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Micah 4

Mi. 4:8 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And thou, O tower
migdal (Hebrew #4026)
from 1431; a tower (from its size or height); by analogy, a rostrum; figuratively, a (pyramidal) bed of flowers
KJV usage: castle, flower, tower. Compare the names following.
Pronounce: mig-dawl'
Origin: also (in plural) feminine migdalah {mig-daw- law'}
i of πthe flock
Migdal-`Eder (Hebrew #4029)
tower of a flock; Migdal-Eder, a place in Palestine
KJV usage: Migdal-eder, tower of the flock.
Pronounce: mig-dal'-ay'-der
Origin: from 4026 and 5739
`eder (Hebrew #5739)
an arrangement, i.e. muster (of animals)
KJV usage: drove, flock, herd.
Pronounce: ay'-der
Origin: from 5737
, the strong hold
`ophel (Hebrew #6076)
a tumor; also a mound, i.e. fortress
KJV usage: emerod, fort, strong hold, tower.
Pronounce: o'-fel
Origin: from 6075
of the daughter
bath (Hebrew #1323)
a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
KJV usage: apple (of the eye), branch, company, daughter, X first, X old, + owl, town, village.
Pronounce: bath
Origin: from 1129 (as feminine of 1121)
of Zion
Tsiyown (Hebrew #6726)
Tsijon (as a permanent capital), a mountain of Jerusalem
KJV usage: Zion.
Pronounce: tsee-yone'
Origin: the same (regularly) as 6725
, unto thee shall it come
'athah (Hebrew #857)
a primitive root (collateral to 225 contraction); to arrive
KJV usage: (be-, things to) come (upon), bring.
Pronounce: aw-thaw'
Origin: or matha {aw-thaw'}
, even the first
ri'shown (Hebrew #7223)
from 7221; first, in place, time or rank (as adjective or noun)
KJV usage: ancestor, (that were) before(-time), beginning, eldest, first, fore(-father) (-most), former (thing), of old time, past.
Pronounce: ree-shone'
Origin: or riishon {ree-shone'}
dominion
memshalah (Hebrew #4475)
rule; also (concretely in plural) a realm or a ruler
KJV usage: dominion, government, power, to rule.
Pronounce: mem-shaw-law'
Origin: feminine of 4474
k; the kingdom
mamlakah (Hebrew #4467)
dominion, i.e. (abstractly) the estate (rule) or (concretely) the country (realm)
KJV usage: kingdom, king's, reign, royal.
Pronounce: mam-law-kaw'
Origin: from 4427
shall come
bow' (Hebrew #935)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: abide, apply, attain, X be, befall, + besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, X certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, X doubtless again, + eat, + employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, + follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, + have, X indeed, (in-)vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, X (well) stricken (in age), X surely, take (in), way.
Pronounce: bo
Origin: a primitive root
to the daughter
bath (Hebrew #1323)
a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
KJV usage: apple (of the eye), branch, company, daughter, X first, X old, + owl, town, village.
Pronounce: bath
Origin: from 1129 (as feminine of 1121)
of Jerusalem
Yruwshalaim (Hebrew #3389)
a dual (in allusion to its two main hills (the true pointing, at least of the former reading, seems to be that of 3390)); probably from (the passive participle of) 3384 and 7999; founded peaceful; Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine
KJV usage: Jerusalem.
Pronounce: yer-oo-shaw-lah'-im
Origin: rarely Yruwshalayim {yer-oo- shaw-lah'-yim}
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Ministry on This Verse

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O tower.The Targumist applies these words to the Messiah:
"But thou, O Messiah, who art hidden because of the sins of the congregation of Zion, the kingdom shall come unto thee."
the flock.
or, Edar.
the strong.
the first.
 Not merely the first in the sense of being highest on the earth, but first also, it would seem, as renewing what was known in the days of David and Solomon. The first dominion they possessed then, for every Jew looked back wistfully to those bright days. They will return again, and yet more, under a greater than David or Solomon. (Micah 4 by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And thou, O tower of the flockc, hill of the daughter of Zion, unto thee shall it come, yea, the first dominion shall come,—the kingdom to the daughter of Jerusalem.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "Migdal-eder," Gen. 35.21.