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O thou inhabitant of Lachish, bind the chariot to the swift beast: she is the beginning of the sin to the daughter of Zion: for the transgressions of Israel were found in thee. (KJV)
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רְתֹ֧םre.Tomharness
Lemma: רָתַם (ra.tam) · Strong's: H7573
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqv2ms)
Meaning: to bind
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7573; TAHOT Micah 1:13 word 1
הַמֶּרְכָּבָ֛הha.mer.ka.Vahthe chariot
Lemma: מֶרְכָּבָה (mer.ka.vah) · Strong's: H4818
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: chariot
Used 44 times. Also: Genesis 41:43, Genesis 46:29, Exodus 14:25, Exodus 15:4, Joshua 11:6, Joshua 11:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4818; TAHOT Micah 1:13 word 2
לָרֶ֖כֶשׁla.Re.kheshto the steed
Lemma: רֶ֫כֶשׁ (re.khesh) · Strong's: H7409
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: steed
Used 4 times. Also: 1 Kings 4:28, Esther 8:10, Esther 8:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7409; TAHOT Micah 1:13 word 3
יוֹשֶׁ֣בֶתyo.She.vetO inhabitant[s] of
Lemma: יָשַׁב (ya.shav) · Strong's: H3427
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HVqrfsc)
Meaning: to dwell
Used 1068 times. Also: Genesis 4:16, Genesis 4:20, Genesis 11:2, Genesis 11:31, Genesis 13:6, Genesis 13:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3427; TAHOT Micah 1:13 word 4
לָכִ֑ישׁla.KhishLachish
Lemma: לָכִישׁ (la.khish) · Strong's: H3923
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Lachish
Used 24 times. Also: Joshua 10:3, Joshua 10:5, Joshua 10:23, Joshua 10:31, Joshua 10:32, Joshua 10:33 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3923; TAHOT Micah 1:13 word 5
רֵאשִׁ֨יתre.Shit[was the] beginning of
Lemma: רֵאשִׁית (re.shit) · Strong's: H7225G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: first: beginning
Used 41 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 10:10, Genesis 49:3, Leviticus 2:12, Leviticus 23:10, Numbers 15:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7225G; TAHOT Micah 1:13 word 6
חַטָּ֥אתcha.Tatsin
Lemma: חַטָּאת (chat.tat) · Strong's: H2403B
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: sin
Used 164 times. Also: Genesis 4:7, Genesis 18:20, Genesis 31:36, Genesis 50:17, Exodus 10:17, Exodus 32:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2403B; TAHOT Micah 1:13 word 7
הִיא֙hi'it
Lemma: הוּא (hu) · Strong's: H1931
Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · Third · Feminine · Singular (HPp3fs)
Meaning: he/she/it
Used 1869 times. Also: Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:12, Genesis 2:13, Genesis 2:14, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 3:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1931; TAHOT Micah 1:13 word 8
לְבַת\־le.vat-for [the] daughter of
Lemma: בַּת (bat) · Strong's: H1323G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: daughter
Used 539 times. Also: Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:7, Genesis 5:10, Genesis 5:13, Genesis 5:16, Genesis 5:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1323G; TAHOT Micah 1:13 word 9
צִיּ֔וֹןtzi.YonZion
Lemma: צִיּוֹן (tsiy.yon) · Strong's: H6726
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Zion
Used 154 times. Also: 2 Samuel 5:7, 1 Kings 8:1, 2 Kings 19:21, 2 Kings 19:31, 1 Chronicles 11:5, 2 Chronicles 5:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6726; TAHOT Micah 1:13 word 10
כִּי\־ki-for
Lemma: כִּי (ki) · Strong's: H3588A
Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)
Meaning: for
Used 4335 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3588A; TAHOT Micah 1:13 word 11
נִמְצְא֖וּnim.tze.'Uthey were found
Lemma: מָצָא (ma.tsa) · Strong's: H4672
Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVNp3cp)
Meaning: to find
Used 453 times. Also: Genesis 2:20, Genesis 4:14, Genesis 4:15, Genesis 6:8, Genesis 8:9, Genesis 11:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4672; TAHOT Micah 1:13 word 12
פִּשְׁעֵ֥יpish.'Ei[the] transgressions of
Lemma: פֶּ֫שַׁע (pe.sah) · Strong's: H6588
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: transgression
Used 93 times. Also: Genesis 31:36, Genesis 50:17, Exodus 22:9, Exodus 23:21, Exodus 34:7, Leviticus 16:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6588; TAHOT Micah 1:13 word 13
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל\׃Yis.ra.'ElIsrael
Lemma: יִשְׂרָאֵל (yis.ra.el) · Strong's: H3478
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Israel
Used 2504 times. Also: Genesis 32:28, Genesis 32:32, Genesis 34:7, Genesis 35:10, Genesis 35:21, Genesis 35:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3478; TAHOT Micah 1:13 word 14
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Harness | → | רָתַם H7573 to bind |
| your chariot | → | מֶרְכָּבָה H4818 chariot |
| horses | → | רֶ֫כֶשׁ H7409 steed |
| O dweller | → | יָשַׁב H3427 to dwell |
| of Lachish | → | לָכִישׁ H3923 Lachish |
| You were | → | הוּא H1931 he/she/it |
| the beginning | → | רֵאשִׁית H7225G first: beginning |
| of sin | → | חַטָּאת H2403B sin |
| to the Daughter | → | בַּת H1323G daughter |
| of Zion | → | צִיּוֹן H6726 Zion |
| for | → | כִּי H3588A for |
| the transgressions | → | פֶּ֫שַׁע H6588 transgression |
| of Israel | → | יִשְׂרָאֵל H3478 Israel |
| were found | → | מָצָא H4672 to find |
| in you | → |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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