“And yesterdayוְאֶתְמוּלmy peopleעַמִּיrose upיְקוֹמֵםas an enemy;לְאוֹיֵבfrom the frontמִמּוּלof the garmentשַׂלְמָהyou stripתַּפְשִׁטוּןthe cloakאֶדֶרfrom those who pass byמֵעֹבְרִיםtrustingly,בֶּטַחlike those returningשׁוּבֵיfrom war.מִלְחָמָה
Micah 2:8
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With the Hebrew beneath
Micah 2:8, word by word
- “And yesterdayאֶתְמוּלetmul
yesterday, before
Yesterday; together with "the day before" it forms the expression "before", "in the past".
Where else “etmul” appears- my peopleעַמִּami
Ammi
Israel, YHWH's people: "my people".
Where else “ami” appears- rose upיְקוֹמֵםyekomem
rise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “yekomem” appears- as an enemyאוֹיֵבoyev
enemy
Enemy, foe: one who hates and opposes another.
Where else “oyev” appears- from the frontמּוּלmul
in front of, opposite
In front of, opposite.
Where else “mul” appears- of the garmentשַׂלְמָהsalma
garment, cloak
Garment, cloak.
Where else “salma” appears- you stripתַּפְשִׁטוּtafshitu
strip
To take off clothes, or strip another.
Where else “tafshitu” appears- the cloakאֶדֶרeder
cloak
A wide outer garment.
Where else “eder” appears- from those who pass byעֹבְרִיםovrim
pass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “ovrim” appears- trustinglyבֶּטַחbetach
security, safely
Security, confidence; living "securely", without fear. Sometimes unsuspecting.
Where else “betach” appears- like those returningשׁוּבֵיshuve
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “shuve” appears- from warמִלְחָמָהmilchama
war, battle
War, battle.
Where else “milchama” appears
The context
7Is it said, house of Jacob: “Has the spirit of YHWH been shortened? Are these his deeds?” Do not my words do good to the one who walks uprightly?
8 · This verse (above)
9The women of my people you drive out from the house of her delights; from her little children you take away my splendor forever.