So he returnedוַיָּשֶׁבthe silverאֶת הַכֶּסֶףto his mother,לְאִמּוֹand his motherוַ אִמּוֹtookתִּקַּחtwo hundredמָאתַיִםshekels of silverכֶּסֶףand gave itוַתִּתְּנֵהוּto the silversmith,לַצּוֹרֵףand he made itוַיַּעֲשֵׂהוּinto a carved imageפֶּסֶלand a cast image;וּמַסֵּכָהand it wasוַיְהִיin the houseבְּבֵיתof Micaiah.מִיכָיְהוּ
Judges 17:4
Study it in the app“So 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 17:4, word by word
- So he returnedיָּשֶׁבyashev
bring back
To return something, restore.
Where else “yashev” appears- the silverכֶּסֶףkesef
silver
A white, valuable metal, the one most used after gold.
Where else “kesef” appears- to his motherאִמּim
mother
The woman who gives birth to and raises her children, and who is owed honor.
Where else “im” appears- tookתִּקַּחtikach
take
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “tikach” appears- two hundredמָאתַיִםmatayim
hundred
The amount of one hundred; with other numbers it forms two hundred, three hundred and the rest.
Where else “matayim” appears- and gave itתִּתְּנֵtitne
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “titne” appears- to the silversmithצּוֹרֵףtsoref
smelt
To melt metal in fire to remove its dross; also, the one who works silver or gold.
Where else “tsoref” appears- and he made itיַּעֲשֵׂyaase
make
To build or create something.
Where else “yaase” appears- into a carved imageפֶּסֶלpesel
carved image
Carved image: a figure of a god made of wood or stone.
Where else “pesel” appears- and a cast imageמַסֵּכָהmasecha
cast image
An idol made of melted metal.
Where else “masecha” appears- and it wasיְהִיyehi
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yehi” appears- in the houseבֵיתvet
house
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “vet” appears- of Micaiahמִיכָיְהוּmichayhu
Micaiah
Micaiah: the long form of the name "Micah." It means "who is like YHWH?"
Where else “michayhu” appears
The context
3And 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.”
4 · This verse (above)
5And the man Micah had a house of Elohim, and he made an ephod and teraphim and ordained one of his sons, and he became his priest.