Micah 7:17

Old Testament • 14 words with Strong's data

"They shall lick the dust like a serpent, they shall move out of their holes like worms of the earth: they shall be afraid of the LORD our God, and shall fear because of thee."

Word-by-Word Analysis

They shall

לָחַךְ

lâchak

H3897

to lick

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the

עָפָר

ʻâphâr

H6083

dust (as powdered or gray); hence, clay, earth, mud

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דָּמָה

dâmâh

H1819

to compare; by implication, to resemble, liken, consider

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a

נָחָשׁ

nâchâsh

H5175

a snake (from its hiss)

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they shall

חָרַץ

chârats

H2782

properly, to point sharply, i.e. (literally) to wound; figuratively, to be alert, to decide

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out of their

נָקִיק

nâqîyq

H5357

a cleft

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דָּמָה

dâmâh

H1819

to compare; by implication, to resemble, liken, consider

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רִמָּה

rimmâh

H7415

a maggot (as rapidly bred), literally or figuratively

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of the

אֶרֶץ

ʼerets

H776

the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

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they shall be

יָרֵא

yârêʼ

H3372

to fear; morally, to revere; caus. to frighten

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of the

יְהֹוָה

Yᵉhôvâh

H3068

Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

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our

אֱלֹהִים

ʼĕlôhîym

H430

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...

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and shall

יָרֵא

yârêʼ

H3372

to fear; morally, to revere; caus. to frighten

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פָּנִים

pânîym

H6440

the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi...

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of thee

Key Terms in This Verse

lick H3897

לָחַךְ lâchak

to lick

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worms H7415

רִמָּה rimmâh

a maggot (as rapidly bred), literally or figuratively

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holes H5357

נָקִיק nâqîyq

a cleft

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move H2782

חָרַץ chârats

properly, to point sharply, i.e. (literally) to wound; figuratively, to be alert, to decide

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serpent H5175

נָחָשׁ nâchâsh

a snake (from its hiss)

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dust H6083

עָפָר ʻâphâr

dust (as powdered or gray); hence, clay, earth, mud

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afraid H3372

יָרֵא yârêʼ

to fear; morally, to revere; caus. to frighten

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fear H3372

יָרֵא yârêʼ

to fear; morally, to revere; caus. to frighten

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like H1819

דָּמָה dâmâh

to compare; by implication, to resemble, liken, consider

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like H1819

דָּמָה dâmâh

to compare; by implication, to resemble, liken, consider

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Cross References

Isaiah 49:23 cross-reference

And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I...

Psalm 72:9 cross-reference

They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust.

Psalm 18:45 cross-reference

The strangers shall fade away, and be afraid out of their close places.

Joshua 9:24 cross-reference

And they answered Joshua, and said, Because it was certainly told thy servants, how that the LORD thy God commanded his servant Moses to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of th...

Isaiah 59:19 cross-reference

So shall they fear the name of the LORD from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a standard against him.

Jeremiah 33:9 cross-reference

And it shall be to me a name of joy, a praise and an honour before all the nations of the earth, which shall hear all the good that I do unto them: and they shall fear and tremble for all the goodness...

Revelation 3:9 cross-reference

Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee.

Lamentations 3:29 cross-reference

He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.

Isaiah 60:14 cross-reference

The sons also of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee; and all they that despised thee shall bow themselves down at the soles of thy feet; and they shall call thee, The city of the LO...

Jeremiah 16:16 cross-reference

Behold, I will send for many fishers, saith the LORD, and they shall fish them; and after will I send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill, and out of th...

Isaiah 64:2 cross-reference

As when the melting fire burneth, the fire causeth the waters to boil, to make thy name known to thine adversaries, that the nations may tremble at thy presence!

Psalm 9:20 cross-reference

Put them in fear, O LORD: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah.

Isaiah 25:3 cross-reference

Therefore shall the strong people glorify thee, the city of the terrible nations shall fear thee.

1 Samuel 14:11 cross-reference

And both of them discovered themselves unto the garrison of the Philistines: and the Philistines said, Behold, the Hebrews come forth out of the holes where they had hid themselves.

Zechariah 14:5 cross-reference

And ye shall flee to the valley of the mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal: yea, ye shall flee, like as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Ju...

Isaiah 65:25 cross-reference

The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock: and dust shall be the serpent’s meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the LORD.

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