Study it in the app“In those days there was no king in Israel; and in those days the tribe of the Danites was seeking for itself an inheritance to live in, for until that day land had not fallen to it as an inheritance among the tribes of Israel.”
In those daysבַּיָּמִים הָהֵםthere was noאֵיןkingמֶלֶךְin Israel;בְּיִשְׂרָאֵלand in those daysוּבַיָּמִים הָהֵםthe tribeשֵׁבֶטof the Danitesהַדָּנִיwas seekingמְבַקֶּשׁfor itselfלוֹan inheritanceנַחֲלָהto live in,לָשֶׁבֶתforכִּיuntilעַדthatהַהוּאdayהַיּוֹםland had notלֹאfallenנָפְלָהto itלּוֹas an inheritanceבְּנַחֲלָהamongבְּתוֹךְthe tribesשִׁבְטֵיof Israel.יִשְׂרָאֵל
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yamim” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsIsrael
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” appearstribe
Literally "the rod": one of the twelve great clans of Israel.
Where else “shevet” appearsDanite
Danite: a person of the tribe of Dan.
Where else “dani” appearsseek
To go after someone or something in order to find it.
Where else “mevakesh” appearsinheritance
Land or goods passed from parents to children.
Where else “nachala” appearsdwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “shevet” appearsfall
To fall to the ground, or for a city to fall.
Where else “nafla” appearsmidst
The central point of something, or the company of several: in the midst of them.
Where else “toch” appears1 · This verse (above)
2So the sons of Dan sent from their family five men from their whole number, men of valor, from Zorah and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land and to explore it. And they said to them, “Go, explore the land.” And they came to the hill country of Ephraim, as far as the house of Micah, and spent the night there.
