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Micah 1:8 Interlinear

“ Therefore I will wail and howl stripped and naked I will make a wailing like the dragons and mourning as the owls ”

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Micah 1 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	עַל	H5921		above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
2	זֹאת֙	H2063		this (often used adverb)
3	אֶסְפְּדָ֣ה	H5594	Therefore I will wail	properly, to tear the hair and beat the breasts (as middle easterners do in grief); generally to lament; by implication, to wail
4	וְאֵילִ֔ילָה	H3213	and howl	to howl (with a wailing tone) or yell (with a boisterous one)
5	אֵילְכָ֥ה	H1980		to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
6	שׁיֹלָ֖ל	H7758	stripped	nude (especially bare-foot); by implication, captive
7	וְעָר֑וֹם	H6174	and naked	nude, either partially or totally
8	אֶעֱשֶׂ֤ה	H6213	I will make	to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
9	מִסְפֵּד֙	H4553	a wailing	a lamentation
10	כַּתַּנִּ֔ים	H8577	like the dragons	a marine or land monster, i.e., sea-serpent or jackal
11	וְאֵ֖בֶל	H60	and mourning	lamentation
12	כִּבְנ֥וֹת	H1323	as the owls	a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
13	יַעֲנָֽה׃	H3284		owl

Micah 1:8 (current) Therefore I will wail and howl stripped and naked I will make a wailing like the dragons and mourning as the owls