Study it in the app“Will YHWH be pleased with thousands of rams, with myriads of torrents of oil? Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my womb for the sin of my soul?”
What God seeks: to do justice, love loyal love and walk humblyPraise and worshipMicah asks if God wants thousands of rams; he seeks justice, loyal love and humilityObedienceWhat God asks: do justice, love loyal love, and walk humbly with himJustice and mercy
WillהֲYHWHיְהוָהbe pleasedיִרְצֶהwith thousandsבְּאַלְפֵיof rams,אֵילִיםwith myriadsבְּרִבְבוֹתof torrentsנַחֲלֵיof oil?שָׁמֶןShall I giveהַאֶתֵּןmy firstbornבְּכוֹרִיfor my transgression,פִּשְׁעִיthe fruitפְּרִיof my wombבִטְנִיfor the sinחַטַּאתof my soul?נַפְשִׁי
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearsaccept
To gladly receive an offering or someone.
Where else “yirtse” appearsthousand
One thousand: a large, round number.
Where else “alfe” appearsram
A full-grown male sheep, used as an offering.
Where else “elim” appearsten thousand, myriad
Ten thousand; a countless multitude.
Where else “rivvot” appearstorrent
A channel that runs with water only in the rainy season.
Where else “nachale” appearsoil
The fat pressed from olives, for eating, lighting or anointing.
Where else “shamen” appearsgive
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “eten” appearsfirstborn
The son who came into the world before his brothers, with a special place in the family.
Where else “bechori” appearstransgression
A serious wrong against someone: rebellion, transgression.
Where else “pishi” appearsfruit
What a tree or the land produces, which is eaten.
Where else “peri” appearswomb
The belly where a mother carries her child.
Where else “vitni” appearssin
Failing God, not doing what he asks.
Where else “chatat” appearssoul
A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.
Where else “nafshi” appears6With what shall I come before YHWH, and bow myself before the Elohim on high? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old?
7 · This verse (above)
8He has announced to you, human being, what is good; and what does YHWH seek from you but to do justice, and to love loyal love, and to walk humbly with your Elohim?
