Deuteronomy 18:6 — King James Version← Study notes

“And if a Levite come from any of thy gates out of all Israel, where he sojourned, and come with all the desire of his mind unto the place which the Lord shall choose;”

Deuteronomy 18:6 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 18:620 words

וְכִיwəḵîAnd relative conjunction

יָבֹאyāvōʾGo

הַלֵּוִיhalēwîThe Levite

מֵאַחַדmēʾaḥadFrom united

שְׁעָרֶיךָšəʿāreyḵāOpening

מִכָּלmikālFrom whole

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

הוּאhûʾHe

גָּרgārTurn

שָׁםšāmThere

וּבָאûvāʾAnd go

בְּכָלbəḵālIn whole

אַוַּתʾaûtLonging

נַפְשׁוֹnap̄əšwōSoul

אֶלʾelNear

הַמָּקוֹםhamāqwōmThe standing

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

יִבְחַרyivəḥarTry

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְכִיwəḵîAnd relative conjunction

יָבֹאyāvōʾGo

הַלֵּוִיhalēwîThe Levite

מֵאַחַדmēʾaḥadFrom united

שְׁעָרֶיךָšəʿāreyḵāOpening

מִכָּלmikālFrom whole

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

הוּאhûʾHe

גָּרgārTurn

שָׁםšāmThere

וּבָאûvāʾAnd go

בְּכָלbəḵālIn whole

אַוַּתʾaûtLonging

נַפְשׁוֹnap̄əšwōSoul

אֶלʾelNear

הַמָּקוֹםhamāqwōmThe standing

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

יִבְחַרyivəḥarTry

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

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