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And he said unto them, Thus and thus dealeth Micah with me, and hath hired me, and I am his priest. (KJV)
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וַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he said
Lemma: אָמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0559
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
Meaning: to say
Used 5296 times. Also: Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0559; TAHOT Judges 18:4 word 1
אֲלֵהֶ֔ם'a.le.Hemto them
Lemma: אֶל (el) · Strong's: H0413
Parsing: Preposition · Definite (HRd)
Meaning: to(wards)
Used 5509 times. Also: Genesis 1:9, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:22, Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:2, Genesis 3:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0413; TAHOT Judges 18:4 word 2
כָּזֹ֣הka.Zohlike this
Lemma: זֹה (zoh) · Strong's: H2090
Parsing: Particle · Demonstrative (HTm)
Meaning: this
Used 11 times. Also: 2 Samuel 11:25, 1 Kings 14:5, 2 Kings 6:19, Ecclesiastes 2:2, Ecclesiastes 2:24, Ecclesiastes 5:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2090; TAHOT Judges 18:4 word 3
וְכָזֶ֔הve.kha.Zehand like this
Lemma: זֶה (zeh) · Strong's: H2088
Parsing: Particle · Demonstrative (HTm)
Meaning: this
Used 1176 times. Also: Genesis 5:1, Genesis 5:29, Genesis 6:15, Genesis 7:1, Genesis 7:11, Genesis 7:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2088; TAHOT Judges 18:4 word 4
עָ֥שָׂה'A.sahhe has done
Lemma: עָשָׂה (a.sah) · Strong's: H6213A
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqp3ms)
Meaning: to make: do
Used 1745 times. Also: Genesis 2:2, Genesis 2:3, Genesis 3:13, Genesis 3:14, Genesis 4:10, Genesis 6:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6213A; TAHOT Judges 18:4 word 5
מִיכָ֑הmi.KhahMicah
Lemma: מִיכָה (mi.khah) · Strong's: H4318G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Micah
Used 19 times. Also: Judges 17:5, Judges 17:8, Judges 17:9, Judges 17:10, Judges 17:12, Judges 17:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4318G; TAHOT Judges 18:4 word 6
וַיִּשְׂכְּרֵ֕נִיvai.yis.ke.Re.niand he has hired me
Lemma: שָׂכַר (sa.khar) · Strong's: H7936B
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
Meaning: to hire
Used 20 times. Also: Genesis 30:16, Deuteronomy 23:4, Judges 9:4, 1 Samuel 2:5, 2 Samuel 10:6, 2 Kings 7:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7936B; TAHOT Judges 18:4 word 7
וָאֱהִי\־va.'e.hi-and I have become
Lemma: הָיָה (ha.yah) · Strong's: H1961
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqw1cs)
Meaning: to be
Used 3545 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1961; TAHOT Judges 18:4 word 8
לְכֹהֵֽן\׃le.kho.Hen<into> a priest
Lemma: כֹּהֵן (ko.hen) · Strong's: H3548
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: priest
Used 750 times. Also: Genesis 14:18, Genesis 41:45, Genesis 41:50, Genesis 46:20, Genesis 47:22, Genesis 47:26 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3548; TAHOT Judges 18:4 word 9
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Micah | → | מִיכָה H4318G Micah |
| has done | → | עָשָׂה H6213A to make: do |
| this | → | זֹה H2090 this |
| and that | → | זֶה H2088 this |
| for me | → | |
| he replied | → | אָמַר H0559 to say |
| . . . | → | אֶל H0413 to(wards) |
| and he has hired me | → | שָׂכַר H7936B to hire |
| to be | → | הָיָה H1961 to be |
| his | → | |
| priest | → | כֹּהֵן H3548 priest |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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