Micah 7:4 — King James Version← Study notes

“The best of them is as a brier: the most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen and thy visitation cometh; now shall be their perplexity.”

Micah 7:4 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Micah 7:411 words

HebrewMeaning

טוֹבָ֣/םṭwōbām

beautifuladjH2896

best · better · bountiful · cheerful ···

כְּ/חֵ֔דֶקkəḥēdeq

brierpronH2312

thorn

יָשָׁ֖רyāšār

convenientadjH3477

equity · Jasher · just · meet ···

מִ/מְּסוּכָ֑הmiməswkāh

thorn hedgepronH4534

י֤וֹםywōm

daynounH3117

always · chronicals · continually · daily ···

מְצַפֶּ֨י/ךָ֙məṣapeykā

beholdverbH6822

espy · look up · wait for · watch

פְּקֻדָּתְ/ךָ֣pəqudātəkā

accountnounH6486

charge · custody · that which...laid up · numbers ···

בָ֔אָהbāʾāh

abideverbH935

apply · attain · be · befall ···

עַתָּ֥הʿatāh

henceforthadvH6258

now · straightway · this time · whereas

תִהְיֶ֖הtihəyeh

beaconverbH1961

altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···

מְבוּכָתָֽ/םməbwkātām

perplexitynounH3998

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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