And the fiveוַ חֲמֵשֶׁתmenהָאֲנָשִׁיםwho had goneהַהֹלְכִיםto spy outלְרַגֵּלthe landאֶת הָאָרֶץwent up;יַּעֲלוּthey cameבָּאוּin there,שָׁמָּהtookלָקְחוּthe carved image,אֶת הַפֶּסֶלthe ephod,וְאֶת הָאֵפוֹדthe teraphim,וְאֶת הַתְּרָפִיםand the cast image,וְאֶת הַמַּסֵּכָהwhile the priestוְהַכֹּהֵןwas standingנִצָּבat the entranceפֶּתַחof the gateהַשַּׁעַרwith the sixוְשֵׁשׁhundredמֵאוֹתmenהָאִישׁarmed withהֶחָגוּרweaponsכְּלֵיof war.הַמִּלְחָמָה
Judges 18:17
Study it in the app“And the five men who had gone to spy out the land went up; they came in there, took the carved image, the ephod, the teraphim, and the cast image, while the priest was standing at the entrance of the gate with the six hundred men armed with weapons of war.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 18:17, word by word
- And 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- went upיַּעֲלוּyaalu
go up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “yaalu” appears- they cameבָּאוּbau
enter
To go into a place.
Where else “bau” appears- tookלָקְחוּlakchu
take
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “lakchu” appears- the carved imageפֶּסֶלpesel
carved image
Carved image: the figure of a god carved in wood or stone.
Where else “pesel” appears- the 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- the teraphimתְּרָפִיםterafim
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 the cast imageמַּסֵּכָהmasecha
cast image
An idol made of melted metal.
Where else “masecha” appears- while the priestכֹּהֵןkohen
pagan priest
A priest of other gods.
Where else “kohen” appears- was standingנִצָּבnitsav
stand
To remain upright in a place without moving.
Where else “nitsav” appears- at the entranceפֶּתַחpetach
entrance, door
Entrance, doorway, door, opening.
Where else “petach” appears- of the gateשַּׁעַרshaar
gate
The entrance of a city or house, with doors that close.
Where else “shaar” appears- with the sixשֵׁשׁshesh
six
Six; also "sixth".
Where else “shesh” appears- hundredמֵאוֹתmeot
hundred
The amount of one hundred; with other numbers it forms two hundred, three hundred and the rest.
Where else “meot” appears- armed withחָגוּרchagur
gird
Gird: fasten a garment, a belt or a weapon around the waist for walking, working or fighting.
Where else “chagur” appears- weaponsכְּלֵיkele
weapon
What is carried to war to fight with: sword, bow, spear.
Where else “kele” appears- of warמִּלְחָמָהmilchama
war, battle
War, battle.
Where else “milchama” appears
The context
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.
17 · This verse (above)
18These men went into Micah’s house and took the carved image of the ephod, the teraphim, and the cast image; and the priest said to them, “What are you doing?”