Micah 6:11 Go deeper

Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights? (KJV)

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הַאֶזְכֶּ֖הha.'ez.Keh¿ will I be clear

Lemma: זָכָה (za.khah) · Strong's: H2135

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqi1cs)

Meaning: to clean

Used 8 times. Also: Job 15:14, Job 25:4, Psalms 51:4, Psalms 73:13, Psalms 119:9, Proverbs 20:9 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2135; TAHOT Micah 6:11 word 1

בְּמֹ֣אזְנֵיbe.Mo.ze.neiwith balances of

Lemma: מֹאזֵן (mo.zen) · Strong's: H3976

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Dual · Construct (HNcmdc)

Meaning: balance

Used 15 times. Also: Leviticus 19:36, Job 6:2, Job 31:6, Psalms 62:9, Proverbs 11:1, Proverbs 16:11 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3976; TAHOT Micah 6:11 word 2

רֶ֑שַׁעRe.sha'wickedness

Lemma: רֶ֫שַׁע (re.sah) · Strong's: H7562

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: wickedness

Used 30 times. Also: Deuteronomy 9:27, 1 Samuel 24:13, Job 34:8, Job 34:10, Job 35:8, Psalms 5:4 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7562; TAHOT Micah 6:11 word 3

וּבְכִ֖יסu.ve.Khisand with a bag of

Lemma: כִּיס (kis) · Strong's: H3599

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: purse

Used 5 times. Also: Deuteronomy 25:13, Proverbs 1:14, Proverbs 16:11, Isaiah 46:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3599; TAHOT Micah 6:11 word 4

אַבְנֵ֥י'av.Neiweights of

Lemma: אֶ֫בֶן (e.ven) · Strong's: H0068H

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Construct (HNcfpc)

Meaning: stone: weight

Used 13 times. Also: Leviticus 19:36, Deuteronomy 25:13, Deuteronomy 25:15, 2 Samuel 14:26, Proverbs 11:1, Proverbs 16:11 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0068H; TAHOT Micah 6:11 word 5

מִרְמָֽה\׃mir.Mahdeceit

Lemma: מִרְמָה (mir.mah) · Strong's: H4820

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

Meaning: deceit

Used 39 times. Also: Genesis 27:35, Genesis 34:13, 2 Kings 9:23, Job 15:35, Job 31:5, Psalms 5:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4820; TAHOT Micah 6:11 word 6

How the BSB renders it

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

Can I excuse	→	זָכָה H2135 to clean
dishonest	→	רֶ֫שַׁע H7562 wickedness
scales	→	מֹאזֵן H3976 balance
or bags	→	כִּיס H3599 purse
of false	→	מִרְמָה H4820 deceit
weights	→	אֶ֫בֶן H0068H stone: weight

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

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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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