King James Version

Numbers 3:21

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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לְגֵ֣רְשׁ֔וֹןlegereshonto Gershonגֵּרְשׁוֹןpreposition, noun, proper name — “to Gershon”H1648Gereshon or Gereshom, an IsraeliteGershon, Gershom.מִשְׁפַּ֨חַת֙mishpachatfamilyמִשְׁפָּחָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “family”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4940a family, i.e. circle of relatives; figuratively, a class (of persons), a species (of animals) or sort (of things); by extension a tribe or peoplefamily, kind(-red).הַלִּבְנִ֔יhalivnithe Libnitesלִבְנִיdefinite article, noun, gentilic, masculine, singular, absolute — “the Libnites”, the ordinary formH3846a Libnite or descendants of Libni (collectively)Libnites.וּמִשְׁפַּ֖חַתumishpachatand familyמִשְׁפָּחָהconjunction, noun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “and family”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4940a family, i.e. circle of relatives; figuratively, a class (of persons), a species (of animals) or sort (of things); by extension a tribe or peoplefamily, kind(-red).הַשִּׁמְעִ֑יhashimithe of Shimiשִׁמְעִיdefinite article, noun, gentilic, masculine, singular, absolute — “the of Shimi”, the ordinary formH8097a Shimite (collectively) or descendants of Shimiof Shimi, Shimites.אֵ֣לֶּהelehtheseאֵלֶּהpronoun, demonstrative, common, plural — “these”H428these or thosean-(the) other; one sort, so, some, such, them, these (same), they, this, those, thus, which, who(-m).הֵ֔םhemtheyהֵםpronoun, personal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “they”H1992they (only used when emphatic)it, like, [idiom] (how, so) many (soever, more as) they (be), (the) same, [idiom] so, [idiom] such, their, them, these, they, those, which, who, whom, withal, ye.מִשְׁפְּחֹ֖תmishpechotfamilyמִשְׁפָּחָהnoun, common, feminine, plural, construct — “family”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4940a family, i.e. circle of relatives; figuratively, a class (of persons), a species (of animals) or sort (of things); by extension a tribe or peoplefamily, kind(-red).הַגֵּרְשֻׁנִּֽיhagereshunithe Gershoniteגֵּרְשֻׁנִּיdefinite article, noun, gentilic, masculine, singular, absolute — “the Gershonite”, the ordinary formH1649a Gereshonite or descendant of GereshonGershonite, sons of Gershon.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimeites; these are the families of the Gershonites.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimeites: these are the families of the Gershonites.

Young’s Literal Translation

Of Gershon [is] the family of the Libnite, and the family of the Shimite; these are the families of the Gershonite.

World English Bible

Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimeites. These are the families of the Gershonites.

Darby Translation

Of Gershon, the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimites: these are the families of the Gershonites.

Douay-Rheims

Of Gerson were two families, the Lebnites, and the Semeites:

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimeites; these are the families of the Gershonites.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

To Gedson belongs the family of Lobeni, and the family of Semei: these are the families of Gedson.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Τῷ Γεδσὼν δῆμος τοῦ Λοβενὶ, καὶ δῆμος τοῦ Σεμεΐ· οὗτοι δῆμοι τοῦ Γεδσών.