The Meaning of Judges 17:1 Explained

Judges 17:1

KJV: And there was a man of mount Ephraim, whose name was Micah.

YLT: And there is a man of the hill-country of Ephraim, and his name is Micah,

Darby: There was a man of the hill country of E'phraim, whose name was Micah.

ASV: And there was a man of the hill-country of Ephraim, whose name was Micah.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And there was a man  of mount  Ephraim,  whose name  [was] Micah. 

What does Judges 17:1 Mean?

Study Notes

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The character and work of Samson are alike enigmatical. Announced by an angel Judges 13:1-21 . He was a Nazarite; Numbers 6:1-27 ; Judges 13:5 who constantly defiled his Nazarite separation through fleshly appetites. Called of God to judge Israel, and endued wonderfully with the Spirit, he wrought no abiding work for Israel, and perished in captivity to his enemies the Philistines. What was real in the man was his mighty faith in Jehovah in a time of doubt and apostasy, and this faith God honoured Hebrews 11:32 .

Chapter Summary: Judges 17

1  Of the money that Micah first stole, then restored, his mother makes idols
5  And he makes ornaments for them
7  He hires a Levite to be his priest

What do the individual words in Judges 17:1 mean?

Now there was a man from the mountains of Ephraim and whose name [was] Micaiah
וַֽיְהִי־ אִ֥ישׁ מֵֽהַר־ אֶפְרָ֖יִם וּשְׁמ֥וֹ מִיכָֽיְהוּ

וַֽיְהִי־  Now  there  was 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
אִ֥ישׁ  a  man 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: אִישׁ 
Sense: man.
מֵֽהַר־  from  the  mountains 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: הַר  
Sense: hill, mountain, hill country, mount.
אֶפְרָ֖יִם  of  Ephraim 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: אֶפְרַיִם  
Sense: second son of Joseph, blessed by him and given preference over first son, Manasseh.
וּשְׁמ֥וֹ  and  whose  name  [was] 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: שֵׁם  
Sense: name.
מִיכָֽיְהוּ  Micaiah 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: מִיכָהוּ  
Sense: son of Imlah and a prophet of Samaria who predicted the defeat and death of king Ahab of Israel.

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