Numbers 4:22
Old Testament • 8 words with Strong's data
"Take also the sum of the sons of Gershon, throughout the houses of their fathers, by their families;"
Word-by-Word Analysis
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
רֹאשׁ
rôʼsh
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
בֵּן
bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...
גֵּרְשׁוֹן
Gêrᵉshôwn
Gereshon or Gereshom, an Israelite
עָבַר
ʻâbar
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in ...
בַּיִת
bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
אָב
ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
מִשְׁפָּחָה
mishpâchâh
a family, i.e. circle of relatives; figuratively, a class (of persons), a species (of animals) or sort (of things); by extension a tribe or people
Key Terms in This Verse
רֹאשׁ rôʼsh
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
Study H7218 →בַּיִת bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
Study H1004 →עָבַר ʻâbar
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)
Study H5674 →מִשְׁפָּחָה mishpâchâh
a family, i.e. circle of relatives; figuratively, a class (of persons), a species (of animals) or sort (of things); by extension a tribe or people
Study H4940 →אָב ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
Study H1 →בֵּן bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
Study H1121 →Cross References
And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families; Libni, and Shimei.
And the chief of the house of the father of the Gershonites shall be Eliasaph the son of Lael.
Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimites: these are the families of the Gershonites.
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