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ForכִּיI brought you upהֶעֱלִתִיךָfrom the landמֵאֶרֶץof Egypt,מִצְרַיִםand from the houseוּמִבֵּיתof slavesעֲבָדִיםI ransomed you,פְּדִיתִיךָand I sentוָאֶשְׁלַחbefore youלְפָנֶיךָMoses,מֹשֶׁהAaron,אַהֲרֹןand Miriam.וּמִרְיָם
Micah 6:4
Study it in the app“For I brought you up from the land of Egypt, and from the house of slaves I ransomed you, and I sent before you Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Micah 6:4, word by word
- I brought you upהֶעֱלִתִיheeliti
bring up
To make someone go up: "I led you up from Egypt".
Where else “heeliti” appears- from the landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- of Egyptמִצְרַיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears- and from the houseבֵּיתbet
house
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “bet” appears- of slavesעֲבָדִיםavadim
slave
A person who belongs to a master and works for him, without freedom of his own.
Where else “avadim” appears- I ransomed youפְּדִיתִיpediti
redeem
To set someone free from slavery or danger, as God did with Israel.
Where else “pediti” appears- and I sentאֶשְׁלַחeshlach
send
To send someone or something.
Where else “eshlach” appears- before youפָנֶיfane
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fane” appears- Mosesמֹשֶׁהmoshe
Moses
Moses, the man God called to bring Israel out of Egypt and through whom he gave the Law. His name sounds like "draw out" (Exodus 2:10).
Where else “moshe” appears- Aaronאַהֲרֹןaharon
Aaron
Aaron, the older brother of Moses, his spokesman before Pharaoh and the first high priest of Israel.
Where else “aharon” appears- and Miriamמִרְיָםmiryam
Miriam
Miriam, sister of Moses and Aaron, a prophetess; also a woman of the tribe of Judah (1 Chronicles 4:17).
Where else “miryam” appears
Places in this verse
Egypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
The context
3“My people, what have I done to you, and how have I wearied you? Testify against me!
4 · This verse (above)
5My people, remember, please, what Balak king of Moab counseled, and what Balaam son of Beor answered him, and of what happened from Shittim to Gilgal, so that you may know the righteous acts of YHWH.”