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You will giveתִּתֵּןfaithfulnessאֱמֶתto Jacob,לְיַעֲקֹבloyal loveחֶסֶדto Abraham,לְאַבְרָהָםwhichאֲשֶׁרyou sworeנִשְׁבַּעְתָּto our fathersלַאֲבֹתֵינוּfrom the daysמִימֵיof old.קֶדֶם
Micah 7:20
Study it in the app“You will give faithfulness to Jacob, loyal love to Abraham, which you swore to our fathers from the days of old.”
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Micah 7:20, word by word
- You will giveתִּתֵּןtiten
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “titen” appears- faithfulnessאֱמֶתemet
faithfulness
That one can rely on him because he keeps his word.
Where else “emet” appears- to Jacobיַעֲקֹבyaakov
Jacob
Jacob, the younger son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Esau and father of the twelve tribes. In Hebrew "Yaakov" sounds like "heel" and "supplant" (Genesis 25:26; 27:36). God later gave him the name Israel; the name also stands for his descendants, the people of Israel.
Where else “yaakov” appears- loyal loveחֶסֶדchesed
loyal love
God's steadfast kindness, true to his covenant, never forsaking.
Where else “chesed” appears- to Abrahamאַבְרָהָםavraham
Abraham
Abraham, the name God gave to Abram; it sounds like "father of a multitude" (Genesis 17:5). The father of the people of Israel, to whom God promised the land and blessing for all the families of the earth.
Where else “avraham” appears- you sworeנִשְׁבַּעְתָּnishbata
swear
To promise with God as witness.
Where else “nishbata” appears- to our fathersאֲבֹתֵיavote
forefather
Ancestors, those who came before in the family.
Where else “avote” appears- from the daysימֵיyme
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yme” appears- of oldקֶדֶםkedem
of old
Times long ago, from far back.
Where else “kedem” appears
The context
19He will again have mercy on us; he will subdue our iniquities; and you will cast into the depths of the sea all their sins.
20 · This verse (above)