Micah
Micah 4:9
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?
Word by word
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| 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 |
Cross-references
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Jeremiah 8:19 · Lamentations 4:20 · Isaiah 3:1–7
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.