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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 7:2Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Micah 7:215 words
HebrewMeaning
אָבַ֤דʾābad
he has perishedverbH6
destroy · not escape · fail · lose ···
חָסִיד֙ḥāsiyd
the faithfuladjH2623
good · holy · merciful · saint ···
מִןmin
frompronH4480
after · among · at · because of ···
הָ/אָ֔רֶץhāʾāreṣ
the landparticleH776
common · earth · field · ground ···
וְ/יָשָׁ֥רwəyāšār
and is an upright personconjH3477
equity · Jasher · just · meet ···
בָּ/אָדָ֖םbāʾādām
among humankindpronH120
another · hypocrite · common sort · low ···
אָ֑יִןʾāyin
there notparticleH369
except · fail · less · be gone ···
כֻּלָּ/ם֙kulām
all of themnounH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
לְ/דָמִ֣יםlədāmiym
for bloodpronH1818
-guiltiness · innocent
יֶאֱרֹ֔בוּyeʾĕrōbw
they lie in waitverbH693
lay wait
אִ֥ישׁʾiyš
eachnounH376
another · any · a certain · champion ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
אָחִ֖י/הוּʾāḥiyhw
brother hisnounH251
brother; kindred · like · other. Compare also the proper names beginning with 'Ah-' or 'Ahi-'
יָצ֥וּדוּyāṣwdw
they huntverbH6679
hunt · sore · take
חֵֽרֶםḥērem
a netnounH2764
-d thing) · dedicated thing · things which should have been utterly destroyed · utter destruction ···
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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