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Micah 3:7 Interlinear

“be ashamed Then shall the seers confounded and the diviners yea they shall all cover their lips for there is no answer of God”

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Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	וּבֹ֣שׁוּ	H954	be ashamed	properly, to pale, i.e., by implication to be ashamed; also (by implication) to be disappointed or delayed
2	הַחֹזִ֗ים	H2374	Then shall the seers	a beholder in vision; also a compact (as looked upon with approval)
3	וְחָֽפְרוּ֙	H2659	confounded	to blush; figuratively, to be ashamed, disappointed; causatively, to shame, reproach
4	הַקֹּ֣סְמִ֔ים	H7080	and the diviners	properly, to distribute, i.e., determine by lot or magical scroll; by implication, to divine
5	וְעָט֥וּ	H5844	yea they shall all cover	to wrap, i.e., cover, veil, clothe, or roll
6	עַל	H5921		above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
7	שָׂפָ֖ם	H8222	their lips	the beard (as a lippiece)
8	כֻּלָּ֑ם	H3605		properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
9	כִּ֛י	H3588		(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
10	אֵ֥ין	H369		a nonentity; generally used as a negative particle
11	מַעֲנֵ֖ה	H4617	for there is no answer	a reply (favorable or contradictory)
12	אֱלֹהִֽים׃	H430	of God	gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of

Micah 3:7 (current)be ashamed Then shall the seers confounded and the diviners yea they shall all cover their lips for there is no answer of God