And ifוְכִיthe Leviteהַלֵּוִיcomesיָבֹאfrom oneמֵאַחַדof your gates,שְׁעָרֶיךָfrom allמִכָּלIsrael,יִשְׂרָאֵלwhereאֲשֶׁר שָׁםheהוּאresides as an alien,גָּרand comesוּבָאwith allבְּכָלthe desireאַוַּתof his soulנַפְשׁוֹtoאֶלthe placeהַמָּקוֹםthatאֲשֶׁרYHWHיְהוָהchooses,יִבְחַר
Deuteronomy 18:6
Study it in the app“And 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,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 18:6, word by word
- the Leviteלֵּוִיlevi
Levite
Levite: of the tribe of Levi.
Where else “levi” appears- comesיָבֹאyavo
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavo” appears- from oneאַחַדachad
one
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “achad” appears- of your gatesשְׁעָרֶיsheare
city
The whole city, which the gates protect.
Where else “sheare” appears- Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- resides as an alienגָּרgar
sojourn
To live in a place that is not your own.
Where else “gar” appears- the desireאַוַּתavat
desire, craving
Desire: a strong wanting of something.
Where else “avat” appears- of his soulנַפְשׁnafsh
soul
A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.
Where else “nafsh” appears- the placeמָּקוֹםmakom
place
A place, a spot.
Where else “makom” appears- 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- choosesיִבְחַרyivchar
elect
God picks out his people, a place or a king.
Where else “yivchar” appears
The context
5For 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.
6 · This verse (above)
7and ministers in the name of YHWH his Elohim, like all his brothers, the Levites, who stand there before YHWH,