“Ariseקוּמִיand thresh,וָדוֹשִׁיdaughterבַתof Zion,צִיּוֹןforכִּיyour hornקַרְנֵךְI will makeאָשִׂיםiron,בַּרְזֶלand your hoofsוּפַרְסֹתַיִךְI will makeאָשִׂיםbronze,נְחוּשָׁהand you will crushוַהֲדִקּוֹתmanyרַבִּיםpeoples;עַמִּיםand you will devote completelyוְהַחֲרַמְתִּיto YHWHלַיהוָהtheir gain,בִּצְעָםand their wealthוְחֵילָםto the Lordלַאֲדוֹןof allכָּלthe earth.”הָאָרֶץ
Micah 4:13
Study it in the app““Arise and thresh, daughter of Zion, for your horn I will make iron, and your hoofs I will make bronze, and you will crush many peoples; and you will devote completely to YHWH their gain, and their wealth to the Lord of all the earth.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Micah 4:13, word by word
- “Ariseקוּמִיkumi
rise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “kumi” appears- and threshדוֹשִׁיdoshi
thresh, trample
Thresh: tread the grain to separate it from the straw; also to trample.
Where else “doshi” appears- daughterבַתvat
daughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “vat” appears- of Zionצִיּוֹןtsiyon
Zion
See it on the mapWhere else “tsiyon” appears- your hornקַרְנֵkarne
strength
Strength, power: "the horn of my salvation".
Where else “karne” appears- I will makeאָשִׂיםasim
make
To turn something into another: "I will turn him into a nation".
Where else “asim” appears- ironבַּרְזֶלbarzel
iron
Iron; an iron tool.
Where else “barzel” appears- and your hoofsפַרְסֹתַיִfarsotayi
hoof
Hoof, especially a split hoof; also claw.
Where else “farsotayi” appears- bronzeנְחוּשָׁהnechusha
bronze, copper
Bronze or copper.
Where else “nechusha” appears- and you will crushהֲדִקּוֹתhadikot
crush fine
Crush until very fine.
Where else “hadikot” appears- manyרַבִּיםrabim
many
A great number of people or things.
Where else “rabim” appears- peoplesעַמִּיםamim
people
A group of people united by family, land and customs: a nation.
Where else “amim” appears- and you will devote completelyהַחֲרַמְתִּיhacharamti
devote to destruction
To give something wholly to YHWH, often by destroying it.
Where else “hacharamti” appears- to YHWHיהוָהyhva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yhva” appears- their gainבִּצְעָbitsa
gain, profit
Gain, profit; often gain got by wrongdoing.
Where else “bitsa” appears- and their wealthחֵילָchela
wealth
The goods and wealth someone gathers.
Where else “chela” appears- to the Lordאֲדוֹןadon
Lord
The Lord, said of God.
Where else “adon” appears- the earthאָרֶץarets
earth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” appears
Translation note
“You will devote completely”: the Hebrew has an old form that can also be read “I will devote completely.”
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
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.
13 · This verse (above)