Deuteronomy

Deuteronomy 18:5

⁵For the LORD your God has chosen Levi and his sons out of all your tribes to stand and minister in His name for all time.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
For	כִּ֣י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
the LORD	יְהוָ֥ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
your God	אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ	’ĕ·lō·he·ḵā	Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine singular	H430 God
has chosen	בָּחַ֛ר	bā·ḥar	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H977 choose
and his sons	וּבָנָ֖יו	ū·ḇā·nāw	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine singular	H1121 son
out of all	מִכָּל־	mik·kāl	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
your tribes	שְׁבָטֶ֑יךָ	šə·ḇā·ṭe·ḵā	Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine singular	H7626 rod, staff, club, sceptre
to stand	לַעֲמֹ֨ד	la·‘ă·mōḏ	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H5975 take one's stand, stand
and minister	לְשָׁרֵ֧ת	lə·šā·rêṯ	Preposition-l; Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct	H8334 minister, serve
in	יְהוָ֛ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
name	בְּשֵׁם־	bə·šêm-	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct	H8034 name
for all	כָּל־	kāl-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
time	הַיָּמִֽים׃ס	hay·yā·mîm	Article; Noun - masculine plural	H3117 day

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.