Micah 1:6

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Therefore I will make Samaria as a heap of the field, [and] as places for planting vineyards; and I will pour down the stones thereof into the valley, and I will uncover the foundations thereof.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְשַׂמְתִּ֥י שֹׁמְר֛וֹן לְעִ֥י הַשָּׂדֶ֖ה לְמַטָּ֣עֵי כָ֑רֶם וְהִגַּרְתִּ֤י לַגַּי֙ אֲבָנֶ֔יהָ וִיסֹדֶ֖יהָ אֲגַלֶּֽה׃

Transliteration

And-śamtî Šōmərôn to-ʿî the-śāḏeh to-maṭṭāʿê kārem and-higgartî to-the-gay ʾăḇāneyhā and-yisōḏeyhā ʾăḡalleh

Grammar Details

*śamtî*: qal perfect 1st singular - I will make/set/place
*Šōmərôn*: proper name, feminine singular
*ʿî*: common noun, masculine singular construct - heap/ruin of
*śāḏeh*: common noun with definite article, masculine singular - the field
*maṭṭāʿê*: common noun, masculine plural construct - plantings of
*kārem*: common noun, masculine singular - vineyard
*higgartî*: hifil perfect 1st singular - I will pour down/hurl down
*gay*: common noun with definite article, masculine singular - the valley
*ʾăḇāneyhā*: common noun with possessive suffix, feminine plural - her stones
*yisōḏeyhā*: common noun with possessive suffix, masculine plural - her foundations
*ʾăḡalleh*: piel imperfect 1st singular - I will uncover/expose

Word Meanings

*śamtî*: make/set/place/turn into
*ʿî*: heap/ruin/rubble
*śāḏeh*: field/open country/land
*maṭṭāʿê*: plantings/vineyard planting places
*kārem*: vineyard/orchard
*higgartî*: pour down/hurl down/tumble down
*gay*: valley/ravine
*ʾăḡalleh*: uncover/expose/lay bare

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Referenced Verses

Ezek 13:14 : 14 So will I break down the wall that ye have daubed with untempered [mortar], and bring it down to the ground, so that the foundation thereof shall be uncovered; and it shall fall, and ye shall be consumed in the midst thereof: and ye shall know that I am Jehovah.
Mic 3:12 : 12 Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.
2 Kgs 19:25 : 25 Hast thou not heard how I have done it long ago, and formed it of ancient times? now have I brought it to pass, that it should be thine to lay waste fortified cities into ruinous heaps.
Lam 4:1 : 1 How is the gold become dim! [how] is the most pure gold changed! The stones of the sanctuary are poured out at the head of every street.
Isa 25:2 : 2 For thou hast made of a city a heap, of a fortified city a ruin, a palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built.
Isa 25:12 : 12 And the high fortress of thy walls hath he brought down, laid low, and brought to the ground, even to the dust.
Jer 9:11 : 11 And I will make Jerusalem heaps, a dwelling-place of jackals; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.
Jer 51:25 : 25 Behold, I am against thee, O destroying mountain, saith Jehovah, which destroyest all the earth; and I will stretch out my hand upon thee, and roll thee down from the rocks, and will make thee a burnt mountain.
Jer 51:37 : 37 And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwelling-place for jackals, an astonishment, and a hissing, without inhabitant.
Hab 3:13 : 13 Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people, For the salvation of thine anointed; Thou woundest the head out of the house of the wicked man, Laying bare the foundation even unto the neck. Selah.
Matt 24:2 : 2 But he answered and said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
Hos 13:16 : 16 Samaria shall bear her guilt; for she hath rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword; their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up.
Amos 5:11 : 11 Forasmuch therefore as ye trample upon the poor, and take exactions from him of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink the wine thereof.

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