Micah 5:7

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many peoples as dew from Jehovah, as showers upon the grass, that tarry not for man, nor wait 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 grass, And as the showers upon the herb.
• Mic 5:3 : 3 Therefore will he give them up, until the time that she who travaileth hath brought forth: then the residue of his brethren shall return unto the children of Israel.
• Ps 72:6 : 6 He will come down like rain upon the mown grass, As showers that water the earth.
• Ps 110:3 : 3 Thy people offer themselves willingly In the day of thy power, in holy array: Out of 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 streams 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 blossom 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 Jehovah shall be delivered; for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem there shall be those that escape, as Jehovah hath said, and among the remnant those whom Jehovah doth call.
• Amos 5:15 : 15 Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish justice in the gate: it may be that Jehovah, the 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 a flock in the midst of their pasture; 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, and giveth 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 such as 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 nations.
• Jer 14:22 : 22 Are there any among the vanities of the nations that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou he, O Jehovah our God? therefore we will wait for thee; for thou hast made all these things.
• Ezek 14:22 : 22 Yet, behold, therein shall be left a remnant that shall be carried 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 And he brought me back 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 was toward the east;) and the waters came down from under, from the right side of the house, on the south of the altar.
• Hos 6:3 : 3 And let us know, let us follow on to know Jehovah: his going forth is sure as the morning; and he will come unto us as the rain, as the latter rain that watereth the earth.
• Isa 32:15 : 15 until the Spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness become a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be esteemed as a forest.
• Judg 6:36 : 36 And Gideon said unto God, If thou wilt save Israel by my hand, as thou hast spoken,
• Mic 5:8 : 8 And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the nations, in the midst of many peoples, as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep; who, if he go through, treadeth down and teareth in pieces, and there is none to 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 come to pass in that day, that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the eastern sea, and half of them toward the western sea: in summer and in winter shall it be.
• Matt 28:19 : 19 Go ye therefore, and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit:
• 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 Spirit fell on them, even as on us at the beginning.
• Acts 13:46 : 46 And Paul and Barnabas spake out boldly, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first be spoken to you. {G1161} Seeing ye thrust it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy {G3756} of eternal life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.
• Acts 16:9 : 9 And a vision appeared to Paul in the night: There was a man of Macedonia standing, beseeching him, and saying, Come over into Macedonia, and help us.
• Rom 9:30 : 30 What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, who followed not after righteousness, attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith:
• Rom 10:20 : 20 And Isaiah is very bold, and saith, I was found of them that sought me not; I became manifest unto them that asked not of 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 But if it is by grace, {G3765} it is no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace.
• Rom 11:12 : 12 Now if their fall, is the riches of the world, and their loss the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fulness?
• Rom 15:19-20 : 19 in the power of signs and wonders, in the power of the Holy Spirit; so that from Jerusalem, and round about even unto Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ; 20 yea, making it my aim so to preach the gospel, not where Christ was [already] named, that I might not build upon another man's foundation;
• 1 Cor 3:6 : 6 I planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.