קְח֤וּ לָכֶם֙ מִן־הָעָ֔ם שְׁנֵ֥ים עָשָׂ֖ר אֲנָשִׁ֑ים אִישׁ־אֶחָ֥ד אִישׁ־אֶחָ֖ד מִשָּֽׁבֶט׃
“Take for yourselves from the people twelve men, one man from each tribe,
Morphology
- קְח֤וּ (qəḥū) – Root: לָקַח (to take); Form: Qal imperative masculine plural; Translation: “take”.
- לָכֶם֙ (lāḵem) – Root: לְ (to, for) + אַתֶּם (you, masculine plural); Form: Prepositional pronoun; Translation: “for yourselves”.
- מִן־הָעָ֔ם (min-hāʿām) – Root: עָם (people); Form: Noun masculine singular with preposition מִן (from) and definite article הָ; Translation: “from the people”.
- שְׁנֵ֥ים (šənêym) – Root: שְׁנַיִם (two); Form: Dual masculine; Translation: “two”.
- עָשָׂ֖ר (ʿāśār) – Root: עֶשֶׂר (ten); Form: Noun masculine singular; Translation: “ten”.
- אֲנָשִׁ֑ים (ʾănāšîm) – Root: אִישׁ (man); Form: Noun masculine plural; Translation: “men”.
- אִישׁ־אֶחָ֥ד (ʾîš-ʾeḥāḏ) – Root: אִישׁ (man) + אֶחָד (one); Form: Noun masculine singular with cardinal number; Translation: “one man”.
- אִישׁ־אֶחָ֖ד (ʾîš-ʾeḥāḏ) – Root: אִישׁ (man) + אֶחָד (one); Form: Noun masculine singular with cardinal number (repeated for emphasis); Translation: “one man”.
- מִשָּֽׁבֶט׃ (miššāḇeṭ) – Root: שֵׁבֶט (tribe); Form: Noun masculine singular with preposition מִן (from) and assimilation of נ; Translation: “from each tribe”.