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And there wasוַיְהִיa kingמֶלֶךְin Jeshurun,בִישֻׁרוּןwhen the headsבְּהִתְאַסֵּף רָאשֵׁיof the peopleעָםgathered,הִתְאַסֵּףthe tribesשִׁבְטֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלtogether.יַחַד
Deuteronomy 33:5
Study it in the app“And there was a king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people gathered, the tribes of Israel together.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 33:5, word by word
- And there wasיְהִיyehi
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “yehi” appears- a kingמֶלֶךְmelech
supreme king
YHWH, king of Israel and the earth.
Where else “melech” appears- in Jeshurunישֻׁרוּןyshurun
Jeshurun
Jeshurun: a poetic name for Israel; it comes from "upright."
Where else “yshurun” appears- when the headsהִתְאַסֵּףhitasef
assemble
To bring people together in one place.
Where else “hitasef” appears- when the headsרָאשֵׁיrashe
head
The upper part of the body, where the face and hair are.
Where else “rashe” appears- of the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- the tribesשִׁבְטֵיshivte
tribe
Literally "the rod": one of the twelve great clans of Israel.
Where else “shivte” appears- of 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- togetherיַחַדyachad
together
Together, at the same time.
Where else “yachad” appears
The context
4An instruction Moses commanded us, a possession of the assembly of Jacob.
5 · This verse (above)
6Let Reuben live and not die, and let his men be a number.”