33 Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites and the family of the Mushites. These are the families of Merari.
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Coverage: Old Testament / Hebrew Bible
Primary Hebrew source-text witness for the Hebrew Bible.
לִמְרָרִ֕י מִשְׁפַּ֙חַת֙ הַמַּחְלִ֔י וּמִשְׁפַּ֖חַת הַמּוּשִׁ֑י אֵ֥לֶּה הֵ֖ם מִשְׁפְּחֹ֥ת מְרָרִֽי׃
לִמְרָרִ֕י
מִשְׁפַּ֨חַת֙
הַמַּחְלִ֔י
וּמִשְׁפַּ֖חַת
הַמּוּשִׁ֑י
מִשְׁפְּחֹ֥ת
Coverage: Old Testament and Apocrypha where imported
Ancient Greek translation tradition. Every imported LXX token is classified with confidence labels; rare/generated forms remain needs-review rather than hand-verified scholarship.
Τῷ Μεραρὶ δῆμος ὁ Μοολὶ, καὶ δῆμος ὁ Μουσί· οὗτοί εἰσι δῆμοι τοῦ Μεραρί.
Τῷ
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium high
- Confidence note
- Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
- Lemma
- ὁ
- Transliteration
- ho
- Morphology
- definite article, nominative masculine singular
- Gloss
- the
- Part of Speech
- article
- Definition
- Greek definite article.
- Strong's
- G3588
- Occurrences
- 80473
Μεραρὶ
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium
- Confidence note
- Broad rule-aligned LXX morphology pattern. This is a generated morphology/part-of-speech layer intended for progress and searchability, not a hand-reviewed scholarly parse.
- Lemma
- Μεραρὶ
- Transliteration
- merari
- Morphology
- proper noun, likely indeclinable or context-dependent inflected form
- Gloss
- Μεραρὶ
- Part of Speech
- proper noun
- Definition
- Generated proper-name alignment. Exact identity should be reviewed against the verse context.
- Occurrences
- 29
δῆμος
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium high
- Confidence note
- Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
- Lemma
- δῆμος
- Transliteration
- demos
- Morphology
- noun, masculine nominative singular
- Gloss
- people, district
- Part of Speech
- noun
- Definition
- People, populace, or district.
- Occurrences
- 151
ὁ
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium high
- Confidence note
- Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
- Lemma
- ὁ
- Transliteration
- ho
- Morphology
- definite article, nominative masculine singular
- Gloss
- the
- Part of Speech
- article
- Definition
- Greek definite article.
- Strong's
- G3588
- Occurrences
- 80473
Μοολὶ
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium
- Confidence note
- Broad rule-aligned LXX morphology pattern. This is a generated morphology/part-of-speech layer intended for progress and searchability, not a hand-reviewed scholarly parse.
- Lemma
- Μοολὶ
- Transliteration
- mooli
- Morphology
- proper noun, likely indeclinable or context-dependent inflected form
- Gloss
- Μοολὶ
- Part of Speech
- proper noun
- Definition
- Generated proper-name alignment. Exact identity should be reviewed against the verse context.
- Occurrences
- 13
καὶ
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium high
- Confidence note
- Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
- Lemma
- καί
- Transliteration
- kai
- Morphology
- coordinating conjunction
- Gloss
- and, also, even
- Part of Speech
- conjunction
- Definition
- Coordinating conjunction.
- Strong's
- G2532
- Occurrences
- 56730
δῆμος
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium high
- Confidence note
- Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
- Lemma
- δῆμος
- Transliteration
- demos
- Morphology
- noun, masculine nominative singular
- Gloss
- people, district
- Part of Speech
- noun
- Definition
- People, populace, or district.
- Occurrences
- 151
ὁ
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium high
- Confidence note
- Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
- Lemma
- ὁ
- Transliteration
- ho
- Morphology
- definite article, nominative masculine singular
- Gloss
- the
- Part of Speech
- article
- Definition
- Greek definite article.
- Strong's
- G3588
- Occurrences
- 80473
Μουσί
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium
- Confidence note
- Broad rule-aligned LXX morphology pattern. This is a generated morphology/part-of-speech layer intended for progress and searchability, not a hand-reviewed scholarly parse.
- Lemma
- μουσί
- Transliteration
- moysi
- Morphology
- verb, present/future active indicative, 3rd plural
- Gloss
- they ...
- Part of Speech
- verb
- Definition
- Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
- Occurrences
- 6
οὗτοί
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium
- Confidence note
- Broad rule-aligned LXX morphology pattern. This is a generated morphology/part-of-speech layer intended for progress and searchability, not a hand-reviewed scholarly parse.
- Lemma
- οὗτοί
- Transliteration
- otoi
- Morphology
- nominative plural masculine pattern
- Gloss
- ...
- Part of Speech
- noun/adjective form
- Definition
- Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
- Occurrences
- 19
εἰσι
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium high
- Confidence note
- Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
- Lemma
- εἰμί
- Transliteration
- eisi
- Morphology
- verb, present active indicative, 3rd plural
- Gloss
- they are
- Part of Speech
- verb
- Definition
- To be or exist.
- Strong's
- G1510
- Occurrences
- 5427
δῆμοι
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium
- Confidence note
- Broad rule-aligned LXX morphology pattern. This is a generated morphology/part-of-speech layer intended for progress and searchability, not a hand-reviewed scholarly parse.
