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and ministersוְשֵׁרֵתin the nameבְּשֵׁםof YHWHיְהוָהhis Elohim,אֱלֹהָיוlike allכְּכָלhis brothers,אֶחָיוthe Levites,הַלְוִיִּםwho standהָעֹמְדִיםthereשָׁםbeforeלִפְנֵיYHWH,יְהוָה
Deuteronomy 18:7
Study it in the app“and ministers in the name of YHWH his Elohim, like all his brothers, the Levites, who stand there before YHWH,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 18:7, word by word
- and ministersשֵׁרֵתsheret
minister
To serve in worship before YHWH.
Where else “sheret” appears- in the nameשֵׁםshem
name of YHWH
YHWH's name: himself, as he makes himself known.
Where else “shem” appears- of 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- his Elohimאֱלֹהָיelohay
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohay” appears- his brothersאֶחָיechay
countryman
Someone of the same people, or a friend.
Where else “echay” appears- the Levitesלְוִיִּםleviyim
Levite
Levite: of the tribe of Levi.
Where else “leviyim” appears- who standעֹמְדִיםomdim
stand before
"Stand before" someone: to serve them.
Where else “omdim” appears- beforeפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appears
The context
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,
7 · This verse (above)
8they shall eat equal portions, besides what he sells of the fathers.