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Deuteronomy 1:15 — King James Version← Study notes

So I took the chief of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made them heads over you, captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, and captains over fifties, and captains over tens, and officers among your tribes.


Deuteronomy 1:15Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 1:1521 words
HebrewMeaning
וָ/אֶקַּ֞חwāʾeqaḥ
and I tookconjH3947
bring · buy · carry away · drawn ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
רָאשֵׁ֣יrāʾšēy
the chiefs ofnounH7218
beginning · captain · chapiter · chief(-est place ···
שִׁבְטֵי/כֶ֗םšibəṭēykem
tribes yournounH7626
correction · rod · sceptre · staff ···
אֲנָשִׁ֤יםʾănāšiym
mannounH376
another · any · a certain · champion ···
חֲכָמִים֙ḥăkāmiym
wiseadjH2450
subtil · wise · man)
וִֽ/ידֻעִ֔יםwiyduʿiym
and knownconjH3045
acquaintance · advise · answer · appoint ···
וָ/אֶתֵּ֥ןwāʾetēn
and I appointedconjH5414
apply · appoint · ascribe · assign ···
אֹתָ֛/םʾōtām
themparticleH853
רָאשִׁ֖יםrāʾšiym
chiefsnounH7218
beginning · captain · chapiter · chief(-est place ···
עֲלֵי/כֶ֑םʿălēykem
over youpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
שָׂרֵ֨יśārēy
leaders ofnounH8269
chief · general · governor · keeper ···
אֲלָפִ֜יםʾălāpiym
thousandsadjH505
וְ/שָׂרֵ֣יwəśārēy
and leaders ofconjH8269
chief · general · governor · keeper ···
מֵא֗וֹתmēʾwōt
hundredsadjH3967
-th) · sixscore
וְ/שָׂרֵ֤יwəśārēy
and leaders ofconjH8269
chief · general · governor · keeper ···
חֲמִשִּׁים֙ḥămišiym
fiftiesadjH2572
וְ/שָׂרֵ֣יwəśārēy
and leaders ofconjH8269
chief · general · governor · keeper ···
עֲשָׂרֹ֔תʿăśārōt
tensadjH6235
(fif- · seven-) teen
וְ/שֹׁטְרִ֖יםwəšōṭəriym
and officialsconjH7860
overseer · ruler
לְ/שִׁבְטֵי/כֶֽםləšibəṭēykem
of tribes yourpronH7626
correction · rod · sceptre · staff ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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