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Hear,שִׁמְעוּpeoples,עַמִּיםall of you;כֻּלָּםpay attention,הַקְשִׁיבִיearth,אֶרֶץand all that fills it;וּמְלֹאָהּand letוִAdonaiאֲדֹנָיYHWHיְהוִהbeיהִיa witnessלְעֵדagainst you,בָּכֶםAdonaiאֲדֹנָיfrom his holyקָדְשׁוֹtemple.מֵהֵיכַל
Micah 1:2
Study it in the app“Hear, peoples, all of you; pay attention, earth, and all that fills it; and let Adonai YHWH be a witness against you, Adonai from his holy temple.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Micah 1:2, word by word
- Hearשִׁמְעוּshimu
hear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “shimu” appears- peoplesעַמִּיםamim
people
A group of people united by family, land and customs: a nation.
Where else “amim” appears- pay attentionהַקְשִׁיבִיhakshivi
pay attention, listen
To pay attention, to listen carefully, to prick up the ears. It is more than hearing: it is heeding what is said.
Where else “hakshivi” appears- earthאֶרֶץerets
earth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “erets” appears- and all that fills itמְלֹאָmeloa
fullness
Everything that is in something: the sea and all that fills it, the earth and its fullness.
Where else “meloa” appears- Adonaiאֲדֹנָadona
Adonai, Lord
"Adonai": "my Lord", said only to God. It is a title of respect that acknowledges his authority. It is not another god besides YHWH: often it goes with his name, "Adonai YHWH", Lord YHWH.
Where else “adona” appears- YHWHיְהוִהyehvi
YHWH (with Adonai)
The four letters of God's name, YHWH (see "YHWH"). They almost always go with "Adonai"; then Jews, when reading, said "Elohim" so as not to repeat "Adonai".
Where else “yehvi” appears- beיהִיyhi
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yhi” appears- a witnessעֵדed
witness
Someone who vouches for what he saw; YHWH is one too.
Where else “ed” appears- from his holyקָדְשׁkadsh
holy thing
Something set apart for God: a day, an offering.
Where else “kadsh” appears- templeהֵיכַלhechal
temple
Literally "palace": YHWH's great house.
Where else “hechal” appears
The context
1The word of YHWH that came to Micah the Morashtite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.
2 · This verse (above)
3For look, YHWH is coming out from his place, and he will come down and tread on the high places of the earth.