Study it in the app“And they said to him, “Be quiet! Put your hand over your mouth, and come with us, and be for us a father and a priest. Is it better for you to be priest to the house of one man, or for you to be priest to a tribe and a family in Israel?””
And they saidוַיֹּאמְרוּto him,לוֹ“Be quiet!הַחֲרֵשׁPutשִׂיםyour handיָדְךָoverעַלyour mouth,פִּיךָand comeוְלֵךְwith us,עִמָּנוּand beוֶהְיֵהfor usלָנוּa fatherלְאָבand a priest.וּלְכֹהֵןIs it betterהֲטוֹבfor you to beהֱיוֹתְךָpriestכֹהֵןto the houseלְבֵיתof oneאֶחָדman,אִישׁorאוֹfor you to beהֱיוֹתְךָpriestכֹהֵןto a tribeלְשֵׁבֶטand a familyוּלְמִשְׁפָּחָהin Israel?”בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomru” appearsbe silent
To stay quiet, without answering or speaking.
Where else “hacharesh” appearsput
To put something somewhere.
Where else “sim” appearshand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yad” appearsmouth
The part of the face with which one speaks, eats and kisses.
Where else “pi” appearsgo along
To accompany someone on the way, to go along with him.
Where else “lech” appearsbe
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “heye” appearsfounder
One who started a trade, or someone much respected.
Where else “av” appearspagan priest
A priest of other gods.
Where else “chohen” appearsbetter
Worth more or more profitable than something it is compared with.
Where else “tov” appearshousehold
The family, everyone living under one roof.
Where else “vet” appearsone
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “echad” appearsman
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appearstribe
Literally "the rod": one of the twelve great clans of Israel.
Where else “shevet” appearsfamily
A group of relatives within a tribe.
Where else “mishpacha” 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” appears18These 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?”
19 · This verse (above)
20And the priest’s heart was glad, and he took the ephod, the teraphim, and the carved image, and went in the midst of the people.
