And I will cut offוְהִכְרַתִּיsorceriesכְשָׁפִיםfrom your hand,מִיָּדֶךָand there will notוּ לֹאbeיִהְיוּfor youלָךְfortune-tellers.מְעוֹנְנִים
Micah 5:12
Study it in the app“And I will cut off sorceries from your hand, and there will not be for you fortune-tellers.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Micah 5:12, word by word
- And I will cut offהִכְרַתִּיhichrati
cut off
To wipe out, or be shut out from the people.
Where else “hichrati” appears- sorceriesכְשָׁפִיםcheshafim
sorceries
Sorcery, the practice of magic to obtain something by hidden means. It appears in the plural: "sorceries." The Law forbids it (Deuteronomy 18:10 uses the verb of the same root). In 2 Kings 9:22 it is said of Jezebel.
Where else “cheshafim” appears- from your handיָּדֶyade
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yade” appears- beיִהְיוּyihyu
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “yihyu” appears- fortune-tellersמְעוֹנְנִיםmeonnim
practice soothsaying
To seek signs to divine, something forbidden.
Where else “meonnim” appears
The context
11And I will cut off the cities of your land and tear down all your fortresses.
12 · This verse (above)
13And I will cut off your carved images and your standing stones from among you, and you will not bow down anymore to the work of your hands.