Micah 2:3

“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.”

Micah 2:3 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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an evilרָעָהraa

evil

What is evil, the opposite of good.

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removeתָמִישׁוּtamishu

remove

To remove something from its place.

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your necksצַוְּארֹתֵיtsavrote

neck

The neck.

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walkתֵלְכוּtelchu

walk

To conduct oneself day by day in a certain way, as one walks along a road.

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haughtilyרוֹמָהroma

haughtily, upright

With the head held high: upright, proudly.

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timeעֵתet

time

The moment at which something happens; also "at that time".

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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.’

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