--- title: Judges 17 — the Tanakh in Hebrew, Aramaic and English, with trees description: Judges chapter 17 of the Tanakh (Nevi'im — the Prophets) in Hebrew, Aramaic (Targum Jonathan) and English (JPS 1917), every verse with its syntax tree and pragmatics. It begins: Now there was a man of the hill-country of Ephraim, whose name was Micah. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG/17/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Nevi'im](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/) / [Judges](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG/) / chapter 17 # Judges 17 13 verses, each with its tree and pragmatics: Hebrew, Aramaic (Targum Jonathan) and English (JPS 1917), the English sentence by sentence. - [17:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.17.1/) — וַֽיְהִי־אִישׁ מֵֽהַר־אֶפְרָיִם וּשְׁמוֹ מִיכָֽיְהוּ׃ — Now there was a man of the hill-country of Ephraim, whose name was Micah. - [17:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.17.2/) — וַיֹּאמֶר לְאִמּוֹ אֶלֶף וּמֵאָה הַכֶּסֶף אֲשֶׁר לֻֽקַּֽח־לָךְ וְאַתְּ אָלִית וְגַם אָמַרְתְּ בְּאָזְנַי הִנֵּֽה־הַכֶּסֶף אִתִּי אֲנִי לְקַחְתִּיו וַתֹּאמֶר אִמּוֹ בָּרוּךְ בְּנִי לַיהוָֽה׃ — And he said unto his mother: 'The eleven hundred pieces of silver that were taken from thee, about which thou didst utter a curse, and didst also speak it in mine ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it.' And his mother said: 'Blessed be my son of the LORD.' - [17:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.17.3/) — וַיָּשֶׁב אֶת־אֶֽלֶף־וּמֵאָה הַכֶּסֶף לְאִמּוֹ וַתֹּאמֶר אִמּוֹ הַקְדֵּשׁ הִקְדַּשְׁתִּי אֶת־הַכֶּסֶף לַיהוָה מִיָּדִי לִבְנִי לַֽעֲשׂוֹת פֶּסֶל וּמַסֵּכָה וְעַתָּה אֲשִׁיבֶנּוּ לָֽךְ׃ — And he restored the eleven hundred pieces of silver to his mother, and his mother said: 'I verily dedicate the silver unto the LORD from my hand for my son, to make a graven image and a molten image; now therefore I will restore it unto thee.' - [17:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.17.4/) — וַיָּשֶׁב אֶת־הַכֶּסֶף לְאִמּוֹ וַתִּקַּח אִמּוֹ מָאתַיִם כֶּסֶף וַתִּתְּנֵהוּ לַצּוֹרֵף וַֽיַּעֲשֵׂהוּ פֶּסֶל וּמַסֵּכָה וַיְהִי בְּבֵית מִיכָֽיְהוּ׃ — And when he restored the money unto his mother, his mother took two hundred pieces of silver, and gave them to the founder, who made thereof a graven image and a molten image; and it was in the house of Micah. - [17:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.17.5/) — וְהָאִישׁ מִיכָה לוֹ בֵּית אֱלֹהִים וַיַּעַשׂ אֵפוֹד וּתְרָפִים וַיְמַלֵּא אֶת־יַד אַחַד מִבָּנָיו וַיְהִי־לוֹ לְכֹהֵֽן׃ — And the man Micah had a house of God, and he made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest. - [17:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.17.6/) — בַּיָּמִים הָהֵם אֵין מֶלֶךְ בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל אִישׁ הַיָּשָׁר בְּעֵינָיו יַעֲשֶֽׂה׃פ — In those days there was no king in Israel; every man did that which was right in his own eyes. - [17:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.17.7/) — וַיְהִי־נַעַר מִבֵּית לֶחֶם בֵּית לֶחֶם יְהוּדָה מִמִּשְׁפַּחַת יְהוּדָה וְהוּא לֵוִי וְהוּא גָֽר־שָֽׁם׃ — And there was a young man out of Beth-lehem in Judah — in the family of Judah — who was a Levite, and he sojourned there. - [17:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.17.8/) — וַיֵּלֶךְ הָאִישׁ מֵהָעִיר מִבֵּית לֶחֶם בֵּית לֶחֶם יְהוּדָה לָגוּר בַּאֲשֶׁר יִמְצָא וַיָּבֹא הַר־אֶפְרַיִם עַד־בֵּית מִיכָה לַעֲשׂוֹת דַּרְכּֽוֹ׃ — And the man departed out of the city, out of Beth-lehem in Judah, to sojourn where he could find a place; and he came to the hill-country of Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he journeyed. - [17:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.17.9/) — וַיֹּאמֶר־לוֹ מִיכָה מֵאַיִן תָּבוֹא וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו לֵוִי אָנֹכִי מִבֵּית לֶחֶם בֵּית לֶחֶם יְהוּדָה וְאָנֹכִי הֹלֵךְ לָגוּר בַּאֲשֶׁר אֶמְצָֽא׃ — And Micah said unto him: 'Whence comest thou?' And he said unto him: 'I am a Levite of Beth-lehem in Judah, and I go to sojourn where I may find a place.' - [17:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.17.10/) — וַיֹּאמֶר לוֹ מִיכָה שְׁבָה עִמָּדִי וֶֽהְיֵה־לִי לְאָב וּלְכֹהֵן וְאָנֹכִי אֶֽתֶּן־לְךָ עֲשֶׂרֶת כֶּסֶף לַיָּמִים וְעֵרֶךְ בְּגָדִים וּמִחְיָתֶךָ וַיֵּלֶךְ הַלֵּוִֽי׃ — And Micah said unto him: 'Dwell with me, and be unto me a father and a priest, and I will give thee ten pieces of silver by the year, and a suit of apparel, and thy victuals.' So the Levite went in. - [17:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.17.11/) — וַיּוֹאֶל הַלֵּוִי לָשֶׁבֶת אֶת־הָאִישׁ וַיְהִי הַנַּעַר לוֹ כְּאַחַד מִבָּנָֽיו׃ — And the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was unto him as one of his sons. - [17:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.17.12/) — וַיְמַלֵּא מִיכָה אֶת־יַד הַלֵּוִי וַיְהִי־לוֹ הַנַּעַר לְכֹהֵן וַיְהִי בְּבֵית מִיכָֽה׃ — And Micah consecrated the Levite, and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah. - [17:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.17.13/) — וַיֹּאמֶר מִיכָה עַתָּה יָדַעְתִּי כִּֽי־יֵיטִיב יְהוָה לִי כִּי הָיָה־לִי הַלֵּוִי לְכֹהֵֽן׃ — Then said Micah: 'Now know I that the LORD will do me good, seeing I have a Levite as my priest.' - ← previous: [Judges 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG/16/) - next →: [Judges 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG/18/) - ↑ back to [Judges](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG/)