Judges 18:19
And they said unto him, Hold thy peace, lay thine hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest: is it better for thee to be a priest unto the house of one man, or that thou be a priest unto a tribe and a family in Israel?Judges 18:19 in the real world
In what words
- חָרַשׁchârashto scratch, i.e. (by implication) to engrave, plough; hence (from the use of tools) to fab
- הָיָהhâyâhto exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxil
- שֵׁבֶטshêbeṭa scion, i.e. (literally) a stick (for punishing, writing, fighting, ruling, walking, etc.
- מִשְׁפָּחָהmishpâchâha family, i.e. circle of relatives; figuratively, a class (of persons), a species (of anim
- פֶּהpehthe mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech);
- טוֹבṭôwbgood (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine
- שׂוּםsûwmto put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and e
- כֹּהֵןkôhênliterally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layma
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.