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Deuteronomy 33:8

“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;” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

לֵוִיLêvîy · lay-vee'
H3878 · Hebrew
Definition
Levi, a son of Jacob
Derivation
from H3867 (לָוָה); attached;
KJV renderings
Levi. See also H3879 (לֵוִי), H3881 (לֵוִיִּי).
Grammar
  • וּ — conjunction
  • לְ — preposition
  • לֵוִ֣י — proper noun
Code HC/R/Np
Usage
Occurs 64 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 29:34Genesis 34:25Genesis 34:30Genesis 35:23Genesis 46:11

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read לֵוִי here.

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Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.