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Forכִּיlook,הִנֵּהYHWHיְהוָהis coming outיֹצֵאfrom his place,מִמְּקוֹמוֹand he will come downוְיָרַדand treadוְדָרַךְonעַלthe high placesבָּמֳתֵיof the earth.אָרֶץ
Micah 1:3
Study it in the app“For look, YHWH is coming out from his place, and he will come down and tread on the high places of the earth.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Micah 1:3, word by word
- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- is coming outיֹצֵאyotse
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yotse” appears- from his placeמְּקוֹמmekom
place
A place, a spot.
Where else “mekom” appears- and he will come downיָרַדyarad
come down
God comes down to see or act.
Where else “yarad” appears- and treadדָרַךְdarach
tread
To step on; crush grapes underfoot.
Where else “darach” appears- the high placesבָּמֳתֵיbamote
heights
The highest points of the earth or the clouds, trodden only by one who rules.
Where else “bamote” appears- of the earthאָרֶץarets
earth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” appears
The context
2Hear, 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.
3 · This verse (above)
4And the mountains will melt under him, and the valleys will split open, like wax before the fire, like waters poured down a slope.