Micah 7:2 — King James Version← Study notes

“The good man is perished out of the earth: and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net.”

Micah 7:2 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Micah 7:215 words

HebrewMeaning

אָבַ֤דʾābad

breakverbH6

destroy · not escape · fail · lose ···

חָסִיד֙ḥāsiyd

godlyadjH2623

good · holy · merciful · saint ···

מִןmin

abovepronH4480

after · among · at · because of ···

הָ/אָ֔רֶץhāʾāreṣ

earthparticleH776

common · earth · field · ground ···

וְ/יָשָׁ֥רwəyāšār

convenientconjH3477

equity · Jasher · just · meet ···

בָּ/אָדָ֖םbāʾādām

man (meanpronH120

another · hypocrite · common sort · low ···

אָ֑יִןʾāyin

elseparticleH369

except · fail · less · be gone ···

כֻּלָּ/ם֙kulām

all (mannernounH3605

) · altogether · any · enough ···

לְ/דָמִ֣יםlədāmiym

blood(-ypronH1818

-guiltiness · innocent

יֶאֱרֹ֔בוּyeʾĕrōbw

ambushverbH693

lay wait

אִ֥ישׁʾiyš

mannounH376

another · any · a certain · champion ···

אֶתʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

אָחִ֖י/הוּʾāḥiyhw

brothernounH251

brother; kindred · like · other. Compare also the proper names beginning with 'Ah-' or 'Ahi-'

יָצ֥וּדוּyāṣwdw

chaseverbH6679

hunt · sore · take

חֵֽרֶםḥērem

curse(-dnounH2764

-d thing) · dedicated thing · things which should have been utterly destroyed · utter destruction ···

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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