Deuteronomy 1:15
And I took of your lineages men wise, and noble; and I ordained them to be your princes, your tribunes, and centurions, and quinquagenaries, and deans, which shall teach you all things.Ko e veesi ni 'i he māmani mo'oni
'I he ngaahi lea fē
- שֹׁטֵרshôṭêrproperly, a scribe, i.e. (by analogy or implication) an official superintendent or magistr
- חָכָםchâkâmwise, (i.e. intelligent, skilful or artful)
- חֲמִשִּׁיםchămishshîymfifty
- עֶשֶׂרʻeserten (as an accumulation to the extent of the digits)
- שֵׁבֶטshêbeṭa scion, i.e. (literally) a stick (for punishing, writing, fighting, ruling, walking, etc.
- 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
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