18. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) 1 Chronicles 5:18:1 ⧉בְּנֵֽי־רְאוּבֵ֨ןbehneerehoovensons of Reuben 1 Chronicles 5:18:2 ⧉וְגָדִ֜יvegadiand the Gadites 1 Chronicles 5:18:3 ⧉וַחֲצִ֣יvakhatsiand half of 1 Chronicles 5:18:4 ⧉שֵׁ֣בֶט־מְנַשֶּׁ֑הshevetmenashethe tribe of Manasseh 1 Chronicles 5:18:5 ⧉מִן־בְּנֵ֣י־חַ֔יִלminbeneikhayilfrom among the brave 1 Chronicles 5:18:6 ⧉אֲנָשִׁ֖יםanashimmen 1 Chronicles 5:18:7 ⧉נֹשְׂאֵ֣יnoseeibearing 1 Chronicles 5:18:8 ⧉מָגֵ֣ןmagenshield 1 Chronicles 5:18:9 ⧉וְחֶ֗רֶב֙vekherevand sword 1 Chronicles 5:18:10 ⧉וְדֹ֣רְכֵיvedorkheiand drawing 1 Chronicles 5:18:11 ⧉קֶ֔שֶׁתkeshetbow 1 Chronicles 5:18:12 ⧉וּלְמוּדֵ֥יulemudeiand trained for 1 Chronicles 5:18:13 ⧉מִלְחָמָ֖הmilkhamawar 1 Chronicles 5:18:14 ⧉אַרְבָּעִ֣יםarbaimforty 1 Chronicles 5:18:15 ⧉וְאַרְבָּעָ֣הvearbaaand four 1 Chronicles 5:18:16 ⧉אֶ֗לֶףelefthousand 1 Chronicles 5:18:17 ⧉וּשְׁבַ֤ע־מֵאוֹת֙ushevameotand seven hundred 1 Chronicles 5:18:18 ⧉וְשִׁשִּׁ֣יםveshishimand sixty 1 Chronicles 5:18:19 ⧉יֹצְאֵ֖יyotseeigoing out to 1 Chronicles 5:18:20 ⧉צָבָֽא׃tsavawar |
18. Formal Translation The sons of Reuben, the Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh, from among the valiant men, bearing shield and sword, drawing the bow, and trained for war, numbered forty-four thousand seven hundred sixty who went out to battle. |
18. Dynamic Translation The Reubenites, the Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh supplied men carrying shield and sword, shooting the bow, and trained for combat—44,760 troops who marched out to war. |