Micah 5:7

Old Testament • 14 words with Strong's data

"And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people as a dew from the LORD, as the showers upon the grass, that tarrieth not for man, nor waiteth for the sons of men."

Word-by-Word Analysis

And the

שְׁאֵרִית

shᵉʼêrîyth

H7611

a remainder or residual (surviving, final) portion

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of

יַעֲקֹב

Yaʻăqôb

H3290

Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch

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shall be in the

תָּוֶךְ

tâvek

H8432

a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre

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of

רַב

rab

H7227

abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)

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עַם

ʻam

H5971

a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock

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as a

טַל

ṭal

H2919

dew (as covering vegetation)

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from the

יְהֹוָה

Yᵉhôvâh

H3068

Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

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as the

רָבִיב

râbîyb

H7241

a rain (as an accumulation of drops)

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upon the

עֶשֶׂב

ʻeseb

H6212

grass (or any tender shoot)

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that

קָוָה

qâvâh

H6960

to bind together (perhaps by twisting), i.e. collect; (figuratively) to expect

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not for

אִישׁ

ʼîysh

H376

a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)

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nor

שָׁמַר

shâmar

H8104

properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.

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for the

בֵּן

bên

H1121

a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...

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of

אֱנוֹשׁ

ʼĕnôwsh

H582

a man in general (singly or collectively)

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Key Terms in This Verse

tarrieth H6960

קָוָה qâvâh

to bind together (perhaps by twisting), i.e. collect; (figuratively) to expect

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showers H7241

רָבִיב râbîyb

a rain (as an accumulation of drops)

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waiteth H8104

שָׁמַר shâmar

properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.

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dew H2919

טַל ṭal

dew (as covering vegetation)

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grass H6212

עֶשֶׂב ʻeseb

grass (or any tender shoot)

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remnant H7611

שְׁאֵרִית shᵉʼêrîyth

a remainder or residual (surviving, final) portion

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midst H8432

תָּוֶךְ tâvek

a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre

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Jacob H3290

יַעֲקֹב Yaʻăqôb

Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch

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many H7227

רַב rab

abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)

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sons H1121

בֵּן bên

a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)

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Cross References

Psalm 72:6 cross-reference

He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers that water the earth.

Micah 5:3 cross-reference

Therefore will he give them up, until the time that she which travaileth hath brought forth: then the remnant of his brethren shall return unto the children of Israel.

Isaiah 44:3 cross-reference

For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring:

Hosea 14:5 cross-reference

I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.

Deuteronomy 32:2 cross-reference

My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass:

Romans 10:20 cross-reference

But Esaias is very bold, and saith, I was found of them that sought me not; I was made manifest unto them that asked not after me.

Psalm 110:3 cross-reference

Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: thou hast the dew of thy youth.

Jeremiah 14:22 cross-reference

Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou he, O LORD our God? therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all these t...

Hosea 6:3 cross-reference

Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.

Zechariah 14:8 cross-reference

And it shall be in that day, that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the former sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall it be.

1 Corinthians 3:6 cross-reference

I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.

Isaiah 55:10 cross-reference

For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:

Judges 6:36 cross-reference

And Gideon said unto God, If thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said,

Isaiah 32:15 cross-reference

Until the spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted for a forest.

Ezekiel 47:1 cross-reference

Afterward he brought me again unto the door of the house; and, behold, waters issued out from under the threshold of the house eastward: for the forefront of the house stood toward the east, and the w...

Isaiah 66:19 cross-reference

And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that escape of them unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, to Tubal, and Javan, to the isles afar off, that have not he...

Acts 13:46 cross-reference

Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting lif...

Romans 9:30 cross-reference

What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, which followed not after righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith.

Romans 11:12 cross-reference

Now if the fall of them be the riches of the world, and the diminishing of them the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fulness?

Acts 16:9 cross-reference

And a vision appeared to Paul in the night; There stood a man of Macedonia, and prayed him, saying, Come over into Macedonia, and help us.

Amos 5:15 cross-reference

Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the LORD God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.

Joel 2:32 cross-reference

And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the LORD hath said, and in the remnant whom...

Matthew 28:19 cross-reference

Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:

Micah 2:12 cross-reference

I will surely assemble, O Jacob, all of thee; I will surely gather the remnant of Israel; I will put them together as the sheep of Bozrah, as the flock in the midst of their fold: they shall make grea...

Acts 11:15 cross-reference

And as I began to speak, the Holy Ghost fell on them, as on us at the beginning.

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