Hebrew Interlinear

Micah 5:8 Interlinear

And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst people of many as a lion among the beasts of the forest as a young lion among the flocks of sheep who if he go through both treadeth down and teareth in pieces and none can deliver

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וְהָיָה֩H1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
2שְׁאֵרִ֨יתH7611And the remnanta remainder or residual (surviving, final) portion
3יַעֲקֹ֜בH3290of Jacobjaakob, the israelitish patriarch
4בַּגּוֹיִ֗םH1471shall be among the Gentilesa foreign nation; hence, a gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
5בְּקֶ֙רֶב֙H7130in the midstproperly, the nearest part, i.e., the center, whether literal, figurative or adverbial (especially with preposition)
6עַמִּ֣יםH5971peoplea people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
7רַבִּ֔יםH7227of manyabundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
8כְּאַרְיֵה֙H738as a liona lion
9בְּבַהֲמ֣וֹתH929among the beastsproperly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal (often collective)
10יַ֔עַרH3293of the foresta copse of bushes; hence, a forest; hence, honey in the comb (as hived in trees)
11כִּכְפִ֖ירH3715as a young liona village (as covered in by walls); also a young lion (perhaps as covered with a mane)
12בְּעֶדְרֵיH5739among the flocksan arrangement, i.e., muster (of animals)
13צֹ֑אןH6629of sheepa collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
14אֲשֶׁ֧רH834who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
15אִםH518used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
16עָבַ֛רH5674who if he go throughto cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in
17וְרָמַ֥סH7429both treadeth downto tread upon (as a potter, in walking or abusively)
18וְטָרַ֖ףH2963and teareth in piecesto pluck off or pull to pieces; causatively to supply with food (as in morsels)
19וְאֵ֥יןH369a nonentity; generally used as a negative particle
20מַצִּֽיל׃H5337and none can deliverto snatch away, whether in a good or a bad sense

Verse Context

Micah 5:7 And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst people of many...
Micah 5:8 (current) And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst people of many as a lion among the beasts of the forest as a young lion among the flocks of sheep who if he go through both treadeth down and teareth in pieces and none can deliver
Micah 5:9shall be lifted up Thine hand upon thine adversaries and all thine enemies...

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