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Micahchapter 7

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Micah 7— Hebrew word study · with the Hebrew tradition

In Jewish life

Jewish practice and Jewish teaching both have something to say about Micah 7. Three things follow: where it is read, what is done because of it, and how the rabbis have taught it. The purpose is to inform a Christian reader what Jews believe and how Judaism was and is practised.

The reading

The yearly cycle does not read Micah 7. The Haftarah is drawn from the Prophets a passage at a time rather than continuously, so most chapters of most prophetic books are never read in the service, and this is one of them.

The verse numbers here are the ones a Hebrew Bible carries, which differ from an English Bible by a verse or two in several places. The Sephardi reading is named only where this site records a difference; communities vary beyond what is listed. What these books are, and how a Christian reader meets them →

Where the rabbis cite this chapter

2 rows sit beside their verses in the text, on 2 verses of this chapter. No row that speaks to the chapter as a whole is recorded. Every quote links to its full source.

Texts and citation data: Sefaria (sefaria.org); excerpts follow each version’s license, and every passage opens at its source.

How to read a word below: the Hebrewword, then how it sounds, then what it means, then its number in Strong’s concordance, a widely used lookup this site follows (H for Hebrew and Aramaic, G for Greek). Square brackets hold a word the English supplies that the Hebrew does not, angle brackets mark the Hebrew’s own grammatical elements that English renders as separate words, and the mark ס or פ is where the Hebrew manuscripts end a paragraph.

No cluster left; trust no friend, not even your own house1

Micah 7:1· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible

אַ֣לְלַיʾalaiwoe!H480לִ֗יlito meכִּ֤יkiforH3588הָיִ֙יתִי֙hayitiI have becomeH1961כְּאָסְפֵּי־keasepei-like gathering<s> ofH625קַ֔יִץkayitzsummer fruitH7019כְּעֹלְלֹ֖תkeolelotlike gleanings ofH5955בָּצִ֑ירbatzir[the] grape harvestH1210אֵין־ʾein-there notH369אֶשְׁכּ֣וֹלʾeshkol[is] a cluster of grapesH811לֶאֱכ֔וֹלleekholto eatH398בִּכּוּרָ֖הbikurahearly fig[s]H1063אִוְּתָ֥הʾivetahit cravesH183נַפְשִֽׁי׃nafshiappetite myH5315

Rashi on Micah 7:1

RashiFrance, 1040–1105· Commentary
Woe is to me —The prophet laments over himself, “Woe is to me that I was appointed a prophet at this time, when there are no righteous people in the generation.”

Read it in full at Sefaria · The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg

Micah 7:12· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible

י֥וֹםyoma dayH3117הוּא֙hu'thatH1931וְעָדֶ֣יךָveadeikhaand to youH5704יָב֔וֹאyavo'someone will comeH935לְמִנִּ֥יlemini<to> fromH4480אַשּׁ֖וּרʾashurAssyriaH804וְעָרֵ֣יveareiand [the] cities ofH5892מָצ֑וֹרmatzorEgyptH4693וּלְמִנִּ֤יuleminiand <to> fromH4480מָצוֹר֙matzorEgyptH4693וְעַד־vead-and toH5704נָהָ֔רnahar[the] RiverH5104וְיָ֥םveyamand seaH3220מִיָּ֖םmiyamfrom seaH3220וְהַ֥רveharand mountainH2022הָהָֽר׃haharthe mountainH2022

Rashi on Micah 7:12

RashiFrance, 1040–1105· Commentary
It is a day, and he shall come up to you —The prophet says: That day that you deride, saying that it has been nullified and gone away - that day is guarded and preserved, and has not become nullified. The enemy shall come up to you to destroy you.

Read it in full at Sefaria · The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg

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