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Micah 1:6

Therefore I will make Samaria as an heap of the field, and as plantings of a vineyard: and I will pour down the stones thereof into the valley, and I will discover the foundations thereof.

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וְשַׂמְתִּ֥יvesamtiand putשׂוּםconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “and put”, a completed action in a sequenceH7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)[idiom] any wise, appoint, bring, call (a name), care, cast in, change, charge, commit, consider, convey, determine, [phrase] disguise, dispose, do, get, give, heap up, hold, impute, lay (down, up), leave, look, make (out), mark, [phrase]…שֹׁמְר֛וֹןshomeronSamariaשֹׁמְרוֹןnoun, proper name — “Samaria”H8111Shomeron, a place in PalestineSamaria.לְעִ֥יleito heapעִיpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “to heap”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5856a ruin (as if overturned)heap.הַשָּׂדֶ֖הhasadehthe fieldשָׂדֶהdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the field”, the ordinary formH7704a field (as flat)country, field, ground, land, soil, [idiom] wild.לְמַטָּ֣עֵיlemataeto plantמַטָּעpreposition, noun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “to plant”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4302something planted, i.e. the place (a garden or vineyard), or the thing (a plant, figuratively or men); by implication, the act, plantingplant(-ation, -ing).כָ֑רֶםkharemvineyardכֶּרֶםnoun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “vineyard”, the ordinary formH3754a garden or vineyardvines, (increase of the) vineyard(-s), vintage. See also H1021 (בֵּית הַכֶּרֶם).וְהִגַּרְתִּ֤יvehigartiand flow awayנָגַרconjunction, verb, hiphil, sequential perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “and flow away”, a completed action in a sequenceH5064to flow; figuratively, to stretch out; causatively, to pour out or down; figuratively, to deliver overfall, flow away, pour down (out), run, shed, spilt, trickle down.לַגַּי֙lagayto valleyגַּיְאpreposition, with the article, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “to valley”, the ordinary formH1516a gorge (from its lofty sides; hence, narrow, but not a gully or winter-torrent)valley.אֲבָנֶ֔יהָavaneyhastoneאֶבֶןnoun, common, feminine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “stone”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH68a stone[phrase] carbuncle, [phrase] mason, [phrase] plummet, (chalk-, hail-, head-, sling-) stone(-ny), (divers) weight(-s).וִיסֹדֶ֖יהָvisodeyhaand foundationיְסוֹדconjunction, noun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “and foundation”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3247a foundation (literally or figuratively)bottom, foundation, repairingאֲגַלֶּֽהagalehexileגָּלָהverb, piel, imperfect, 1st person, common, singular — “exile”, an unfinished actionH1540to denude (especially in a disgraceful sense); by implication, to exile (captives being usually stripped); figuratively, to reveal[phrase] advertise, appear, bewray, bring, (carry, lead, go) captive (into captivity), depart, disclose, discover, exile, be gone, open, [idiom] plainly, publish, remove, reveal, [idiom] shamelessly, shew, [idiom] surely, tell, uncover.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Therefore I will make Samaria a heap in the field, a place for the planting of vineyards; and I will pour down the stones thereof into the valley, and I will uncover the foundations thereof.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Therefore I will make Samaria as a heap of the field, and as places for planting vineyards; and I will pour down the stones thereof into the valley, and I will uncover the foundations thereof.

Young’s Literal Translation

And I have set Samaria for a heap of the field, For plantations of a vineyard, And poured out into a valley her stones, And her foundations I uncover.

World English Bible

Therefore I will make Samaria like a rubble heap of the field, like places for planting vineyards; and I will pour down its stones into the valley, and I will uncover its foundations.

Darby Translation

Therefore will I make Samaria as a heap of the field, as plantings of a vineyard; and I will pour down the stones thereof into the valley, and I will lay bare the foundations thereof.

Douay-Rheims

And I will make Samaria as a heap of stones in the field when a vineyard is planted: and I will bring down the stones thereof into the valley, and will lay her foundations bare.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Therefore I will make Samaria a heap in the field, a place for the planting of vineyards; and I will pour down the stones thereof into the valley, and I will uncover the foundations thereof.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Therefore I will make Samaria as a store-house of the fruits of the field, and as a planting of a vineyard: and I will utterly demolish her stones, and I will expose her foundations.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ θήσομαι Σαμάρειαν εἰς ὀπωροφυλάκιον ἀγροῦ, καὶ εἰς φυτείαν ἀμπελῶνος, καὶ κατασπάσω εἰς χάος τοὺς λίθους αὐτῆς, καὶ τὰ θεμέλια αὐτῆς ἀποκαλύψω.