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In Gathבְּגַתdo notאַלreport it;תַּגִּידוּdo notאַלweepתִּבְכּוּat all.בָּכוֹIn Beth-leaphrahבְּבֵית לְעַפְרָהroll yourselfהִתְפַּלָּשִׁיin the dust.עָפָר
Micah 1:10
Study it in the app“In Gath do not report it; do not weep at all. In Beth-leaphrah roll yourself in the dust.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Micah 1:10, word by word
- In Gathגַתgat
Gath
See it on the mapWhere else “gat” appears- report itתַּגִּידוּtagidu
tell
To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.
Where else “tagidu” appears- weepתִּבְכּוּtivku
weep
Weep, cry; mourn for someone.
Where else “tivku” appears- In Beth-leaphrahבֵיתvet
Beth-leaphrah
Beth-leaphrah, a town of Judah. The name sounds like "house of dust."
Where else “vet” appears- roll yourselfהִתְפַּלָּשִׁיhitpalashi
roll in the dust
To roll in the dust or in ashes, as a sign of mourning.
Where else “hitpalashi” appears- in the dustעָפָרafar
dust
Dry, loose earth, fine as dust; God formed man from it.
Where else “afar” appears
Translation note
In verses 10 to 15, the name of each town sounds in Hebrew like what is announced to it: Beth-leaphrah, “house of dust”; Shaphir, “beautiful”; Zaanan, “come out”; Maroth, “bitterness”; Lachish, “steed”; Achzib, “deception”; Mareshah, “conqueror.” “Do not report it in Gath” repeats David’s words in 2 Samuel 1:20.
Places in this verse
Gath ?
Today: possibly Tell es-Safi (Tel Zafit), Israel
A Philistine city at the edge of the coastal plain; its exact site is not certain.
Goliath was from Gath (1 Sam 17:4). David fled from Saul to Gath and pretended to be insane (1 Sam 21:10-13).
The context
9For incurable are her wounds, for it has come as far as Judah; it has reached as far as the gate of my people, as far as Jerusalem.
10 · This verse (above)
11Pass on, inhabitant of Shaphir, in nakedness and shame; the inhabitant of Zaanan has not come out; the lament of Beth-ezel will take from you its support.