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 1:15 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Deuteronomy 1:1521 words
וָאֶקַּחwāʾeqaḥAnd take
אֶתʾet—
רָאשֵׁיrāʾšêHead
שִׁבְטֵיכֶםšivəṭêḵemScion
אֲנָשִׁיםʾănāšîmMan
חֲכָמִיםḥăḵāmîmWise
וִידֻעִיםwîduʿîmAnd know
וָאֶתֵּןwāʾetēnAnd give
אֹתָםʾōtām—
רָאשִׁיםrāʾšîmHead
עֲלֵיכֶםʿălêḵemAbove
שָׂרֵיśārêHead
אֲלָפִיםʾălāp̄îmThousand
וְשָׂרֵיwəśārêAnd head
מֵאוֹתmēʾwōtHundred
וְשָׂרֵיwəśārêAnd head
חֲמִשִּׁיםḥămišîmFifty
וְשָׂרֵיwəśārêAnd head
עֲשָׂרֹתʿăśārōtTen
וְשֹׁטְרִיםwəšōṭərîmAnd scribe
לְשִׁבְטֵיכֶםləšivəṭêḵemTo scion
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