Judges 18:19

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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?“Be quiet,” they told him. “Put your hand over your mouth and 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 a priest for a tribe and family in Israel?”

In other translations

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?“Be quiet,” they told him. “Put your hand over your mouth and 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 a priest for a tribe and family in Israel?”

Hebrew words

וַיֹּאמְרוּvaiyomeruand they saidH559לוֹloto <the> himהַחֲרֵשׁhachareshkeep quietH2790שִׂים־sim-putH7760יָדְךָyadekhahand yourH3027עַל־'al-overH5921פִּיךָpikhamouth yourH6310וְלֵךְvelekhand comeH1980עִמָּנוּ'imanuwith usH5973וֶהְיֵה־vehyeh-and becomeH1961לָנוּlanuof usלְאָבle'av<into> a fatherH1וּלְכֹהֵןulekhohenand <into> a priestH3548הֲטוֹב׀hatov¿ goodH2896הֱיוֹתְךָheyotkha[is] being youH1961כֹהֵןkhohena priestH3548לְבֵיתleveitof [the] house ofH1004אִישׁ'isha manH376אֶחָד'echadoneH259אוֹ'oor?H176הֱיוֹתְךָheyotkhabeing youH1961כֹהֵןkhohena priestH3548לְשֵׁבֶטleshevetof a tribeH7626וּלְמִשְׁפָּחָהulemishpachahand of a clanH4940בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל׃beyisra'elin IsraelH3478

Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.

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