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So they set upוַיָּשִׂימוּfor themselvesלָהֶםMicah’sמִיכָהcarved imageאֶת פֶּסֶלthatאֲשֶׁרhe had made,עָשָׂהallכָּלthe daysיְמֵיthat the houseבֵּיתof Elohimהָאֱלֹהִיםwasהֱיוֹתin Shiloh.בְּשִׁלֹה
Judges 18:31
Study it in the app“So they set up for themselves Micah’s carved image that he had made, all the days that the house of Elohim was in Shiloh.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 18:31, word by word
- So they set upיָּשִׂימוּyasimu
put
To put something somewhere.
Where else “yasimu” appears- Micah’sמִיכָהmicha
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- carved imageפֶּסֶלpesel
carved image
Carved image: a figure of a god made of wood or stone.
Where else “pesel” appears- he had madeעָשָׂהasa
make
To build or create something.
Where else “asa” appears- the daysיְמֵיyeme
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yeme” appears- that the houseבֵּיתbet
temple
The temple: "the house of YHWH".
Where else “bet” appears- of Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- wasהֱיוֹתheot
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “heot” appears- in Shilohשִׁלֹהshilo
Shiloh
See it on the mapWhere else “shilo” appears
Places in this verse
Shiloh
Today: Khirbet Seilun (Tel Shiloh), West Bank
A town in the hills of Ephraim, about 19 miles (30 km) north of Jerusalem.
The tabernacle stood there in the days of Joshua and Eli (Josh 18:1; 1 Sam 1:3). Hannah prayed there, and Samuel was born (1 Sam 1:9-20).
The context
30And the sons of Dan set up for themselves the carved image; and Jonathan son of Gershom, son of Manasseh, he and his sons were priests to the tribe of the Danites until the day of the exile of the land.
31 · This verse (above)