- Lemma
- δῆμοι
- Transliteration
- demoi
- Morphology
- nominative plural masculine pattern
- Gloss
- ...
- Part of Speech
- noun/adjective form
- Definition
- Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
- Occurrences
- 19
τοῦ
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium high
- Confidence note
- Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
- Lemma
- ὁ
- Transliteration
- ho
- Morphology
- definite article, nominative masculine singular
- Gloss
- the
- Part of Speech
- article
- Definition
- Greek definite article.
- Strong's
- G3588
- Occurrences
- 80473
Μεραρί
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium
- Confidence note
- Broad rule-aligned LXX morphology pattern. This is a generated morphology/part-of-speech layer intended for progress and searchability, not a hand-reviewed scholarly parse.
- Lemma
- Μεραρί
- Transliteration
- merari
- Morphology
- proper noun, likely indeclinable or context-dependent inflected form
- Gloss
- Μεραρί
- Part of Speech
- proper noun
- Definition
- Generated proper-name alignment. Exact identity should be reviewed against the verse context.
- Occurrences
- 9
Coverage: Torah
Ancient Aramaic Torah translation tradition. Use as a Targum witness, not as the Hebrew original text.
לִמְרָרִי זַרְעִית מַחְלִי וְזַרְעִית מוּשִׁי אִלֵין אִנוּן זַרְעֲיַת מְרָרִי
לִמְרָרִי
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- מררי
- Transliteration
- lmrry
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 5
זַרְעִית
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- זרעית
- Transliteration
- zr'yt
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 119
מַחְלִי
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- חלי
- Transliteration
- mchly
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 4
וְזַרְעִית
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- זרעית
- Transliteration
- wzr'yt
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 119
מוּשִׁי
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- ושי
- Transliteration
- mwshy
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 3
אִלֵין
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- אלין
- Transliteration
- 'lyn
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 187
אִנוּן
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- אנון
- Transliteration
- 'nwn
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 120
זַרְעֲיַת
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- זרעית
- Transliteration
- zr'yt
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 119
מְרָרִי
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- ררי
- Transliteration
- mrry
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 12
Coverage: Old Testament and selected Apocrypha
Ancient Syriac translation tradition. Text coverage is imported; word-level morphology is marked pending until a dedicated Syriac morphology source is attached.
ܘܕܡܪܪܝ ܫܪܒܬܐ ܕܡܚܠܝ ܘܫܪܒܬܐ ܕܡܘܫܝ. ܗܠܝܢ ܐܢܝܢ ܫܪ̈ܒܬܐ ܕܡܪܪܝ.
ܘܕܡܪܪܝ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܘܕܡܪܪܝ
- Transliteration
- wdmrry
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 1
ܫܪܒܬܐ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܫܪܒܬܐ
- Transliteration
- shrbt'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 157
ܕܡܚܠܝ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܕܡܚܠܝ
- Transliteration
- dmhly
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 4
ܘܫܪܒܬܐ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܘܫܪܒܬܐ
- Transliteration
- wshrbt'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 11
ܕܡܘܫܝ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܕܡܘܫܝ
- Transliteration
- dmwshy
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 3
ܗܠܝܢ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܗܠܝܢ
- Transliteration
- hlyn
- Morphology
- possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending
- Occurrences
- 840
ܐܢܝܢ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܐܢܝܢ
- Transliteration
- 'nyn
- Morphology
- possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending
- Occurrences
- 191
ܫܪ̈ܒܬܐ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܫܪܒܬܐ
- Transliteration
- shrbt'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 157
ܕܡܪܪܝ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܕܡܪܪܝ
- Transliteration
- dmrry
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 9
Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported
Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.
At vero de Merari erunt populi Moholitæ et Musitæ recensiti per nomina sua:
at
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- at
- Transliteration
- at
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
- Occurrences
- 286
vero
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- uero
- Transliteration
- vero
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adverb
- Occurrences
- 537
de
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- de
- Transliteration
- de
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
- Occurrences
- 4779
Merari
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- meror
- Transliteration
- Merari
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 39
erunt
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- sum
- Transliteration
- erunt
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 20614
populi
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- populus
- Transliteration
- populi
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 2030
Moolitae
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- mooleo
- Transliteration
- Moolitae
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: proper noun
- Occurrences
- 1
et
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- et
- Transliteration
- et
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
- Gloss
- and
- Part of Speech
- conjunction
- Definition
- and, also, even
- Etymology
- Basic Latin coordinating conjunction.
- Occurrences
- 50526
Musitae
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- Musita
- Transliteration
- Musitae
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: proper noun
- Occurrences
- 1
recensiti
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- recenseo
- Transliteration
- recensiti
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adjective
- Occurrences
- 32
per
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- per
- Transliteration
- per
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
- Occurrences
- 1915
nomina
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- nomen
- Transliteration
- nomina
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 1130
sua
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- suus
- Transliteration
- sua
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 5783
Ranked cross references
Connections are ranked by community votes in the OpenBible.info cross-reference dataset (CC BY 4.0). They suggest related themes, words, events, or people; they are not automatic interpretations.
Numbers 3:20
The sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers’ houses.
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The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers’ households.
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The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli: Eleazar and Kish.
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