Deuteronomy 33:8

KJV1611 – Modern English

And of Levi he said, Let your Thummim and your Urim be with your holy one, whom you tried at Massah, and with whom you contended 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

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Of Levi he said: 'Your Thummim and Urim belong to Your faithful one, whom You tested at Massah and contended with at the waters of Meribah.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  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;

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And of Levi{H3878} he said,{H559} Thy Thummim{H8550} and thy Urim{H224} are with thy godly{H2623} one,{H376} Whom thou didst prove{H5254} at Massah,{H4532} With whom thou didst strive{H7378} at the waters{H4325} of Meribah;{H4809}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And of Levi{H3878} he said{H559}{(H8804)}, Let thy Thummim{H8550} and thy Urim{H224} be with thy holy{H2623} one{H376}, whom thou didst prove{H5254}{(H8765)} at Massah{H4532}, and with whom thou didst strive{H7378}{(H8799)} at the waters{H4325} of Meribah{H4809};

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And vnto Leui he sayed: thy perfectnesse ad thi light be after thy mercyfull ma who thou temptest at Masa ad with whom thou striuedst at the waters of strife.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And vnto Leui he sayde: Thy perfectnes and yi lighte be acordinge vnto the man of thy mercy, who thou hast tempted at Massa, whan ye stroue by the water of stryfe.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And of Leui he said, Let thy Thummim and thine Vrim be with thine Holy one, whome thou diddest proue in Massah, and didst cause him to striue at the waters of Meribah.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And vnto Leui he sayde: Thumim and Urim shalbe with thee, and with euery one that is godly in thee: Thou dyddest proue hym also in the temptation, & striuedst with hym at the waters of stryfe.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ 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;

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Of Levi he said, Your Thummim and your Urim are with your godly one, Whom you did prove at Massah, With whom you did strive at the waters of Meribah;

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And of Levi he said: -- Thy Thummim and thy Urim `are' for thy pious one, Whom Thou hast tried in Massah, Thou dost strive with Him at the waters of Meribah;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And of Levi he said, Thy Thummim and thy Urim are with thy godly one, Whom thou didst prove at Massah, With whom thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And of Levi he said, Thy Thummim and thy Urim are with thy godly one, Whom thou didst prove at Massah, With whom thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah;

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And of Levi he said, Give your Thummim to Levi and let the Urim be with your loved one, whom you put to the test at Massah, with whom you were angry at the waters of Meribah;

• World English Bible (2000)

  Of Levi he said, "Your Thummim and your Urim are with your godly one, whom you proved at Massah, with whom you strove at the waters of Meribah;

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Blessing on Levi Of Levi he said: Your Thummim and Urim belong to your godly one, whose authority you challenged at Massah, and with whom you argued at the waters of Meribah.

Referenced Verses

• Exod 17:7 : 7 And he named the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the quarreling of the children of Israel, and because they tested the LORD, saying, Is the LORD among us, or not?
• Exod 28:30 : 30 And you shall put the Urim and the Thummim in the breastplate of judgment, and they shall be over Aaron’s heart when he goes in before the LORD. Thus Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel over his heart before the LORD continually.
• Num 20:13 : 13 This is the water of Meribah, because the children of Israel contended with the LORD, and He was sanctified among them.
• Lev 8:8 : 8 And he put the breastplate on him, and he put in the breastplate the Urim and the Thummim.
• Ps 106:16 : 16 They also envied Moses in the camp, and Aaron the saint of the LORD.
• Heb 7:26 : 26 For such a high priest was fitting for us, who is holy, innocent, undefiled, separate from sinners, and exalted above the heavens;
• Rev 3:7 : 7 And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: These things says he who is holy, he who is true, he who has the key of David, he who opens, and no man shuts; and shuts, and no man opens:
• Lev 21:7 : 7 They shall not take a wife who is a whore, or profane; nor shall they take a woman divorced from her husband: for he is holy to his God.
• Num 16:5 : 5 And he spoke to Korah and to all his company, saying, Tomorrow the LORD will show who are His, and who is holy; and will cause him to come near to Him: even him whom He has chosen will He cause to come near to Him.
• Exod 28:36 : 36 And you shall make a plate of pure gold and engrave on it, like the engraving of a signet: HOLINESS TO THE LORD.
• Num 27:21 : 21 And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall ask for him the judgment of Urim before the LORD: at his word they shall go out, and at his word they shall come in, he and all the children of Israel with him, the entire congregation.
• Deut 8:2-3 : 2 And you shall remember all the way which the LORD your God led you these forty years in the wilderness, to humble you, and to test you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep his commandments, or not. 3 And he humbled you, and allowed you to hunger, and fed you with manna, which you did not know, neither did your fathers know; that he might make you know that man does not live by bread only, but by every word that comes out of the mouth of the LORD does man live.
• Deut 8:16 : 16 Who fed you in the wilderness with manna, which your fathers did not know, that he might humble you, and that he might test you, to do you good at your latter end;
• 1 Sam 28:6 : 6 And when Saul inquired of the LORD, the LORD did not answer him, neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets.
• 2 Chr 23:6 : 6 But let none come into the house of the LORD, except the priests, and those 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 governor said to them that they should not eat of the most holy things until there stood up a priest with Urim and Thummim.
• Ezra 8:28 : 28 And I said to them, You are holy unto the LORD; the vessels are holy also; and the silver and the gold are a freewill offering to the LORD God of your fathers.
• Neh 7:65 : 65 And the governor said to them that they should not eat of the most holy things till a priest stood up with Urim and Thummim.
• Ps 16:10 : 10 For You will not leave my soul in hell; nor will You allow Your Holy One to see corruption.
• Ps 81:7 : 7 You called in trouble, and I delivered you; I answered you in the secret place of thunder; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah.