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Deuteronomy 18:5 — King James Version← Study notes

For the Lord thy God hath chosen him out of all thy tribes, to stand to minister in the name of the Lord, him and his sons for ever.


Deuteronomy 18:5Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 18:515 words
כִּיRelative conjunction
בוֹvwōIn
בָּחַרbāḥarTry
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהֶיךָʾĕlōheyḵāGod
מִכָּלmikālFrom whole
שְׁבָטֶיךָšəvāṭeyḵāScion
לַעֲמֹדlaʿămōdTo stand
לְשָׁרֵתləšārētTo attend
בְּשֵׁםbəšēmIn appellation
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
הוּאhûʾHe
וּבָנָיוûvānāywAnd son
כָּלkālWhole
הַיָּמִיםhayāmîmThe day
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

כִּיRelative conjunction
בוֹvwōIn
בָּחַרbāḥarTry
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהֶיךָʾĕlōheyḵāGod
מִכָּלmikālFrom whole
שְׁבָטֶיךָšəvāṭeyḵāScion
לַעֲמֹדlaʿămōdTo stand
לְשָׁרֵתləšārētTo attend
בְּשֵׁםbəšēmIn appellation
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
הוּאhûʾHe
וּבָנָיוûvānāywAnd son
כָּלkālWhole
הַיָּמִיםhayāmîmThe day

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