Micah 5:12

“And I will cut off sorceries from your hand, and there will not be for you fortune-tellers.”

Micah 5:12 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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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.

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