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NASB					Mic 1:10 ^ATell⁵⁰⁴⁶ it not in Gath¹⁶⁶¹, Weep¹⁰⁵⁸ not at all¹⁰⁵⁸. At ¹Beth-le-aphrah¹⁰³⁶ roll⁶⁴²⁸ yourself in the dust⁶⁰⁸³.
AMPLIFIED 2015					Mic 1:10 ¹Announce it not in Gath [in Philistia], Weep not at all [and in this way betray your grief to Gentiles]; In Beth-le-aphrah (House of Dust) roll in the dust [among your own people].

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I.e. house of dust

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Micah uses a play on words as he denounces the cities in vv 10-15.

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2 Sam 1:20 "Tell it not in Gath,
Proclaim it not in the streets of Ashkelon,
Or the daughters of the Philistines will rejoice,
The daughters of the uncircumcised will exult.

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Greek Heb.

1036

Beth Leaphrah (112a); from 1004 and 6083; "house to dust," a place in Pal.:--Beth-le-aphrah(1).

1058

bakah (113b); a prim. root; to weep, bewail:--bewail(1), crying(1), mourn(1), sob(1), weep(27), weep not at all(1), weep continually(1), weep...longer(1), weeping(12), weeps bitterly(1), wept(60), wept bitterly(1).

1661

Gath (387d); from the same as 1660; "wine press," a Philistine city:--Gath(32).

5046

nagad (616c); a prim. root; to be conspicuous:--answered(3), another(1), certainly told(1), confess(1), confront*(1), declare(46), declared(13), declares(6), declaring(4), denounce(2), describe(1), disclosed(1), display(1), explain(3), fully reported(1), give evidence(1), indeed tell(1), inform(3), informed(1), informs(2), know(1), known(1), made known(4), make...known(1), messenger(2), related(2), remind(1), report(2), reported(10), reported*(1), show(2), shown(2), surely report(1), surely tell(1), tell(101), telling(2), tells(3), told(131), told plainly(1), uttered(1).

6083

aphar (779c); from an unused word; dry earth, dust:--ashes(2), debris(2), dirt(1), dry soil(1), dust(91), dusty(1), earth(5), ground(1), heap(2), loose earth(1), plaster(3), rubbish(1), rubble(1).
aphrah; see 1036.

6428

palash (814b); a prim. root; (act of mourning) perh. to roll in:--roll(2), wallow(2).

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