Deuteronomy 1:15

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

So I took the heads of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made them heads over you, captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, and captains of fifties, and captains of tens, and officers, according to your tribes.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וָאֶקַּ֞ח אֶת־רָאשֵׁ֣י שִׁבְטֵיכֶ֗ם אֲנָשִׁ֤ים חֲכָמִים֙ וִֽידֻעִ֔ים וָאֶתֵּ֥ן אֹתָ֛ם רָאשִׁ֖ים עֲלֵיכֶ֑ם שָׂרֵ֨י אֲלָפִ֜ים וְשָׂרֵ֣י מֵא֗וֹת וְשָׂרֵ֤י חֲמִשִּׁים֙ וְשָׂרֵ֣י עֲשָׂרֹ֔ת וְשֹׁטְרִ֖ים לְשִׁבְטֵיכֶֽם

Transliteration

And-wāʾeqqaḥ ʾeṯ-rāʾšê šiḇṭêḵem ʾănāšîm ḥăḵāmîm and-wîḏuʿîm and-wāʾettēn them rāʾšîm over-you śārê ʾălāpîm and-śārê mēʾôṯ and-śārê ḥămišîm and-śārê ʿăśārōṯ and-šōṭrîm for-šiḇṭêḵem

Grammar Details

*wāʾeqqaḥ*: qal imperfect 1st person singular with waw consecutive - and I took
*rāʾšê*: masculine plural construct - heads of
*šiḇṭêḵem*: masculine plural noun with 2nd masculine plural suffix - your tribes
*ʾănāšîm*: masculine plural noun - men
*ḥăḵāmîm*: masculine plural adjective - wise
*wîḏuʿîm*: masculine plural passive participle - known/well-known
*wāʾettēn*: qal imperfect 1st person singular with waw consecutive - and I gave/appointed
*rāʾšîm*: masculine plural noun - heads/leaders
*śārê*: masculine plural construct - leaders of
*ʾălāpîm*: masculine plural noun - thousands
*mēʾôṯ*: feminine plural noun - hundreds
*ḥămišîm*: common plural noun - fifties
*ʿăśārōṯ*: feminine plural noun - tens
*šōṭrîm*: masculine plural participle - officers

Word Meanings

*wāʾeqqaḥ*: and I took/selected/chose
*rāʾšê*: heads/chiefs/leaders of
*ʾănāšîm*: men/people/persons
*ḥăḵāmîm*: wise/skillful/experienced
*wîḏuʿîm*: known/well-known/recognized
*wāʾettēn*: and I gave/appointed/established
*śārê*: leaders/commanders/officials of
*šōṭrîm*: officers/officials/scribes

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Exod 18:25-26 : 25 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. 26 And they judged the people at all seasons: the hard causes they brought unto Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves.
Num 31:14 : 14 And Moses was wroth with the officers of the host, the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds, who came from the service of the war.
Deut 16:18 : 18 Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, according to thy tribes; and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.
1 Sam 8:12 : 12 and he will appoint them unto him for captains of thousands, and captains of fifties; and [he will set some] to plow his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and the instruments of his chariots.
1 Sam 17:18 : 18 and bring these ten cheeses unto the captain of their thousand, and look how thy brethren fare, and take their pledge.
1 Sam 22:7 : 7 And Saul said unto his servants that stood about him, Hear now, ye Benjamites; will the son of Jesse give every one of you fields and vineyards, will he make you all captains of thousands and captains of hundreds,
Eph 4:11 : 11 And he gave some [to be] apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;

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12How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?
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25And 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.
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