Exodus 18:21 — King James Version← Study notes
“Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:”
Exodus 18:21 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Exodus 18:2122 words
וְאַתָּהwəʾatāhAnd thou
תֶחֱזֶהteḥĕzehGaze
מִכָּלmikālFrom whole
הָעָםhāʿāmThe people
אַנְשֵׁיʾanəšêMan
חַיִלḥayilForce
יִרְאֵיyirəʾêFearing
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
אַנְשֵׁיʾanəšêMan
אֱמֶתʾĕmetStability
שֹׂנְאֵיśōnəʾêHate
בָצַעvāṣaʿPlunder
וְשַׂמְתָּwəśamətāAnd put
עֲלֵהֶםʿălēhemAbove
שָׂרֵיśārêHead
אֲלָפִיםʾălāp̄îmThousand
שָׂרֵיśārêHead
מֵאוֹתmēʾwōtHundred
שָׂרֵיśārêHead
חֲמִשִּׁיםḥămišîmFifty
וְשָׂרֵיwəśārêAnd head
עֲשָׂרֹתʿăśārōtTen
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