Micah 5:14
King James Version (1769)
Other translations
| Verse | KJV | BSB | ASV |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | And I will pluck up thy groves out of the midst of thee: so will I destroy thy cities. | I will root out the Asherah poles from your midst and demolish your cities. | and I will pluck up thine Asherim out of the midst of thee; and I will destroy thy cities. |
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Original Hebrew words
| English | Hebrew | Say it | Strong's | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| and I will pluck up | וְנָתַשְׁתִּ֥י | ve-na-tash-TI | H5428 | to uprootנָתַשׁ (na.tash) 1) to pull up, expel, root out, pluck up 1a) (Qal) to pull or pluck up 1b) (Niphal) to be plucked up 1c) (Hophal) to be plucked up |
| Asherah poles your | אֲשֵׁירֶ֖יךָ | 'a-shei-REI-kha | H0842 | Asherahאֲשֵׁרָה (a.she.rah) § Ashera(h) = "groves (for idol worship)" a Babylonian (Astarte)-Canaanite goddess (of fortune and happiness), the supposed consort of Baal, her images her images sacred trees or poles set up near an altar |
| from midst your | מִקִּרְבֶּ֑ךָ | mi-kir-BE-cha | H7130G | entrails: amongקֶ֫רֶב (qe.rev) : among/within 1) midst, among, inner part, middle 1a) inward part 1a1) physical sense 1a2) as seat of thought and emotion 1a3) as faculty of thought and emotion 1b) in the midst, among, from among (of a number of persons) 1c) entrails (of sacrificial animals) Also means: qe.rev (קֶ֫רֶב ": inner_parts" H7130H) |
| and I will destroy | וְהִשְׁמַדְתִּ֖י | ve-hish-mad-TI | H8045 | to destroyשָׁמַד (sha.mad) 1) to destroy, exterminate, be destroyed, be exterminated 1a) (Niphal) 1a1) to be annihilated, be exterminated 1a2) to be destroyed, be devastated 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to annihilate, exterminate 1b2) to destroy Aramaic equivalent: she.mad (שְׁמַד "to destroy" H8046) |
| cities your | עָרֶֽיךָ׃ | 'a-REI-kha | H5892B | cityעִיר (ir) 1) city, town (a place of waking, guarded) 1a) city, town (a place of waking, guarded) 1a) city, town |
Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.