Micah

Micah 6:14

¹⁴You will eat but not be satisfied,

and your hunger will remain with you.

What you acquire, you will not preserve;

and what you save, I will give to the sword.

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
You	אַתָּ֤ה	’at·tāh	Pronoun - second person masculine singular	H859 thou
will eat	תֹאכַל֙	ṯō·ḵal	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular	H398 eat
but not	וְלֹ֣א	wə·lō	Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
be satisfied	תִשְׂבָּ֔ע	ṯiś·bā‘	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular	H7646 be sated, satisfied, surfeited
and your hunger	וְיֶשְׁחֲךָ֖	wə·yeš·ḥă·ḵā	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H3445 ? emptiness
will remain with you	בְּקִרְבֶּ֑ךָ	bə·qir·be·ḵā	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H7130 inward part, midst
What you acquire	וְתַסֵּג֙	wə·ṯas·sêḡ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect Jussive - second person masculine singular	H5253 retreat
you will not	וְלֹ֣א	wə·lō	Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
preserve	תַפְלִ֔יט	ṯap̄·lîṭ	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular	H6403 escape
and what	וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר	wa·’ă·šer	Conjunctive waw; Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
you save	תְּפַלֵּ֖ט	tə·p̄al·lêṭ	Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singular	H6403 escape
I will give	אֶתֵּֽן׃	’et·tên	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular	H5414 give, put, set
to the sword	לַחֶ֥רֶב	la·ḥe·reḇ	Preposition-l, Article; Noun - feminine singular	H2719 sword

Cross-references

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

Hosea 4:10 · Isaiah 65:13 · Leviticus 26:26 · Isaiah 30:6 · Ezekiel 4:16–17 · Haggai 2:16 · Haggai 1:6 · Ezekiel 5:12 · Isaiah 9:20 · Amos 2:14–16 · Jeremiah 48:44

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.