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And nowוְעַתָּהmanyרַבִּיםnationsגּוֹיִםhave gatheredנֶאֶסְפוּagainst you,עָלַיִךְwho say,הָאֹמְרִים“Let her be defiled,תֶּחֱנָףand let our eyesוְ עֵינֵינוּgaze onתַחַזZion.”בְּצִיּוֹן
Micah 4:11
Study it in the app“And now many nations have gathered against you, who say, “Let her be defiled, and let our eyes gaze on Zion.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Micah 4:11, word by word
- manyרַבִּיםrabim
many
A great number of people or things.
Where else “rabim” appears- nationsגּוֹיִםgoyim
Gentiles
The peoples other than Israel.
Where else “goyim” appears- have gatheredנֶאֶסְפוּneesfu
assemble
To bring people together in one place.
Where else “neesfu” appears- who sayאֹמְרִיםomrim
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “omrim” appears- “Let her be defiledתֶּחֱנָףtechenaf
defile
To stain the land with blood or idols.
Where else “techenaf” appears- and let our eyesעֵינֵיene
eye
The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.
Where else “ene” appears- gaze onתַחַזtachaz
gaze
To fix one's gaze on something or someone, behold it.
Where else “tachaz” appears- Zionצִיּוֹןtsiyon
Zion
See it on the mapWhere else “tsiyon” appears
Places in this verse
Zion
Today: Mount Zion hill, Jerusalem
A hill in Jerusalem; it first named the fortress David captured, and later sometimes the whole city.
David captured the stronghold of Zion and called it the city of David (2 Sam 5:7). The Psalms and prophets call it the place where God lives among his people (Ps 48:2).
The context
10Writhe and push, daughter of Zion, like a woman giving birth, for now you will go out from the city and dwell in the field, and you will come as far as Babylon; there you will be rescued, there YHWH will redeem you from the hand of your enemies.
11 · This verse (above)
12But they do not know the thoughts of YHWH, and they do not understand his counsel, for he has assembled them like sheaves to the threshing floor.