Deuteronomy 33:5
Strong's Lexicon
So [the LORD] became
וַיְהִ֥י (way·hî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1961: 1) to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out 1a) (Qal) 1a1) ----- 1a1a) to happen, fall out, occur, take place, come about, come to pass 1a1b) to come about, come to pass 1a2) to come into being, become 1a2a) to arise, appear, come 1a2b) to become 1a2b1) to become 1a2b2) to become like 1a2b3) to be instituted, be established 1a3) to be 1a3a) to exist, be in existence 1a3b) to abide, remain, continue (with word of place or time) 1a3c) to stand, lie, be in, be at, be situated (with word of locality) 1a3d) to accompany, be with 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to occur, come to pass, be done, be brought about 1b2) to be done, be finished, be gone

King
מֶ֑לֶךְ (me·leḵ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4428: 1) king

in Jeshurun
בִישֻׁר֖וּן (ḇî·šu·rūn)
Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3484: Jeshurun = 'upright one' 1) a symbolic name for Israel describing her ideal character

when the leaders
רָ֣אשֵׁי (rā·šê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 7218: 1) head, top, summit, upper part, chief, total, sum, height, front, beginning 1a) head (of man, animals) 1b) top, tip (of mountain) 1c) height (of stars) 1d) chief, head (of man, city, nation, place, family, priest) 1e) head, front, beginning 1f) chief, choicest, best 1g) head, division, company, band 1h) sum

of the people
עָ֔ם (‘ām)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5971: 1) nation, people 1a) people, nation 1b) persons, members of one's people, compatriots, country-men 2) kinsman, kindred

gathered,
בְּהִתְאַסֵּף֙ (bə·hiṯ·’as·sêp̄)
Preposition-b | Verb - Hitpael - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 622: 1) to gather, receive, remove, gather in 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to gather, collect 1a2) to gather (an individual into company of others) 1a3) to bring up the rear 1a4) to gather and take away, remove, withdraw 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to assemble, be gathered 1b2) (pass of Qal 1a2) 1b2a) to be gathered to one's fathers 1b2b) to be brought in or into (association with others) 1b3) (pass of Qal 1a4) 1b3a) to be taken away, removed, perish 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to gather (harvest) 1c2) to take in, receive into 1c3) rearguard, rearward (subst) 1d) (Pual) to be gathered 1e) (Hithpael) to gather oneself or themselves

together with
יַ֖חַד (ya·ḥaḏ)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 3162: n m 1) union, unitedness adv 2) together, altogether, all together, alike

the tribes
שִׁבְטֵ֥י (šiḇ·ṭê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 7626: 1) rod, staff, branch, offshoot, club, sceptre, tribe 1a) rod, staff 1b) shaft (of spear, dart) 1c) club (of shepherd's implement) 1d) truncheon, sceptre (mark of authority) 1e) clan, tribe

of Israel.
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ (yiś·rā·’êl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3478: Israel = 'God prevails' 1) the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel 2) the name of the descendants and the nation of the descendants of Jacob 2a) the name of the nation until the death of Solomon and the split 2b) the name used and given to the northern kingdom consisting of the 10 tribes under Jeroboam; the southern kingdom was known as Judah 2c) the name of the nation after the return from exile

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
So the LORD became King in Jeshurun when the leaders of the people gathered, when the tribes of Israel came together.

Young's Literal Translation
And he is in Jeshurun king, In the heads of the people gathering together, The tribes of Israel!

Holman Christian Standard Bible
So He became King in Jeshurun when the leaders of the people gathered with the tribes of Israel.

New American Standard Bible
"And He was king in Jeshurun, When the heads of the people were gathered, The tribes of Israel together.

King James Bible
And he was king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people [and] the tribes of Israel were gathered together.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
He was king over Jeshurun when the leaders of the people assembled, along with the tribes of Israel.

New Living Translation
The LORD became king in Israel--when the leaders of the people assembled, when the tribes of Israel gathered as one."

English Standard Version
Thus the LORD became king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people were gathered, all the tribes of Israel together.

New American Standard Bible
"And He was king in Jeshurun, When the heads of the people were gathered, The tribes of Israel together.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
So He became King in Jeshurun when the leaders of the people gathered with the tribes of Israel.

International Standard Version
The LORD was king of Jeshurun when the leaders of the people— all the tribes of Israel—gathered together."

NET Bible
The LORD was king over Jeshurun, when the leaders of the people assembled, the tribes of Israel together.

American Standard Version
And he was king in Jeshurun, When the heads of the people were gathered, All the tribes of Israel together.

English Revised Version
And he was king in Jeshurun, When the heads of the people were gathered, All the tribes of Israel together.

Young's Literal Translation
And he is in Jeshurun king, In the heads of the people gathering together, The tribes of Israel!
















Cross References
Numbers 23:21
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.

Isaiah 44:2
Thus saith the LORD that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, which will help thee; Fear not, O Jacob, my servant; and thou, Jesurun, whom I have chosen.

Deuteronomy 1:1
These be the words which Moses spake unto all Israel on this side Jordan in the wilderness, in the plain over against the Red sea, between Paran, and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Dizahab.

Deuteronomy 33:4
Moses commanded us a law, even the inheritance of the congregation of Jacob.

Deuteronomy 33:3
Yea, he loved the people; all his saints are in thy hand: and they sat down at thy feet; every one shall receive of thy words.

Deuteronomy 33:2
And he said, The LORD came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them; he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came with ten thousands of saints: from his right hand went a fiery law for them.

Deuteronomy 33:6
Let Reuben live, and not die; and let not his men be few.

Deuteronomy 33:7
And this is the blessing of Judah: and he said, Hear, LORD, the voice of Judah, and bring him unto his people: let his hands be sufficient for him; and be thou an help to him from his enemies.

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;
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