] the sons of Harim: Eliezer, Isshijah, Malchijah, Shemaiah, Shimeon,
1 Chr 23:9-10
2 verses
71%
9The sons of Shimei: Shelomoth, and Haziel, and Haran, three. These were the heads of the fathers' [houses] of Ladan.
10And the sons of Shimei: Jahath, Zina, and Jeush, and Beriah. These four were the sons of Shimei.
Num 1:6
71%
6Of Simeon: Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.
1 Chr 15:7
71%
7of the sons of Gershom, Joel the chief, and his brethren a hundred and thirty;
1 Chr 6:46-47
2 verses
71%
46the son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shemer,
47the son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.
Exod 6:19
71%
19And the sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their generations.
1 Chr 2:1-2
2 verses
70%
1These are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun,
2Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
Gen 46:16-17
2 verses
70%
16And the sons of Gad: Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri, and Arodi, and Areli.
17And the sons of Asher: Imnah, and Ishvah, and Ishvi, and Beriah, and Serah their sister; and the sons of Beriah: Heber, and Malchiel.
1 Chr 6:38
70%
38the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel.
Num 4:41
70%
41These are they that were numbered of the families of the sons of Gershon, all that did serve in the tent of meeting, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the commandment of Jehovah.
Num 4:38
70%
38And those that were numbered of the sons of Gershon, their families, and by their fathers' houses,
1 Chr 5:4
70%
4The sons of Joel: Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son,
1 Chr 6:71
69%
71Unto the sons of Gershom [were given], out of the family of the half-tribe {H4294} of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with its suburbs, and Ashtaroth with its suburbs;
1 Chr 25:17
69%
17the tenth to Shimei, his sons and his brethren, twelve:
1 Chr 8:21
69%
21and Adaiah, and Beraiah, and Shimrath, the sons of Shimei,
1 Chr 26:21
69%
21The sons of Ladan, the sons of the Gershonites belonging to Ladan, the heads of the fathers' [houses] belonging to Ladan the Gershonite: Jehieli.
1 Chr 4:20
69%
20And the sons of Shimon: Amnon, and Rinnah, Ben-hanan, and Tilon. And the sons of Ishi: Zoheth, and Ben-zoheth.
Exod 6:21
69%
21And the sons of Izhar: Korah, and Nepheg, and Zichri.
Exod 18:3
69%
3and her two sons; of whom the name of the one was Gershom; for he said, I have been a sojourner in a foreign land: