Micah
Micah 4:9–10
9Why do you now cry aloud?
Is there no king among you?
Has your counselor perished
so that anguish grips you like a woman in labor?
10Writhe in agony, O Daughter of Zion,
like a woman in labor.
For now you will leave the city
and camp in the open fields.
You will go to Babylon;
there you will be rescued;
there the LORD will redeem you
from the hand of your enemies!
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.
Micah 4:9
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Why | לָ֥מָּה | lām·māh | Interrogative | H4100 what? how? aught |
| do you now | עַתָּ֕ה | ‘at·tāh | Adverb | H6258 now |
| cry | תָרִ֖יעִי | ṯā·rî·‘î | Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person feminine singular | H7321 raise a shout |
| aloud | רֵ֑עַ | rê·a‘ | Noun - masculine singular | H7452 shouting, roar |
| Is there no | אֵֽין־ | ’ên- | Adverb | H369 nothing, nought |
| king | הֲמֶ֣לֶךְ | hă·me·leḵ | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H4428 king |
| among you | בָּ֗ךְ | bāḵ | Preposition; second person feminine singular | |
| Has | אִֽם־ | ’im- | Conjunction | H518 if |
| your counselor | יוֹעֲצֵךְ֙ | yō·w·‘ă·ṣêḵ | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct; second person feminine singular | H3289 advise, counsel |
| perished | אָבָ֔ד | ’ā·ḇāḏ | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | H6 perish |
| so that | כִּֽי־ | kî- | Conjunction | H3588 burning, branding |
| anguish | חִ֖יל | ḥîl | Noun - masculine singular | H2427 a writhing, anguish |
| grips you | הֶחֱזִיקֵ֥ךְ | he·ḥĕ·zî·qêḵ | Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular; second person feminine singular | H2388 be or grow firm, strong, strengthen |
| like a woman in labor | כַּיּוֹלֵדָֽה׃ | kay·yō·w·lê·ḏāh | Preposition-k, Article; Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular | H3205 bear, bring forth, beget |
Micah 4:10
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Writhe | ח֧וּלִי | ḥū·lî | Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singular | H2342 whirl, dance, writhe |
| in agony | וָגֹ֛חִי | wā·ḡō·ḥî | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singular | H1518 burst forth |
| O Daughter | בַּת־ | baṯ- | Noun - feminine singular construct | H1323 daughter |
| of Zion | צִיּ֖וֹן | ṣî·yō·wn | Noun - proper - feminine singular | H6726 Zion |
| like a woman in labor | כַּיּֽוֹלֵדָ֑ה | kay·yō·w·lê·ḏāh | Preposition-k, Article; Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular | H3205 bear, bring forth, beget |
| For | כִּֽי־ | kî- | Conjunction | H3588 burning, branding |
| now | עַתָּה֩ | ‘at·tāh | Adverb | H6258 now |
| you will leave | תֵצְאִ֨י | ṯê·ṣə·’î | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person feminine singular | H3318 go or come out |
| the city | מִקִּרְיָ֜ה | miq·qir·yāh | Preposition-m; Noun - feminine singular | H7151 town, city |
| and camp | וְשָׁכַ֣נְתְּ | wə·šā·ḵant | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person feminine singular | H7931 settle down, abide, dwell |
| in the open fields | בַּשָּׂדֶ֗ה | baś·śā·ḏeh | Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular | H7704 id. |
| You will go | וּבָ֤את | ū·ḇāṯ | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person feminine singular | H935 come in, come, go in, go |
| to | עַד־ | ‘aḏ- | Preposition | H5704 as far as, even to, up to, until, while |
| Babylon | בָּבֶל֙ | bā·ḇel | Noun - proper - feminine singular | H894 Babel, Babylon |
| there | שָׁ֣ם | šām | Adverb | H8033 there, thither |
| you will be rescued | תִּנָּצֵ֔לִי | tin·nā·ṣê·lî | Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - second person feminine singular | H5337 strip, plunder |
| there | שָׁ֚ם | šām | Adverb | H8033 there, thither |
| the LORD | יְהוָ֔ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| will redeem you | יִגְאָלֵ֣ךְ | yiḡ·’ā·lêḵ | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular; second person feminine singular | H1350 redeem, act as kinsman |
| from the hand | מִכַּ֖ף | mik·kap̄ | Preposition-m; Noun - feminine singular construct | H3709 hollow, or flat of the hand, palm, sole of foot, pan |
| of your enemies | אֹיְבָֽיִךְ׃ | ’ō·yə·ḇā·yiḵ | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct; second person feminine singular | H341 be hostile to |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Micah 4:9 Jeremiah 8:19 · Lamentations 4:20 · Isaiah 3:1–7
Micah 4:10 Isaiah 48:20 · Isaiah 43:14 · Hosea 2:14 · Hosea 13:13 · Isaiah 52:9–12 · 2 Kings 20:18 · Isaiah 45:13 · Jeremiah 15:21 · Isaiah 66:7–9 · Hosea 1:10 · Micah 7:8–13 · Revelation 12:14
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.