ThereforeלָכֵןthusכֹּהsaysאָמַרYHWH:יְהוָה“Look, Iהִנְנִיam devisingחֹשֵׁבagainstעַלthisהַזֹּאתfamilyהַמִּשְׁפָּחָהan evilרָעָהfrom whichאֲשֶׁר מִשָּׁםyou will notלֹאremoveתָמִישׁוּyour necks,צַוְּארֹתֵיכֶםand you will notוְלֹאwalkתֵלְכוּhaughtily,רוֹמָהforכִּיitהִיאis an evilרָעָהtime.עֵת
Micah 2:3
Study it in the app“Therefore thus says YHWH: “Look, I am devising against this family an evil from which you will not remove your necks, and you will not walk haughtily, for it is an evil time.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Micah 2:3, word by word
- saysאָמַרamar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amar” appears- 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- am devisingחֹשֵׁבchoshev
devise
To devise a plan or a design, good or bad.
Where else “choshev” appears- familyמִּשְׁפָּחָהmishpacha
family
A group of relatives within a tribe.
Where else “mishpacha” appears- an evilרָעָהraa
evil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “raa” appears- removeתָמִישׁוּtamishu
remove
To remove something from its place.
Where else “tamishu” appears- your necksצַוְּארֹתֵיtsavrote
neck
The neck.
Where else “tsavrote” appears- walkתֵלְכוּtelchu
walk
To conduct oneself day by day in a certain way, as one walks along a road.
Where else “telchu” appears- haughtilyרוֹמָהroma
haughtily, upright
With the head held high: upright, proudly.
Where else “roma” appears- timeעֵתet
time
The moment at which something happens; also "at that time".
Where else “et” appears
The context
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.
3 · This verse (above)
4On that day one will take up against you a poem, and lament with a bitter lament and say, ‘We are utterly ruined; the portion of my people he changes; how he removes it from me! To the faithless he divides our fields.’