Micah 2:2
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Berean Study Bible
They covet fields and seize them; they take away houses. They deprive a man of his home, a fellow man of his inheritance.

Young's Literal Translation
And they have desired fields, And they have taken violently, And houses, and they have taken away, And have oppressed a man and his house, Even a man and his inheritance.

King James Bible
And they covet fields, and take [them] by violence; and houses, and take [them] away: so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.

Hebrew
They covet
וְחָמְד֤וּ (wə·ḥā·mə·ḏū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 2530: To desire, take pleasure in

fields
שָׂדוֹת֙ (śā·ḏō·wṯ)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 7704: Field, land

and seize them,
וְגָזָ֔לוּ (wə·ḡā·zā·lū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 1497: To pluck off, to flay, strip, rob

and they take away
וְנָשָׂ֑אוּ (wə·nā·śā·’ū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 5375: To lift, carry, take

houses.
וּבָתִּ֖ים (ū·ḇāt·tîm)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 1004: A house

They deprive
וְעָֽשְׁקוּ֙ (wə·‘ā·šə·qū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 6231: To press upon, oppress, defraud, violate, overflow

a man
גֶּ֣בֶר (ge·ḇer)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1397: A valiant man, warrior, a person simply

of his home,
וּבֵית֔וֹ (ū·ḇê·ṯōw)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 1004: A house

a fellow man
וְאִ֖ישׁ (wə·’îš)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person

of his inheritance.
וְנַחֲלָתֽוֹ׃ (wə·na·ḥă·lā·ṯōw)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 5159: Something inherited, occupancy, an heirloom, an estate, patrimony, portion

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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