The Meaning of Judges 17:7 Explained

Judges 17:7

KJV: And there was a young man out of Bethlehemjudah of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.

YLT: And there is a young man of Beth-Lehem-Judah, of the family of Judah, and he is a Levite, and he is a sojourner there.

Darby: Now there was a young man of Bethlehem in Judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite; and he sojourned there.

ASV: And there was a young man out of Beth-lehem-judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite; and he sojourned there.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And there was a young man  out of Bethlehemjudah  of the family  of Judah,  who [was] a Levite,  and he sojourned  there. 

What does Judges 17:7 Mean?

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 17:7 mean?

And there was a young man from Bethlehem in Judah of the family of Judah and he [was] a Levite and he was staying there
וַיְהִי־ נַ֗עַר מִבֵּ֥ית לֶ֙חֶם֙ יְהוּדָ֔ה מִמִּשְׁפַּ֖חַת יְהוּדָ֑ה וְה֥וּא לֵוִ֖י וְה֥וּא גָֽר־ שָֽׁם

וַיְהִי־  And  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.
נַ֗עַר  a  young  man 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: נַעַר  
Sense: a boy, lad, servant, youth, retainer.
לֶ֙חֶם֙  Bethlehem  in 
Parse: Preposition, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: בֵּית לֶחֶם  
Sense: a city in Judah, birthplace of David.
יְהוּדָ֔ה  Judah 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יְהוּדָה  
Sense: the son of Jacob by Leah.
מִמִּשְׁפַּ֖חַת  of  the  family 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: מִשְׁפָּחָה  
Sense: clan, family.
יְהוּדָ֑ה  of  Judah 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יְהוּדָה  
Sense: the son of Jacob by Leah.
וְה֥וּא  and  he  [was] 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Pronoun, third person masculine singular
Root: הוּא 
Sense: he, she, it.
לֵוִ֖י  a  Levite 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: לֵוִי  
Sense: the descendants of Levi, the 3rd son of Jacob by Leah.
וְה֥וּא  and  he 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Pronoun, third person masculine singular
Root: הוּא 
Sense: he, she, it.
גָֽר־  was  staying 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular
Root: גּוּר 
Sense: to sojourn, abide, dwell in, dwell with, remain, inhabit, be a stranger, be continuing, surely.