Deuteronomy 33:5

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And he was king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people and the tribes of Israel were gathered together.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיְהִ֥י בִישֻׁר֖וּן מֶ֑לֶךְ בְּהִתְאַסֵּף֙ רָ֣אשֵׁי עָ֔ם יַ֖חַד שִׁבְטֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

Transliteration

And-yəhî in-Yəšurûn melek in-hitʾassēp rāʾšê ʿām yaḥad šibṭê Yiśrāʾēl

Grammar Details

• *wa-yəhî*: conjunction + qal imperfect apocopated, 3rd masculine singular - and he was/became
• *bi-Yəšurûn*: preposition + proper noun - in Jeshurun
• *melek*: noun, masculine singular - king
• *bə-hitʾassēp*: preposition + hitpael infinitive construct - in the gathering of
• *rāʾšê*: noun, masculine plural construct - heads of
• *ʿām*: noun, masculine singular - people
• *yaḥad*: adverb - together
• *šibṭê*: noun, masculine plural construct - tribes of
• *Yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel

Word Meanings

• *Yəšurûn*: poetic name for Israel (meaning 'upright one')
• *melek*: king/ruler/sovereign
• *hitʾassēp*: gathering/assembling/coming together
• *rāʾšê*: heads/chiefs/leaders
• *šibṭê*: tribes/rods/branches

Referenced Verses

• Deut 32:15 : 15 But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
• Judg 8:22 : 22 Then the men of Israel said unto Gideon, Rule thou over us, both thou, and thy son, and thy son's son also: for thou hast delivered us from the hand of Midian.
• Judg 9:2 : 2 Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the men of Shechem, Whether is better for you, either that all the sons of Jerubbaal, which are threescore and ten persons, reign over you, or that one reign over you? remember also that I am your bone and your flesh.
• Judg 17:6 : 6 In those days there was no king in Israel, but every man did that which was right in his own eyes.
• Gen 36:31 : 31 And these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before there reigned any king over the children of Israel.
• Exod 18:16 : 16 When they have a matter, they come unto me; and I judge between one and another, and I do make them know the statutes of God, and his laws.
• Exod 18:19 : 19 Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and God shall be with thee: Be thou for the people to God-ward, that thou mayest bring the causes unto God:
• Num 16:13-15 : 13 Is it a small thing that thou hast brought us up out of a land that floweth with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, except thou make thyself altogether a prince over us? 14 Moreover thou hast not brought us into a land that floweth with milk and honey, or given us inheritance of fields and vineyards: wilt thou put out the eyes of these men? we will not come up. 15 And Moses was very wroth, and said unto the LORD, Respect not thou their offering: I have not taken one ass from them, neither have I hurt one of them.
• Num 23:21 : 21 He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel: the LORD his God is with him, and the shout of a king is among them.