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And the mountainsוְ הֶהָרִיםwill meltנָמַסּוּunder him,תַּחְתָּיוand the valleysוְהָעֲמָקִיםwill split open,יִתְבַּקָּעוּlike waxכַּדּוֹנַגbeforeמִפְּנֵיthe fire,הָאֵשׁlike watersכְּמַיִםpoured downמֻגָּרִיםa slope.בְּמוֹרָד
Micah 1:4
Study it in the app“And the mountains will melt under him, and the valleys will split open, like wax before the fire, like waters poured down a slope.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Micah 1:4, word by word
- And the mountainsהָרִיםharim
mountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “harim” appears- will meltנָמַסּוּnamasu
melt
To dissolve with heat, like wax or manna in the sun.
Where else “namasu” appears- and the valleysעֲמָקִיםamakim
valley
Valley, broad low plain.
Where else “amakim” appears- will split openיִתְבַּקָּעוּyitbakau
split
To cleave something in two, like wood or the sea.
Where else “yitbakau” appears- like waxדּוֹנַגdonag
wax
Wax: what melts in the heat.
Where else “donag” appears- beforeפְּנֵיpene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “pene” appears- the fireאֵשׁesh
fire
Fire that burns or cooks.
Where else “esh” appears- like watersמַיִםmayim
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appears- poured downמֻגָּרִיםmugarim
pour
To flow like water; weep much.
Where else “mugarim” appears- a slopeמוֹרָדmorad
slope
A slope by which one goes down from a high place to a lower one.
Where else “morad” appears
The context
3For look, YHWH is coming out from his place, and he will come down and tread on the high places of the earth.
4 · This verse (above)
5For the transgression of Jacob is all this, and for the sins of the house of Israel. What is the transgression of Jacob? Is it not Samaria? And what are the high places of Judah? Is it not Jerusalem?