{
"verseID": "Exodus.18.21",
"source": "וְאַתָּ֣ה תֶחֱזֶ֣ה מִכָּל־הָ֠עָם אַנְשֵׁי־חַ֜יִל יִרְאֵ֧י אֱלֹהִ֛ים אַנְשֵׁ֥י אֱמֶ֖ת שֹׂ֣נְאֵי בָ֑צַע וְשַׂמְתָּ֣ עֲלֵהֶ֗ם שָׂרֵ֤י אֲלָפִים֙ שָׂרֵ֣י מֵא֔וֹת שָׂרֵ֥י חֲמִשִּׁ֖ים וְשָׂרֵ֥י עֲשָׂרֹֽת׃",
"text": "And-you *teḥĕzeh* from-all-*hāʿām* *ʾanšê*-*ḥayil* *yirʾê* *ʾĕlōhîm* *ʾanšê* *ʾĕmet* *śōnəʾê* *bāṣaʿ* *wə*-*śamtā* over-them *śārê* *ʾălāpîm* *śārê* *mēʾôt* *śārê* *ḥămiššîm* and-*śārê* *ʿăśārōt*",
"grammar": {
"*teḥĕzeh*": "imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - you shall select/see",
"*hāʿām*": "article with noun, masculine singular - the people",
"*ʾanšê*-*ḥayil*": "noun, masculine plural construct with noun - men of ability",
"*yirʾê*": "adjective, masculine plural construct - fearers of",
"*ʾĕlōhîm*": "noun, masculine plural - God",
"*ʾanšê*": "noun, masculine plural construct - men of",
"*ʾĕmet*": "noun, feminine singular - truth",
"*śōnəʾê*": "participle, masculine plural construct - haters of",
"*bāṣaʿ*": "noun, masculine singular - unjust gain",
"*wə*-*śamtā*": "conjunction with perfect, 2nd masculine singular - and you shall set",
"*śārê*": "noun, masculine plural construct - rulers of",
"*ʾălāpîm*": "noun, masculine plural - thousands",
"*mēʾôt*": "noun, feminine plural - hundreds",
"*ḥămiššîm*": "numeral, common plural - fifties",
"*ʿăśārōt*": "noun, feminine plural - tens"
},
"variants": {
"*teḥĕzeh*": "select/provide/look out/see",
"*ʾanšê*-*ḥayil*": "men of ability/capable men/men of valor",
"*bāṣaʿ*": "unjust gain/dishonest profit/covetousness"
}
}