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There wasוַיְהִיa manאִישׁfrom the hill countryמֵהַרof Ephraim,אֶפְרָיִםand his nameוּשְׁמוֹwasMicaiah.מִיכָיְהוּ
Judges 17:1
Study it in the app“There was a man from the hill country of Ephraim, and his name was Micaiah.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 17:1, word by word
- There wasיְהִיyehi
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “yehi” appears- a manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- from the hill countryהַרhar
hill country
A whole region of high ground, like that of Ephraim or Judah.
Where else “har” appears- of Ephraimאֶפְרָיִםefrayim
Ephraim
Ephraim, the second son of Joseph; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later a name of the northern kingdom. The name sounds like "be fruitful".
Where else “efrayim” appears- and his nameשְׁמshem
name
The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.
Where else “shem” appears- Micaiahמִיכָיְהוּmichayhu
Micaiah
Micaiah: the long form of the name "Micah." It means "who is like YHWH?"
Where else “michayhu” appears
Translation note
The Hebrew writes his name in two ways: the long one, “Micaiah” (verses 1 and 4), and the short one, “Micah” (from verse 5 on). It is the same name that the prophet Micah will bear centuries later; it is not the same person.
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2And he said to his mother, “The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from you, and you uttered an imprecation and also said it in my ears, look, the silver is with me; I took it.” And his mother said, “Blessed be my son by YHWH.”