Then the fiveוַ חֲמֵשֶׁתmenהָאֲנָשִׁיםwho had goneהַהֹלְכִיםto spy outלְרַגֵּלthe landאֶת הָאָרֶץof Laishלַיִשׁspoke upיַּעֲנוּand saidוַיֹּאמְרוּtoאֶלtheir brothers,אֲחֵיהֶם“Do you knowהַיְדַעְתֶּםthatכִּיthere areיֵשׁin theseבַּ הָאֵלֶּהhousesבָּתִּיםan ephodאֵפוֹדand teraphimוּתְרָפִיםand a carved imageוּפֶסֶלand a cast image?וּמַסֵּכָהNowוְעַתָּהconsiderדְּעוּwhatמַהyou will do.”תַּעֲשׂוּ
Judges 18:14
Study it in the app“Then 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.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 18:14, word by word
- Then the fiveחֲמֵשֶׁתchameshet
five
Five.
Where else “chameshet” appears- menאֲנָשִׁיםanashim
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anashim” appears- who had goneהֹלְכִיםholchim
go
To move on foot from place to place; to set out.
Where else “holchim” appears- to spy outרַגֵּלragel
spy
To go through a land secretly to learn about it; the scouts.
Where else “ragel” appears- the landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears- of Laishלַיִשׁlayish
Laish
Laish: (1) a city in the far north that the Danites took and called Dan (Judges 18:29); (2) a man of Gallim, father of Palti (1 Samuel 25:44). The name means "lion."
Where else “layish” appears- spoke upיַּעֲנוּyaanu
answer
To reply to what was said.
Where else “yaanu” appears- and saidיֹּאמְרוּyomru
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomru” appears- their brothersאֲחֵיache
brother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “ache” appears- “Do you knowיְדַעְתֶּםyedatem
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “yedatem” appears- housesבָּתִּיםbatim
house
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “batim” appears- an ephodאֵפוֹדefod
ephod
Ephod: a garment of the high priest, like a vest or apron, worn over the robe (Exodus 28:6-14). In other passages, an object used in worship.
Where else “efod” appears- and teraphimתְרָפִיםterafim
household gods
Teraphim: images of gods kept in the home. The Bible counts them among idols (1 Samuel 15:23; Zechariah 10:2).
Where else “terafim” appears- and a carved imageפֶסֶלfesel
carved image
Carved image: a figure of a god made of wood or stone.
Where else “fesel” appears- and a cast imageמַסֵּכָהmasecha
cast image
An idol made of melted metal.
Where else “masecha” appears- you will doתַּעֲשׂוּtaasu
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “taasu” appears
The context
13And they passed on from there to the hill country of Ephraim and came as far as the house of Micah.
14 · This verse (above)
15So they turned aside there and came to the house of the young man, the Levite, at the house of Micah, and asked him about his welfare.