Exodus 6:24

Summary

The verse lists the sons of Korah — Assir, Elkanah, and Abiasaph — and closes by naming these three lines collectively as the clans descended from Korah, using a genealogical formula common in this chapter.

Key words

• ve.Nei ("[the] sons of", H1121A) — construct plural noun linking directly to Ko.rach, marking the genealogical relationship "sons of Korah."
• Ko.rach ("Korah", H7141I) — proper name of the ancestor from whom the three sons and the resulting clan group descend.
• 'E.leh ("these", H0428) — demonstrative particle that introduces the closing summary clause, pointing back to the three names just listed.
• mish.pe.Chot ("[were] [the] clans of", H4940) — feminine plural construct noun, linking the three individuals to the collective social/tribal unit they form.
• ka.re.Chi ("Korahite[s]", H7145) — gentilic form with the definite article ha. ("the", H9009), designating the group as a whole rather than a single named person.

What the text says

The verse divides into two parts joined by the conjunction u. ("and", H9002). The first part is a simple list: ve.Nei Ko.rach ("sons of Korah") followed by three names — 'a.Sir, 'el.ka.Nah, and 'a.vi.'a.Saf — each linked by the conjunction ve./va. ("and", H9002). This is a standard genealogical listing pattern: a construct noun (ve.Nei, "sons of") followed by the ancestor's name, then the descendants named in sequence.

The second part is a summarizing formula introduced by the demonstrative 'E.leh ("these"), which grammatically points backward to the three names just given. It is followed by mish.pe.Chot ("clans of"), a construct noun that reclassifies the three individuals not merely as sons but as heads of distinct mishpachot ("clans/families"), a term used elsewhere in the chapter for subdivisions of a tribe. The final word, ka.re.Chi ("Korahite"), takes the definite article ha. and a gentilic singular form (rather than the ancestor's personal name Korach), grammatically shifting from "Korah the person" to "the Korahite" as a group designation — indicating that the three named individuals together constitute the recognized clan units bearing this collective identity.

Differences between versions

The LXX renders mish.pe.Chot ("clans of") as genéseis ("generations/genealogies"), a broader term than the Hebrew's specific "clans" terminology. The Vulgate's cognationes Coritarum ("kinships of the Coritae") pluralizes the group name (Coritarum) where the Hebrew ka.re.Chi is grammatically singular with the article, functioning as a collective noun.