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So they turned asideוַיָּסוּרוּthereשָׁמָּהand cameוַיָּבֹאוּtoאֶלthe houseבֵּיתof the young man,הַנַּעַרthe Levite,הַלֵּוִיat the houseבֵּיתof Micah,מִיכָהand askedוַיִּשְׁאֲלוּhimלוֹabout his welfare.לְשָׁלוֹם
Judges 18:15
Study it in the app“So 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 18:15, word by word
- So they turned asideיָּסוּרוּyasuru
turn aside
To leave the road, go away.
Where else “yasuru” 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 the young manנַּעַרnaar
boy
A child or a young man who is still growing and does not rule a household.
Where else “naar” appears- the Leviteלֵּוִיlevi
Levite
Levite: of the tribe of Levi.
Where else “levi” 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- and askedיִּשְׁאֲלוּyishalu
ask
To ask a question.
Where else “yishalu” appears- about his welfareשָׁלוֹםshalom
well-being
Health, safety, nothing lacking.
Where else “shalom” appears
The context
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.”
15 · This verse (above)
16Now the six hundred men armed with their weapons of war, who were of the sons of Dan, were standing at the entrance of the gate.