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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 18:21Hebrew 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
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

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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