So they turnedוַיִּפְנוּand went,וַיֵּלֵכוּand putוַיָּשִׂימוּthe little ones,אֶת הַטַּףthe livestock,וְאֶת הַמִּקְנֶהand the goodsוְאֶת הַכְּבוּדָּהin front of them.לִפְנֵיהֶם
Judges 18:21
Study it in the app“So they turned and went, and put the little ones, the livestock, and the goods in front of them.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 18:21, word by word
- So they turnedיִּפְנוּyifnu
turn
To turn toward something, someone or God.
Where else “yifnu” appears- and wentיֵּלֵכוּyelechu
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “yelechu” appears- and putיָּשִׂימוּyasimu
put
To put something somewhere.
Where else “yasimu” appears- the little onesטַּףtaf
little ones
Little ones: the children of a family.
Where else “taf” appears- the livestockמִּקְנֶהmikne
livestock
Livestock: the animals someone owns, as property.
Where else “mikne” appears- and the goodsכְּבוּדָּהkevuda
goods
One's most precious possessions.
Where else “kevuda” appears- in front of themפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appears
The context
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.
21 · This verse (above)
22They had gone some distance from the house of Micah, when the men who were in the houses that were near the house of Micah were summoned and overtook the sons of Dan.