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Micah 5:2 — King James Version← Study notes

But thou, Beth–lehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.


Micah 5:2Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Micah 5:212 words
HebrewMeaning
לָ/כֵ֣ןlākēn
-wardpronH3651
after that (this · -wards) · as... as · asmuch as yet ···
יִתְּנֵ֔/םyitənēm
addverbH5414
apply · appoint · ascribe · assign ···
עַדʿad
againstpronH5704
and · as · at · before ···
עֵ֥תʿēt
waysnounH6256
after · certain · continually · evening ···
יוֹלֵדָ֖הywōlēdāh
bearverbH3205
beget · birth · born · bring forth (children ···
יָלָ֑דָהyālādāh
bearverbH3205
beget · birth · born · bring forth (children ···
וְ/יֶ֣תֶרwəyeter
cordconjH3499
abundant · exceeding · excellancy · what they leave ···
אֶחָ֔י/וʾeḥāyw
brothernounH251
brother; kindred · like · other. Compare also the proper names beginning with 'Ah-' or 'Ahi-'
יְשׁוּב֖וּ/ןyəšwbwn
((breakverbH7725
build · circumcise · dig · do anything ···
עַלʿal
abovepronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
בְּנֵ֥יbənēy
sonnounH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
יִשְׂרָאֵֽלyiśərāʾēl
IsraelnounH3478
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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