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There wasוַיְהִיa young manנַעַרfrom Bethlehemמִבֵּית לֶחֶםof Judah,יְהוּדָהof the familyמִמִּשְׁפַּחַתof Judah,יְהוּדָהand heוְהוּאwasa Levite,לֵוִיand heוְהוּאwas residing as an alienגָרthere.שָׁם
Judges 17:7
Study it in the app“There 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 17:7, word by word
- There wasיְהִיyehi
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “yehi” appears- a young manנַעַרnaar
boy
A child or a young man who is still growing and does not rule a household.
Where else “naar” appears- from Bethlehemבֵּיתbet
Bethlehem
See it on the mapWhere else “bet” appears- of Judahיְהוּדָהyehuda
Judah
Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later the southern kingdom; King David came from it. The name sounds like "give thanks". Borne also by other Israelites.
Where else “yehuda” appears- of the familyמִּשְׁפַּחַתmishpachat
family
A group of relatives within a tribe.
Where else “mishpachat” appears- a Leviteלֵוִיlevi
Levite
Levite: of the tribe of Levi.
Where else “levi” appears- was residing as an alienגָרgar
sojourn
To live in a place that is not your own.
Where else “gar” appears
Places in this verse
Bethlehem
Today: Bethlehem (Bayt Lahm), West Bank
A town in Judea, about 5.5 miles (9 km) south of Jerusalem.
Rachel died near it (Gen 35:19), Naomi and Ruth lived there (Ruth 1:1), and David was born there. Micah said a ruler would come from it, and Jesus was born in Bethlehem (Mic 5:2; Matt 2:1).
The context
6In those days there was no king in Israel; each man did what was right in his own eyes.
7 · This verse (above)
8And the man went from the city, from Bethlehem of Judah, to reside as an alien wherever he might find a place; and he came to the hill country of Ephraim, as far as the house of Micah, as he went on his way.