Study it in the app“And he said to him, “We are passing from Bethlehem of Judah to the remote parts of the hill country of Ephraim; from there I am. I went to Bethlehem of Judah, and I am going to the house of YHWH, and there is no one taking me into the house.”
And he saidוַיֹּאמֶרto him,אֵלָיו“Weאֲנַחְנוּare passingעֹבְרִיםfrom Bethlehemמִבֵּית לֶחֶםof Judahיְהוּדָהtoעַדthe remote partsיַרְכְּתֵיof the hill countryהַרof Ephraim;אֶפְרַיִםfrom thereמִשָּׁםI am.אָנֹכִיI wentוָאֵלֵךְtoעַדBethlehemבֵּית לֶחֶםof Judah,יְהוּדָהand I am goingוְ אֲנִי הֹלֵךְto the houseאֶת בֵּיתof YHWH,יְהוָהand there is noוְאֵיןoneאִישׁtakingמְאַסֵּףmeאוֹתִיinto the house.הַבָּיְתָה
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearspass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “ovrim” appearsBethlehem
See it on the mapWhere else “bet” appearsJudah
Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later the southern kingdom; King David came from it. The name sounds like "give thanks". Borne also by other Israelites.
Where else “yehuda” appearsfar end, recess
The farthest or deepest part: the back of a house or a cave, the ends of the earth, the edge of a territory.
Where else “yarkte” appearshill country
A whole region of high ground, like that of Ephraim or Judah.
Where else “har” appearsEphraim
Ephraim, the second son of Joseph; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later a name of the northern kingdom. The name sounds like "be fruitful".
Where else “efrayim” appearsgo
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “elech” appearsgo
To move on foot from place to place; to set out.
Where else “holech” appearstemple
The temple: "the house of YHWH".
Where else “bet” appearsYHWH
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” appearseach
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appearsassemble
To bring people together in one place.
Where else “measef” appearsBethlehem
Today: Bethlehem (Bayt Lahm), West Bank
A town in Judea, about 5.5 miles (9 km) south of Jerusalem.
Rachel died near it (Gen 35:19), Naomi and Ruth lived there (Ruth 1:1), and David was born there. Micah said a ruler would come from it, and Jesus was born in Bethlehem (Mic 5:2; Matt 2:1).
17And he lifted up his eyes and saw the man, the traveler, in the square of the city; and the old man said, “Where are you going, and where do you come from?”
18 · This verse (above)
19And there is both straw and fodder for our donkeys, and also there is bread and wine for me and for your maidservant and for the young man who is with your servants; there is no lack of any thing.”
