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In those daysבַּיָּמִים הָהֵםthere was noאֵיןkingמֶלֶךְin Israel;בְּיִשְׂרָאֵלeach manאִישׁdidיַעֲשֶׂהwhat was rightהַיָּשָׁרin his own eyes.בְּעֵינָיו
Judges 17:6
Study it in the app“In those days there was no king in Israel; each man did what was right in his own eyes.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 17:6, word by word
- In those daysיָּמִיםyamim
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yamim” appears- kingמֶלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- in Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- each manאִישׁish
each
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appears- didיַעֲשֶׂהyaase
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “yaase” appears- what was rightיָּשָׁרyashar
upright
Acting well before YHWH, without bending.
Where else “yashar” appears- in his own eyesעֵינָיenay
sight
"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.
Where else “enay” appears
The context
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.
6 · This verse (above)
7There was a young man from Bethlehem of Judah, of the family of Judah, and he was a Levite, and he was residing as an alien there.