Deuteronomy 33:8

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And of Levi he said, Let thy Thummim and thy Urim be with thy holy one, whom thou didst prove at Massah, and with whom thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah;

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּלְלֵוִ֣י אָמַ֔ר תֻּמֶּ֥יךָ וְאוּרֶ֖יךָ לְאִ֣ישׁ חֲסִידֶ֑ךָ אֲשֶׁ֤ר נִסִּיתוֹ֙ בְּמַסָּ֔ה תְּרִיבֵ֖הוּ עַל־מֵ֥י מְרִיבָֽה׃

Transliteration

And-for-Lēwî ʾāmar tummêkā and-ʾûrêkā to-ʾîš ḥăsîdekā whom nissîtô in-Massāh tərîbēhû at-mê Mərîbāh

Grammar Details

• *û-lə-Lēwî*: conjunction + preposition + proper noun - and for/to Levi
• *ʾāmar*: qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he said
• *tummêkā*: noun, masculine plural + 2nd masculine singular suffix - your Thummim
• *wə-ʾûrêkā*: conjunction + noun, masculine plural + 2nd masculine singular suffix - and your Urim
• *lə-ʾîš*: preposition + noun, masculine singular construct - to/for man of
• *ḥăsîdekā*: noun, masculine singular + 2nd masculine singular suffix - your faithful one
• *ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - whom
• *nissîtô*: piel perfect, 2nd masculine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - you tested him
• *bə-Massāh*: preposition + proper noun - at Massah
• *tərîbēhû*: qal imperfect, 2nd masculine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - you contended with him
• *ʿal-mê*: preposition + noun, masculine plural construct - at waters of
• *Mərîbāh*: proper noun - Meribah

Word Meanings

• *tummêkā*: your Thummim (sacred lot for determining God's will)
• *ʾûrêkā*: your Urim (sacred lot for determining God's will)
• *ḥăsîd*: faithful one/godly one/pious one
• *nissâ*: test/try/prove
• *rîb*: contend/strive/dispute

Referenced Verses

• Exod 17:7 : 7 And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the chiding of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the LORD, saying, Is the LORD among us, or not?
• Exod 28:30 : 30 And thou shalt put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the Thummim; and they shall be upon Aaron's heart, when he goeth in before the LORD: and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel upon his heart before the LORD continually.
• Num 20:13 : 13 This is the water of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with the LORD, and he was sanctified in them.
• Lev 8:8 : 8 And he put the breastplate upon him: also he put in the breastplate the Urim and the Thummim.
• Ps 106:16 : 16 They envied Moses also in the camp, and Aaron the saint of the LORD.
• Heb 7:26 : 26 For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;
• Rev 3:7 : 7 And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth;
• Lev 21:7 : 7 They shall not take a wife that is a whore, or profane; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband: for he is holy unto his God.
• Num 16:5 : 5 And he spake unto Korah and unto all his company, saying, Even to morrow the LORD will shew who are his, and who is holy; and will cause him to come near unto him: even him whom he hath chosen will he cause to come near unto him.
• Exod 28:36 : 36 And thou shalt make a plate of pure gold, and grave upon it, like the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO THE LORD.
• Num 27:21 : 21 And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall ask counsel for him after the judgment of Urim before the LORD: at his word shall they go out, and at his word they shall come in, both he, and all the children of Israel with him, even all the congregation.
• Deut 8:2-3 : 2 And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no. 3 And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live.
• Deut 8:16 : 16 Who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not, that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter end;
• 1 Sam 28:6 : 6 And when Saul enquired of the LORD, the LORD answered him not, neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets.
• 2 Chr 23:6 : 6 But let none come into the house of the LORD, save the priests, and they that minister of the Levites; they shall go in, for they are holy: but all the people shall keep the watch of the LORD.
• Ezra 2:63 : 63 And the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and with Thummim.
• Ezra 8:28 : 28 And I said unto them, Ye are holy unto the LORD; the vessels are holy also; and the silver and the gold are a freewill offering unto the LORD God of your fathers.
• Neh 7:65 : 65 And the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and Thummim.
• Ps 16:10 : 10 For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
• Ps 81:7 : 7 Thou calledst{H8804)} in trouble, and I delivered{H8762)} thee; I answered{H8799)} thee in the secret place of thunder: I proved{H8799)} thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah.