Micah 3:10 Go deeper

They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity. (KJV)

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בֹּנֶ֥הbo.Neh[who] build

Lemma: בָּנָה (ba.nah) · Strong's: H1129

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVqrmsa)

Meaning: to build

Used 374 times. Also: Genesis 2:22, Genesis 4:17, Genesis 8:20, Genesis 10:11, Genesis 11:4, Genesis 11:5 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1129; TAHOT Micah 3:10 word 1

צִיּ֖וֹןtzi.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 3:10 word 2

בְּדָמִ֑יםbe.da.Mimwith blood<s>

Lemma: דָּם (dam) · Strong's: H1818

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)

Meaning: blood

Used 359 times. Also: Genesis 4:10, Genesis 4:11, Genesis 9:4, Genesis 9:5, Genesis 9:6, Genesis 37:22 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1818; TAHOT Micah 3:10 word 3

וִירוּשָׁלִַ֖םvi.ru.sha.Limand Jerusalem

Lemma: יְרוּשָׁלִַ֫ם, יְרוּשְׁלֵם (ye.ru.sha.laim) · Strong's: H3389

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)

Meaning: Jerusalem

Used 643 times. Also: Joshua 10:1, Joshua 10:3, Joshua 10:5, Joshua 10:23, Joshua 12:10, Joshua 15:8 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3389; TAHOT Micah 3:10 word 4

בְּעַוְלָֽה\׃be.'av.Lahwith injustice

Lemma: עַוְלָה (av.lah) · Strong's: H5766B

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: injustice

Used 31 times. Also: 2 Samuel 3:34, 2 Samuel 7:10, 1 Chronicles 17:9, 2 Chronicles 19:7, Job 5:16, Job 6:29 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5766B; TAHOT Micah 3:10 word 5

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

who build	→	בָּנָה H1129 to build
Zion	→	צִיּוֹן H6726 Zion
with bloodshed	→	דָּם H1818 blood
and Jerusalem	→	יְרוּשָׁלִַ֫ם, יְרוּשְׁלֵם H3389 Jerusalem
with iniquity	→	עַוְלָה H5766B injustice

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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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