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Micah 6:2

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← Micah 6:1	Micah 6:2 (KJV)	Micah 6:3 →
Hear ye now what the LORD saith; Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice.	Hear ye, O mountains, the LORD'S controversy, and ye strong foundations of the earth: for the LORD hath a controversy with his people, and he will plead with Israel.	O my people, what have I done unto thee? and wherein have I wearied thee? testify against me.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Hear^H8085 ye, O mountains^H2022, the LORD'S^H3068 controversy^H7379, and ye strong^H386 foundations^H4146 of the earth^H776: for the LORD^H3068 hath a controversy^H7379 with his people^H5971, and he will plead^H3198 with Israel^H3478.

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Original Hebrew

שִׁמְעוּ הָרִים אֶת־רִיב יְהוָה וְהָאֵתָנִים מֹסְדֵי אָרֶץ כִּי רִיב לַיהוָה עִם־עַמֹּו וְעִם־יִשְׂרָאֵל יִתְוַכָּח׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
שִׁמְע֤וּ	shim.'U	H8085	HVqv2mp	hear
הָרִים֙	ha.Rim	H2022	HNcmpa	O mountains
אֶת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
רִ֣יב	riv	H7379	HNcbsc	(the) case of
יְהוָ֔ה	Yah.weh	H3068	HNp	Yahweh
וְ/הָ/אֵתָנִ֖ים	ve./ha./'e.ta.Nim	H386	HC/Td/Aampa	and/ O/ enduring (ones)
מֹ֣סְדֵי	Mo.se.dei	H4146	HNcbpc	(the) foundations of
אָ֑רֶץ	'A.retz	H776	HNcbsa	(the) earth
כִּ֣י	ki	H3588	HC	for
רִ֤יב	riv	H7379	HNcbsa	a case at law
לַֽ/יהוָה֙	la./Yah.weh	H3068	HR/Np	(belongs) to/ Yahweh
עִם	'im-	H5973	HR	with
עַמּ֔/וֹ	a.M/o	H5971	HNcmsc/Sp3ms	people/ his
וְ/עִם	ve./'im-	H5973	HC/R	and/ with
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל	Yis.ra.'El	H3478	HNp	Israel
יִתְוַכָּֽח	yit.va.Kach	H3198	HVti3ms	he will argue

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H386 — אֵיתָן (ʼêythân, ay-thawn'): or (shortened) אֵתָן ; from an unused root (meaning to continue); permanence; hence (concrete) permanent; specifically a chieftain; hard, mighty, rough, strength, strong.
• H776 — אֶרֶץ (ʼerets, eh'-rets): from an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land); [idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.
• H2022 — הַר (har, har): a shortened form of הָרָר; a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively); hill (country), mount(-ain), [idiom] promotion.
• H3068 — יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh, yeh-ho-vaw'): from הָיָה; (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God; Jehovah, the Lord. Compare יָהּ, יְהֹוִה.
• H3198 — יָכַח (yâkach, yaw-kahh'): a primitive root; to be right (i.e. correct); reciprocal, to argue; causatively, to decide, justify or convict; appoint, argue, chasten, convince, correct(-ion), daysman, dispute, judge, maintain, plead, reason (together), rebuke, reprove(-r), surely, in any wise.
• H3478 — יִשְׂרָאֵל (Yisrâʼêl, yis-raw-ale'): from שָׂרָה and אֵל; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity; Israel.
• H4146 — מוֹסָדָה (môwçâdâh, mo-saw-daw'): or מֹסָדָה; feminine of מוֹסָד; a foundation; foundation.
• H5971 — עַם (ʻam, am): from עָמַם; a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock; folk, men, nation, people.
• H7379 — רִיב (rîyb, reeb): or רִב; from רִיב; a contest (personal or legal); [phrase] adversary, cause, chiding, contend(-tion), controversy, multitude (from the margin), pleading, strife, strive(-ing), suit.
• H8085 — שָׁמַע (shâmaʻ, shaw-mah'): a primitive root; to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.); [idiom] attentively, call (gather) together, [idiom] carefully, [idiom] certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, [idiom] diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear(-ken, tell), [idiom] indeed, listen, make (a) noise, (be) obedient, obey, perceive, (make a) proclaim(-ation), publish, regard, report, shew (forth), (make a) sound, [idiom] surely, tell, understand, whosoever (heareth), witness.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H853 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): apparent contracted from אוֹת in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).
• H3588 — כִּי (kîy, kee): a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed; and, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + till, truly, + until, when, whether, while, whom, yea, yet.
• H5973 — עִם (ʻim, eem): from עָמַם; adverb or preposition, with (i.e. in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then usually unrepresented in English); accompanying, against, and, as ([idiom] long as), before, beside, by (reason of), for all, from (among, between), in, like, more than, of, (un-) to, with(-al).

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