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Provideהָבוּfor yourselvesלָכֶםwise,חֲכָמִיםdiscerning,וּנְבֹנִיםand knownוִידֻעִיםmenאֲנָשִׁיםfrom your tribes,לְשִׁבְטֵיכֶםand I will set themוַאֲשִׂימֵםas your heads.”בְּרָאשֵׁיכֶם
Deuteronomy 1:13
Study it in the app“Provide for yourselves wise, discerning, and known men from your tribes, and I will set them as your heads.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 1:13, word by word
- Provideהָבוּhavu
give
To hand something to someone, or to ascribe to him what is due.
Where else “havu” appears- wiseחֲכָמִיםchachamim
wise
Someone who knows how to live well, revering YHWH.
Where else “chachamim” appears- discerningנְבֹנִיםnevonim
be skilled
To be very wise and skilled in what one does.
Where else “nevonim” appears- and knownידֻעִיםyduim
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “yduim” appears- menאֲנָשִׁיםanashim
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anashim” appears- from your tribesשִׁבְטֵיshivte
tribe
Literally "the rod": one of the twelve great clans of Israel.
Where else “shivte” appears- and I will set themאֲשִׂימֵasime
appoint
To set someone as leader, or fix something.
Where else “asime” appears- as your headsרָאשֵׁיrashe
chief
Literally "the head": the one who leads, or the best of something.
Where else “rashe” appears
The context
12How can I carry by myself your trouble, your burden, and your strife?
13 · This verse (above)
14You answered me and said, “The thing that you have spoken is good to do.”