Gershonite
ge.re.shun.ni marks affiliation with Gershon in family listings, assigned service, settlements, and named individuals.
The term consistently marks persons, families, or group affiliation connected with Gershon: it occurs in clan and family descriptions, instructions for assigned service, a list of cities, and notices identifying particular people.
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Affiliation with Gershon · dominant
The masculine singular absolute gentilic marks the Gershon-connected group in family and clan statements: in Numbers 3:21 the APB renders the families as "the families of the Gershonite," and in Numbers 26:57 it places their clan alongside those of Kohath and Merari. The same designation identifies their encampment and leadership in Numbers 3:23 and Numbers 3:24, their carrying service in Numbers 4:24 and Numbers 4:28, their cities in Joshua 21:33, and individuals such as Jehiel and Joah in 1 Chronicles 29:8 and 2 Chronicles 29:12.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly presents the designation as "the Gershonite" or "the Gershonites," including family, clan, and individual contexts. These renderings confirm the verse-level group identification rather than fixing every syntactic contribution of the term.