mu.shi identifies the Mushite family within the Levite and Merarite clan lists.

The term is used as a masculine singular gentilic identifying the Mushite family in clan lists: among the families of Merari and among the clans of the Levites.

1. Identification of a Mushite family · dominant

   In Numbers 3:33, the masculine singular gentilic occurs in the clause naming the family of the Mushite among Merari's families; the APB renders the list as "the family of the Mushite." In Numbers 26:58, the same form appears in a list of Levite clans, where the APB renders "the clan of the Mushites."

   Numbers 3:33Numbers 26:58

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term within family and clan lists, using "the family of the Mushite" in Numbers 3:33 and "the clan of the Mushites" in Numbers 26:58. These are verse-level renderings rather than definitions.