“Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the Lord thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment.”
Deuteronomy 16:18 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Deuteronomy 16:1817 words
HebrewMeaning
שֹׁפְטִ֣יםšōpəṭiym
judgesverbH8199
avenge · that condemn · defend · execute ···
וְ/שֹֽׁטְרִ֗יםwəšōṭəriym
and officialsconjH7860
overseer · ruler
תִּֽתֶּןtiten
you will appointverbH5414
apply · appoint · ascribe · assign ···
לְ/ךָ֙ləkā
pron
בְּ/כָלbəkāl
in allpronH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
שְׁעָרֶ֔י/ךָšəʿāreykā
gates yournounH8179
door · gate · port
אֲשֶׁ֨רʾăšer
whichparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
יְהוָ֧הyəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
אֱלֹהֶ֛י/ךָʾĕlōheykā
God yournounH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
נֹתֵ֥ןnōtēn
is about to giveverbH5414
apply · appoint · ascribe · assign ···
לְ/ךָ֖ləkā
pron
לִ/שְׁבָטֶ֑י/ךָlišəbāṭeykā
for tribes yourpronH7626
correction · rod · sceptre · staff ···
וְ/שָׁפְט֥וּwəšāpəṭw
and they will judgeconjH8199
avenge · that condemn · defend · execute ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
הָ/עָ֖םhāʿām
the peopleparticleH5971
men · nation · people
מִשְׁפַּטmišəpaṭ
judgment ofnounH4941
adversary · charge · crime · custom ···
צֶֽדֶקṣedeq
righteousnessnounH6664
even · right (cause · -ly · -ness)
ℹWords 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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