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Judges 17:11 Interlinear

“was content And the Levite to dwell with the man and the young man was unto him as one of his sons”

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Judges 17 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	וַיּ֥וֹאֶל	H2974	was content	properly, to yield, especially assent; hence (pos.) to undertake as an act of volition
2	הַלֵּוִ֖י	H3881	And the Levite	a levite or descendant of levi
3	לָשֶׁ֣בֶת	H3427	to dwell	properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
4	אֶת	H854		properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc
5	הָאִ֑ישׁ	H376	with the man	a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
6	וַיְהִ֤י	H1961		to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
7	הַנַּ֙עַר֙	H5288	and the young man	(concretely) a boy (as active), from the age of infancy to adolescence; by implication, a servant; also (by interch. of sex), a girl (of similar latit
8	ל֔וֹ	H0
9	כְּאַחַ֖ד	H259	was unto him as one	properly, united, i.e., one; or (as an ordinal) first
10	מִבָּנָֽיו׃	H1121	of his sons	a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or

Judges 17:11 (current)was content And the Levite to dwell with the man and the young man was unto him as one of his sons