Exodus 6:20
Old Testament • 16 words with Strong's data
"And Amram took him Jochebed his father’s sister to wife; and she bare him Aaron and Moses: and the years of the life of Amram were an hundred and thirty and seven years."
Word-by-Word Analysis
עַמְרָם
ʻAmrâm
Amram, the name of two Israelites
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
אָב
ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
אָחוֹת
ʼâchôwth
a sister (used very widely (like brother), literally and figuratively)
יָלַד
yâlad
to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage
אַהֲרוֹן
ʼAhărôwn
Aharon, the brother of Moses
שָׁנֶה
shâneh
a year (as a revolution of time)
חַי
chay
alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or livin...
עַמְרָם
ʻAmrâm
Amram, the name of two Israelites
מֵאָה
mêʼâh
a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction
שְׁלוֹשִׁים
shᵉlôwshîym
thirty; or (ordinal) thirtieth
שֶׁבַע
shebaʻ
seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number
שָׁנֶה
shâneh
a year (as a revolution of time)
Key Terms in This Verse
אָחוֹת ʼâchôwth
a sister (used very widely (like brother), literally and figuratively)
Study H269 →יָלַד yâlad
to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage
Study H3205 →חַי chay
alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively
Study H2416 →שֶׁבַע shebaʻ
seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number
Study H7651 →Cross References
And the name of Amram’s wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, whom her mother bare to Levi in Egypt: and she bare unto Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister.
And the sons of Kohath; Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel: and the years of the life of Kohath were an hundred thirty and three years.
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.
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