Hebrew Word Studies (8 words)
SabeanוהבDHMZMG xxix. 1875, 614 f.ול יהבIdib. 603) — onlyQalImperativeהַבProverbs 30:15(twice in verse); emphaticהָ֫בָהGenesis 11:310t. (6 t. followed by monosyllabic);הָבָ֫הGenesis 29:21before guttur SabeanוהבDHMZMG xxix. 1875, 614 f.ול יהבIdib. 603) — onlyQalImperativeהַבProverbs 30:15(twice in verse); emphaticהָ֫בָהGenesis 11:310t. (6 t. followed by monosyllabic);הָבָ֫הGenesis 29:21before guttur
- give (semantic_range)
- give (semantic_range)
- place (semantic_range)
- lay (semantic_range)
- be given (semantic_range)
23+; constructGenesis 25:27+; suffixאִישִׁיGenesis 29:32+, etc.; pluralאִישִׁיםPsalm 141:42t. (Phoenicianאשם); usuallyאֲנָשִׁיםGenesis 12:20+, from √אנשׁq. v.; constructאַנְשֵׁיJudges 6:27+; suffixאֲנ 23+; constructGenesis 25:27+; suffixאִישִׁיGenesis 29:32+, etc.; pluralאִישִׁיםPsalm 141:42t. (Phoenicianאשם); usuallyאֲנָשִׁיםGenesis 12:20+, from √אנשׁq. v.; constructאַנְשֵׁיJudges 6:27+; suffixאֲנ
- man (semantic_range)
667t.; constructחֲכַםIsaiah 3:39t.; pluralחֲכָמִיםDeuteronomy 1:1339t.; constructחַכְמֵיExodus 28:34t.; suffixחֲכָמֶיךָIsaiah 19:12etc. + 8 t.;feminineחֲכָמָה2 Samuel 14:2;2 Samuel 20:16; constructחַכ 667t.; constructחֲכַםIsaiah 3:39t.; pluralחֲכָמִיםDeuteronomy 1:1339t.; constructחַכְמֵיExodus 28:34t.; suffixחֲכָמֶיךָIsaiah 19:12etc. + 8 t.;feminineחֲכָמָה2 Samuel 14:2;2 Samuel 20:16; constructחַכ
- wise (semantic_range)
- skilful (semantic_range)
- wise in the administration of affairs (semantic_range)
- shrewd (semantic_range)
- crafty (semantic_range)
1;בַּנְתָּהPsalm 139:2;בִּינֹתִיDaniel 9:2;ImperfectיָבִיןPsalm 19:1325t.וְיָבֵןJeremiah 9:112t.,וַיָּבֶן1 Samuel 3:82t.;אָבִינָהPsalm 73:174t.;יָבִינוּProverbs 28:512t.;ImperativeבִּיןDaniel 9:23;בִּ 1;בַּנְתָּהPsalm 139:2;בִּינֹתִיDaniel 9:2;ImperfectיָבִיןPsalm 19:1325t.וְיָבֵןJeremiah 9:112t.,וַיָּבֶן1 Samuel 3:82t.;אָבִינָהPsalm 73:174t.;יָבִינוּProverbs 28:512t.;ImperativeבִּיןDaniel 9:23;בִּ
- between (semantic_range)
1+;יָדָ֑עLeviticus 5:1+; suffixיְדָעוֺDeuteronomy 34:10;Job 28:7;יְדָעָהּGenesis 24:16;1 Kings 1:4;יְדָעָ֫נוּIsaiah 63:16; 3feminine singularיָָֽדְעָהJudges 11:394t.; 2 masculine singularיָדַעְתָּGene 1+;יָדָ֑עLeviticus 5:1+; suffixיְדָעוֺDeuteronomy 34:10;Job 28:7;יְדָעָהּGenesis 24:16;1 Kings 1:4;יְדָעָ֫נוּIsaiah 63:16; 3feminine singularיָָֽדְעָהJudges 11:394t.; 2 masculine singularיָדַעְתָּGene
- know (semantic_range)
- know (semantic_range)
- cause to know (semantic_range)
- inform (semantic_range)
17(feminineEzek 21:15,18but corrupt):1rod, staff, club, sceptre.2tribe; —׳שׁabsoluteGenesis 49:10+, construct1 Samuel 10:20+;שָׁ֑טֶDeuteronomy 1:23+; sfשִׁבְטוֺJudges 21:24+, etc.; pluralשְׁבָטִים1 Ki 17(feminineEzek 21:15,18but corrupt):1rod, staff, club, sceptre.2tribe; —׳שׁabsoluteGenesis 49:10+, construct1 Samuel 10:20+;שָׁ֑טֶDeuteronomy 1:23+; sfשִׁבְטוֺJudges 21:24+, etc.; pluralשְׁבָטִים1 Ki
582verbput, place, set(compare NöZMG xxxvii (1883), 532; Late HebrewסוּסPi`eldesignate, fix,שׂוםEcclus 45:5c; Ecclus 49:6; Phoenicianשם, Assyrianšâmu. fix, determine;Sabeanשׂיםset, set up, SabDenkmNo. 582verbput, place, set(compare NöZMG xxxvii (1883), 532; Late HebrewסוּסPi`eldesignate, fix,שׂוםEcclus 45:5c; Ecclus 49:6; Phoenicianשם, Assyrianšâmu. fix, determine;Sabeanשׂיםset, set up, SabDenkmNo.
- make (semantic_range)
- make (semantic_range)
- make (semantic_range)
- appoint (semantic_range)
45head(common Semitic word; earliest form *ra°š, Arabic, SabeanראסPräZMG xxix (1875). 425MordtmHim.Inschr. 31; EthiopicAmharichence (aheightened) Assyrianrêšu(rarelyrâšu), Aramaicרֵישָׁא(Egyptian Aram 45head(common Semitic word; earliest form *ra°š, Arabic, SabeanראסPräZMG xxix (1875). 425MordtmHim.Inschr. 31; EthiopicAmharichence (aheightened) Assyrianrêšu(rarelyrâšu), Aramaicרֵישָׁא(Egyptian Aram
- chief (semantic_range)
- sum (semantic_range)
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Commentary
Gill's Exposition
Take ye wise men, and understanding, and known among your tribes,.... Not only whose persons were well known, but their characters and qualifications, for their probity and integrity, for their
wisdom and prudence in the management of affairs, for their skill and knowledge in things divine and human, civil and religious, and for their capacity in judging and determining matters in difference; see Exo 18:21 . and I will make them rulers over you; the people were allowed to choose their own officers, whom they were to bring to Moses, and present before him, to be invested with their office. A like method was taken in the choice and constitution of deacons in the Christian church, when the secular affairs of it lay too heavy upon the apostles, Act 6:3 .