Study it in the app“And he returned the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother; and his mother said, “I have fully consecrated the silver to YHWH from my hand for my son, to make a carved image and a cast image; so now I return it to you.””
And he returnedוַיָּשֶׁבthe eleven hundredאֶת אֶלֶף וּמֵאָהshekels of silverהַכֶּסֶףto his mother;לְאִמּוֹand his motherוַ אִמּוֹsaid,תֹּאמֶר“I have fullyהַקְדֵּשׁconsecratedהִקְדַּשְׁתִּיthe silverאֶת הַכֶּסֶףto YHWHלַיהוָהfrom my handמִיָּדִיfor my son,לִבְנִיto makeלַעֲשׂוֹתa carved imageפֶּסֶלand a cast image;וּמַסֵּכָהso nowוְעַתָּהI return itאֲשִׁיבֶנּוּto you.”לָךְ
bring back
To return something, restore.
Where else “yashev” appearsthousand
One thousand: a large, round number.
Where else “elef” appearshundred
The amount of one hundred; with other numbers it forms two hundred, three hundred and the rest.
Where else “mea” appearssilver
A white, valuable metal, the one most used after gold.
Where else “kesef” appearsmother
The woman who gives birth to and raises her children, and who is owed honor.
Where else “im” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “tomer” appearsconsecrate
To set apart people, things or a day for God.
Where else “hakdesh” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yhva” appearshand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yadi” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “veni” appearsmake
To build or create something.
Where else “asot” appearscarved image
Carved image: a figure of a god made of wood or stone.
Where else “pesel” appearscast image
An idol made of melted metal.
Where else “masecha” appearsThe Law forbade making images, even if they were for YHWH (Exodus 20:4; Deuteronomy 27:15). Verse 6 says of that time that “each man did what was right in his own eyes.”
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.”
3 · This verse (above)
4So he returned the silver to his mother, and his mother took two hundred shekels of silver and gave it to the silversmith, and he made it into a carved image and a cast image; and it was in the house of Micaiah.
