Judges

Chapter 18

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Judges 18:1 Gematria: 4566
בימים ההם אין מלך בישראל ובימים ההם שבט הדני מבקשלו נחלה לשבת כי לאנפלה לו עדהיום ההוא בתוךשבטי ישראל בנחלהפ
In the seas the they (m.) without king in, with, by israel and in the they (m.) seek to him no'ahh to her ceasing given that to him witness the day that (m.) in the midst of teeth, fire, consume house, family, inside snake, basket, surround of he in.in~the~DAY~s the~THEY WITHOUT KING in~YISRA'EL and~in~the~DAY~s the~THEY TRIBE the~THE.JUDGE much~SEEK(V)~ing ? INHERITANCE to~SIT(V) GIVEN.THAT NOT she~did~FALL(V) ASK~him UNTIL the~DAY the~HE in~IN.THE.MIDST.OF TRIBE~s YISRA'EL in~INHERITANCEIn those days there was no king in Israel, and in those days the tribe of Dan was seeking a territory in which to settle; for to that day no territory had fallen to their lot among the tribes of Israel.
Judges 18:2 Gematria: 8797
וישלחו בנידןממשפחתם חמשה אנשים מקצותם אנשים בניחיל מצרעה ומאשתאל לרגל אתהארץ ולחקרה ויאמרו אלהם לכו חקרו אתהארץ ויבאו הראפרים עדבית מיכה וילינו שם
And they sent five from and from the land and they said these to the land and witness from breath.and~they~will~SEND(V) SON~s JUDGE from~FAMILY~them FIVE MAN~s from~END~s~them MAN~s SON~s PAIN from~INFECTION and~from~ESHTAOL to~much~SPY(V) AT the~LAND and~to~EXAMINE(V)~her and~they~will~SAY(V) TOWARD~them WALK(V)~you(mp) EXAMINE(V)~you(mp) AT the~LAND and~they~will~COME(V) HILL EPHRAYIM UNTIL HOUSE MICAH and~they~will~STAY(V) THEREThe Danites sent out five of their number, from their clan seat at Zorah and Eshtaol—valiant men—to spy out the land and explore it. “Go,” they told them, “and explore the land.” When they had advanced into the hill country of Ephraim as far as the house of Micah, they stopped there for the night.
Judges 18:3 Gematria: 3979
המה עםבית מיכה והמה הכירו אתקול הנער הלוי ויסורו שם ויאמרו לו מיהביאך הלם ומהאתה עשה בזה ומהלך פה
What people from and the i voice the lewi and they turned aside breath and they said to him who the surely and from the strength he had made this and from walk.THEY WITH HOUSE MICAH and~THEY they~did~KNOW(V) AT VOICE the~YOUNG the~THE.LEWI and~they~will~REMOVE(V) THERE and~they~will~SAY(V) ASK~him WHO COME(V)~you HERE and~WATER YOU DO(V)~ing in~THIS and~WATER ? HEREWhile in the vicinity of Micah’s house, they recognized the speechaspeech Lit. “voice.” The Danites could tell by his dialect that he came from Judah and was therefore a former neighbor of theirs; cf. vv. 11–12. of the young Levite, so they went over and asked him, “Who brought you to these parts? What are you doing in this place? What is your business here?”
Judges 18:4 Gematria: 1652
ויאמר אלהם כזה וכזה עשה לי מיכה וישכרני ואהילו לכהן
And said these this and like this he had made to me from and to priest.and~he~will~SAY(V) TOWARD~them like~THIS and~like~THIS DO(V) TO.ME~me MICAH and~he~will~HIRE(V)~me and~I~will~EXIST(V) ? to~PRIESTHe replied, “Thus and thus Micah did for me—he hired me and I became his priest.”
Judges 18:5 Gematria: 2553
ויאמרו לו שאלנא באלהים ונדעה התצלח דרכנו אשר אנחנו הלכים עליה
And they said to him that power the which we upon her.and~they~will~SAY(V) ASK~him ASK(V) PLEASE in~POWER~s and~we~will~KNOW(V) ADVANCE ROAD~us WHICH I WALK(V)~ing(p) UPON~herThey said to him, “Please, inquire of God; we would like to know if the mission on which we are going will be successful.”
Judges 18:6 Gematria: 2306
ויאמר להם הכהן לכו לשלום נכח יהוה דרככם אשר תלכובהפ
And said to them (m.) the priest to completeness the proper name of the god of israel; the tetragrammaton which.and~he~will~SAY(V) TO.THEY~them the~PRIEST WALK(V)~you(mp) to~COMPLETENESS BEFORE YHWH ROAD~you(mp) WHICH you(mp)~will~WALK(V) ?“Go in peace,” the priest said to them, “GOD views with favor the mission you are going on.”
