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The faithful oneחָסִידhas perishedאָבַדfromמִןthe earth,הָאָרֶץand there is noאָיִןupright oneוְיָשָׁרamong human beings;בָּאָדָםall of themכֻּלָּםlie in waitיֶאֱרֹבוּfor blood;לְדָמִיםeachאִישׁhuntsיָצוּדוּhis brotherאָחִיהוּwith a net.חֵרֶם
Micah 7:2
Study it in the app“The faithful one has perished from the earth, and there is no upright one among human beings; all of them lie in wait for blood; each hunts his brother with a net.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Micah 7:2, word by word
- The faithful oneחָסִידchasid
faithful one, godly
Faithful one: one who lives out loyal love toward God; also kind.
Where else “chasid” appears- has perishedאָבַדavad
perish
To die, be ruined.
Where else “avad” appears- the earthאָרֶץarets
earth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” appears- upright oneיָשָׁרyashar
upright
Acting well before YHWH, without bending.
Where else “yashar” appears- among human beingsאָדָםadam
human being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appears- lie in waitיֶאֱרֹבוּyeerovu
lie in wait
Lie in wait: wait in hiding to attack.
Where else “yeerovu” appears- for bloodדָמִיםdamim
bloodguilt
A murder, and the guilt it leaves on the killer.
Where else “damim” appears- eachאִישׁish
each
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appears- huntsיָצוּדוּyatsudu
hunt
To track down animals, or pursue someone.
Where else “yatsudu” appears- his brotherאָחִיachi
brother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “achi” appears- with a netחֵרֶםcherem
net
A mesh of knotted cords spread out to catch fish.
Where else “cherem” appears
Translation note
“Net”: in Hebrew it is written the same as “what is devoted to destruction”; there may be a play on words.
The context
1Woe is me! For I have become like the gatherings of summer fruit, like the gleanings of the grape harvest; there is no cluster to eat, no early fig that my soul desired.
2 · This verse (above)
3Evil is in both hands, to do it well; the official asks, and the judge judges for a reward, and the great man, he speaks the perverse desire of his soul; and they weave it together.