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title: מִיכָא — Micha · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מִיכָא (4316), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: Micha. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מִיכָא

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«מִיכָא» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Micha** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 4 times · **Key:** 4316 · **BDB:** מִיכָא

### Glosses

of.Mica (2); Mica (1); \[was\].Mica (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Micha [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4316/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4316/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (so in Palm., VogNo. 36a). son of Mephibosheth (𝔊 Μειχα), 2 S 9:12 (= מִיכָה 4). Ne 10:12. Ne 11:17 (= 1 Ch 9:15), v 22 (called מִיכָיָה 12:35).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מִיכָא» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4316/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Nehemiah 10:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.10.12/)

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מִיכָ֥א רְח֖וֹב חֲשַׁבְיָֽה׃

*Word for word:* Mica Rehob Hashabiah

*JPS 1917:* Mica, Rehob, Hashabiah;

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[1 Chronicles 9:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.9.15/)

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וּבַקְבַּקַּ֥ר חֶ֖רֶשׁ וְגָלָ֑ל וּמַתַּנְיָה֙ בֶּן־מִיכָ֔א בֶּן־זִכְרִ֖י בֶּן־אָסָֽף׃

*Word for word:* and Bakbakkar Heresh and Galal and Mattaniah the.son of.Mica the.son of.Zikri the.son of.Asaph

*JPS 1917:* and Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal, and Mattaniah the son of Mica, the son of Zichri, the son of Asaph;

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