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The dayיוֹםfor buildingלִבְנוֹתyour walls!גְּדֵרָיִךְThat dayיוֹם הַהוּאthe boundaryחֹקwill be far removed.יִרְחַק
Micah 7:11
Study it in the app“The day for building your walls! That day the boundary will be far removed.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Micah 7:11, word by word
- The dayיוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- for buildingבְנוֹתvenot
build
To raise a house, a city or an altar, setting stone on stone.
Where else “venot” appears- your wallsגְּדֵרָיִgederayi
wall
Wall, fence: a wall that surrounds a piece of ground.
Where else “gederayi” appears- the boundaryחֹקchok
limit
The line that marks how far something reaches.
Where else “chok” appears- will be far removedיִרְחַקyirchak
be far
To be distant: "do not stay away from me".
Where else “yirchak” appears
Translation note
“The boundary will be far removed”: it can be understood that the borders will be widened, or also as “the decree will be far removed.”
The context
10And my enemy will see, and shame will cover her, who said to me, “Where is YHWH your Elohim?” My eyes will look on her; now she will be for trampling like the mud of the streets.
11 · This verse (above)
12That day they will come to you from Assyria and the cities of Egypt, and from Egypt to the River, and sea to sea, and mountain to mountain.