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And of Leviוּלְלֵוִיhe said,אָמַר“Your Thummimתֻּמֶּיךָand your Urimוְאוּרֶיךָbelong to your faithfulלְ חֲסִידֶךָman,אִישׁwhomאֲשֶׁרyou testedנִסִּיתוֹat Massah,בְּמַסָּהwith whom you contendedתְּרִיבֵהוּatעַלthe watersמֵיof Meribah;מְרִיבָה
Deuteronomy 33:8
Study it in the app“And of Levi he said, “Your Thummim and your Urim belong to your faithful man, whom you tested at Massah, with whom you contended at the waters of Meribah;”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 33:8, word by word
- And of Leviלֵוִיlevi
Levi
Levi, the third son of Jacob and Leah; the tribe of the priests comes from him. The name sounds like "be joined".
Where else “levi” appears- he saidאָמַרamar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amar” appears- “Your Thummimתֻּמֶּיtume
Thummim
Thummim: "perfections". With the Urim, an object kept in the breastpiece by which God's decision was sought.
Where else “tume” appears- and your Urimאוּרֶיure
Urim
Urim: "lights". With the Thummim, an object kept in the breastpiece by which God's decision was sought.
Where else “ure” appears- belong to your faithfulחֲסִידֶchaside
faithful one, godly
Faithful one: one who lives out loyal love toward God; also kind.
Where else “chaside” appears- manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- you testedנִסִּיתnisit
test
To put someone in a situation to see how he responds and what is within him.
Where else “nisit” appears- at Massahמַסָּהmasa
Massah
Massah, "testing": the place where Israel put YHWH to the test.
Where else “masa” appears- with whom you contendedתְּרִיבֵterive
quarrel
To fight with words.
Where else “terive” appears- the watersמֵיme
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “me” appears- of Meribahמְרִיבָהmeriva
Meribah
Meribah, "quarrel": the name of two places where Israel quarreled over water, one at Rephidim (Exodus 17:7) and one at Kadesh (Numbers 20:13).
Where else “meriva” appears
Translation note
The Urim and Thummim were the objects with which the priest consulted God (Exodus 28:30).
The context
7And this is for Judah, and he said, “Hear, YHWH, the voice of Judah, and bring him to his people. His hands contend for him; and be a help against his adversaries.”
8 · This verse (above)
9who says of his father and of his mother, ‘I have not seen him’; and his brothers he did not acknowledge, and his sons he did not know, for they kept your word and guard your covenant.