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Deuteronomy 20:9 — King James Version← Study notes

And it shall be, when the officers have made an end of speaking unto the people, that they shall make captains of the armies to lead the people.


Deuteronomy 20:9Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 20:911 words
וְהָיָהwəhāyāhAnd exist
כְּכַלֹּתkəḵalōtLike end
הַשֹּׁטְרִיםhašōṭərîmThe scribe
לְדַבֵּרlədabērTo arrange
אֶלʾelNear
הָעָםhāʿāmThe people
וּפָקְדוּûp̄āqədûAnd visit
שָׂרֵיśārêHead
צְבָאוֹתṣəvāʾwōtMass
בְּרֹאשׁbərōʾšIn head
הָעָםhāʿāmThe people
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְהָיָהwəhāyāhAnd exist
כְּכַלֹּתkəḵalōtLike end
הַשֹּׁטְרִיםhašōṭərîmThe scribe
לְדַבֵּרlədabērTo arrange
אֶלʾelNear
הָעָםhāʿāmThe people
וּפָקְדוּûp̄āqədûAnd visit
שָׂרֵיśārêHead
צְבָאוֹתṣəvāʾwōtMass
בְּרֹאשׁbərōʾšIn head
הָעָםhāʿāmThe people

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