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Deuteronomy 18:1 — King James Version← Study notes

The priests the Levites, and all the tribe of Levi, shall have no part nor inheritance with Israel: they shall eat the offerings of the Lord made by fire, and his inheritance.


Deuteronomy 18:1Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 18:115 words
לֹאlōʾNot
יִהְיֶהyihəyehExist
לַכֹּהֲנִיםlakōhănîmTo officiating
הַלְוִיִּםhaləwîmThe Levite
כָּלkālWhole
שֵׁבֶטšēveṭScion
לֵוִיlēwîLevi
חֵלֶקḥēleqSmoothness
וְנַחֲלָהwənaḥălāhAnd inherited
עִםʿimWith
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
אִשֵּׁיʾišêBurnt-offering
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
וְנַחֲלָתוֹwənaḥălātwōAnd inherited
יֹאכֵלוּןyōʾḵēlûnEat
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

לֹאlōʾNot
יִהְיֶהyihəyehExist
לַכֹּהֲנִיםlakōhănîmTo officiating
הַלְוִיִּםhaləwîmThe Levite
כָּלkālWhole
שֵׁבֶטšēveṭScion
לֵוִיlēwîLevi
חֵלֶקḥēleqSmoothness
וְנַחֲלָהwənaḥălāhAnd inherited
עִםʿimWith
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
אִשֵּׁיʾišêBurnt-offering
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
וְנַחֲלָתוֹwənaḥălātwōAnd inherited
יֹאכֵלוּןyōʾḵēlûnEat

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