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And they passed onוַיַּעַבְרוּfrom thereמִשָּׁםto the hill countryהַרof Ephraimאֶפְרָיִםand cameוַיָּבֹאוּas far asעַדthe houseבֵּיתof Micah.מִיכָה
Judges 18:13
Study it in the app“And they passed on from there to the hill country of Ephraim and came as far as the house of Micah.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 18:13, word by word
- And they passed onיַּעַבְרוּyaavru
pass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “yaavru” appears- to the hill countryהַרhar
hill country
A whole region of high ground, like that of Ephraim or Judah.
Where else “har” appears- of Ephraimאֶפְרָיִםefrayim
Ephraim
Ephraim, the second son of Joseph; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later a name of the northern kingdom. The name sounds like "be fruitful".
Where else “efrayim” appears- and cameיָּבֹאוּyavou
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavou” appears- the houseבֵּיתbet
house
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “bet” appears- of Micahמִיכָהmicha
Micah
Micah: short form of the name "Micaiah" ("who is like YHWH?"). Several people bear it: the man from the hill country of Ephraim (Judges 17-18) and, centuries later, the prophet Micah.
Where else “micha” appears
The context
12They went up and encamped at Kiriath-jearim in Judah. Therefore they called that place Mahaneh-dan to this day; look, it is behind Kiriath-jearim.
13 · This verse (above)
14Then the five men who had gone to spy out the land of Laish spoke up and said to their brothers, “Do you know that there are in these houses an ephod and teraphim and a carved image and a cast image? Now consider what you will do.”