“They shall lick the dust like a serpent, they shall move out of their holes like worms of the earth: they shall be afraid of the Lord our God, and shall fear because of thee.”
Micah 7:17 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Micah 7:1713 words
HebrewMeaning
יְלַחֲכ֤וּyəlaḥăkw
they will lick upverbH3897
עָפָר֙ʿāpār
dustnounH6083
dust · earth · ground · morter ···
כַּ/נָּחָ֔שׁkanāḥāš
like snakepronH5175
כְּ/זֹחֲלֵ֣יkəzōḥălēy
like things which crawl ofpronH2119
serpent · worm
אֶ֔רֶץʾereṣ
the earthnounH776
common · earth · field · ground ···
יִרְגְּז֖וּyirəgəzw
they will quakeverbH7264
stand in awe · disquiet · fall out · fret ···
מִ/מִּסְגְּרֹֽתֵי/הֶ֑םmimisəgərōtēyhem
from strongholds theirpronH4526
close place · hole
אֶלʾel
topronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
יְהוָ֤הyəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
אֱלֹהֵ֨י/נוּ֙ʾĕlōhēynw
God ournounH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
יִפְחָ֔דוּyipəḥādw
they will be in dreadverbH6342
stand in awe · fear · make to shake
וְ/יִֽרְא֖וּwəyirəʾw
and they may be afraidconjH3372
be afraid · dread · fear(-ful · -fully ···
מִמֶּֽ/ךָּmimekā
from youpronH4480
after · among · at · because of ···
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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