| 7. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Judges 17:7:1 ⧉וַיְהִי־נַ֗עַרvayehinaarand there was a young man Judges 17:7:2 ⧉מִבֵּ֥יתmibetfrom the house of Judges 17:7:3 ⧉לֶ֙חֶם֙lekhemBethlehem Judges 17:7:4 ⧉יְהוּדָ֔הyehudaJudah Judges 17:7:5 ⧉מִמִּשְׁפַּ֖חַתmimmishpakhatfrom the clan of Judges 17:7:6 ⧉יְהוּדָ֑הyehudaJudah Judges 17:7:7 ⧉וְה֥וּאvehuand he Judges 17:7:8 ⧉לֵוִ֖יlevia Levite Judges 17:7:9 ⧉וְה֥וּאvehuand he Judges 17:7:10 ⧉גָֽר־שָֽׁם׃garshamwas sojourning there |
| 7. Formal Translation And there was a young man from Bethlehem in Judah, from the clan of Judah. He was a Levite, and he was staying there. |
| 7. Dynamic Translation There was a young man who came from Bethlehem in the territory of Judah, from one of the clans of Judah. He was a Levite, and he had settled there. |