Judges

Judges 17:4

⁴So he returned the silver to his mother, and she took two hundred shekels of silver^b and gave them to a silversmith, who made them into a graven image and a molten idol. And they were placed in the house of Micah.

Footnotes

b 17:4 200 shekels is approximately 5 pounds or 2.3 kilograms of silver.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
So he returned	וַיָּ֥שֶׁב	way·yā·šeḇ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H7725 turn back, return
the silver	הַכֶּ֖סֶף	hak·ke·sep̄	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H3701 silver, money
to his mother	לְאִמּ֑וֹ	lə·’im·mōw	Preposition-l; Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H517 mother
and she	אִמּוֹ֩	’im·mōw	Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H517 mother
took	וַתִּקַּ֣ח	wat·tiq·qaḥ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular	H3947 take
two hundred	מָאתַ֨יִם	mā·ṯa·yim	Number - fd	H3967 hundred
of silver	כֶּ֜סֶף	ke·sep̄	Noun - masculine singular	H3701 silver, money
and gave them	וַתִּתְּנֵ֣הוּ	wat·tit·tə·nê·hū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular; third person masculine singular	H5414 give, put, set
to a silversmith	לַצּוֹרֵ֗ף	laṣ·ṣō·w·rêp̄	Preposition-l, Article; Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H6884 smelt, refine, test
who made them	וַֽיַּעֲשֵׂ֙הוּ֙	way·ya·‘ă·śê·hū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular; third person masculine singular	H6213 do, make
into a graven image	פֶּ֣סֶל	pe·sel	Noun - masculine singular	H6459 idol, image
and a molten idol	וּמַסֵּכָ֔ה	ū·mas·sê·ḵāh	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular	H4541 molten metal, or image
And they were placed	וַיְהִ֖י	way·hî	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
in the house	בְּבֵ֥ית	bə·ḇêṯ	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct	H1004 house
of Micah	מִיכָֽיְהוּ׃	mî·ḵā·yə·hū	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H4321 Mikajah

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