Judges 18:7 Gematria: 7738
וילכו חמשת האנשים ויבאו לישה ויראו אתהעם אשרבקרבה יושבתלבטח כמשפט צדנים שקט ובטח ואיןמכלים דבר בארץ יורש עצר ורחוקים המה מצידנים ודבר איןלהם עםאדם
The and to and he saw people which morning in her/it judgment tranquil cling without from like to window word land and head, top, beginning fence, wall, enclosure nail, peg, hook sun, horizon, circles what from speak without to them (m.) people man.and~they~will~WALK(V) FIVE the~MAN~s and~they~will~COME(V) LAISHAH and~they~will~SEE(V) AT the~PEOPLE WHICH in~INSIDE~her SIT(V)~ing(fs) to~SECURITY like~JUDGMENT TSYDNYM~s TRANQUIL(V)~ing and~CLING(V)~ing and~WITHOUT SHAME(V)~ing WORD in~the~LAND INHERIT(V)~ing RESTRAINT and~FAR THEY from~TSYDNYM~s and~WORD WITHOUT ? WITH MAN ?The five men went on and came to Laish. They observed the people in it dwelling carefree, after the manner of the Sidonians, a tranquil and unsuspecting people, with no one in the land to molest them and with no hereditary ruler.bwith no hereditary ruler Meaning of Heb. uncertain. Moreover, they were distant from the Sidonians and had no dealings with anybody.
Judges 18:8 Gematria: 2111
ויבאו אלאחיהם צרעה ואשתאל ויאמרו להם אחיהם מה אתם
And these hearth and they said to them (m.) hearth what them.and~they~will~COME(V) TOWARD BROTHER~s~them INFECTION and~ESHTAOL and~they~will~SAY(V) TO.THEY~them BROTHER~s~them WATER YOUWhen [the spies] came back to their clans at Zorah and Eshtaol, their fellows asked them, “How did you fare?”
Judges 18:9 Gematria: 5469
ויאמרו קומה ונעלה עליהם כי ראינו אתהארץ והנה טובה מאד ואתם מחשים אלתעצלו ללכת לבא לרשת אתהארץ
And they said above given that the land and look very and you (m.pl.) from to come to the land.and~they~will~SAY(V) RAISE(V) and~we~will~GO.UP(V) UPON~them GIVEN.THAT we~SEE(V) AT the~LAND and~BEHOLD FUNCTIONAL MANY and~YOU SILENCE(V)~ing(p) NOTHING you(mp)~will~LAZY(V) to~WALK(V) to~COME(V) to~INHERIT(V) AT the~LANDThey replied, “Let us go at once and attack them! For we found that the land was very good, and you are sitting idle! Don’t delay; go and invade the land and take possession of it,
Judges 18:10 Gematria: 4777
כבאכם תבאו אלעם בטח והארץ רחבת ידים כינתנה אלהים בידכם מקום אשר איןשם מחסור כלדבר אשר בארץ
Like like come these people cling and the land Elohiym in place which without breath like speak which land.like~COME(V)~you(mp) you(mp)~will~COME(V) TOWARD PEOPLE CLING(V)~ing and~the~LAND WIDE HAND~s2 GIVEN.THAT GIVE(V)~her POWER~s in~HAND~you(mp) PLACE WHICH WITHOUT THERE LACKING ALL WORD WHICH in~the~LANDfor God has delivered it into your hand. When you come, you will come to an unsuspecting people; and the land is spacious and nothing on earth is lacking there.”
Judges 18:11 Gematria: 4410
ויסעו משם ממשפחת הדני מצרעה ומאשתאל ששמאות איש חגור כלי מלחמה
Breath from from and from that man all of war.and~they~will~JOURNEY(V) from~THERE from~FAMILY the~THE.JUDGE from~INFECTION and~from~ESHTAOL SIX HUNDRED MAN BIND(V)~ed VESSEL~s WARThey departed from there, from the clan seat of the Danites, from Zorah and Eshtaol, six hundred strong, girt with weapons of war.
