Micah 7:4
Their best one is as a brier, The upright one — than a thorn-hedge, The day of thy watchmen — Thy visitation — hath come. Now is their perplexity.This verse in the real world
In what words
- מְסוּכָהmᵉçûwkâha hedge
- חֵדֶקchêdeqa prickly plant
- פְּקֻדָּהpᵉquddâhvisitation (in many senses, chiefly official)
- צָפָהtsâphâhproperly, to lean forward, i.e. to peer into the distance; by implication, to observe, awa
- יָשָׁרyâshârstraight (literally or figuratively)
- טוֹבṭôwbgood (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine
- יוֹםyôwma day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to
- בּוֹאbôwʼto go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.