Judges 17:11 — King James Version← Study notes

“And the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was unto him as one of his sons.”

Judges 17:11 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Judges 17:1110 words

HebrewMeaning

וַ/יּ֥וֹאֶלwaywōʾel

and he was willingconjH2974

begin · be content · please · take upon ···

הַ/לֵּוִ֖יhalēwiy

the LeviteparticleH3881

לָ/שֶׁ֣בֶתlāšebet

to dwellpronH3427

continue · (cause to · make to) dwell · ease self ···

אֶתʾet

withpronH854

among · before · by · for ···

הָ/אִ֑ישׁhāʾiyš

the manparticleH376

another · any · a certain · champion ···

וַ/יְהִ֤יwayəhiy

and he wasconjH1961

altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···

הַ/נַּ֨עַר֙hanaʿar

the young manparticleH5288

boy · child · damsel · lad ···

ל֔/וֹlwō

pron

כְּ/אַחַ֖דkəʾaḥad

like onepronH259

alike · alone · altogether · and ···

מִ/בָּנָֽי/וmibānāyw

from sons hispronH1121

afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···

ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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