HebrewH4848Noun
מְרָרִי
me.ra.ri
“Merari”
3Occurrences
H4848Strong's #
NounPart of Speech
Definition
Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)
a Merarite (collectively), or decendants of Merari
from H4847 (מְרָרִי);
Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
Someone descended from Merari who was a man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at ; 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
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Grammar & Morphology
Part of Speech
Noun
Morphology Code
N:N--PG
Full Description
N:N--PG
Occurrences
מְרָרִי appears 3 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Numbers
3
Key Passages
Numbers 26:57BSB
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.
Numbers 3:33BSB
From Merari came the clans of the Mahlites and Mushites; these were the Merarite clans.
Numbers 3:35BSB
The leader of the families of the Merarites was Zuriel son of Abihail; they were to camp on the north side of the tabernacle.
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