בראשית, פרק ל״ו, פסוק ל׳

Concluding the historical record of the Horite inhabitants of Seir, the final leaders of the land are officially named. While this record typically focuses on individual chiefs, an unusual detail in the final summary points to a broader social structure. A specific term normally indicating leadership is recorded in a uniquely shortened form, marking the only time in the entire Torah that it appears this way [מנחת שי].

Because of this rare presentation, an alternative understanding of their society emerges. Rather than simply summarizing a list of individual leaders, this phrasing suggests that the Horite people were actually organized and divided by their thousands, grouped into massive family clans instead of merely being defined by single chiefs [שד״ל].