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ForכִּיYHWHיְהוָהyour Elohimאֱלֹהֶיךָhas chosenבָּחַרhimבוֹout of allמִכָּלyour tribesשְׁבָטֶיךָto standלַעֲמֹדto ministerלְשָׁרֵתin the nameבְּשֵׁםof YHWH,יְהוָהhimהוּאand his sons,וּבָנָיוallכָּלthe days.הַיָּמִים
Deuteronomy 18:5
Study it in the app“For YHWH your Elohim has chosen him out of all your tribes to stand to minister in the name of YHWH, him and his sons, all the days.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 18:5, word by word
- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- your Elohimאֱלֹהֶיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears- has chosenבָּחַרbachar
elect
God picks out his people, a place or a king.
Where else “bachar” appears- your tribesשְׁבָטֶיshevate
tribe
Literally "the rod": one of the twelve great clans of Israel.
Where else “shevate” appears- to standעֲמֹדamod
stand before
"Stand before" someone: to serve them.
Where else “amod” appears- to ministerשָׁרֵתsharet
minister
To serve in worship before YHWH.
Where else “sharet” appears- in the nameשֵׁםshem
name of YHWH
YHWH's name: himself, as he makes himself known.
Where else “shem” appears- and his sonsבָנָיvanay
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “vanay” appears- the daysיָּמִיםyamim
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yamim” appears
The context
4The firstfruits of your grain, of your new wine, and of your oil, and the firstfruits of the shearing of your flock, you shall give to him.
5 · This verse (above)
6And if the Levite comes from one of your gates, from all Israel, where he resides as an alien, and comes with all the desire of his soul to the place that YHWH chooses,