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And the seersוּ הַחֹזִיםwill be ashamed,בֹשׁוּand the divinersוְ הַקֹּסְמִיםwill be embarrassed,חָפְרוּand they will coverוְעָטוּthe mustache,עַל שָׂפָםall of them,כֻּלָּםforכִּיthere is noאֵיןanswerמַעֲנֵהfrom Elohim.”אֱלֹהִים
Micah 3:7
Study it in the app“And the seers will be ashamed, and the diviners will be embarrassed, and they will cover the mustache, all of them, for there is no answer from Elohim.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Micah 3:7, word by word
- And the seersחֹזִיםchozim
seer
A prophet who sees what God shows him.
Where else “chozim” appears- will be ashamedבֹשׁוּvoshu
be ashamed
To feel disgrace and distress over something bad one did or that befell him.
Where else “voshu” appears- and the divinersקֹּסְמִיםkosmim
practice divination
Practice divination: try to learn what is hidden by casting lots or by signs.
Where else “kosmim” appears- will be embarrassedחָפְרוּchafru
be ashamed, be disappointed
To blush, to be embarrassed or disappointed, to feel shame over something that went wrong.
Where else “chafru” appears- and they will coverעָטוּatu
cover, wrap
Cover oneself, wrap oneself in a garment; cover.
Where else “atu” appears- the mustacheשָׂפָםsafam
mustache
Mustache; the beard covering the upper lip.
Where else “safam” appears- answerמַעֲנֵהmaane
answer
What is said in answer to a question or an accusation.
Where else “maane” appears- from Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears
Translation note
“They will cover the mustache”: a gesture of the leper (Leviticus 13:45) and of mourning (Ezekiel 24:17, 22).
The context
6“Therefore it will be night for you, without vision, and it will be dark for you, without divination; and the sun will go down on the prophets, and the day will grow dark over them.
7 · This verse (above)
8But I am filled with power, with the spirit of YHWH, and with justice and might, to announce to Jacob his transgression and to Israel his sin.