Judges 17:10:16Judg.17.10.W16TAB
וּמִחְיָתֶ֑ךָ
umikhyatekha
“and your living or your sustenance”
- Transliteration
- u-mikh-ya-TE-kha
- Extended
- oo-mihkh-yah-TEH-khaa
- IPA
- /uːmix.jɔːˈtɛ.χɔː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and your living or your sustenance
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
u-mikh-ya-TE-kha
- clause
va-yo-MER LO mi-KHA she-VA i-ma-DI ve-he-YE-li le-AV u-le-kho-HEN ve-a-no-KHI e-TEN-le-KHA a-se-RET KE-sef la-ya-MIM ve-E-rekh be-ga-DIM u-mikh-ya-TE-kha
- sentence
va-yo-MER LO mi-KHA she-VA i-ma-DI ve-he-YE-li le-AV u-le-kho-HEN ve-a-no-KHI e-TEN-le-KHA a-se-RET KE-sef la-ya-MIM ve-E-rekh be-ga-DIM u-mikh-ya-TE-kha va-YE-lekh ha-le-VI
Exegesis
The construct phrase veerekh begadim {וְעֵרֶךְ בְּגָדִים | wə-ʿê-relḵ bə-ḡā-ḏîm} ‘and a set of garments’ and the possessive umikhyatekha {וּמִחְיָתֶךָ | ū-mi-ḥê-ya-tê-ḵā} ‘and your sustenance’ complete the terms of compensation.
Root and etymology
ḥ-y-hcheth–yod–heh
“to live, sustain”
In context — Judges 17:10
And Micah said to him, “Dwell with me and be to me a father and a priest, and I will give you ten pieces of silver each year, a set of clothing and your sustenance.” And the Levite went.
About this coordinate
Judges 17:10:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Judges 17:10, so the Hebrew word וּמִחְיָתֶ֑ךָ (umikhyatekha) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Judg.17.10.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.17.10.W16.S1) and character.