Isaiah 66:21

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And of them also will I take for priests [and] for Levites, saith Jehovah.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְגַם־מֵהֶ֥ם אֶקַּ֛ח לַכֹּהֲנִ֥ים לַלְוִיִּ֖ם אָמַ֥ר יְהוָֽה׃

Transliteration

And-also-from-them ʾeqqaḥ for-the-kōhănîm for-the-lĕwiyyîm, ʾāmar YHWH.

Grammar Details

*wĕ-ḡam-mē-hem*: conjunction + particle + preposition with 3rd masculine plural suffix - and also from them
*ʾeqqaḥ*: qal imperfect, 1st person singular - I will take
*la-kōhănîm*: preposition + article + noun, masculine plural - for the priests
*la-lĕwiyyîm*: preposition + article + noun, masculine plural - for the Levites
*ʾāmar*: qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he said
*YHWH*: proper noun - divine name

Word Meanings

*ʾeqqaḥ*: I will take/select/choose
*kōhănîm*: priests/officiants/ministers
*lĕwiyyîm*: Levites (tribe dedicated to temple service)
*ʾāmar*: he said/spoke/declared

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Referenced Verses

1 Pet 2:9 : 9 But ye are an elect race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a {G1519} people for [God's] own possession, that ye may show forth the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
Exod 19:6 : 6 and ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.
Isa 61:6 : 6 But ye shall be named the priests of Jehovah; men shall call you the ministers of our God: ye shall eat the wealth of the nations, and in their glory shall ye boast yourselves.
1 Pet 2:5 : 5 ye also, as living stones, are built up a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
Rev 1:6 : 6 and he made us [to be] a kingdom, {G2532} [to be] priests unto his God and Father; to him [be] the glory and the dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
Rev 5:10 : 10 and madest them [to be] unto our God a kingdom and priests; and they reign upon earth.
Rev 20:6 : 6 Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: over these the second death hath no power; but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.
Jer 13:18-22 : 18 Say thou unto the king and to the queen-mother, Humble yourselves, sit down; for your headtires are come down, even the crown of your glory. 19 The cities of the South are shut up, and there is none to open them: Judah is carried away captive, all of it; it is wholly carried away captive. 20 Lift up your eyes, and behold them that come from the north: where is the flock that was given thee, thy beautiful flock? 21 What wilt thou say, when he shall set over thee as head those whom thou hast thyself taught to be friends to thee? shall not sorrows take hold of thee, as of a woman in travail? 22 And if thou say in thy heart, Wherefore are these things come upon me? for the greatness of thine iniquity are thy skirts uncovered, and thy heels suffer violence.

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