Judges 18:12 Gematria: 3614
ויעלו ויחנו בקרית יערים ביהודה עלכן קראו למקום ההוא מחנהדן עד היום הזה הנה אחרי קרית יערים
And he went up and he camped in yehudah above so place that (m.) camp dan witness the day this behold after/behind.and~they~will~GO.UP(V) and~they~will~CAMP(V) in~IN.KIRIATH IN.KIRIATH in~AND.FROM.YEHUDAH UPON SO they~did~CALL.OUT(V) to~the~PLACE the~HE ? ? UNTIL the~DAY the~THIS BEHOLD AFTER IN.KIRIATH IN.KIRIATHThey went up and encamped at Kiriath-jearim in Judah. That is why that place is called “the Camp of Dan” to this day; it lies west of Kiriath-jearim.
Judges 18:13 Gematria: 1796
ויעברו משם הראפרים ויבאו עדבית מיכה
And they served breath and witness from.and~they~will~CROSS.OVER(V) from~THERE HILL EPHRAYIM and~they~will~COME(V) UNTIL HOUSE MICAHFrom there they passed on to the hill country of Ephraim and arrived at the house of Micah.
Judges 18:14 Gematria: 6944
ויענו חמשת האנשים ההלכים לרגל אתהארץ ליש ויאמרו אלאחיהם הידעתם כי יש בבתים האלה אפוד ותרפים ופסל ומסכה ועתה דעו מהתעשו
The the land there is and they said these hearth given that there is in in daughter these and from i now from the.and~they~will~ANSWER(V) FIVE the~MAN~s the~WALK(V)~ing(p) to~much~SPY(V) AT the~LAND LAISHAH and~they~will~SAY(V) TOWARD BROTHER~s~them KNOW GIVEN.THAT THERE.IS in~the~HOUSE~s the~THESE EPHOD and~IDOL~s and~SCULPTURE and~POURING and~NOW KNOW(V)~you(mp) WATER you(mp)~will~DO(V)Here the five men who had gone to spy out the Laish region remarked to their clans, “Do you know, there is an ephod in these houses, and oracle idols,coracle idols See note at 17.5. and a sculptured image and a molten image? Now you know what you have to do.”
Judges 18:15 Gematria: 2759
ויסורו שמה ויבאו אלביתהנער הלוי בית מיכה וישאלולו לשלום
And they turned aside that i and the lewi from there is these and completeness.and~they~will~REMOVE(V) THERE and~they~will~COME(V) TOWARD HOUSE the~YOUNG the~THE.LEWI HOUSE MICAH and~they~will~ASK(V) ? to~COMPLETENESSSo they turned off there and entered the home of the young Levite at Micah’s house and greeted him.
Judges 18:16 Gematria: 4161
וששמאות איש חגורים כלי מלחמתם נצבים פתח השער אשר מבנידן
And that mark man fence, wall, enclosure camel, walking, lifting nail, peg, hook head, top, beginnings all of seed, fish, sprouting side, hunt, catch house, family, insides open gate which from.and~SIX HUNDRED MAN BIND(V)~ed(p) VESSEL~s WAR~them STAND(V)~ing(p) DOOR the~GATE WHICH from~SON~s JUDGEThe six hundred Danites, girt with their weapons of war, stood at the entrance of the gate,
Judges 18:17 Gematria: 8672
ויעלו חמשת האנשים ההלכים לרגל אתהארץ באו שמה לקחו אתהפסל ואתהאפוד ואתהתרפים ואתהמסכה והכהן נצב פתח השער וששמאות האיש החגור כלי המלחמה
And he went up the the land in or that i the and booth and the priest open gate and that mark man the all of war.and~they~will~GO.UP(V) FIVE the~MAN~s the~WALK(V)~ing(p) to~much~SPY(V) AT the~LAND they~did~COME(V) THERE they~did~TAKE(V) AT the~SCULPTURE and~AT the~EPHOD and~AT the~IDOL~s and~AT the~POURING and~the~PRIEST STAND(V)~ing DOOR the~GATE and~SIX HUNDRED the~MAN the~BIND(V)~ed VESSEL~s the~WARwhile the five who had gone to spy out the land went inside and took the sculptured image, the ephod, the oracle idols, and the molten image. The priest was standing at the entrance of the gate, and the six hundred men girt with their weapons of war,
Judges 18:18 Gematria: 4343
ואלה באו בית מיכה ויקחו אתפסל האפוד ואתהתרפים ואתהמסכה ויאמר אליהם הכהן מה אתם עשים
And these in or from and booth and said these the priest what them eye, see, watch teeth, fire, consumes.and~THESE they~did~COME(V) HOUSE MICAH and~they~will~TAKE(V) AT SCULPTURE the~EPHOD and~AT the~IDOL~s and~AT the~POURING and~he~will~SAY(V) TOWARD~them the~PRIEST WATER YOU DO(V)~ing(p)while the others entered Micah’s house and took the sculptured image, the molten image, the ephod, and the oracle idols.dthe sculptured image, the molten image, the ephod, and the oracle idols Lit. “the sculptured image of the ephod, and the oracle idols, and the molten image.” The priest said to them, “What are you doing?”
