Micah

Micah 2:11

¹¹If a man of wind were to come

and say falsely,

“I will preach to you of wine and strong drink,”^a

he would be just the preacher for this people!

Footnotes

Word by word

Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
If	לוּ־	lū-	Preposition	H3863 if
a man	אִ֞ישׁ	’îš	Noun - masculine singular	H376 man
of wind	ר֙וּחַ֙	rū·aḥ	Noun - common singular	H7307 breath, wind, spirit
were to come	הֹלֵ֥ךְ	hō·lêḵ	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct	H1980 go, come, walk
and say	כִּזֵּ֔ב	kiz·zêḇ	Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H3576 lie, be a liar
falsely	וָשֶׁ֣קֶר	wā·še·qer	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular	H8267 deception, disappointment, falsehood
I will preach	אַטִּ֣ף	’aṭ·ṭip̄	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular	H5197 drop, drip
to you	לְךָ֔	lə·ḵā	Preposition; second person masculine singular
of wine	לַיַּ֖יִן	lay·ya·yin	Preposition-l, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H3196 wine
and strong drink	וְלַשֵּׁכָ֑ר	wə·laš·šê·ḵār	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H7941 intoxioating drink, strong drink
he would be	וְהָיָ֥ה	wə·hā·yāh	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
just the preacher	מַטִּ֖יף	maṭ·ṭîp̄	Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular construct	H5197 drop, drip
for this	הַזֶּֽה׃	haz·zeh	Article; Pronoun - masculine singular	H2088 this, that
people	הָעָ֥ם	hā·‘ām	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H5971 people

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.