וְלִבְנֵ֣י

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וְלִבְנֵ֣י

   ve-li-vNEI

   and to the sons
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וְלִבְנֵ֣י גֵרְשׁוֹן֮

   ve-li-vNEI ger-SHON

   and to the sons of Gershon
3. clause🔊 וְלִבְנֵ֣י גֵרְשׁוֹן֮ מִמִּשְׁפְּחֹ֣ת הַלְוִיִּם֒ מֵחֲצִ֞י מַטֵּ֣ה מְנַשֶּׁ֗ה אֶת־עִיר֙ מִקְלַ֣ט הָרֹצֵ֔חַ אֶת־גּוֹלָ֤ן בַּבָּשָׁן֙ וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶׁ֔הָ וְאֶֽת־בְּעֶשְׁתְּרָ֖ה וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶׁ֑הָ

   ve-li-vNEI ger-SHON mi-mish-pe-KHOT hal-vi-YIM me-kha-TSI mat-TE me-na-SHE ET-IR mik-LAT ha-ro-TSE-akh ET-GO-lan ba-ba-SHAN ve-ET-mig-ra-SHE-ha ve-ET-be-esh-te-RAH ve-ET-mig-ra-SHE-ha

   and to the sons of Gershon from the families of the Levites from half of the tribe of Manasseh the city of refuge for the manslayer Golan in Bashan and its pasturelands and Beeshterah and its pasturelands
4. sentence🔊 וְלִבְנֵ֣י גֵרְשׁוֹן֮ מִמִּשְׁפְּחֹ֣ת הַלְוִיִּם֒ מֵחֲצִ֞י מַטֵּ֣ה מְנַשֶּׁ֗ה אֶת־עִיר֙ מִקְלַ֣ט הָרֹצֵ֔חַ אֶת־גּוֹלָ֤ן בַּבָּשָׁן֙ וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶׁ֔הָ וְאֶֽת־בְּעֶשְׁתְּרָ֖ה וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶׁ֑הָ עָרִ֖ים שְׁתָּֽיִם׃

   ve-li-vNEI ger-SHON mi-mish-pe-KHOT hal-vi-YIM me-kha-TSI mat-TE me-na-SHE ET-IR mik-LAT ha-ro-TSE-akh ET-GO-lan ba-ba-SHAN ve-ET-mig-ra-SHE-ha ve-ET-be-esh-te-RAH ve-ET-mig-ra-SHE-ha a-RIM shte-YIM

   and to the sons of Gershon from the families of the Levites from half of the tribe of Manasseh the city of refuge for the manslayer Golan in Bashan and its pasturelands and Beeshterah and its pasturelands cities two

Exegesis

The verse opens with the prepositional phrase ve-livnei {וְלִבְנֵ֣י | wə-lî-vnê} ‘to the sons of’ followed by Gershon and the genitive mi-mishpechot ha-leviyim specifying the Gershonite Levite clans.