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Now why dost thou cry out aloud? is there no king in thee? is thy counsellor perished? for pangs have taken thee as a woman in travail. (KJV)
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עַתָּ֕ה'a.Tahnow
Lemma: עַתָּ֫ה (at.tah) · Strong's: H6258
Parsing: Adverb (HD)
Meaning: now
Used 431 times. Also: Genesis 3:22, Genesis 4:11, Genesis 11:6, Genesis 12:19, Genesis 19:9, Genesis 20:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6258; TAHOT Micah 4:9 word 1
לָ֥מָּהLa.mah<to> why?
Lemma: מָה (mah) · Strong's: H4100
Parsing: Pronoun · Interrogative (HPi)
Meaning: what?
Used 748 times. Also: Genesis 2:19, Genesis 3:13, Genesis 4:6, Genesis 4:10, Genesis 12:18, Genesis 12:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4100; TAHOT Micah 4:9 word 2
תָרִ֖יעִיta.Ri.'ido you shout
Lemma: רוּעַ (ru.a) · Strong's: H7321
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Second · Feminine · Singular (HVhi2fs)
Meaning: to shout
Used 44 times. Also: Numbers 10:7, Numbers 10:9, Joshua 6:5, Joshua 6:10, Joshua 6:16, Joshua 6:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7321; TAHOT Micah 4:9 word 3
רֵ֑עַRe.a'shouting
Lemma: רֵעַ (re.a) · Strong's: H7452
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: shouting
Used 2 times. Also: Job 36:33 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7452; TAHOT Micah 4:9 word 4
הֲמֶ֣לֶךְha.Me.lekh¿ a king
Lemma: מֶ֫לֶךְ (me.lekh) · Strong's: H4428G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: king
Used 2508 times. Also: Genesis 14:1, Genesis 14:2, Genesis 14:5, Genesis 14:8, Genesis 14:9, Genesis 14:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4428G; TAHOT Micah 4:9 word 5
אֵֽין\־'ein-[is] there not
Lemma: אַ֫יִן (a.yin) · Strong's: H0369
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: nothing
Used 786 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 5:24, Genesis 7:8, Genesis 11:30, Genesis 19:31, Genesis 20:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0369; TAHOT Micah 4:9 word 6
אִֽם\־'im-or?
Lemma: אִם (im) · Strong's: H0518I
Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)
Meaning: if: surely yes
Used 80 times. Also: Genesis 24:38, Genesis 26:29, Genesis 30:1, Genesis 31:52, Genesis 34:15, Genesis 47:29 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0518I; TAHOT Micah 4:9 word 7
יוֹעֲצֵךְ֙yo.'a.tzeKhcounselor your
Lemma: יָעַץ (ya.ats) · Strong's: H3289
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HVqrmsc)
Meaning: to advise
Used 79 times. Also: Exodus 18:19, Numbers 24:14, 2 Samuel 15:12, 2 Samuel 16:23, 2 Samuel 17:7, 2 Samuel 17:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3289; TAHOT Micah 4:9 word 8
אָבָ֔ד'a.Vadhas he perished
Lemma: אָבַד (a.vad) · Strong's: H0006
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqp3ms)
Meaning: to perish
Used 183 times. Also: Exodus 10:7, Leviticus 23:30, Leviticus 26:38, Numbers 16:33, Numbers 17:12, Numbers 21:29 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0006; TAHOT Micah 4:9 word 9
כִּֽי\־ki-that
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 4:9 word 10
הֶחֱזִיקֵ֥ךְhe.che.zi.Kekhit has taken hold of you
Lemma: חָזַק (cha.zaq) · Strong's: H2388H
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVhp3ms)
Meaning: to strengthen: hold
Used 71 times. Also: Genesis 19:16, Genesis 21:18, Exodus 4:4, Exodus 9:2, Deuteronomy 22:25, Deuteronomy 25:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2388H; TAHOT Micah 4:9 word 11
חִ֖ילchilanguish
Lemma: חִיל (chil) · Strong's: H2427A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: agony
Used 6 times. Also: Exodus 15:14, Psalms 48:6, Jeremiah 6:24, Jeremiah 22:23, Jeremiah 50:43 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2427A; TAHOT Micah 4:9 word 12
כַּיּוֹלֵדָֽה\׃kai.yo.le.Dahlike <the> [woman] giving birth
Lemma: יָלַד (ya.lad) · Strong's: H3205
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HVqrfsa)
Meaning: to beget
Used 493 times. Also: Genesis 3:16, Genesis 4:1, Genesis 4:2, Genesis 4:17, Genesis 4:18, Genesis 4:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3205; TAHOT Micah 4:9 word 13
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Why | → | מָה H4100 what? |
| do you now | → | עַתָּ֫ה H6258 now |
| cry | → | רוּעַ H7321 to shout |
| aloud | → | רֵעַ H7452 shouting |
| Is there no | → | אַ֫יִן H0369 nothing |
| king | → | מֶ֫לֶךְ H4428G king |
| among you | → | |
| Has | → | אִם H0518I if: surely yes |
| your counselor | → | יָעַץ H3289 to advise |
| perished | → | אָבַד H0006 to perish |
| so that | → | כִּי H3588A for |
| anguish | → | חִיל H2427A agony |
| grips you | → | חָזַק H2388H to strengthen: hold |
| like a woman in labor | → | יָלַד H3205 to beget |
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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