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And I said:וָאֹמַר“Hear,שִׁמְעוּplease,נָאheadsרָאשֵׁיof Jacobיַעֲקֹבand rulersוּקְצִינֵיof the houseבֵּיתof Israel!יִשְׂרָאֵלIs it notהֲלוֹאfor youלָכֶםto knowלָדַעַתjustice?הַמִּשְׁפָּט
Micah 3:1
Study it in the app“And I said: “Hear, please, heads of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel! Is it not for you to know justice?”
With the Hebrew beneath
Micah 3:1, word by word
- And I saidאֹמַרomar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “omar” appears- “Hearשִׁמְעוּshimu
listen
To pay close attention, or heed a plea.
Where else “shimu” appears- headsרָאשֵׁיrashe
chief
Literally "the head": the one who leads, or the best of something.
Where else “rashe” appears- of Jacobיַעֲקֹבyaakov
Jacob
Jacob, the younger son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Esau and father of the twelve tribes. In Hebrew "Yaakov" sounds like "heel" and "supplant" (Genesis 25:26; 27:36). God later gave him the name Israel; the name also stands for his descendants, the people of Israel.
Where else “yaakov” appears- and rulersקְצִינֵיketsine
commander, leader
Commander: the one who gives orders and decides; a leader of troops.
Where else “ketsine” appears- of the houseבֵּיתbet
dynasty
Someone's descendants: "the house of David".
Where else “bet” appears- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- to knowדַעַתdaat
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “daat” appears- justiceמִּשְׁפָּטmishpat
justice
What is right and fair.
Where else “mishpat” appears
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2You who hate good and love evil, who tear away their skin from off them and their flesh from off their bones;