Deuteronomy 1:23
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
"The thingהַדָּבָ֑ר
(had·da·var;)
1697: speech, wordfrom dabar
pleasedוַיִּיטַ֥ב
(vai·yi·tav)
3190: to be good, well, glad, or pleasinga prim. root
me and I tookוָאֶקַּ֤ח
(va·'ek·kach)
3947: to takea prim. root
twelveשְׁנֵ֣ים
(she·neim)
8147: two (a card. number)from shanah
of your men,אִ֥ישׁ
(ish)
376: manfrom an unused word
oneאֶחָ֖ד
(e·chad)
259: onea prim. card. number
man 
 
376: manfrom an unused word
for each tribe.לַשָּֽׁבֶט׃
(la·sha·vet.)
7626: rod, staff, club, scepter, tribefrom an unused word


















KJV Lexicon
And the saying
dabar  (daw-baw')
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
pleased me well
yatab  (yaw-tab')
to be (causative) make well, literally (sound, beautiful) or figuratively (happy, successful, right)
`ayin  (ah'-yin)
an eye; by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
and I took
laqach  (law-kakh')
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
twelve
shnayim  (shen-ah'-yim)
two; also (as ordinal) twofold -- both, couple, double, second, twain, + twelfth, + twelve, + twenty (sixscore) thousand, twice, two.
`asar  (aw-sawr')
ten (only in combination), i.e. -teen; also (ordinal) -teenth -- (eigh-, fif-, four-, nine-, seven-, six-, thir-)teen(-th), + eleven(-th), + sixscore thousand, + twelve(-th).
men
'enowsh  (en-oshe')
a mortal; hence, a man in general (singly or collectively)English versions, especially when used in apposition with another word.
of you one
'echad  (ekh-awd')
united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
of a tribe
'iysh  (eesh)
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
shebet  (shay'-bet)
a scion, i.e. (literally) a stick (for punishing, writing, fighting, ruling, walking, etc.) or (figuratively) a clan -- correction, dart, rod, sceptre, staff, tribe.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
"The thing pleased me and I took twelve of your men, one man for each tribe.

King James Bible
And the saying pleased me well: and I took twelve men of you, one of a tribe:

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The plan seemed good to me, so I selected 12 men from among you, one man for each tribe.

International Standard Version
Because this suggestion seemed good to me, I chose twelve men from among you, one from each tribe.

NET Bible
I thought this was a good idea, so I sent twelve men from among you, one from each tribe.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
It seemed like a good idea to me. So I chose 12 of your men, one from each tribe.

King James 2000 Bible
And the saying pleased me well: and I took twelve men of you, one of each tribe:
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