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Judges 17:7

And there was a young man out of Bethlehemjudah of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.

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וַיְהִיvayhiand beהָיָהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and be”, the next action in the storyH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.נַ֗עַרnaarboyנַעַרnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “boy”, the ordinary formH5288(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 latitude in age)babe, boy, child, damsel (from the margin), lad, servant, young (man).מִבֵּ֥יתmibeytfrom Bethlehemבֵּית לֶחֶםpreposition, noun, proper name — “from Bethlehem”H1035Beth-Lechem, a place in PalestineBethlehem.לֶ֨חֶם֙lechemBethlehemבֵּית לֶחֶםnoun, proper name — “Bethlehem”H1035Beth-Lechem, a place in PalestineBethlehem.יְהוּדָ֔הyehudahJudahיְהוּדָהnoun, proper name — “Judah”H3063Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territoryJudah.מִמִּשְׁפַּ֖חַתmimishpachatfrom familyמִשְׁפָּחָהpreposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “from family”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4940a family, i.e. circle of relatives; figuratively, a class (of persons), a species (of animals) or sort (of things); by extension a tribe or peoplefamily, kind(-red).יְהוּדָ֑הyehudahJudahיְהוּדָהnoun, proper name — “Judah”H3063Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territoryJudah.וְה֥וּאvehuand as for herהוּאconjunction, pronoun, personal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and as for her”H1931he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or arehe, as for her, him(-self), it, the same, she (herself), such, that (...it), these, they, this, those, which (is), who.לֵוִ֖יleviLeviiteלֵוִיִּיnoun, gentilic, masculine, singular, absolute — “Leviite”, the ordinary formH3881a Levite or descendant of LeviLeviite.וְה֥וּאvehuand as for herהוּאconjunction, pronoun, personal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and as for her”H1931he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or arehe, as for her, him(-self), it, the same, she (herself), such, that (...it), these, they, this, those, which (is), who.גָֽרgarfearגּוּרverb, qal, participle, absolute — “fear”, a verb used as a describing wordH1481properly, to turn aside from the road (for a lodging or any other purpose), i.e. sojourn (as a guest); also to shrink, fear (as in a strange place); also to gather forhostility (as afraid)abide, assemble, be afraid, dwell, fear, gather (together), inhabitant, remain, sojourn, stand in awe, (be) stranger, [idiom] surely.שָֽׁםshamthereשָׁםadverb — “there”H8033there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thencein it, [phrase] thence, there (-in, [phrase] of, [phrase] out), [phrase] thither, [phrase] whither.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And there was a young man out of Beth-lehem in Judah — in the family of Judah — who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And there was a young man out of Beth-lehem-judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite; and he sojourned there.

Young’s Literal Translation

And there is a young man of Beth-Lehem-Judah, of the family of Judah, and he [is] a Levite, and he [is] a sojourner there.

World English Bible

There was a young man out of Bethlehem Judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite; and he lived there.

Darby Translation

And there was a young man out of Bethlehem-Judah of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.

Douay-Rheims

There was also another young man of Bethlehem Juda, of the kindred thereof: and he was a Levite, and dwelt there.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And there was a young man out of Beth-lehem in Judah — in the family of Judah — who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And there was a young man in Bethleem of the tribe of Juda, and he was a Levite, and he was sojourning there.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἐγενήθη νεανίας ἐκ Βηθλεέμ δήμου Ἰούδα, καὶ αὐτὸς Λευίτης, καὶ οὗτος παρῴκει ἐκεῖ.