לְאָ֣ב

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 לְאָ֣ב

   le-AV

   as a father
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 לְאָ֣ב וּלְכֹהֵן֒

   le-AV u-le-kho-HEN

   as a father and as a priest
3. clause🔊 וַיֹּאמֶר֩ ל֨וֹ מִיכָ֜ה שְׁבָ֣ה עִמָּדִ֗י וֶֽהְיֵה־לִי֮ לְאָ֣ב וּלְכֹהֵן֒ וְאָנֹכִ֨י אֶֽתֶּן־לְךָ֜ עֲשֶׂ֤רֶת כֶּ֙סֶף֙ לַיָּמִ֔ים וְעֵ֥רֶךְ בְּגָדִ֖ים וּמִחְיָתֶ֑ךָ

   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

   and he said to him Micah stay with me and be to me as a father and as a priest and I will give to you ten {of} silver for the days {yearly} and a set or valuation clothes and your living or your sustenance
4. sentence🔊 וַיֹּאמֶר֩ ל֨וֹ מִיכָ֜ה שְׁבָ֣ה עִמָּדִ֗י וֶֽהְיֵה־לִי֮ לְאָ֣ב וּלְכֹהֵן֒ וְאָנֹכִ֨י אֶֽתֶּן־לְךָ֜ עֲשֶׂ֤רֶת כֶּ֙סֶף֙ לַיָּמִ֔ים וְעֵ֥רֶךְ בְּגָדִ֖ים וּמִחְיָתֶ֑ךָ וַיֵּ֖לֶךְ הַלֵּוִֽי׃

   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

   and he said to him Micah stay with me and be to me as a father and as a priest and I will give to you ten {of} silver for the days {yearly} and a set or valuation clothes and your living or your sustenance and he went the Levite

Exegesis

The conjunction and imperative veheye-li {וֶהְיֵה־לִי | vä-ḥê-yēh-lî} ‘and be to me’ leads into the dual roles marked by leav {לְאָב | lə-ʾāv} ‘father’ and ulekohen {וּלְכֹהֵן | ū-lə-kō-hên} ‘and for a priest’, reflecting both familial and cultic functions.