And Micahוַ מִיכָהsaidיֹּאמֶרto him,לוֹ“Stayשְׁבָהwith meעִמָּדִיand beוֶהְיֵהfor meלִיa fatherלְאָבand a priest,וּלְכֹהֵןand Iוְאָנֹכִיwill giveאֶתֶּןyouלְךָtenעֲשֶׂרֶתshekels of silverכֶּסֶףa year,לַיָּמִיםand a setוְעֵרֶךְof clothes,בְּגָדִיםand your sustenance.”וּמִחְיָתֶךָSo the Leviteוַ הַלֵּוִיwent.יֵּלֶךְ
Judges 17:10
Study it in the app“And Micah said to him, “Stay with me and be for me a father and a priest, and I will give you ten shekels of silver a year, and a set of clothes, and your sustenance.” So the Levite went.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 17:10, word by word
- And Micahמִיכָהmicha
Micah
Micah: short form of the name "Micaiah" ("who is like YHWH?"). Several people bear it: the man from the hill country of Ephraim (Judges 17-18) and, centuries later, the prophet Micah.
Where else “micha” appears- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- “Stayשְׁבָsheva
stay
To remain in a place.
Where else “sheva” appears- with meעִמָּדִimadi
with me
With me, beside me.
Where else “imadi” appears- and beהְיֵהheye
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “heye” appears- a fatherאָבav
founder
One who started a trade, or someone much respected.
Where else “av” appears- and a priestכֹהֵןchohen
pagan priest
A priest of other gods.
Where else “chohen” appears- will giveאֶתֶּןeten
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “eten” appears- tenעֲשֶׂרֶתaseret
ten
Ten.
Where else “aseret” appears- shekels of silverכֶּסֶףkesef
money
What is paid and received in exchange, weighed out in silver.
Where else “kesef” appears- a yearיָּמִיםyamim
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yamim” appears- and a setעֵרֶךְerech
arrangement
Things set in their place, in order.
Where else “erech” appears- of clothesבְּגָדִיםbegadim
garment
A garment with which someone covers the body, or a blanket for warmth.
Where else “begadim” appears- and your sustenanceמִחְיָתֶmichyate
food
What one needs to eat.
Where else “michyate” appears- So the Leviteלֵּוִיlevi
Levite
Levite: of the tribe of Levi.
Where else “levi” appears- wentיֵּלֶךְyelech
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “yelech” appears
The context
9And Micah said to him, “Where do you come from?” And he said to him, “I am a Levite from Bethlehem of Judah, and I am going to reside as an alien wherever I may find a place.”
10 · This verse (above)
11And the Levite was willing to stay with the man, and the young man became to him like one of his sons.