Judges 18:19 Lexicon: They said to him, "Be silent, put your hand over your mouth and come with us, and be to us a father and a priest. Is it better for you to be a priest to the house of one man, or to be priest to a tribe and a family in Israel?"

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NASB Lexicon

NASB ©	Hebrew	Strong's	Origin
They said	וַיֹּאמְרוּ֩ (vai·yo·me·ru)	559: to utter, say	a prim. root
to him, "Be silent,	הַחֲרֵ֜שׁ (ha·cha·resh)	2790b: to be silent, dumb, speechless, or deaf	a prim. root
put	שִֽׂים־ (sim-)	7760: to put, place, set	a prim. root
your hand	יָדְךָ֤ (ya·de·cha)	3027: hand	a prim. root
over	עַל־ (al-)	5921: upon, above, over	from alah
your mouth	פִּ֙יךָ֙ (pi·cha)	6310: mouth	a prim. root
and come	וְלֵ֣ךְ (ve·lech)	1980: to go, come, walk	a prim. root
with us, and be to us a father	לְאָ֣ב (le·'av)	1: father	from an unused word
and a priest.	וּלְכֹהֵ֑ן (u·le·cho·hen;)	3548: priest	from an unused word
Is it better	הֲטֹ֣וב (ha·to·vv)	2896a: pleasant, agreeable, good	from tob
for you to be a priest	כֹהֵ֗ן (cho·hen)	3548: priest	from an unused word
to the house	לְבֵית֙ (le·veit)	1004: a house	a prim. root
of one	אֶחָ֔ד (e·chad,)	259: one	a prim. card. number
man,	אִ֣ישׁ (ish)	376: man	from an unused word
or	אֹ֚ו (ov)	176: or	a prim. root
to be priest	כֹהֵ֔ן (cho·hen,)	3548: priest	from an unused word
to a tribe	לְשֵׁ֥בֶט (le·she·vet)	7626: rod, staff, club, scepter, tribe	from an unused word
and a family	וּלְמִשְׁפָּחָ֖ה (u·le·mish·pa·chah)	4940: a clan	from the same as shiphchah
in Israel?"	בְּיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ (be·yis·ra·'el.)	3478: "God strives," another name of Jacob and his desc.	from sarah and el

KJV Lexicon

And they said
'amar (aw-mar')
to say (used with great latitude)

unto him Hold thy peace
charash (khaw-rash')
to scratch, i.e. (by implication) to engrave, plough; hence (from the use of tools) to fabricate (of any material)

lay
suwm (soom)
to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)wholly, work.

thine hand
yad (yawd)
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),

upon thy mouth
peh (peh)
the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to

and go
yalak (yaw-lak')
to walk; causatively, to carry (in various senses)

with us and be to us
hayah (haw-yaw)
to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

a father
'ab (awb)
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application) -- chief, (fore-)father(-less), patrimony, principal. Compare names in Abi-.

and a priest
kohen (ko-hane')
literally, one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman) -- chief ruler, own, priest, prince, principal officer.

is it better
towb (tobe)
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun

for thee to be a priest
kohen (ko-hane')
literally, one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman) -- chief ruler, own, priest, prince, principal officer.

unto the house
bayith (bah'-yith)
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)

of one
'echad (ekh-awd')
united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first

man
'iysh (eesh)
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)

or that thou be a priest
kohen (ko-hane')
literally, one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman) -- chief ruler, own, priest, prince, principal officer.

unto a tribe
shebet (shay'-bet)
a scion, i.e. (literally) a stick (for punishing, writing, fighting, ruling, walking, etc.) or (figuratively) a clan -- correction, dart, rod, sceptre, staff, tribe.

and a family
mishpachah (mish-paw-khaw')
a family, i.e. circle of relatives; figuratively, a class (of persons), a species (of animals) or sort (of things); by extens. a tribe or people -- family, kind(-red).

in Israel
Yisra'el (yis-raw-ale')
he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel.

Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible
They said to him, "Be silent, put your hand over your mouth and come with us, and be to us a father and a priest. Is it better for you to be a priest to the house of one man, or to be priest to a tribe and a family in Israel?"

King James Bible
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?

Holman Christian Standard Bible
They told him, "Be quiet. Keep your mouth shut. Come with us and be a father and a priest to us. Is it better for you to be a priest for the house of one person or for you to be a priest for a tribe and family in Israel?"

International Standard Version
They told him, "Shut up and keep quiet. Come with us and be our spiritual father and priest. It's better for you, isn't it, to be a priest to an entire tribe and family in Israel than to be priest to the home of one man?"

NET Bible
They said to him, "Shut up! Put your hand over your mouth and come with us! You can be our adviser and priest. Wouldn't it be better to be a priest for a whole Israelite tribe than for just one man's family?"

GOD'S WORD® Translation
They told him, "Keep quiet! Don't say a word! Come with us and be our father and priest. Is it better for you to be a priest for one man's house or for a tribe in Israel and its families?"

King James 2000 Bible
And they said unto him, Hold your peace, lay your hand upon your mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest: is it better for you to be a priest to the house of one man, or that you be a priest to a tribe and a family in Israel?

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