And I will cut offוְהִכְרַתִּיyour carved imagesפְסִילֶיךָand your standing stonesוּמַצֵּבוֹתֶיךָfrom among you,מִקִּרְבֶּךָand you will notוְלֹאbow downתִשְׁתַּחֲוֶהanymoreעוֹדto the workלְמַעֲשֵׂהof your hands.יָדֶיךָ
Micah 5:13
Study it in the app“And 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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Micah 5:13, word by word
- And I will cut offהִכְרַתִּיhichrati
cut off
To wipe out, or be shut out from the people.
Where else “hichrati” appears- your carved imagesפְסִילֶיfesile
carved image
Carved image: the figure of a god carved in wood or stone.
Where else “fesile” appears- and your standing stonesמַצֵּבוֹתֶיmatsevote
standing stone
Standing stone: a stone set upright as a memorial of something, of a meeting with God or of a covenant. Later laws forbid the standing stones of Canaanite worship, which were objects of worship.
Where else “matsevote” appears- from among youקִּרְבֶּkirbe
midst
In the midst of: "among the people".
Where else “kirbe” appears- bow downתִשְׁתַּחֲוֶהtishtachave
worship
To bow before God in adoration.
Where else “tishtachave” appears- to the workמַעֲשֵׂהmaase
work
What someone does: his works, and especially what God does.
Where else “maase” appears- of your handsיָדֶיyade
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yade” appears
The context
12And I will cut off sorceries from your hand, and there will not be for you fortune-tellers.
13 · This verse (above)
14And I will uproot your Asherahs from among you, and destroy your cities.