Micah

Micah 3:2

²You hate good and love evil.

You tear the skin from my people

and strip the flesh from their bones.

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
You hate	שֹׂ֥נְאֵי	śō·nə·’ê	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct	H8130 hate
good	ט֖וֹב	ṭō·wḇ	Noun - masculine singular	H2896 pleasant, agreeable, good
and love	וְאֹ֣הֲבֵי	wə·’ō·hă·ḇê	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct	H157 love
evil	רָעָה	rå̄·ʿå̄h	Adjective - masculine singular	H7451 bad, evil
You tear	גֹּזְלֵ֤י	gō·zə·lê	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct	H1497 tear away, seize, rob
the skin	עוֹרָם֙	‘ō·w·rām	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine plural	H5785 skin
from my people	מֵֽעֲלֵיהֶ֔ם	mê·‘ă·lê·hem	Preposition-m; third person masculine plural	H5921 height
and strip the flesh	וּשְׁאֵרָ֖ם	ū·šə·’ê·rām	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine plural	H7607 flesh
from	מֵעַ֥ל	mê·‘al	Preposition-m	H5921 height
their bones	עַצְמוֹתָֽם׃	‘aṣ·mō·w·ṯām	Noun - feminine plural construct; third person masculine plural	H6106 bone, substance, self

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.