Lexicon
רוֹמָה
ro.mah
H7317
H:A Hebrew

haughtily

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ro.mah describes walking with a proud or elevated manner in a warning of coming disaster.

The sole attested use describes an elevated, proud manner of walking that the hearers will not maintain amid the announced disaster in Micah 2:3.

Senses in use

  1. Walking with proud bearing · dominant

    In Micah 2:3, the adverb modifies the warning that the hearers will not walk in this manner when disaster is devised against the clan; the APB renders the clause, "and you will not walk haughtily."

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Micah 2:3, the APB presents the clause as "and you will not walk haughtily." This rendering confirms the clause's overall portrayal rather than isolating every nuance of the term.

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