Judges 18:19
To whom they answered, Be thou still, and put thy finger on thy mouth, and come with us, that we have thee father and priest. What is better to thee, that thou be priest in the house of one man, either in a lineage and meine of Israel?Ko e veesi ni 'i he māmani mo'oni
'I he ngaahi lea fē
- 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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