מיכה

Hebrew

Etymology

Shortening of מִיכָיָה (mīḵāyāh), מִיכָיָהוּ (mīḵāyāhū), מִיכַיְהוּ (mīḵāyᵊhū, “who is like Yahweh”)

Pronunciation

• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /miˈxɔ/
• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /miˈxa/

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Proper noun

מִיכָה • (mikha)

1. (biblical) Micah (a book of the Old Testament of Bible, and of the Tanakh)
2. Micah (the minor prophet and author of the Book of Micah)
3. a male given name, equivalent to English Micah

References

• H4318 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Further reading

• מיכה on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he