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Woeהוֹיto those who deviseחֹשְׁבֵיwickednessאָוֶןand workוּפֹעֲלֵיevilרָעon their beds!עַל מִשְׁכְּבוֹתָםIn the lightבְּאוֹרof the morningהַבֹּקֶרthey do it,יַעֲשׂוּהָforכִּיit isיֶשׁin the powerלְאֵלof their hand.יָדָם
Micah 2:1
Study it in the app“Woe to those who devise wickedness and work evil on their beds! In the light of the morning they do it, for it is in the power of their hand.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Micah 2:1, word by word
- Woeהוֹיhoy
woe
A cry of grief for the dead or a warning of disaster.
Where else “hoy” appears- to those who deviseחֹשְׁבֵיchoshve
devise
To devise a plan or a design, good or bad.
Where else “choshve” appears- wickednessאָוֶןaven
wickedness
The evil one does.
Where else “aven” appears- and workפֹעֲלֵיfoale
do, make
Do, make, carry out.
Where else “foale” appears- evilרָעra
evil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “ra” appears- on their bedsמִשְׁכְּבוֹתָmishkvota
bed
The place in the house for sleeping and resting.
Where else “mishkvota” appears- In the lightאוֹרor
light
The brightness that comes from the sun, the day or a lamp and lets one see.
Where else “or” appears- of the morningבֹּקֶרboker
morning
Morning, dawn.
Where else “boker” appears- they do itיַעֲשׂוּyaasu
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “yaasu” appears- in the powerאֵלel
El, God, god
"El", an ancient Hebrew word for "God". Alone or with another title it is a name of the God of Israel: El Elyon (God Most High), El Shaddai (God Almighty). Neighboring peoples used the same word for their gods; then this translation writes "god" in lower case. It also means "mighty".
Where else “el” appears- of their handיָדָyada
power
Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.
Where else “yada” appears
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2And they covet fields and seize them, and houses, and take them; and they exploit a man and his house, a person and his inheritance.