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title: מְרָרִי — Merari. See also · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מְרָרִי (4847), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 40 times: Merari. See also. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מְרָרִי

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«מְרָרִי» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Merari. See also** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 40 times · **Key:** 4847 · **BDB:** מְרָרִי

### Glosses

of.Merari (29); Merari (8); of.\[the\].Merarite\[s\] (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Merari. See also [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4847/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4847/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. a son of Levi, and head of a chief Levit. family: 𝔊 Μεραρ(ε)ι, Μαραρει;—Gn 46:11; Ex 6:16, 19; Nu 3:17, 20, 33(×2), 35, 36; 4:29, 33, 42, 45; 7:8; 10:17; 26:57; Jos 21:7, 34, 38 (all P), 1 Ch 5:27; 6:1, 4, 14, 29, 32, 48, 62; 9:14; 15:6, 17; 23:6, 21; 24:26, 27; 26:10, 19; 2 Ch 29:12; 34:12; Ezr 8:19.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 37 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מְרָרִי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4847/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 5:27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.5.27/)

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בְּנֵ֖י לֵוִ֑י גֵּרְשׁ֕וֹן קְהָ֖ת וּמְרָרִֽי׃

*Word for word:* the.sons of.Levi \[were\].Gershon Kohath and Merari

*JPS 1917:* The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

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[1 Chronicles 6:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.6.1/)

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בְּנֵ֖י לֵוִ֑י גֵּרְשֹׁ֕ם קְהָ֖ת וּמְרָרִֽי׃

*Word for word:* the.sons of.Levi \[were\].Gershom Kohath and Merari

*JPS 1917:* The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath and Merari.

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