“The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the Lord, and say, Is not the Lord among us? none evil can come upon us.”
Micah 3:11 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Micah 3:1120 words
HebrewMeaning
רָאשֶׁ֣י/הָrāʾšeyhā
chiefs itsnounH7218
beginning · captain · chapiter · chief(-est place ···
בְּ/שֹׁ֣חַדbəšōḥad
for a bribepronH7810
gift · present · reward
יִשְׁפֹּ֗טוּyišəpōṭw
they judgeverbH8199
avenge · that condemn · defend · execute ···
וְ/כֹהֲנֶ֨י/הָ֙wəkōhăneyhā
and priests itsconjH3548
own · priest · prince · principal officer
בִּ/מְחִ֣ירbiməḥiyr
for a pricepronH4242
hire · price · sold · worth
יוֹר֔וּywōrw
they teachverbH3384
cast · direct · inform · instruct ···
וּ/נְבִיאֶ֖י/הָwnəbiyʾeyhā
and prophets itsconjH5030
that prophesy · prophet
בְּ/כֶ֣סֶףbəkesep
for moneypronH3701
price · silver
יִקְסֹ֑מוּyiqəsōmw
they divineverbH7080
-ation) · prudent · soothsayer · use
וְ/עַלwəʿal
and onconjH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
יְהוָה֙yəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
יִשָּׁעֵ֣נוּyišāʿēnw
they dependverbH8172
lie · rely · rest (on · self) ···
לֵ/אמֹ֔רlēʾmōr
sayingpronH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
הֲ/ל֤וֹאhălwōʾ
¿ notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
יְהוָה֙yəhwāh
is YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
בְּ/קִרְבֵּ֔/נוּbəqirəbēnw
in midst ourpronH7130
among · before · unto charge · eat ···
לֹֽאlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
תָב֥וֹאtābwōʾ
it will comeverbH935
apply · attain · be · befall ···
עָלֵ֖י/נוּʿālēynw
on uspronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
רָעָֽהrāʿāh
calamitynounH7451
affliction · bad · calamity · displease ···
ℹWords 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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