Micah 2:11

“If a man walking in wind and falsehood should lie: ‘I will drip words to you of wine and of intoxicating drink,’ he would be the one who drips words for this people.”

Micah 2:11 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Micah 2:11, word by word

Ifלוּlu

if perhaps

A word that supposes something possible, to say «if perhaps» or «even though».

Where else “lu” appears
a manאִישׁish

man

An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.

Where else “ish” appears
walkingהֹלֵךְholech

walk

Literally "to go": to live a certain way, as Enoch with Elohim.

Where else “holech” appears
in windרוּחַruach

wind

Moving air; also the four quarters of the horizon.

Where else “ruach” appears
and falsehoodשֶׁקֶרsheker

lie

What is said against the truth in order to deceive, even before a judge.

Where else “sheker” appears
should lieכִּזֵּבkizev

lie

To say what is not true, or not to keep what was promised.

Where else “kizev” appears
‘I will drip wordsאַטִּףatif

preach

To speak as a prophet.

Where else “atif” appears
of wineיַּיִןyayin

wine

Wine; also drunkenness.

Where else “yayin” appears
and of intoxicating drink,’שֵּׁכָרshechar

intoxicating drink

Intoxicating drink made from fermented grain or fruit; distinct from grape wine.

Where else “shechar” appears
he would beהָיָהhaya

be

To be: "I will be their Elohim".

Where else “haya” appears
peopleעָםam

crowd

The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.

Where else “am” appears

The context

10Arise and go, for this is not the resting place, because of uncleanness that destroys, and with grievous destruction.

11 · This verse (above)

12I will surely gather Jacob, all of you; I will surely assemble the remnant of Israel; together I will set them like sheep in the fold, like a flock in the midst of its pasture; they will make an uproar because of human beings.

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