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Judges 17:1-6

1And there was a manאִ֥ישׁ'ishH376of mountמֵֽהַר־me.har-H2022Ephraimאֶפְרָ֖יִם'ef.Ra.yimH669,whose nameוּשְׁמ֥וֹu.she.MoH8034wasMicahמִיכָֽיְהוּ׃mi.Kha.ye.huH4321.

2And he saidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559unto his motherלְאִמּ֡וֹle.'i.MoH517,The eleven hundredאֶלֶף֩ וּמֵאָ֨ה'e.Lef u.me.'AhH3967 H505shekelsof silverהַכֶּ֜סֶףha.Ke.sefH3701that were takenלֻֽקַּֽח־lu.kach-H3947from thee, about which thou cursedstאָלִית֙'a.LitH422,and spakestאָמַ֣רְתְּ'a.MartH559of also in mine earsבְּאָזְנַ֔יbe.'a.ze.NaiH241,behold, the silverהַכֶּ֥סֶףha.Ke.sefH3701iswith me; I tookלְקַחְתִּ֑יוle.kach.TivH3947it. And his motherאִמּ֔וֹ'i.MoH517saidוַתֹּ֣אמֶרva.To.merH559,Blessedבָּר֥וּךְba.RukhH1288be thouof the Lordלַיהוָֽה׃la.Yah.wehH3068,my sonבְּנִ֖יbe.NiH1121.

3And when he had restoredוַיָּ֛שֶׁבvai.Ya.shevH7725the eleven hundredאֶֽלֶף־ וּמֵאָ֥ה'e.lef- u.me.'AhH3967 H505shekelsof silverהַכֶּ֖סֶףha.Ke.sefH3701to his motherלְאִמּ֑וֹle.'i.MoH517,his motherאִמּ֡וֹ'i.MoH517saidוַתֹּ֣אמֶרva.To.merH559,I had whollyהַקְדֵּ֣שׁhak.DeshH6942dedicatedהִקְדַּ֣שְׁתִּיhik.Dash.tiH6942the silverהַכֶּסֶף֩ha.ke.SefH3701unto the Lordלַיהוָ֨הla.Yah.wehH3068from my handמִיָּדִ֜יmi.ya.DiH3027for my sonלִבְנִ֗יliv.NiH1121,to makeלַֽעֲשׂוֹת֙la.'a.sOtH6213a graven imageפֶּ֣סֶלPe.selH6459and a molten imageוּמַסֵּכָ֔הu.ma.se.KhahH4541:now therefore I will restoreאֲשִׁיבֶ֥נּוּ'a.shi.Ve.nuH7725it unto thee.

4Yet he restoredוַיָּ֥שֶׁבvai.Ya.shevH7725the moneyהַכֶּ֖סֶףha.Ke.sefH3701unto his motherלְאִמּ֑וֹle.'i.MoH517;and his motherאִמּוֹ֩'i.MoH517tookוַתִּקַּ֣חva.ti.KachH3947two hundredמָאתַ֨יִםma.Ta.yimH3967shekelsof silverכֶּ֜סֶףKe.sefH3701,and gaveוַתִּתְּנֵ֣הוּva.ti.te.Ne.huH5414them to the founderלַצּוֹרֵ֗ףla.tzo.RefH6884,who madeוַֽיַּעֲשֵׂ֙הוּ֙vai.ya.'a.Se.huH6213thereof a graven imageפֶּ֣סֶלPe.selH6459and a molten imageוּמַסֵּכָ֔הu.ma.se.KhahH4541:and they were in the houseבְּבֵ֥יתbe.VeitH1004of Micahמִיכָֽיְהוּ׃mi.Kha.ye.huH4321.

5And the manוְהָאִ֣ישׁve.ha.'IshH376Micahמִיכָ֔הmi.KhahH4318had an houseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004of godsאֱלֹהִ֑ים'E.lo.HimH430,and madeוַיַּ֤עַשׂvai.Ya.'asH6213an ephodאֵפוֹד֙'e.fOdH646,and teraphimוּתְרָפִ֔יםu.te.ra.FimH8655,and consecratedוַיְמַלֵּ֗א יַ֤דvay.ma.Le' yadH3027 H4390oneאַחַד֙'a.ChadH259of his sonsמִבָּנָ֔יוmi.ba.NavH1121,who became his priestלְכֹהֵֽן׃le.kho.HenH3548.

6In those daysבַּיָּמִ֣יםbai.ya.MimH3117there wasno kingמֶ֖לֶךְMe.lekhH4428in Israelבְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לbe.Yis.ra.'ElH3478, butevery manאִ֛ישׁ'ishH376didיַעֲשֶֽׂה׃ פya.'a.SehH6213that which wasrightהַיָּשָׁ֥רhai.ya.SharH3477in his own eyesבְּעֵינָ֖יוbe.'ei.NavH5869.

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