Micah
Micah 7:1
1Woe is me!
For I am like one gathering summer fruit
at the gleaning of the vineyard;
there is no cluster to eat,
no early fig that I crave.
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.
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woe is | אַ֣לְלַי | ’al·lay | Interjection | H480 alas! woe! |
| me | לִ֗י | lî | Preposition; first person common singular | |
| For | כִּ֤י | kî | Conjunction | H3588 burning, branding |
| I am | הָיִ֙יתִי֙ | hā·yî·ṯî | Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular | H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be |
| like one gathering | כְּאָסְפֵּי־ | kə·’ā·sə·pê- | Preposition-k; Noun - masculine plural construct | H625 gathering |
| summer fruit | קַ֔יִץ | qa·yiṣ | Noun - masculine singular | H7019 summer, summer-fruit |
| at the gleaning | כְּעֹלְלֹ֖ת | kə·‘ō·lə·lōṯ | Preposition-k; Noun - feminine plural construct | H5955 gleanings, gleaning-time |
| of the vineyard | בָּצִ֑יר | bā·ṣîr | Noun - masculine singular | H1210 vintage |
| there | אֵין־ | ’ên- | Adverb | H369 nothing, nought |
| cluster | אֶשְׁכּ֣וֹל | ’eš·kō·wl | Noun - masculine singular | H811 cluster |
| to eat | לֶאֱכ֔וֹל | le·’ĕ·ḵō·wl | Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | H398 eat |
| no early fig | בִּכּוּרָ֖ה | bik·kū·rāh | Noun - feminine singular | H1063 first ripe fig, early fig |
| that I | נַפְשִֽׁי׃ | nap̄·šî | Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singular | H5315 soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, appetite, emotion, and passion |
| crave | אִוְּתָ֥ה | ’iw·wə·ṯāh | Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person feminine singular | H183 incline, desire |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Isaiah 28:4 · Hosea 9:10 · Isaiah 24:13 · Isaiah 17:6
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.