Merari מְרָרִי
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| מְרָרִי | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | merari |
| Strong's number | H4848 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | name of a person or people |
| Gloss | Merari |
| Occurrences | 4 in 3 verses |
Merari (Hebrew מְרָרִי, Strong's H4848) is a name of a person or people in the Old Testament, glossed “Merari”. It occurs 4 times.
Definition
Someone descended from Merari who was a man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Gen.46.11;
son of: Levi (H3878);
brother of: Gershon (H1648), Kohath (H6955) and Jochebed (H3115);
father of: Mahli (H4249), Mushi (H4187) and Jaaziah (H3269)
Another name of me.ra.ri (מְרָרִי "Merari" H4847)
§ Merarites, of Marari "bitter"
descendants of Merari, the son of Levi, and members of a Levitical family
son of: Levi (H3878);
brother of: Gershon (H1648), Kohath (H6955) and Jochebed (H3115);
father of: Mahli (H4249), Mushi (H4187) and Jaaziah (H3269)
Another name of me.ra.ri (מְרָרִי "Merari" H4847)
§ Merarites, of Marari "bitter"
descendants of Merari, the son of Levi, and members of a Levitical family
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | merarites (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | merari came (1), were the merarite (1), merarites (1), merarite (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Merari, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Numbers
- Numbers 3:33Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites: these are the families of Merari.From Merari came the clans of the Mahlites and Mushites; these were the Merarite clans.
- Numbers 3:35And the chief of the house of the father of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail: these shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle northward.The leader of the families of the Merarites was Zuriel son of Abihail; they were to camp on the north side of the tabernacle.
- Numbers 26:57And 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.Now these were the Levites numbered by their clans: The Gershonite clan from Gershon, the Kohathite clan from Kohath, and the Merarite clan from Merari.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).