Judges 17:5:2Judg.17.5.W2TAB
מִיכָ֔ה
mikha
“Micah”
- Transliteration
- mi-KHA
- Extended
- mih-KHAA
- IPA
- /miˈχaː/
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' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mi-KHA
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ha-ISH mi-KHA
- clause
ve-ha-ISH mi-KHA LO BET e-lo-HIM
- sentence
ve-ha-ISH mi-KHA LO BET e-lo-HIM va-ya-AS e-FOD u-te-ra-FIM va-ye-ma-LE ET-YAD a-KHAD mi-ba-NAV va-ye-HI-LO le-kho-HEN
Exegesis
The verse begins with the narrative connector vehaish {וְהָאִ֣ישׁ | wə-hā-ʼîš} ‘and the man’, introducing mikha {מִיכָה | mî-ḵā} as the subject.
In context — Judges 17:5
And the man Micah had a house of gods , and he made an ephod and household gods, and he consecrated the hand of one of his sons, and he became his priest.
About this coordinate
Judges 17:5:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Judges 17:5, so the Hebrew word מִיכָ֔ה (mikha) 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.17.5.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.17.5.W2.S1) and character.