12
Forאֲשֶׁרher rich menעֲשִׁירֶיהָare fullמָלְאוּof violence,חָמָסand her inhabitantsוְיֹשְׁבֶיהָspeakדִּבְּרוּfalsehood,שָׁקֶרand their tongueוּלְשׁוֹנָםis deceitרְמִיָּהin their mouth.בְּפִיהֶם
Micah 6:12
Study it in the app“For her rich men are full of violence, and her inhabitants speak falsehood, and their tongue is deceit in their mouth.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Micah 6:12, word by word
- her rich menעֲשִׁירֶיashire
rich
Rich.
Where else “ashire” appears- are fullמָלְאוּmalu
fill
To take up all the space of something, or to give someone all it can hold.
Where else “malu” appears- of violenceחָמָסchamas
violence
Violence; unjust harm done to others.
Where else “chamas” appears- and her inhabitantsיֹשְׁבֶיyoshve
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yoshve” appears- speakדִּבְּרוּdibru
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “dibru” appears- falsehoodשָׁקֶרshaker
lie
What is said against the truth in order to deceive, even before a judge.
Where else “shaker” appears- and their tongueלְשׁוֹנָleshona
tongue
The organ in the mouth used to taste and speak; hence, what one says.
Where else “leshona” appears- is deceitרְמִיָּהremiya
deceit
False words or acts that make someone believe what is not so.
Where else “remiya” appears- in their mouthפִיfi
mouth
The part of the face with which one speaks, eats and kisses.
Where else “fi” appears
The context
11Shall I be pure with scales of wickedness, and with a bag of deceitful weights?
12 · This verse (above)
13And I too have made you sick by striking you, making you desolate because of your sins.