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title: מִיכָה — Micah · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מִיכָה (4318), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 33 times: Micah. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מִיכָה

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«מִיכָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Micah** — 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:** 33 times · **Key:** 4318 · **BDB:** מִיכָה

### Glosses

of.Micah (16); Micah (13); \[were\].Micah (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

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

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

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

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**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).

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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)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מִיכָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4318/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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

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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.

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

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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.

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