Micah 6:1

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Hear ye now what Jehovah saith: Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

שִׁמְעוּ־נָ֕א אֵ֥ת אֲשֶׁר־יְהוָ֖ה אֹמֵ֑ר ק֚וּם רִ֣יב אֶת־הֶהָרִ֔ים וְתִשְׁמַ֥עְנָה הַגְּבָע֖וֹת קוֹלֶֽךָ׃

Transliteration

šimʿû-nāʾ ʾēt ʾăšer-YHWH ʾōmēr qûm rîb ʾet-hehārîm wə-tišmaʿnâ haggebāʿôt qôlekā

Grammar Details

*šimʿû*: imperative, masculine plural - hear/listen
*nāʾ*: particle of entreaty - please/now
*ʾēt*: direct object marker
*ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - which/what
*YHWH*: proper noun - divine name
*ʾōmēr*: qal participle, masculine singular - saying/speaks
*qûm*: imperative, masculine singular - arise/stand
*rîb*: imperative or noun - contend/dispute
*ʾet*: preposition with - with/against
*hehārîm*: definite article + noun, masculine plural - the mountains
*wə-tišmaʿnâ*: conjunction + qal imperfect, feminine plural - and they will hear
*haggebāʿôt*: definite article + noun, feminine plural - the hills
*qôlekā*: noun + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your voice

Word Meanings

*šimʿû*: hear/listen/obey
*nāʾ*: particle expressing entreaty/request
*rîb*: contend/plead/dispute/lawsuit
*qûm*: arise/stand up/begin

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Deut 32:1 : 1 Give ear, ye heavens, and I will speak; And let the earth hear the words of my mouth.
Jer 22:29 : 29 O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of Jehovah.
Mic 1:2 : 2 Hear, ye peoples, all of you: hearken, O earth, and all that therein is: and let the Lord Jehovah be witness against you, the Lord from his holy temple.
Ezek 36:1 : 1 And thou, son of man, prophesy unto the mountains of Israel, and say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of Jehovah.
Ps 50:1 : 1 A Psalm of Asaph. The Mighty One, God, Jehovah, hath spoken, And called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.
Ps 50:4 : 4 He calleth to the heavens above, And to the earth, that he may judge his people:
1 Sam 15:16 : 16 Then Samuel said unto Saul, Stay, and I will tell thee what Jehovah hath said to me this night. And he said unto him, Say on.
Ezek 36:8 : 8 But ye, O mountains of Israel, ye shall shoot forth your branches, and yield your fruit to my people Israel; for they are at hand to come.
Ezek 37:4 : 4 Again he said unto me, Prophesy over these bones, and say unto them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of Jehovah.
Mic 1:4 : 4 And the mountains shall be melted under him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, as waters that are poured down a steep place.
Luke 19:40 : 40 And he answered and said, I tell you that, if these shall hold their peace, the stones will cry out.
Isa 2:12-14 : 12 For there shall be a day of Jehovah of hosts upon all that is proud and haughty, and upon all that is lifted up; and it shall be brought low; 13 and upon all the cedars of Lebanon, that are high and lifted up, and upon all the oaks of Bashan, 14 and upon all the high mountains, and upon all the hills that are lifted up,
Jer 13:15 : 15 Hear ye, and give ear; be not proud; for Jehovah hath spoken.
Deut 4:26 : 26 I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go over the Jordan to possess it; ye shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall utterly be destroyed.
Heb 3:7-8 : 7 Wherefore, even as the Holy Spirit saith, To-day if ye shall hear his voice, 8 Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, Like as in the day of the trial in the wilderness,
Amos 3:1 : 1 Hear this word that Jehovah hath spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up out of the land of Egypt, saying,
Isa 1:2 : 2 Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth; for Jehovah hath spoken: I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.

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