Lexical Definition

‎מוּשִׁי‎ Mûwshîy (moo-shee') Mushite ^N:N--PG
patronymical from ‎מוּשִׁי‎

Mushites.

• § Mushites = see Mushi "yielding"
• a Mushite (collectively) or descendants of Mushi

1) descendants of Mushi, the great grandson of Levi

Extended Information

group of: מוּשִׁי

• Someone descended from Mushi who was a man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Exo.6.19
• son of: Merari (מְרָרִי)
• brother of: Mahli (מַחְלִי) and Jaaziah (יַעֲזִיָּהוּ)
• father of: Mahli (מַחְלִי), Eder (עֵדֶר) and Jerimoth (יְרִימוֹת)
• Group of mu.shi (‎מו‎ּ‎ש‎ִׁ‎י‎ "Mushi" מוּשִׁי)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

II. ‎מוּשִׁי‎ adjective, of a people with article as collective noun ‎׳‎‎מִשְׁפַּחַת הַמ‎ Num 3:33; Num 26:58. [‎מוֺשָׁעָה‎], ‎מוֺשָׁעוֺת‎ see ‎ישׁע‎.

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