Micah

Micah 6:10–11

¹⁰Can I forget any longer,

O house of the wicked,

the treasures of wickedness

and the short ephah, which is accursed?

¹¹Can I excuse dishonest scales

or bags of false weights?

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Can I forget any longer	ע֗וֹד	‘ō·wḏ	Adverb	H5750 a going round, continuance
O house	בֵּ֣ית	bêṯ	Noun - masculine singular construct	H1004 house
of the wicked	רָשָׁ֔ע	rā·šā‘	Adjective - masculine singular	H7563 wicked, criminal
the treasures	אֹצְר֖וֹת	’ō·ṣə·rō·wṯ	Noun - masculine plural construct	H214 treasure, store, treasury, storehouse
of wickedness	רֶ֑שַׁע	re·ša‘	Noun - masculine singular	H7562 wickedness
and the short	רָז֖וֹן	rā·zō·wn	Noun - masculine singular	H7332 leanness, wasting, scantness
ephah	וְאֵיפַ֥ת	wə·’ê·p̄aṯ	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular construct	H374 ephah
which is accursed	זְעוּמָֽה׃	zə·‘ū·māh	Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - feminine singular	H2194 be indignant

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Can I excuse	הַאֶזְכֶּ֖ה	ha·’ez·keh	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular	H2135 be clear, clean, pure
dishonest	רֶ֑שַׁע	re·ša‘	Noun - masculine singular	H7562 wickedness
scales	בְּמֹ֣אזְנֵי	bə·mō·zə·nê	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine dual construct	H3976 balances, scales
or bags	וּבְכִ֖יס	ū·ḇə·ḵîs	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct	H3599 bag, purse
of false	מִרְמָֽה׃	mir·māh	Noun - feminine singular	H4820 deceit, treachery
weights	אַבְנֵ֥י	’aḇ·nê	Noun - feminine plural construct	H68 stone

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Micah 6:10 Amos 3:10 · Amos 8:5–6 · Proverbs 20:10 · Proverbs 21:6 · Jeremiah 5:26–27 · Hosea 12:7–8 · Zechariah 5:3–4 · Deuteronomy 25:13–16 · Habakkuk 2:5–11 · Ezekiel 45:9–12 · James 5:1–4 · Leviticus 19:35–36

Micah 6:11 Hosea 12:7 · Leviticus 19:36 · Proverbs 16:11

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.