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Micah 4:3 — King James Version← Study notes

And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.


Micah 4:3Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Micah 4:324 words
HebrewMeaning
וְ/שָׁפַ֗טwəšāpaṭ
and he will judgeconjH8199
avenge · that condemn · defend · execute ···
בֵּ֚יןbēyn
betweenpronH996
asunder · at · between · from ···
עַמִּ֣יםʿamiym
peoplesnounH5971
men · nation · people
רַבִּ֔יםrabiym
manyadjH7227
-ant · -antly) · captain · elder ···
וְ/הוֹכִ֛יחַwəhwōkiyḥa
and he will decideconjH3198
argue · chasten · convince · correct ···
לְ/גוֹיִ֥םləgwōyim
for nationspronH1471
heathen · nation · people
עֲצֻמִ֖יםʿăṣumiym
mightyadjH6099
feeble · mighty · must · strong
עַדʿad
topronH5704
and · as · at · before ···
רָח֑וֹקrāḥwōq
far awayadjH7350
off) · long ago · of old · space ···
וְ/כִתְּת֨וּwəkitətw
and they will beatconjH3807
to pieces) · break in pieces · crushed · destroy ···
חַרְבֹתֵי/הֶ֜םḥarəbōtēyhem
swords theirnounH2719
dagger · knife · mattock · sword ···
לְ/אִתִּ֗יםləʾitiym
into plowsharespronH855
plowshare
וַ/חֲנִיתֹֽתֵי/הֶם֙waḥăniytōtēyhem
and spears theirconjH2595
spear
לְ/מַזְמֵר֔וֹתləmazəmērwōt
into pruning knivespronH4211
לֹֽאlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
יִשְׂא֞וּyiśəʾw
they will lift upverbH5375
advance · arise · (able to · suffer to) bear(-er ···
גּ֤וֹיgwōy
nationnounH1471
heathen · nation · people
אֶלʾel
againstpronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
גּוֹי֙gwōy
nationnounH1471
heathen · nation · people
חֶ֔רֶבḥereb
a swordnounH2719
dagger · knife · mattock · sword ···
וְ/לֹאwəlōʾ
and notconjH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
יִלְמְד֥וּ/ןyiləmədwn
they will learn !verbH3925
diligently · expert · instruct · learn ···
ע֖וֹדʿwōd
againadvH5750
all life long · at all · besides · but ···
מִלְחָמָֽהmiləḥāmāh
warfarenounH4421
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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I notice the repetition here is deliberate - the author wants us to feel the emphasis, to let the truth sink deep into our hearts. My grandmother used to quote this verse every morning. I love how thi...
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