Micah 1:8
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Because of this I will lament and wail; I will walk barefoot and naked. I will howl like a jackal and mourn like an ostrich.

Young's Literal Translation
For this I lament and howl, I go spoiled and naked, I make a lamentation like dragons, And a mourning like daughters of an ostrich.

King James Bible
Therefore I will wail and howl, I will go stripped and naked: I will make a wailing like the dragons, and mourning as the owls.

Hebrew
Because of
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

this
זֹאת֙ (zōṯ)
Pronoun - feminine singular
Strong's 2063: Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that,

I will lament
אֶסְפְּדָ֣ה (’es·pə·ḏāh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular
Strong's 5594: To tear the hair and beat the breasts, to lament, to wail

and wail;
וְאֵילִ֔ילָה (wə·’ê·lî·lāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular
Strong's 3213: To howl, make a howling

I will walk
אֵילְכָ֥ה (’ê·lə·ḵāh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular
Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk

barefoot
שׁוֹלָ֖ל (šō·w·lāl)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 7758: Nude, captive

and naked.
וְעָר֑וֹם (wə·‘ā·rō·wm)
Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 6174: Nude, either partially, totally

I will howl
אֶעֱשֶׂ֤ה (’e·‘ĕ·śeh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common singular
Strong's 6213: To do, make

like a jackal
כַּתַּנִּ֔ים (kat·tan·nîm)
Preposition-k, Article | Noun - common plural
Strong's 8577: A marine, land monster, sea-serpent, jackal

and mourn
וְאֵ֖בֶל (wə·’ê·ḇel)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 60: Lamentation

like
כִּבְנ֥וֹת (kiḇ·nō·wṯ)
Preposition-k | Noun - feminine plural construct
Strong's 1323: A daughter

an ostrich.
יַעֲנָֽה׃ (ya·‘ă·nāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 3284: Perhaps greed

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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