וְאֵ֛לֶּה שְׁמֹ֥ות בְּֽנֵי־גֵרְשֹׁ֖ון לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֑ם לִבְנִ֖י וְשִׁמְעִֽי׃
And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families: Livni and Shimʿi.
Morphology
- וְאֵ֛לֶּה (ve-elleh) – Root: אלה (ʾ-l-h); Form: Conjunction with demonstrative pronoun, masculine plural; Translation: “And these”; Notes: Introduces the list of names.
- שְׁמֹ֥ות (shemot) – Root: שם (sh-m); Form: Masculine plural noun; Translation: “Names”; Notes: Refers to the names of Gershon’s sons.
- בְּֽנֵי־ (bnei) – Root: בן (b-n); Form: Masculine plural construct noun; Translation: “The sons of”; Notes: Indicates lineage.
- גֵרְשֹׁ֖ון (Gershon) – Root: גרש (g-r-sh); Form: Proper noun; Translation: “Gershon”; Notes: Refers to the first son of Levi.
- לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֑ם (le-mishpeḥotam) – Root: משפחה (m-sh-p-ḥ); Form: Feminine plural noun with 3rd person masculine plural suffix and preposition; Translation: “By their families”; Notes: Refers to the subdivisions of Gershon’s descendants.
- לִבְנִ֖י (Livni) – Root: לבנ (l-b-n); Form: Proper noun; Translation: “Livni”; Notes: The first son of Gershon.
- וְשִׁמְעִֽי׃ (Shimʿi) – Root: שמע (sh-m-ʿ); Form: Proper noun; Translation: “Shimʿi”; Notes: The second son of Gershon.