Judges 17:4:15Judg.17.4.W15TAB
מִיכָֽיְהוּ׃
mikhayehu
“Micah”
- Transliteration
- mi-kha-YE-hu
- Extended
- mih-khah-YEH-hoo
- IPA
- /miːχaːˈjeː.huː/
Meaning by language
- English
- Micah
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
mi-kha-YE-hu
- phraseyour reading level
be-VET mi-kha-YE-hu
- clause
va-tik-KAKH im-MO ma-TA-yim KE-sef va-tit-te-NE-hu la-tso-REF va-ya-a-SE-hu PE-sel u-mas-se-KHA va-ye-HI be-VET mi-kha-YE-hu
- sentence
va-ya-SHEV et-ha-KE-sef le-im-MO va-tik-KAKH im-MO ma-TA-yim KE-sef va-tit-te-NE-hu la-tso-REF va-ya-a-SE-hu PE-sel u-mas-se-KHA va-ye-HI be-VET mi-kha-YE-hu
Exegesis
The construct phrase beveit Mikhayehu {בְּבֵ֥ית מִיכָֽיְהוּ | bᵉwêt mīḵāʾyāhû} situates the resulting peśel {פֶּ֣סֶל | peśel} and umassekha {וּמַסֵּכָ֔ה | umasseḵāh} within Micah’s household, highlighting both carved and molten cultic forms.
In context — Judges 17:4
So he returned the silver to his mother. Then his mother took two hundred pieces of silver and gave it to the silversmith, and he made it into a carved image and a cast idol. And it was in the house of Micah .
About this coordinate
Judges 17:4:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Judges 17:4, so the Hebrew word מִיכָֽיְהוּ׃ (mikhayehu) 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.17.4.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.17.4.W15.S1) and character.