and whoוַאֲשֶׁרeatאָכְלוּthe fleshשְׁאֵרof my people,עַמִּיand their skinוְעוֹרָםfrom off themמֵעֲלֵיהֶםthey strip,הִפְשִׁיטוּand their bonesוְ עַצְמֹתֵיהֶםthey break,פִּצֵּחוּand they chop them upוּפָרְשׂוּasכַּאֲשֶׁרin the pot,בַּסִּירand like meatוּכְבָשָׂרin the midstבְּתוֹךְof the cauldron.”קַלָּחַת
Micah 3:3
Study it in the app“and who eat the flesh of my people, and their skin from off them they strip, and their bones they break, and they chop them up as in the pot, and like meat in the midst of the cauldron.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Micah 3:3, word by word
- eatאָכְלוּachlu
eat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “achlu” appears- the fleshשְׁאֵרsheer
flesh
The soft tissue of the body, or animal food.
Where else “sheer” appears- of my peopleעַמִּami
Ammi
Israel, YHWH's people: "my people".
Where else “ami” appears- and their skinעוֹרָora
skin, leather
Skin, hide; leather.
Where else “ora” appears- they stripהִפְשִׁיטוּhifshitu
strip
To take off clothes, or strip another.
Where else “hifshitu” appears- and their bonesעַצְמֹתֵיatsmote
bone
Each hard piece of the skeleton; also the body itself, of the dead or the living.
Where else “atsmote” appears- they breakפִּצֵּחוּpitsechu
smash
To smash bones to pieces.
Where else “pitsechu” appears- and they chop them upפָרְשׂוּfarsu
spread out
To open out hands, wings or cloth.
Where else “farsu” appears- in the potסִּירsir
pot
A large vessel of bronze or clay in which food was cooked over the fire.
Where else “sir” appears- and like meatבָשָׂרvasar
meat
Meat to eat.
Where else “vasar” appears- in the midstתוֹךְtoch
midst
The central point of something, or the company of several: in the midst of them.
Where else “toch” appears- of the cauldronקַלָּחַתkalachat
cauldron
Cauldron: a metal vessel for cooking.
Where else “kalachat” appears
The context
2You who hate good and love evil, who tear away their skin from off them and their flesh from off their bones;
3 · This verse (above)
4Then they will cry out to YHWH, and he will not answer them, and he will hide his face from them at that time, because they have made evil their deeds.