Judges 18:19 Gematria: 5064
ויאמרו לו החרש שיםידך עלפיך ולך עמנו והיהלנו לאב ולכהן הטוב היותך כהן לבית איש אחד או היותך כהן לשבט ולמשפחה בישראל
And they said to him the and walk with us and existed to us fruit and to priest the functional priest man one or priest to and to family in, with, by israel.and~they~will~SAY(V) ASK~him PLOW(V) PLACE(V) HAND~you UPON MOUTH~you and~WALK(V) WITH~us and~EXIST(V) ? to~FATHER and~to~PRIEST FUNCTIONAL EXIST(V)~you PRIEST to~HOUSE MAN UNIT OR EXIST(V)~you PRIEST to~TRIBE and~to~FAMILY in~YISRA'ELBut they said to him, “Be quiet; put your hand on your mouth! Come with us and be our father and priest. Would you rather be priest to one man’s household, or be priest to a tribe and clan in Israel?”
Judges 18:20 Gematria: 2932
וייטב לב הכהן ויקח אתהאפוד ואתהתרפים ואתהפסל ויבא בקרב העם
And heart the priest and approach people.and~he~will~GOOD(V) HEART the~PRIEST and~he~will~TAKE(V) AT the~EPHOD and~AT the~IDOL~s and~AT the~SCULPTURE and~he~will~COME(V) in~INSIDE the~PEOPLEThe priest was delighted. He took the ephod, the oracle idols, and the sculptured image, and he joined the people.
Judges 18:21 Gematria: 2362
ויפנו וילכו וישימו אתהטף ואתהמקנה ואתהכבודה לפניהם
And he faced and they set and the possess to face of they (m.).and~they~will~TURN(V) and~they~will~WALK(V) and~they~will~PLACE(V) AT the~CHILDREN and~AT the~HERD and~AT the~HEAVINESS to~FACE~s~themThey set out again, placing the children, the cattle, and their household goods in front.
Judges 18:22 Gematria: 4259
המה הרחיקו מבית מיכה והאנשים אשר בבתים אשר עםבית מיכה נזעקו וידביקו אתבנידן
What from and the which in in daughter which people from and they spoke.THEY they~did~FAR(V) from~HOUSE MICAH and~the~MAN~s WHICH in~the~HOUSE~s WHICH WITH HOUSE MICAH they~did~CALL.OUT(V) and~they~will~ADHERE(V) AT SON~s JUDGEThey had already gone some distance from Micah’s house, when Micah’s neighbors mustered and caught up with the Danites.
Judges 18:23 Gematria: 1859
ויקראו אלבנידן ויסבו פניהם ויאמרו למיכה מהלך כי נזעקת
And they called and he surrounded face of they (m.) and they said to from hand walk given that.and~they~will~CALL.OUT(V) TOWARD SON~s JUDGE and~they~will~SURROUND(V) FACE~s~them and~they~will~SAY(V) to~MICAH WATER ? GIVEN.THAT you~CALL.OUT(V)They called out to the Danites, who turned around and said to Micah, “What’s the matter? Why have you mustered?”
Judges 18:24 Gematria: 4539
ויאמר אתאלהי אשרעשיתי לקחתם ואתהכהן ותלכו ומהלי עוד ומהזה תאמרו אלי מהלך
And said these of which eye, see, watch teeth, fire, consume hand, arm, deed mark, sign, cross of and and from again and from this to me walk.and~he~will~SAY(V) AT POWER~s~me WHICH I~DO(V) you(mp)~TAKE(V) and~AT the~PRIEST and~you(mp)~will~WALK(V) and~WATER ? AGAIN and~WATER THIS you(mp)~will~SAY(V) TOWARD~me WATER ?He said, “You have taken my priest and the gods that I made, and walked off! What do I have left? How can you ask, ‘What’s the matter’?”
Judges 18:25 Gematria: 4901
ויאמרו אליו בנידן אלתשמע קולך עמנו פןיפגעו בכם אנשים מרי נפש ואספתה נפשך ונפש ביתך
And they said these with us water, sea, waves head, top, beginning of being and being.and~they~will~SAY(V) TOWARD~him SON~s JUDGE NOTHING you~will~HEAR(V) VOICE~you WITH~us LEST they~will~MEET(V) WEEP~you(mp) MAN~s BITTER BEING and~you~will~GATHER(V) BEING~you and~BEING HOUSE~youBut the Danites replied, “Don’t do any shouting at us, or some desperate party might attack you, and you and your family would lose your lives.”
