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And the priestוַ הַכֹּהֵןsaidיֹּאמֶרto them,לָהֶם“Goלְכוּin peace.לְשָׁלוֹםYour wayדַּרְכְּכֶםon whichאֲשֶׁר בָהּyou are goingתֵּלְכוּis beforeנֹכַחYHWH.”יְהוָה
Judges 18:6
Study it in the app“And the priest said to them, “Go in peace. Your way on which you are going is before YHWH.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 18:6, word by word
- And the priestכֹּהֵןkohen
pagan priest
A priest of other gods.
Where else “kohen” appears- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- “Goלְכוּlechu
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “lechu” appears- in peaceשָׁלוֹםshalom
peace
Living without war or quarrels, in harmony.
Where else “shalom” appears- Your wayדַּרְכְּdark
road
The track or route by which one goes from one place to another.
Where else “dark” appears- is beforeנֹכַחnochach
opposite
On the opposite side, facing something.
Where else “nochach” appears- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears
The context
5And they said to him, “Inquire, please, of Elohim, so that we may know whether our way on which we are going will prosper.”
6 · This verse (above)
7So the five men went and came to Laish, and they saw the people who were in it, living in security, after the manner of the Sidonians, at rest and secure; and there was no one in the land putting them to shame in anything, no one possessing authority; and they were far from the Sidonians, and they had no dealings with anyone.