Micah 7:16

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

The nations shall see and be confounded at all their might: they shall lay their hand upon their mouth, their ears shall be deaf.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יִרְא֤וּ גוֹיִם֙ וְיֵבֹ֔שׁוּ מִכֹּ֖ל גְּבֽוּרָתָ֑ם יָשִׂ֤ימוּ יָד֙ עַל־פֶּ֔ה אָזְנֵיהֶ֖ם תֶּחֱרַֽשְׁנָה׃

Transliteration

They will yirʾû gôyim and yēbōšû from-all their gəbûrātām; they will yāśîmû yād upon-peh, their ʾoznêhem teḥĕrašnāh.

Grammar Details

*yirʾû*: Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they will see
*gôyim*: masculine plural noun - nations
*wə*: conjunction - and
*yēbōšû*: Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they will be ashamed
*mi-kōl*: preposition + masculine singular construct - from all of
*gəbûrātām*: feminine singular noun with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their might/strength
*yāśîmû*: Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they will put/place
*yād*: feminine singular noun - hand
*ʿal*: preposition - upon
*peh*: masculine singular noun - mouth
*ʾoznêhem*: feminine dual noun with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their ears
*teḥĕrašnāh*: Qal imperfect, 3rd person feminine plural - they will be deaf/silent

Word Meanings

*yirʾû*: they will see/perceive/observe
*gôyim*: nations/gentiles/peoples
*yēbōšû*: they will be ashamed/disgraced/embarrassed
*gəbûrātām*: their might/strength/power
*yāśîmû yād ʿal-peh*: they will put hand over mouth/be silenced/be speechless
*teḥĕrašnāh*: will be deaf/become silent/be speechless

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Referenced Verses

Isa 26:11 : 11 LORD, when thy hand is lifted up, they will not see: but they shall see, and be ashamed for their envy at the people; yea, the fire of thine enemies shall devour them.
Isa 52:15 : 15 So shall he sprinkle many nations; the kings shall shut their mouths at him: for that which had not been told them shall they see; and that which they had not heard shall they consider.
Job 29:9-9 : 9 The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth. 10 The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.
Job 40:4 : 4 Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.
Ps 126:2 : 2 Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The LORD hath done great things for them.
Job 21:5 : 5 Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth.
Isa 66:18 : 18 For I know their works and their thoughts: it shall come, that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come, and see my glory.
Ezek 38:23 : 23 Thus will I magnify myself, and sanctify myself; and I will be known in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I am the LORD.
Ezek 39:17-21 : 17 And, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD; Speak unto every feathered fowl, and to every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves, and come; gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I do sacrifice for you, even a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel, that ye may eat flesh, and drink blood. 18 Ye shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bullocks, all of them fatlings of Bashan. 19 And ye shall eat fat till ye be full, and drink blood till ye be drunken, of my sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you. 20 Thus ye shall be filled at my table with horses and chariots, with mighty men, and with all men of war, saith the Lord GOD. 21 And I will set my glory among the heathen, and all the heathen shall see my judgment that I have executed, and my hand that I have laid upon them.
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.
Zech 8:20-23 : 20 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; It shall yet come to pass, that there shall come people, and the inhabitants of many cities: 21 And the inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying, Let us go speedily to pray before the LORD, and to seek the LORD of hosts: I will go also. 22 Yea, many people and strong nations shall come to seek the LORD of hosts in Jerusalem, and to pray before the LORD. 23 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; In those days it shall come to pass, that ten men shall take hold out of all languages of the nations, even shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying, We will go with you: for we have heard that God is with you.
Zech 12:9 : 9 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
Rom 3:19 : 19 Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.
Rev 11:18 : 18 And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth.

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