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Micah 2:8 — King James Version← Study notes

Even of late my people is risen up as an enemy: ye pull off the robe with the garment from them that pass by securely as men averse from war.


Micah 2:8Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Micah 2:812 words
HebrewMeaning
וְ/אֶתְמ֗וּלwəʾetəmwl
and yesterdayconjH865
before time · heretofore · times past · yester
עַמִּ/י֙ʿamiy
people mynounH5971
men · nation · people
לְ/אוֹיֵ֣בləʾwōyēb
to an enemypronH341
foe
יְקוֹמֵ֔םyəqwōmēm
he raises upverbH6965
accomplish · be clearer · confirm · continue ···
מִ/מּ֣וּלmimwl
from in front ofpronH4136
before · front · from · ward ···
שַׂלְמָ֔הśaləmāh
a garmentnounH8008
garment · raiment
אֶ֖דֶרʾeder
a mantlenounH145
robe
תַּפְשִׁט֑וּ/ןtapəšiṭwn
you strip off !verbH6584
flay · invade · make an invasion · pull off ···
מֵ/עֹבְרִ֣יםmēʿōbəriym
from those who pass bypronH5674
alter · at all · beyond · bring (over ···
בֶּ֔טַחbeṭaḥ
securitynounH983
boldly · care · confidence · hope ···
שׁוּבֵ֖יšwbēy
those who return ofverbH7725
build · circumcise · dig · do anything ···
מִלְחָמָֽהmiləḥāmāh
warnounH4421
fight · war
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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Aisha MbekiNote1mo ago
Bearing fruit that lasts - Micah 2
This connects directly to the promise made to Abraham. Faith isn't the absence of doubt - it's choosing to believe despite it. I love how this passage doesn't shy away from the difficulty of obedience...
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