Micah
Micah 2:4
4In that day they will take up a proverb against you
and taunt you with this bitter lamentation:
‘We are utterly ruined!
He has changed the portion of my people.
How He has removed it from me!
He has allotted our fields to traitors.’”
Word by word
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| In that | הַה֜וּא | ha·hū | Article; Pronoun - third person masculine singular | H1931 he, she |
| day | בַּיּ֨וֹם | bay·yō·wm | Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular | H3117 day |
| they will take up | יִשָּׂ֧א | yiś·śā | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | H5375 lift, take, carry |
| a proverb | מָשָׁ֗ל | mā·šāl | Noun - masculine singular | H4912 proverb, parable |
| against you | עֲלֵיכֶ֣ם | ‘ă·lê·ḵem | Preposition; second person masculine plural | H5921 height |
| and taunt you | וְנָהָ֨ה | wə·nā·hāh | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular | H5091 wail, lament |
| with this bitter | נִֽהְיָה֙ | nih·yāh | Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be |
| lamentation | נְהִ֤י | nə·hî | Noun - masculine singular | H5092 wailing, lamentation, mourning song |
| We are utterly ruined | שָׁד֣וֹד | šā·ḏō·wḏ | Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute | H7703 deal violently with, despoil, devastate, ruin |
| He has changed | יָמִ֑יר | yā·mîr | Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | H4171 change |
| the portion | חֵ֥לֶק | ḥê·leq | Noun - masculine singular construct | H2506 portion, tract, territory |
| of my people | עַמִּ֖י | ‘am·mî | Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular | H5971 people |
| How | אֵ֚יךְ | ’êḵ | Interjection | H349 How? |
| He has removed | יָמִ֣ישׁ | yā·mîš | Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | H4185 depart, remove |
| from me | לִ֔י | lî | Preposition; first person common singular | |
| He has allotted | יְחַלֵּֽק׃ | yə·ḥal·lêq | Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | H2505 divide, share |
| our fields | שָׂדֵ֖ינוּ | śā·ḏê·nū | Noun - masculine plural construct; first person common plural | H7704 id. |
| to traitors | לְשׁוֹבֵ֥ב | lə·šō·w·ḇêḇ | Preposition-l; Adjective - masculine singular | H7728 backturning, apostate |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Habakkuk 2:6 · Micah 1:15 · Numbers 23:7 · Jeremiah 9:10 · Deuteronomy 28:29 · Isaiah 24:3 · Isaiah 6:11 · Jeremiah 9:17–21
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.