Hebrew word · H4847

מְרָרִי

merari

Merari

Appears 36 times in 36 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament.

What it means

A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Gen.46.11;

son of: Levi (H3878);

brother of: Gershon (H1648), Kohath (H6955) and Jochebed (H3115);

father of: Mahli (H4249), Mushi (H4187) and Jaaziah (H3269)

Also named: me.ra.ri (מְרָרִי "Merari" H4848)

§ Merari = "bitter"

the 3rd son of Levi and head of a Levitical family

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

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Where it appears

Genesis · 1
  1. Genesis 46:11 וּמְרָרִֽי׃ and Merari

    The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

Exodus · 2
  1. Exodus 6:16 וּמְרָרִ֑י and Merari

    These were the names of the sons of Levi according to their records: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. Levi lived 137 years.

    Here: Levi's third son, ancestor of the Merarite clan. They carried the tabernacle's frames, bars, pillars and bases (Numbers 3:36–37; 4:29–33). The name may be related to the root for "bitter," but the text makes nothing of this.

  2. Exodus 6:19 מְרָרִ֖י Merari

    The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. These were the clans of the Levites according to their records.

Numbers · 10
  1. Numbers 3:17 וּמְרָרִֽי׃ and Merari

    These were the sons of Levi by name: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

  2. Numbers 3:20 מְרָרִ֛י Merari

    And the sons of Merari by their clans were Mahli and Mushi. These were the clans of the Levites, according to their families.

  3. Numbers 3:36 מְרָרִי֒ Merari

    The duties assigned to the sons of Merari were the tabernacle’s frames, crossbars, posts, bases, and all its equipment—all the service for these items,

  4. Numbers 4:29 מְרָרִ֑י Merari

    As for the sons of Merari, you are to number them by their clans and families,

  5. Numbers 4:33 מְרָרִ֔י Merari

    This is the service of the Merarite clans according to all their work at the Tent of Meeting, under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.”

  6. Numbers 4:42 מְרָרִ֑י Merari

    And the Merarites were numbered by their clans and families,

  7. Numbers 4:45 מְרָרִ֑י Merari

    These were counted from the Merarite clans, whom Moses and Aaron numbered at the LORD’s command through Moses.

  8. Numbers 7:8 מְרָרִ֑י Merari

    and he gave the Merarites four carts and eight oxen, as their service required, all under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.

  9. Numbers 10:17 מְרָרִ֔י Merari

    Then the tabernacle was taken down, and the Gershonites and the Merarites set out, transporting it.

  10. Numbers 26:57 לִמְרָרִ֕י of Merari

    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.

Joshua · 3
  1. Joshua 21:7 מְרָרִ֜י Merari

    And the descendants of Merari received twelve cities from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.

    Here: The third son of Levi (Genesis 46:11; Exodus 6:16) and the ancestor of one of the three Levite divisions. Here the name stands for that whole division, whose inherited job was carrying the heavy frame of the tabernacle.

  2. Joshua 21:34 מְרָרִי֮ Merari

    This is what the Merarite clan (the rest of the Levites) were given: From the tribe of Zebulun they were given Jokneam, Kartah,

  3. Joshua 21:40 מְרָרִי֙ Merari

    In all, twelve cities were allotted to the clans of Merari, the remaining Levite clans.

    Here: The third son of Levi (Gen 46:11; Exod 6:16). His descendants are the third Levite division, after Kohath and Gershon.

1 Chronicles · 17
  1. 1 Chronicles 6:1 וּמְרָרִֽי׃ and Merari

    The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

  2. 1 Chronicles 6:16 וּמְרָרִֽי׃ and Merari

    The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.

  3. 1 Chronicles 6:19 מְרָרִ֖י Merari

    The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the clans of the Levites listed according to their fathers:

  4. 1 Chronicles 6:29 מְרָרִ֖י Merari

    The descendants of Merari: Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzzah his son,

  5. 1 Chronicles 6:44 מְרָרִ֛י Merari

    On the left were their kinsmen, the sons of Merari: Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch,

  6. 1 Chronicles 6:47 מְרָרִ֖י Merari

    the son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.

  7. 1 Chronicles 6:63 מְרָרִ֜י Merari

    The Merarites, according to their clans, were allotted twelve cities from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.

  8. 1 Chronicles 6:77 מְרָרִי֮ Merari

    The Merarites (the rest of the Levites) received the following: From the tribe of Zebulun they were given Rimmono and Tabor, together with their pasturelands.

  9. 1 Chronicles 9:14 מְרָרִֽי׃ Merari

    From the Levites: Shemaiah son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, a descendant of Merari;

  10. 1 Chronicles 15:6 מְרָרִ֑י Merari

    from the Merarites, Asaiah the chief and 220 of his relatives;

  11. 1 Chronicles 15:17 מְרָרִי֙ Merari

    So the Levites appointed Heman son of Joel; from his brothers, Asaph son of Berechiah; from their brothers the Merarites, Ethan son of Kushaiah;

  12. 1 Chronicles 23:6 וּמְרָרִֽי׃ ס and Merari

    Then David divided the Levites into divisions according to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

  13. 1 Chronicles 23:21 מְרָרִי֙ Merari

    The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli: Eleazar and Kish.

  14. 1 Chronicles 24:26 מְרָרִי֙ Merari

    The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. The son of Jaaziah: Beno.

  15. 1 Chronicles 24:27 מְרָרִ֑י Merari

    The descendants of Merari from Jaaziah: Beno, Shoham, Zaccur, and Ibri.

  16. 1 Chronicles 26:10 מְרָרִ֖י Merari

    Hosah the Merarite also had sons: Shimri the first (although he was not the firstborn, his father had appointed him as the first),

  17. 1 Chronicles 26:19 מְרָרִֽי׃ Merari

    These were the divisions of the gatekeepers who were descendants of Korah and Merari.

2 Chronicles · 2
  1. 2 Chronicles 29:12 מְרָרִ֔י Merari

    Then the Levites set to work: Mahath son of Amasai and Joel son of Azariah from the Kohathites; Kish son of Abdi and Azariah son of Jehallelel from the Merarites; Joah son of Zimmah and Eden son of Joah from the Gershonites;

  2. 2 Chronicles 34:12 מְרָרִ֔י Merari

    And the men did the work faithfully. The Levites overseeing them were Jahath and Obadiah, descendants of Merari, and Zechariah and Meshullam, descendants of Kohath. Other Levites, all skilled with musical instruments,

Ezra · 1
  1. Ezra 8:19 מְרָרִ֑י Merari

    also Hashabiah, together with Jeshaiah, from the descendants of Merari, and his brothers and their sons, 20 men.

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