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Nowעַתָּהwhyלָמָּהdo you raise a shout?תָרִיעִי רֵעַIs there noהֲ אֵיןkingמֶלֶךְin you?בָּךְOrאִםhas your counselorיוֹעֲצֵךְperished,אָבָדthatכִּיpainחִילhas seized youהֶחֱזִיקֵךְlike a woman giving birth?כַּיּוֹלֵדָה
Micah 4:9
Study it in the app“Now why do you raise a shout? Is there no king in you? Or has your counselor perished, that pain has seized you like a woman giving birth?”
With the Hebrew beneath
Micah 4:9, word by word
- do you raise a shoutתָרִיעִיtarii
shout, sound an alarm
Make a loud sound: shout for joy or in alarm, acclaim, sound the signal with the trumpet.
Where else “tarii” appears- do you raise a shoutרֵעַrea
shout, noise
Shouting, uproar; also the crash of thunder.
Where else “rea” appears- kingמֶלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- has your counselorיוֹעֲצֵyoatse
counselor
A trusted person who gives the king or a leader his opinion.
Where else “yoatse” appears- perishedאָבָדavad
perish
To die, be ruined.
Where else “avad” appears- painחִילchil
anguish, pangs
Anguish, pains like those of a woman giving birth.
Where else “chil” appears- has seized youהֶחֱזִיקֵhechezike
seize
To take hold of something or someone and not let go.
Where else “hechezike” appears- like a woman giving birthיּוֹלֵדָהyoleda
bear
To bring a child into the world, giving birth after pregnancy.
Where else “yoleda” appears
The context
8And you, tower of the flock, hill of the daughter of Zion, to you it will come, and the former dominion will come, the kingdom for the daughter of Jerusalem.”
9 · This verse (above)
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.