Micah 1:10

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Declare ye it not at Gath, weep ye not at all: in the house of Aphrah roll thyself in the dust.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בְּגַת֙ אַל־תַּגִּ֔ידוּ בָּכ֖וֹ אַל־תִּבְכּ֑וּ בְּבֵ֣ית לְעַפְרָ֔ה עָפָ֖ר הִתְפַּלָּֽשִׁי׃

Transliteration

In-Gaṯ not-taggîḏû in-bāḵô not-tiḇkû in-bêṯ ləʿap̄rāh ʿāp̄ār hiṯpallāšî

Grammar Details

*Gaṯ*: proper name, feminine singular
*taggîḏû*: hifil imperfect, 2nd masculine plural - you will tell/declare
*bāḵô*: proper name or place name
*tiḇkû*: qal imperfect, 2nd masculine plural - you will weep
*bêṯ*: common noun, masculine singular construct - house of
*ləʿap̄rāh*: proper name, feminine singular - Ophrah/to Ophrah
*ʿāp̄ār*: common noun, masculine singular - dust/soil
*hiṯpallāšî*: hitpael imperative, feminine singular - roll yourself

Word Meanings

*taggîḏû*: tell/declare/announce
*tiḇkû*: weep/cry/mourn
*bāḵô*: possibly 'weeping' or a place name
*ʿāp̄ār*: dust/soil/earth/dirt
*hiṯpallāšî*: roll yourself/wallow/cover yourself

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Referenced Verses

2 Sam 1:20 : 20 Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.
Jer 6:26 : 26 O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation: for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us.
Lam 3:29 : 29 He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.
Amos 5:13 : 13 Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time.
Amos 6:10 : 10 And a man's uncle shall take him up, and he that burneth him, to bring out the bones out of the house, and shall say unto him that is by the sides of the house, Is there yet any with thee? and he shall say, No. Then shall he say, Hold thy tongue: for we may not make mention of the name of the LORD.
Job 2:8 : 8 And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes.
Josh 18:23 : 23 And Avim, and Parah, and Ophrah,

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