Judges 17

Mikah from the mountains of Ephrayim returns 1,100 shekels of stolen silver to his mother, who dedicates 200 shekels to YHWH for crafting a pesel (carved image) and massekhah (molded image), which he sets up in his house along with an ephod and teraphim, appointing one of his sons as kohen.[1][2][5] A wandering Levite from Beit-Lekhem accepts Mikah's hire as kohen for ten shekels yearly, leading Mikah to superstitiously believe YHWH will prosper him for having a Levite priest, epitomizing the era when 'each man did what was right in his own eyes.'[1][2]

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וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר 𐤅/𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓 vayomer And he said and he said HC/Vqw3ms לְ/אִמּ֡/וֹ 𐤋/𐤀𐤌/𐤅 leimo to his mother to his mother HR/Ncfsc/Sp3ms אֶלֶף֩ 𐤀𐤋𐤐 elef a thousand thousand-unit HAcbsa וּ/מֵאָ֨ה 𐤅/𐤌𐤀𐤄 umeah and a hundred and one hundred HC/Acbsa הַ/כֶּ֜סֶף 𐤄/𐤊𐤎𐤐 hakesef pieces of silver the silver HTd/Ncmsa אֲשֶׁ֣ר 𐤀𐤔𐤓 asher which that-which HTr לֻֽקַּֽח 𐤋𐤒𐤇 luqach were taken was seized HVPp3ms לָ֗/ךְ 𐤋/𐤊 lakhe from you HR/Sp2fs ו/אתי 𐤅/𐤀𐤕𐤉 vty you and you HC/Pp2fs וְ/אַ֤תְּ 𐤅/𐤀𐤕 veate you and you HC/Pp2fs אָלִית֙ 𐤀𐤋𐤉𐤕 alit uttered a curse you swore an oath HVqp2fs וְ/גַם֙ 𐤅/𐤂𐤌 vegam and also and also HC/Ta אָמַ֣רְתְּ 𐤀𐤌𐤓𐤕 amarete spoke you said HVqp2fs בְּ/אָזְנַ֔/י 𐤁/𐤀𐤆𐤍/𐤉 beazenay in my ears in my ears HR/Ncfdc/Sp1cs הִנֵּֽה 𐤄𐤍𐤄 hineh behold Look! HTm הַ/כֶּ֥סֶף 𐤄/𐤊𐤎𐤐 hakesef-2 the silver the silver HTd/Ncmsa אִתִּ֖/י 𐤀𐤕/𐤉 iti with me with me HR/Sp1cs אֲנִ֣י 𐤀𐤍𐤉 ani Ine (Bemba) I I HPp1cs לְקַחְתִּ֑י/ו 𐤋𐤒𐤇𐤕𐤉/𐤅 leqachetiv took it I took him HVqp1cs/Sp3ms וַ/תֹּ֣אמֶר 𐤅/𐤕𐤀𐤌𐤓 vatomer And she said and she said HC/Vqw3fs אִמּ֔/וֹ 𐤀𐤌/𐤅 imo his mother his mother HNcfsc/Sp3ms בָּר֥וּךְ 𐤁𐤓𐤅𐤊 barukhe Blessed blessed one HVqsmsa בְּנִ֖/י 𐤁𐤍/𐤉 beni Bene (Bemba) my son my son HNcmsc/Sp1cs לַ/יהוָֽה 𐤋/𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 layhvah Nyambe (Lozi) to the LORD to Yahweh to Yahweh HR/Np
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וַ/יָּ֛שֶׁב 𐤅/𐤉𐤔𐤁 vayashev and he restored and he caused to return HC/Vhw3ms אֶת 𐤀𐤕 et the object-marker HTo אֶֽלֶף 𐤀𐤋𐤐 elef eleven hundred thousand-unit HAcbsa וּ/מֵאָ֥ה 𐤅/𐤌𐤀𐤄 umeah hundred and one hundred HC/Acbsa הַ/כֶּ֖סֶף 𐤄/𐤊𐤎𐤐 hakesef shekels of silver the silver HTd/Ncmsa לְ/אִמּ֑/וֹ 𐤋/𐤀𐤌/𐤅 leimo to his mother to his mother HR/Ncfsc/Sp3ms וַ/תֹּ֣אמֶר 𐤅/𐤕𐤀𐤌𐤓 vatomer and she said and she said HC/Vqw3fs אִמּ֡/וֹ 𐤀𐤌/𐤅 imo his mother his mother HNcfsc/Sp3ms הַקְדֵּ֣שׁ 𐤄𐤒𐤃𐤔 haqedesh I wholly dedicate to consecrate HVha הִקְדַּ֣שְׁתִּי 𐤄𐤒𐤃𐤔𐤕𐤉 hiqedasheti I dedicated I set apart as holy HVhp1cs אֶת 𐤀𐤕 et-2 the object-marker HTo הַ/כֶּסֶף֩ 𐤄/𐤊𐤎𐤐 hakesef-2 silver the silver HTd/Ncmsa לַ/יהוָ֨ה 𐤋/𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 layhvah Nyambe (Lozi) to the LORD to Yahweh to Yahweh HR/Np מִ/יָּדִ֜/י 𐤌/𐤉𐤃/𐤉 miyadi from my hand from my hand HR/Ncbsc/Sp1cs לִ/בְנִ֗/י 𐤋/𐤁𐤍/𐤉 liveni Bene (Bemba) for my son to my son HR/Ncmsc/Sp1cs לַֽ/עֲשׂוֹת֙ 𐤋/𐤏𐤔𐤅𐤕 laasot to make to do or make HR/Vqc פֶּ֣סֶל 𐤐𐤎𐤋 pesel a graven image carved idol HNcmsa וּ/מַסֵּכָ֔ה 𐤅/𐤌𐤎𐤊𐤄 umasekhah and a molten image poured metal image HC/Ncfsa וְ/עַתָּ֖ה 𐤅/𐤏𐤕𐤄 veatah now therefore and now HC/D אֲשִׁיבֶ֥/נּוּ 𐤀𐤔𐤉𐤁/𐤍𐤅 ashivenu I will restore it I will cause him to return HVhi1cs/Sp3ms לָֽ/ךְ 𐤋/𐤊 lakhe to you HR/Sp2fs
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