Micah 5:7

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people as a dew from the LORD, as the showers upon the grass, that tarrieth not for man, nor waiteth for the sons of men.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְהָיָה֩ שְׁאֵרִ֨ית יַעֲקֹ֜ב בַּגּוֹיִ֗ם בְּקֶ֙רֶב֙ עַמִּ֣ים רַבִּ֔ים כְּאַרְיֵה֙ בְּבַהֲמ֣וֹת יַ֔עַר כִּכְפִ֖יר בְּעֶדְרֵי צֹ֑אן אֲשֶׁ֧ר אִם עָבַ֛ר וְרָמַ֥ס וְטָרַ֖ף וְאֵ֥ין מַצִּֽיל׃

Transliteration

wə-hāyâ šəʾērît yaʿăqōb among-gôyim in-qereb ʿammîm rabbîm like-ʾaryēh among-bahămôt yaʿar like-kəpîr among-ʿedrê ṣōʾn who if ʿābar wə-rāmas wə-ṭārap and-none maṣṣîl

Grammar Details

• *wə-hāyâ*: conjunction + perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - and will be
• *šəʾērît*: noun, feminine singular construct - remnant of
• *yaʿăqōb*: proper noun - Jacob
• *gôyim*: masculine plural noun - nations
• *qereb*: noun, masculine singular construct - midst of
• *ʿammîm*: masculine plural noun - peoples
• *rabbîm*: adjective, masculine plural - many
• *ʾaryēh*: noun, masculine singular - lion
• *bahămôt*: feminine plural noun - beasts
• *yaʿar*: noun, masculine singular - forest
• *kəpîr*: noun, masculine singular - young lion
• *ʿedrê*: masculine plural construct - flocks of
• *ṣōʾn*: collective noun - sheep
• *ʿābar*: perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he passes through
• *wə-rāmas*: conjunction + perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - and he tramples
• *wə-ṭārap*: conjunction + perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - and he tears
• *maṣṣîl*: hiphil participle, masculine singular - one who delivers

Word Meanings

• *gôyim*: nations/gentiles/peoples
• *ʾaryēh*: lion/powerful one
• *kəpîr*: young lion/lion cub
• *ʿābar*: passes through/crosses over/transgresses
• *rāmas*: tramples/treads down
• *ṭārap*: tears/rends/devours
• *maṣṣîl*: deliverer/rescuer/one who saves

Referenced Verses

• Deut 32:2 : 2 My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass:
• Mic 5:3 : 3 Therefore will he give them up, until the time that she which travaileth hath brought forth: then the remnant of his brethren shall return unto the children of Israel.
• Ps 72:6 : 6 He shall come down{H8799)} like rain upon the mown grass: as showers that water the earth.
• Ps 110:3 : 3 Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: thou hast the dew of thy youth.
• Isa 44:3 : 3 For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring:
• Hos 14:5 : 5 I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.
• Joel 2:32 : 32 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the LORD hath said, and in the remnant whom the LORD shall call.
• Amos 5:15 : 15 Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the LORD God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.
• Mic 2:12 : 12 I will surely assemble, O Jacob, all of thee; I will surely gather the remnant of Israel; I will put them together as the sheep of Bozrah, as the flock in the midst of their fold: they shall make great noise by reason of the multitude of men.
• Isa 55:10 : 10 For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:
• Isa 66:19 : 19 And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that escape of them unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, to Tubal, and Javan, to the isles afar off, that have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the Gentiles.
• Jer 14:22 : 22 Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou he, O LORD our God? therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all these things.
• Ezek 14:22 : 22 Yet, behold, therein shall be left a remnant that shall be brought forth, both sons and daughters: behold, they shall come forth unto you, and ye shall see their way and their doings: and ye shall be comforted concerning the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, even concerning all that I have brought upon it.
• Ezek 47:1 : 1 Afterward he brought me again unto the door of the house; and, behold, waters issued out from under the threshold of the house eastward: for the forefront of the house stood toward the east, and the waters came down from under from the right side of the house, at the south side of the altar.
• Hos 6:3 : 3 Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.
• Isa 32:15 : 15 Until the spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted for a forest.
• Judg 6:36 : 36 And Gideon said unto God, If thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said,
• Mic 5:8 : 8 And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of many people as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep: who, if he go through, both treadeth down, and teareth in pieces, and none can deliver.
• Zeph 3:13 : 13 The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, nor speak lies; neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth: for they shall feed and lie down, and none shall make them afraid.
• Zech 14:8 : 8 And it shall be in that day, that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the former sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall it be.
• Matt 28:19 : 19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
• Acts 9:15 : 15 But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel:
• Acts 11:15 : 15 And as I began to speak, the Holy Ghost fell on them, as on us at the beginning.
• Acts 13:46 : 46 Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.
• Acts 16:9 : 9 And a vision appeared to Paul in the night; There stood a man of Macedonia, and prayed him, saying, Come over into Macedonia, and help us.
• Rom 9:30 : 30 What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, which followed not after righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith.
• Rom 10:20 : 20 But Esaias is very bold, and saith, I was found of them that sought me not; I was made manifest unto them that asked not after me.
• Rom 11:5-6 : 5 Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace. 6 And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then is it no more grace: otherwise work is no more work.
• Rom 11:12 : 12 Now if the fall of them be the riches of the world, and the diminishing of them the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fulness?
• Rom 15:19-20 : 19 Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God; so that from Jerusalem, and round about unto Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ. 20 Yea, so have I strived to preach the gospel, not where Christ was named, lest I should build upon another man's foundation:
• 1 Cor 3:6 : 6 I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.