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Deuteronomy 1:13 — King James Version← Study notes

Take you wise men, and understanding, and known among your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you.


Deuteronomy 1:13Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 1:139 words
הָבוּhāvûGive
לָכֶםlāḵemTo
אֲנָשִׁיםʾănāšîmMan
חֲכָמִיםḥăḵāmîmWise
וּנְבֹנִיםûnəvōnîmAnd separate
וִידֻעִיםwîduʿîmAnd know
לְשִׁבְטֵיכֶםləšivəṭêḵemTo scion
וַאֲשִׂימֵםwaʾăśîmēmAnd put
בְּרָאשֵׁיכֶםbərāʾšêḵemIn head
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

הָבוּhāvûGive
לָכֶםlāḵemTo
אֲנָשִׁיםʾănāšîmMan
חֲכָמִיםḥăḵāmîmWise
וּנְבֹנִיםûnəvōnîmAnd separate
וִידֻעִיםwîduʿîmAnd know
לְשִׁבְטֵיכֶםləšivəṭêḵemTo scion
וַאֲשִׂימֵםwaʾăśîmēmAnd put
בְּרָאשֵׁיכֶםbərāʾšêḵemIn head

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