Judges 18:26 Gematria: 2068
וילכו בנידן לדרכם וירא מיכה כיחזקים המה ממנו ויפן וישב אלביתו
To to window and saw from palm, open hand, bend hand, arm, deed fence, wall, enclosure weapon, sword, plow sun, horizon, circles what from him/it and he swore.and~they~will~WALK(V) SON~s JUDGE to~ROAD~them and~he~will~SEE(V) MICAH GIVEN.THAT STRONG THEY FROM~us and~he~will~TURN(V) and~he~will~TURN.BACK(V) TOWARD HOUSE~himSo Micah, realizing that they were stronger than he, turned back and went home; and the Danites went on their way,
Judges 18:27 Gematria: 6105
והמה לקחו את אשרעשה מיכה ואתהכהן אשר היהלו ויבאו עלליש עלעם שקט ובטח ויכו אותם לפיחרב ואתהעיר שרפו באש
And the i which he had made from and which existed to him and above there is above people tranquil cling to waste and fire.and~THEY they~did~TAKE(V) AT WHICH DO(V) MICAH and~AT the~PRIEST WHICH EXIST(V) ? and~they~will~COME(V) UPON LAISHAH UPON PEOPLE TRANQUIL(V)~ing and~CLING(V)~ing and~they~will~CRUSH(V) AT~them to~MOUTH SWORD and~AT the~CITY they~did~BURN(V) in~the~FIREtaking the things Micah had made and the priest he had acquired. They proceeded to Laish, a people tranquil and unsuspecting, and they put them to the sword and burned down the town.
Judges 18:28 Gematria: 3789
ואין מציל כי רחוקההיא מצידון ודבר איןלהם עםאדם והיא בעמק אשר לביתרחוב ויבנו אתהעיר וישבו בה
Without from given that from tsidon speak without to them (m.) people man and she which and he built city and he swore in her/it.and~WITHOUT DELIVER(V)~ing GIVEN.THAT FAR HE from~HUNTER and~WORD WITHOUT ? WITH MAN and~HE in~the~VALLEY WHICH ? ? and~they~will~BUILD(V) AT the~CITY and~they~will~SIT(V) CRUSH~herThere was none to come to the rescue, for it was distant from Sidon and they had no dealings with anyone; it lay in the valley of Beth-rehob.They rebuilt the town and settled there,
Judges 18:29 Gematria: 4212
ויקראו שםהעיר דן בשם דן אביהם אשר יולד לישראל ואולם ליש שםהעיר לראשנה
And they called breath city dan breath dan fruit which to, for israel there is breath city.and~they~will~CALL.OUT(V) TITLE the~CITY JUDGE in~TITLE JUDGE FATHER~them WHICH he~will~much~BEAR(V) to~YISRA'EL and~BUT LAISHAH TITLE the~CITY to~the~BEGINNINGand they named the town Dan, after their ancestor Dan who was Israel’s son. Originally, however, the name of the town was Laish.
Judges 18:30 Gematria: 4015
ויקימו להם בנידן אתהפסל ויהונתן בןגרשם בןמנשה הוא ובניו היו כהנים לשבט הדני עדיום גלות הארץ
And to them (m.) the and he gave son camel, son menashsheh he to witness day camel, the land.and~they~will~RAISE(V) TO.THEY~them SON~s JUDGE AT the~SCULPTURE and~DOVE SON GERSHOM SON MENASHSHEH HE and~SON~s~him they~did~EXIST(V) PRIEST~s to~TRIBE the~THE.JUDGE UNTIL DAY RISE(V) the~LAND ? ? ?The Danites set up the sculptured image for themselves; and Jonathan son of Gershom son of Manasseh,eManasseh Heb. מנשה with נ suspended, indicating an earlier reading “Moses”; cf. Exod. 2.22. and his descendants, served as priests to the Danite tribe until the land went into exile.
Judges 18:31 Gematria: 3420
וישימו להם אתפסל מיכה אשר עשה כלימי היות ביתהאלהים בשלהפ
And they set to them (m.) from which he had made all of who power.and~they~will~PLACE(V) TO.THEY~them AT SCULPTURE MICAH WHICH DO(V) ALL DAY~s EXIST(V) HOUSE the~POWER~s in~IN.PROSPERITYThey maintainedfmaintained Meaning of Heb. uncertain. the sculptured image that Micah had made throughout the time that the House of God stood at Shiloh.