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# מִיכָה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H4318

**Micah** — used 33 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

Micah [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4318/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מִיכָה: n.pr.m. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4318/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. Micha, the Ephraimite (𝔊 Μειχαίας), Ju 17:5, 8, 9, 10, 12(×2), 13; 18:2 ff. (12 times), called מִיכָֽיְהוּ 17:1 4. the prophet Micah (𝔊 Μειχαίας), Mi 1:1 (Je 26:18 Kt מִיכָיָה). 1 Ch 5:5. son of Meribbaal (Mephibosheth) 8:34 f. (𝔊 Μιχια), 9:40 f. (𝔊 Μειχα), called מִיכָא 2 S 9:12. 23:20 (𝔊 Μειχας), 24:24, 25 (𝔊 Μειχα). 2 Ch 18:14 (= מִיכָֽיְהוּ 2). 34:20 (‖ 2 K 22:12 מִיכָיָה).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 16 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (9 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (7 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: of Micah (16); Micah (13); \[were\] Micah (2).

## In the verses

[1 Chronicles 24:24](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.24.24/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.24.24/#tree)

בְּנֵ֤י עֻזִּיאֵל֙ מִיכָ֔ה לִבְנֵ֥י מִיכָ֖ה שָׁמִֽיר׃

*Word for word:* the.sons of.Uzziel \[were\].Micah of the.sons of.Micah Shamir

*JPS 1917:* The sons of Uzziel, Micah; of the sons of Micah, Shamir.

[1 Chronicles 24:25](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.24.25/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.24.25/#tree)

אֲחִ֤י מִיכָה֙ יִשִּׁיָּ֔ה לִבְנֵ֥י יִשִּׁיָּ֖ה זְכַרְיָֽהוּ׃

*Word for word:* the.brother of.Micah \[was\].Isshiah of the.sons of.Isshiah Zechariah

*JPS 1917:* The brother of Micah, Isshiah; of the sons of Isshiah, Zechariah.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/4318.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4318/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).