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Micah (/ ˈ m aɪ k ə /; Hebrew: מִיכָה, Modern: Mikha, Tiberian: Mîḵā) is a given name. Micah is the name of several people in the Hebrew Bible ( Old Testament ), and means "He who is like God”.
According to the Hebrew Bible, Micah (Hebrew: מִיכָה הַמֹּרַשְׁתִּי Mīḵā hamMōraštī "Micah the Morashtite"), also known as Micheas, [1] was a prophet in the Bible and is the author of the Book of Micah.
The Book of Micah is the sixth of the twelve minor prophets in the Hebrew Bible. [1] [a] Ostensibly, it records the sayings of Micah, whose name is Mikayahu (Hebrew: מִיכָיָ֫הוּ), meaning "Who is like Yahweh?", [3] an 8th-century BCE prophet from the village of Moresheth in Judah (Hebrew name from the opening verse: מיכה המרשתי).
In fact, a work written in Hebrew may have Aramaic acronyms interspersed throughout (ex. Tanya), much as an Aramaic work may borrow from Hebrew (ex. Talmud, Midrash, Zohar). Although much less common than Aramaic abbreviations, some Hebrew material contains Yiddish abbreviations too (for example, Chassidic responsa, commentaries, and other ...
Micah is a Hebrew given name. Micah may also refer to: Book of Micah, in the Hebrew Bible, attributed to Micah the Prophet Micah (prophet), its attributed author; Micah, from Micah's Idol narrative in the Book of Judges (Bible) Micah Challenge UK, British anti-poverty coalition; Micah Clarke, 1889 novel by Arthur Conan Doyle; Micah, 2006 novel ...
Although the Talmud states that only “48 prophets and 7 prophetesses prophesied to Israel”, [6] it does not mean that there were only 55 prophets. The Talmud challenges this with other examples, and concludes by citing a Baraita tradition that the number of prophets in the era of prophecy was double the number of Israelites who left Egypt ...
The Hebrew Bible and the New Testament alike speak to the necessity of tempering justice with compassion. The Book of Micah calls us “to do justice, to love kindness, and to walk humbly with ...
Micaiah (Hebrew: מִיכָיְהוּ Mīḵāyəhū "Who is like Yah?" [1]), son of Imlah, is a prophet in the Hebrew Bible. He is one of the four disciples of Elijah [2] and not to be confused with Micah, prophet of the Book of Micah.