Micah 1:10
Old Testament • 8 words with Strong's data
"Declare ye it not at Gath, weep ye not at all: in the house of Aphrah roll thyself in the dust."
Word-by-Word Analysis
נָגַד
nâgad
properly, to front, i.e. stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to o...
בַּיִת
bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
בֵּית לְעַפְרָה
Bêyth lᵉ-ʻAphrâh
Beth-le-Aphrah, a place in Palestine
נֶפֶשׁ
nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...
עָפָר
ʻâphâr
dust (as powdered or gray); hence, clay, earth, mud
Key Terms in This Verse
נָגַד nâgad
properly, to front, i.e. stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to one present); specifically, to expose, predict, exp...
Study H5046 →נֶפֶשׁ nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
Study H5315 →בַּיִת bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
Study H1004 →Cross References
Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.
O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation: for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us.
And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes.
He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.
Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time.
And Avim, and Parah, and Ophrah,
And a man’s uncle shall take him up, and he that burneth him, to bring out the bones out of the house, and shall say unto him that is by the sides of the house, Is there yet any with thee? and he shal...
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