Micah

Micah 1:8

⁸Because of this I will lament and wail;

I will walk barefoot and naked.

I will howl like a jackal^a

and mourn like an ostrich.^b

Footnotes

a 1:8 Or a serpent or a dragon
b 1:8 Literally like daughters of an ostrich or like daughters of an owl

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Because of	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
this	זֹאת֙	zōṯ	Pronoun - feminine singular	H2063 this
I will lament	אֶסְפְּדָ֣ה	’es·pə·ḏāh	Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular	H5594 wail, lament
and wail	וְאֵילִ֔ילָה	wə·’ê·lî·lāh	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular	H3213 howl, make a howling
I will walk	אֵילְכָ֥ה	’ê·lə·ḵāh	Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular	H1980 go, come, walk
barefoot	שֵׁילָל	šē·lå̄l	Adjective - masculine singular	H7758 barefoot
and naked	וְעָר֑וֹם	wə·‘ā·rō·wm	Conjunctive waw; Adjective - masculine singular	H6174 naked
I will howl	אֶעֱשֶׂ֤ה	’e·‘ĕ·śeh	Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common singular	H6213 do, make
like a jackal	כַּתַּנִּ֔ים	kat·tan·nîm	Preposition-k, Article; Noun - common plural	H8577 serpent, dragon, sea-monster
and mourn	וְאֵ֖בֶל	wə·’ê·ḇel	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular	H60 mourning
like	כִּבְנ֥וֹת	kiḇ·nō·wṯ	Preposition-k; Noun - feminine plural construct	H1323 daughter
an ostrich	יַעֲנָֽה׃	ya·‘ă·nāh	Noun - feminine singular	H3284 greed (?)

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.