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Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones; (KJV)
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שֹׂ֥נְאֵיSo.ne.'eihaters of
Lemma: שָׂנֵא (sa.ne) · Strong's: H8130
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HVqrmpc)
Meaning: to hate
Used 144 times. Also: Genesis 24:60, Genesis 26:27, Genesis 29:31, Genesis 29:33, Genesis 37:4, Genesis 37:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8130; TAHOT Micah 3:2 word 1
ט֖וֹבTovgood
Lemma: טוֹב (tov) · Strong's: H2896B
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAamsa)
Meaning: good
Used 90 times. Also: Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 3:6, Genesis 3:22, Genesis 26:29, Numbers 10:32 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2896B; TAHOT Micah 3:2 word 2
וְאֹ֣הֲבֵיve.'O.ha.veiand lovers of
Lemma: אָהֵב (a.hav) · Strong's: H0157G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HVqrmpc)
Meaning: to love: lover
Used 196 times. Also: Genesis 22:2, Genesis 24:67, Genesis 25:28, Genesis 27:4, Genesis 27:9, Genesis 27:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0157G; TAHOT Micah 3:2 word 3
גֹּזְלֵ֤יgo.ze.Leitearers away of
Lemma: גָּזַל (ga.zal) · Strong's: H1497
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HVqrmpc)
Meaning: to plunder
Used 30 times. Also: Genesis 21:25, Genesis 31:31, Leviticus 6:4, Leviticus 19:13, Deuteronomy 28:29, Deuteronomy 28:31 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1497; TAHOT Micah 3:2 word 4
עוֹרָם֙o.Ramskin their
Lemma: עוֹר (or) · Strong's: H5785
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: skin
Used 99 times. Also: Genesis 3:21, Genesis 27:16, Exodus 22:27, Exodus 25:5, Exodus 26:14, Exodus 29:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5785; TAHOT Micah 3:2 word 5
מֵֽעֲלֵיהֶ֔םme.'a.lei.Hemfrom on <the> them
Lemma: עַל (al) · Strong's: H5921A
Parsing: Preposition · Definite (HRd)
Meaning: upon
Used 5756 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5921A; TAHOT Micah 3:2 word 6
וּשְׁאֵרָ֖םu.she.'e.Ramand flesh their
Lemma: שְׁאֵר (she.er) · Strong's: H7607
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: flesh
Used 16 times. Also: Exodus 21:10, Leviticus 18:6, Leviticus 18:12, Leviticus 18:13, Leviticus 20:19, Leviticus 21:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7607; TAHOT Micah 3:2 word 7
מֵעַ֥לme.'Alfrom on
Lemma: עַל (al) · Strong's: H5921A
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: upon
Used 5756 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5921A; TAHOT Micah 3:2 word 8
עַצְמוֹתָֽם\׃atz.mo.Tambones their
Lemma: עֶ֫צֶם (e.tsem) · Strong's: H6106G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Construct (HNcfpc)
Meaning: bone
Used 105 times. Also: Genesis 2:23, Genesis 29:14, Genesis 50:25, Exodus 12:46, Exodus 13:19, Numbers 9:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6106G; TAHOT Micah 3:2 word 9
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| You hate | → | שָׂנֵא H8130 to hate |
| good | → | טוֹב H2896B good |
| and love | → | אָהֵב H0157G to love: lover |
| evil | → | H7451 |
| You tear | → | גָּזַל H1497 to plunder |
| the skin | → | עוֹר H5785 skin |
| from my people | → | עַל H5921A upon |
| and strip the flesh | → | שְׁאֵר H7607 flesh |
| from | → | עַל H5921A upon |
| their bones | → | עֶ֫צֶם H6106G bone |
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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