Exodus 18:25 — King James Version← Study notes

“And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.”

Exodus 18:25 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 18:2519 words

וַיִּבְחַרwayivəḥarAnd try

מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses

אַנְשֵׁיʾanəšêMan

חַיִלḥayilForce

מִכָּלmikālFrom whole

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

וַיִּתֵּןwayitēnAnd give

אֹתָםʾōtām—

רָאשִׁיםrāʾšîmHead

עַלʿalAbove

הָעָםhāʿāmThe people

שָׂרֵיśārêHead

אֲלָפִיםʾălāp̄îmThousand

שָׂרֵיśārêHead

מֵאוֹתmēʾwōtHundred

שָׂרֵיśārêHead

חֲמִשִּׁיםḥămišîmFifty

וְשָׂרֵיwəśārêAnd head

עֲשָׂרֹתʿăśārōtTen

ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיִּבְחַרwayivəḥarAnd try

מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses

אַנְשֵׁיʾanəšêMan

חַיִלḥayilForce

מִכָּלmikālFrom whole

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

וַיִּתֵּןwayitēnAnd give

אֹתָםʾōtāmdirect object marker (no translation)

רָאשִׁיםrāʾšîmHead

עַלʿalAbove

הָעָםhāʿāmThe people

שָׂרֵיśārêHead

אֲלָפִיםʾălāp̄îmThousand

שָׂרֵיśārêHead

מֵאוֹתmēʾwōtHundred

שָׂרֵיśārêHead

חֲמִשִּׁיםḥămišîmFifty

וְשָׂרֵיwəśārêAnd head

עֲשָׂרֹתʿăśārōtTen

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