The Meaning of Judges 18:4 Explained

Judges 18:4

KJV: And he said unto them, Thus and thus dealeth Micah with me, and hath hired me, and I am his priest.

YLT: And he saith unto them, 'Thus and thus hath Micah done to me; and he hireth me, and I am to him for a priest.'

Darby: And he said to them, "Thus and thus has Micah dealt with me: he has hired me, and I have become his priest."

ASV: And he said unto them, Thus and thus hath Micah dealt with me, and he hath hired me, and I am become his priest.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And he said  unto them, Thus  and thus  dealeth  Micah  with me, and hath hired  me, and I am his priest. 

What does Judges 18:4 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Judges 18

1  The Danites send five men to seek out an inheritance
3  At the house of Micah they consult with Jonathan, and are encouraged
7  They search Laish, and bring back news of good hope
11  Six hundred men are sent to surprise it
16  In their way they rob Micah of his priest and his consecrated things
27  They win Laish, and call it Dan
30  They set up idolatry, wherein Jonathan inherits the priesthood

What do the individual words in Judges 18:4 mean?

and He said to them Like this and like this did for me Micah and He has hired me and I have become his priest
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֲלֵהֶ֔ם כָּזֹ֣ה וְכָזֶ֔ה עָ֥שָׂה לִ֖י מִיכָ֑ה וַיִּשְׂכְּרֵ֕נִי וָאֱהִי־ ל֖וֹ לְכֹהֵֽן

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר  and  He  said 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אָמַר 
Sense: to say, speak, utter.
אֲלֵהֶ֔ם  to  them 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine plural
Root: אֶל  
Sense: to, toward, unto (of motion).
כָּזֹ֣ה  Like  this 
Parse: Preposition-k, Pronoun, feminine singular
Root: זׄה  
Sense: this.
וְכָזֶ֔ה  and  like  this 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-k, Pronoun, masculine singular
Root: זֶה  
Sense: this, this one, here, which, this … that, the one … the other, another, such.
לִ֖י  for  me 
Parse: Preposition, first person common singular
מִיכָ֑ה  Micah 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: מִיכָה  
Sense: the 6th in order of the minor prophets; a native of Moresheth, he prophesied during the reigns of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah of Judah, and was contemporary with the prophets Hosea, Amos, and Isaiah.
וַיִּשְׂכְּרֵ֕נִי  and  He  has  hired  me 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular, first person common singular
Root: סָכַר  
Sense: to hire.
וָאֱהִי־  and  I  have  become 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, first person common singular
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
ל֖וֹ  his 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine singular
לְכֹהֵֽן  priest 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular
Root: כֹּהֵן  
Sense: priest, principal officer or chief ruler.