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You answeredוַתַּעֲנוּmeאֹתִיand said,וַתֹּאמְרוּ“The thingהַדָּבָרthatאֲשֶׁרyou have spokenדִּבַּרְתָּis goodטוֹבto do.”לַעֲשׂוֹת
Deuteronomy 1:14
Study it in the app“You answered me and said, “The thing that you have spoken is good to do.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 1:14, word by word
- You answeredתַּעֲנוּtaanu
answer
To reply to what was said.
Where else “taanu” appears- and saidתֹּאמְרוּtomru
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “tomru” appears- “The thingדָּבָרdavar
thing
A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.
Where else “davar” appears- you have spokenדִּבַּרְתָּdibarta
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “dibarta” appears- is goodטוֹבtov
good
What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.
Where else “tov” appears- to doעֲשׂוֹתasot
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asot” appears
The context
13Provide for yourselves wise, discerning, and known men from your tribes, and I will set them as your heads.”
14 · This verse (above)
15So I took the heads of your tribes, wise and known men, and set them as heads over you, chiefs of thousands, chiefs of hundreds, chiefs of fifties, and chiefs of tens, and supervisors for your tribes.