And the supervisorsוְ הַשֹּׁטְרִיםshall speakלְדַבֵּרfurtherיָסְפוּto the peopleאֶל הָעָםand say,וְאָמְרוּ“Whoמִיis the manהָאִישׁwho is afraidהַיָּרֵאand softוְרַךְof heart?הַלֵּבָבLet him goיֵלֵךְand returnוְיָשֹׁבto his house,לְבֵיתוֹso thatוְthe heartאֶת לְבַבof his brothersאֶחָיוdoes notלֹאmeltיִמַּסlike his heart.”כִּלְבָבוֹ
Deuteronomy 20:8
Study it in the app“And the supervisors shall speak further to the people and say, “Who is the man who is afraid and soft of heart? Let him go and return to his house, so that the heart of his brothers does not melt like his heart.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 20:8, word by word
- And the supervisorsשֹּׁטְרִיםshotrim
supervisor
Supervisor: an official who keeps order and oversees others; in Egypt, the Israelite in charge of his own people's work who answered to the taskmasters (Exodus 5:14); in Israel, officials beside the judges and the elders (Deuteronomy 16:18).
Where else “shotrim” appears- shall speakדַבֵּרdaber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “daber” appears- furtherיָסְפוּyasfu
do again
To do again what had already been done.
Where else “yasfu” appears- to the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- and sayאָמְרוּamru
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amru” appears- is the manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- who is afraidיָּרֵאyare
God-fearing
Who reveres God and so obeys him.
Where else “yare” appears- and softרַךְrach
fainthearted
Fainthearted, weak in spirit.
Where else “rach” appears- of heartלֵּבָבlevav
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, desire and decide.
Where else “levav” appears- Let him goיֵלֵךְyelech
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “yelech” appears- and returnיָשֹׁבyashov
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “yashov” appears- to his houseבֵיתvet
house
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “vet” appears- of his brothersאֶחָיechay
brother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “echay” appears- meltיִמַּסyimas
lose heart
To lose courage and strength from fear, as if the heart melted.
Where else “yimas” appears
The context
7And who is the man who has become engaged to a woman and has not taken her? Let him go and return to his house, so that he does not die in the war and another man take her.”
8 · This verse (above)
9And when the supervisors have finished speaking to the people, they shall appoint commanders of armies at the head of the people.