Hebrew Interlinear

Micah 7:3 Interlinear

That they may do evil with both hands earnestly the prince asketh and the judge asketh for a reward and the great man he uttereth his mischievous desire so they wrap it up

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1עַלH5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
2הָרַ֤עH7451That they may do evilbad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
3כַּפַּ֙יִם֙H3709with both handsthe hollow hand or palm (so of the paw of an animal, of the sole, and even of the bowl of a dish or sling, the handle of a bolt, the leaves of a palm-
4לְהֵיטִ֔יבH3190earnestlyto be (causative) make well, literally (sound, beautiful) or figuratively (happy, successful, right)
5הַשַּׂ֣רH8269the princea head person (of any rank or class)
6שֹׁאֵ֔לH7592askethto inquire; by implication, to request; by extension, to demand
7וְהַשֹּׁפֵ֖טH8199and the judgeto judge, i.e., pronounce sentence (for or against); by implication, to vindicate or punish; by extenssion, to govern; passively, to litigate (literal
8בַּשִּׁלּ֑וּםH7966asketh for a rewarda requital, i.e., (secure) retribution, (venal) a fee
9וְהַגָּד֗וֹלH1419and the greatgreat (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
10דֹּבֵ֨רH1696man he utterethperhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
11הַוַּ֥תH1942his mischievousby implication, of falling); desire; also ruin
12נַפְשׁ֛וֹH5315desireproperly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or ment
13ה֖וּאH1931he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
14וַֽיְעַבְּתֽוּהָ׃H5686so they wrap it upto interlace, i.e., (figuratively) to pervert

Verse Context

Micah 7:2man is perished The good out of the earth and there is none upright among men...
Micah 7:3 (current) That they may do evil with both hands earnestly the prince asketh and the judge asketh for a reward and the great man he uttereth his mischievous desire so they wrap it up
Micah 7:4The best of them is as a brier the most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge the day of thy watchmen...

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