Judges 18:19
King James Version
11 Jun 2026
“And they said unto him, Hold thy peace, lay thine hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest: is it better for thee to be a priest unto the house of one man, or that thou be a priest unto a tribe and a family in Israel?”
חָרַשׁ
to scratch, i.e. (by implication) to engrave, plough; hence (from the use of tools) to fabricate (of any material); figuratively, to devise (in a bad sense); hence (from the idea of secrecy) to be silent, to let alone; hence (by implication) to be deaf (as an accompaniment of dumbness)
הָיָה
being/ you
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הָיָה
I AM. Hayah. The self-existent one. When Moses asked God His name God said I AM THAT I AM. Not I was or I will be but I AM. Always present always existing always enough. Jesus used the same words: before Abraham was I AM.
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עִם
with/ us
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עִם
adverb or preposition, with (i.e. in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then usually unrepresented in English)
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כֹּהֵן
a priest
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כֹּהֵן
Priest. Kohen. One who stands between God and the people. Jesus is our great High Priest. And in Him every believer is part of a royal priesthood with full access to God.
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שׂוּם
put
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שׂוּם
To put, to set, to place. Shuwm. I have set the LORD always before me. A deliberate daily choice to keep God at the centre of everything.
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פֶּה
mouth/ your
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פֶּה
Mouth. Peh. The mouth of the LORD has spoken. God's mouth never speaks empty words. Every word He speaks will be fulfilled.
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יָד
hand/ your
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יָד
Hand. Yad. The hand as the symbol of power and action. When God's hand rests on a life nothing is impossible.
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