Mic 1:10 | NETfull | STEP | Don’t spread the news in Gath! Don’t shed even a single tear! In Beth Leaphrah sit in the dust!

Micah 1:10

10 Don’t spread the news in Gath! ^{▼▼ Heb “Tell it not in Gath.” The Hebrew word for “tell” (נָגַד, nagad) sounds like the name of the city, Gath (גַּת, gat).}
Don’t shed even a single tear! ^{▼▼ The Hebrew infinitive absolute before the negated jussive emphasizes the prohibition.}
In Beth Leaphrah sit in the dust! ^{▼▼ The translation assumes a masculine plural imperative. If one were to emend בְּבֵית (b^evet) to בֵית (vet), Beth Leaphrah would then be the addressee and the feminine singular imperative (see Qere) could be retained, “O Beth Leaphrah, sit in the dust.”} ^{▼▼ Heb “roll about in mourning in the dust”; or “wallow about in mourning in the dust.” The verb פָּלַשׁ (palash, “roll about in mourning [in dust]”; HALOT 935 s.v. פלשׁ) is figurative (metonymy) for sitting as an outward sign of mourning.} ^{▼▼ To sit in the dust was an outward sign of mourning. The name Beth Leaphrah means “house of dust.”}