Micah 3:3

“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.””

Micah 3:3 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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of my peopleעַמִּami

Ammi

Israel, YHWH's people: "my people".

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and their skinעוֹרָora

skin, leather

Skin, hide; leather.

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they stripהִפְשִׁיטוּhifshitu

strip

To take off clothes, or strip another.

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and their bonesעַצְמֹתֵיatsmote

bone

Each hard piece of the skeleton; also the body itself, of the dead or the living.

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they breakפִּצֵּחוּpitsechu

smash

To smash bones to pieces.

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and they chop them upפָרְשׂוּfarsu

spread out

To open out hands, wings or cloth.

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in the potסִּירsir

pot

A large vessel of bronze or clay in which food was cooked over the fire.

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and like meatבָשָׂרvasar

meat

Meat to eat.

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in the midstתוֹךְtoch

midst

The central point of something, or the company of several: in the midst of them.

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of the cauldronקַלָּחַתkalachat

cauldron

Cauldron: a metal vessel for cooking.

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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.

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