Deuteronomy 18:5
For Yahweh your God has chosen him out of all your tribes to stand to minister in Yahweh’s name, him and his sons forever.This verse in the real world
Who
In what words
- שָׁרַתshârathto attend as a menial or worshipper; figuratively, to contribute to
- בָּחַרbâcharproperly, to try, i.e. (by implication) select
- שֵׁבֶטshêbeṭa scion, i.e. (literally) a stick (for punishing, writing, fighting, ruling, walking, etc.
- עָמַדʻâmadto stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
- שֵׁםshêman appellation, as amark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, ch
- אֱלֹהִיםʼĕlôhîymgods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the
- בֵּןbêna son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative re
- יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of God
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Deu 10:8, Num 3:10, Exo 28:1–14, Num 16:9–10, Num 17:5–9, Num 16:5, Deu 17:12, Num 25:13