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Micah 1:8

Therefore I will wail and howl, I will go stripped and naked: I will make a wailing like the dragons, and mourning as the owls.

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עַלalaboveעַלpreposition — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…זֹאת֙zotthisזֹאתpronoun, demonstrative, feminine, singular — “this”H2063this (often used adverb)hereby (-in, -with), it, likewise, the one (other, same), she, so (much), such (deed), that, therefore, these, this (thing), thus.אֶסְפְּדָ֣הespedahlamentסָפַדverb, qal, imperfect, 1st person, common, singular — “lament”, an unfinished actionH5594properly, to tear the hair and beat the breasts (as Orientals do in grief); generally to lament; by implication, to waillament, mourn(-er), wail.וְאֵילִ֔ילָהveeylilahand howlיָלַלconjunction, verb, hiphil, cohortative, 1st person, common, singular — “and howl”, a determination or requestH3213to howl (with a wailing tone) or yell (with a boisterous one)(make to) howl, be howling.אֵילְכָ֥הeylkhahcarryיָלַךְverb, qal, imperfect, 1st person, common, singular — “carry”, an unfinished actionH3212to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)[idiom] again, away, bear, bring, carry (away), come (away), depart, flow, [phrase] follow(-ing), get (away, hence, him), (cause to, made) go (away, -ing, -ne, one's way, out), grow, lead (forth), let down, march, prosper, [phrase] pursue,…שיללshyllspoiledשׁוֹלָלadjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “spoiled”, the ordinary formH7758nude (especially bare-foot); by implication, captivespoiled, stripped.שׁוֹלָ֖לsholalspoiledשׁוֹלָלadjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “spoiled”, the ordinary formH7758nude (especially bare-foot); by implication, captivespoiled, stripped.וְעָר֑וֹםvearomand nakedעָרוֹםconjunction, adjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “and naked”, the ordinary formH6174nude, either partially or totallynaked.אֶעֱשֶׂ֤הeesehdoעָשָׂהverb, qal, cohortative, 1st person, common, singular — “do”, a determination or requestH6213to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest applicationaccomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, [idiom] certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, [phrase] displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, f…מִסְפֵּד֙mispedlamentationמִסְפֵּדnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “lamentation”, the ordinary formH4553a lamentationlamentation, one mourneth, mourning, wailing.כַּתַּנִּ֔יםkatanimas serpentתַּנִּיןpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “as serpent”, the ordinary formH8577a marine or land monster, i.e. sea-serpent or jackaldragon, sea-monster, serpent, whale.וְאֵ֖בֶלveeveland mourningאֵבֶלconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “and mourning”, the ordinary formH60lamentationmourning.כִּבְנ֥וֹתkivnotas daughterבַּתpreposition, noun, common, feminine, plural, construct — “as daughter”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1323a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)apple (of the eye), branch, company, daughter, [idiom] first, [idiom] old, [phrase] owl, town, village.יַעֲנָֽהyaanah{the ostrich (probably from its answering…יַעֲנָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “{the ostrich (probably from its answering…”, the ordinary formH3284{the ostrich (probably from its answering cry}[phrase] owl.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

For this will I wail and howl, I will go stripped and naked; I will make a wailing like the jackals, and a mourning like the ostriches.

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American Standard Version (1901)

For this will I lament and wail; I will go stripped and naked; I will make a wailing like the jackals, and a lamentation like the ostriches.

Young’s Literal Translation

For this I lament and howl, I go spoiled and naked, I make a lamentation like dragons, And a mourning like daughters of an ostrich.

World English Bible

For this I will lament and wail. I will go stripped and naked. I will howl like the jackals and mourn like the ostriches.

Darby Translation

For this will I lament, and I will howl; I will go stripped and naked: I will make a wailing like the jackals, and mourning like the ostriches.

Douay-Rheims

Therefore will I lament and howl: I will go stripped and naked: I will make a wailing like the dragons, and a mourning like the ostriches.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

For this will I wail and howl, I will go stripped and naked; I will make a wailing like the jackals, and a mourning like the ostriches.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Therefore shall she lament and wail, she shall go barefooted, and being naked she shall make lamentation as that of serpents, and mourning as of the daughters of sirens.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἕνεκεν τούτου κόψεται, καὶ θρηνήσει, πορεύσεται ἀνυπόδετος, καὶ γυμνὴ ποιήσεται κοπετὸν ὡς δρακόντων, καὶ πένθος ὡς θυγατέρων σειρήνων.