I commandedוָאֲצַוֶּה אֶתyour judgesשֹׁפְטֵיכֶםat that time,בָּעֵת הַהִואsaying,לֵאמֹר“Hear casesשָׁמֹעַbetweenבֵּיןyour brothers,אֲחֵיכֶםand judgeוּשְׁפַטְתֶּםrighteouslyצֶדֶקbetweenבֵּיןa manאִישׁandוּבֵיןhis brotherאָחִיוorוּבֵיןhis resident alien.גֵּרוֹ
Deuteronomy 1:16
Study it in the app“I commanded your judges at that time, saying, “Hear cases between your brothers, and judge righteously between a man and his brother or his resident alien.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 1:16, word by word
- I commandedאֲצַוֶּהatsave
command
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “atsave” appears- your judgesשֹׁפְטֵיshofte
judge
To judge and do justice, defend the weak.
Where else “shofte” appears- at that timeעֵתet
time
The moment at which something happens; also "at that time".
Where else “et” appears- sayingאמֹרmor
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appears- “Hear casesשָׁמֹעַshamoa
hear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “shamoa” appears- your brothersאֲחֵיache
countryman
Someone of the same people, or a friend.
Where else “ache” appears- righteouslyצֶדֶקtsedek
righteousness
Living uprightly before God.
Where else “tsedek” appears- a manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- his resident alienגֵּרger
resident alien
Foreigner who lives in a land that is not his own, without the rights of those who belong to the place.
Where else “ger” appears
The context
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.
16 · This verse (above)
17You shall not show partiality in judgment; you shall hear the small and the great alike. You shall not be afraid of anyone, for the judgment is Elohim’s. And the case that is too hard for you you shall bring to me, and I will hear it.”