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Do notאַלrejoiceתִּשְׂמְחִיover me,לִיmy enemy;אֹיַבְתִּיforכִּיthough I have fallen,נָפַלְתִּיI will rise;קָמְתִּיthoughכִּיI sitאֵשֵׁבin darkness,בַּחֹשֶׁךְYHWHיְהוָהis a lightאוֹרfor me.לִי
Micah 7:8
Study it in the app“Do not rejoice over me, my enemy; for though I have fallen, I will rise; though I sit in darkness, YHWH is a light for me.”
Micah waits for YHWH: “though I have fallen, I will rise”; even in darkness YHWH is a lightHope
With the Hebrew beneath
Micah 7:8, word by word
- rejoiceתִּשְׂמְחִיtismchi
rejoice
To feel glad and show it, above all at the feast before YHWH.
Where else “tismchi” appears- my enemyאֹיַבְתִּoyavti
enemy
Enemy, foe: one who hates and opposes another.
Where else “oyavti” appears- though I have fallenנָפַלְתִּיnafalti
fall
To fall to the ground, or for a city to fall.
Where else “nafalti” appears- I will riseקָמְתִּיkamti
rise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “kamti” appears- I sitאֵשֵׁבeshev
sit
To sit; or sit on the throne to reign.
Where else “eshev” appears- in darknessחֹשֶׁךְchoshech
gloom
Distress, ignorance or death.
Where else “choshech” appears- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
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” appears- is a lightאוֹרor
light
The brightness that comes from the sun, the day or a lamp and lets one see.
Where else “or” appears
The context
7But I will watch for YHWH; I will await the Elohim of my salvation; my Elohim will hear me.
8 · This verse (above)
9The rage of YHWH I will bear, for I have sinned against him, until he pleads my cause and executes justice for me; he will bring me out to the light; I will see his righteousness.