Exodus 18:25
And when noble men of all Israel were chosen, Moses ordained them princes of the people, tribunes or rulers upon thousands, and centurions or rulers upon hundreds, and quin-quagenaries or rulers upon fifty, and deans or rulers upon ten,This verse in the real world
In what words
- חֲמִשִּׁיםchămishshîymfifty
- בָּחַרbâcharproperly, to try, i.e. (by implication) select
- חַיִלchayilprobably a force, whether of men, means or other resources; an army, wealth, virtue, valor
- שַׂרsara head person (of any rank or class)
- אֶלֶףʼelephhence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a
- מֵאָהmêʼâha hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction
- אֱנוֹשׁʼĕnôwsha man in general (singly or collectively)
- רֹאשׁrôʼshthe head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.