וּתְכַסֶּ֣הָ (ū·ṯə·ḵas·se·hā) in Micah 7:10: Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive imperfect - third person feminine singular | third person feminine singular

Hebrew-verb

Verb

Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive imperfect - third person feminine singular | third person feminine singular

Piel

Conjunctive imperfect

Third

Feminine

Singular

Conj-w

Third person feminine singular

The feminine singular verb agrees with the following noun shame, while the feminine singular suffix points back to the speaker's enemy. BSB expresses the active Hebrew relation with the passive English phrase will be covered with shame.

The form joins the enemy's seeing to the shame that overtakes her after she had mocked the apparent absence of the speaker's God.

The verb follows the enemy's seeing and precedes shame, the feminine noun that supplies the covering subject.

The speaker's movement from confessed sin and patient endurance toward the Lord's advocacy and vindication in Micah 7:8-10.

It portrays shame overtaking the enemy who had mocked the speaker with the question Where is the Lord your God?

It does not authorize private revenge, prove that every disgraced opponent was judged by God, or make the Piel stem sufficient evidence for the oracle's moral verdict.

High: The form carries the reversal of the enemy's taunt by making shame the covering subject and the enemy its marked recipient.

Waw-linked feminine Piel form with feminine object suffix. states that shame will cover the one who mocked the Lord's apparent absence. Attached to the postposed noun shame as subject and the feminine enemy as object. Governed by the enemy-will-see sequence after the speaker's expected vindication. BSB recasts the active Hebrew relation as the smoother passive will be covered with shame.

What does the Hebrew grammar reveal behind will be covered with shame? Shame is the feminine singular subject that covers, and the feminine suffix marks the enemy whom it covers.

Interpretive: The active form and delayed subject yield the natural English passive and will be covered with shame.

The two feminine markers do not identify the same syntactic role: one belongs to the verb's subject agreement and one to its object suffix. The enemy may function as an individual or personified opposing power in the poem; the form itself does not settle that larger identification. The judgment reversal must be read with the speaker's acknowledged sin and submission to the Lord's discipline.

Matching feminine forms mean reflexive action: Distinguish shame as subject from the enemy as suffixed object. vindication licenses revenge: The speaker waits for the Lord to judge after confessing sin rather than taking vengeance personally. an opponent's shame proves divine favor: This oracle names a particular taunt and reversal; unrelated humiliation cannot be diagnosed from it.

Micah 7:10 token 3 is וּתְכַסֶּ֣הָ, H3680, parsed Conj-w | V-Piel-ConjImperf-3fs | 3fs and rendered and will be covered.

כָּסָה can name physical or figurative covering. The explicit noun shame and the enemy's taunt determine the disgrace sense here.

Both verb and suffix are feminine singular, but they serve different roles: shame acts as the delayed subject, and the enemy is the object represented by the suffix.

The speaker confesses sin, waits under discipline, trusts the Lord to argue the case, and anticipates that the mocking enemy will see the resulting vindication.

Micah's ending holds judgment, confession, hope, and the Lord's mercy together; this form contributes the reversal of a taunt but does not replace that wider movement.

Begin with the active Hebrew relation, shame will cover her, then explain BSB's natural passive rendering and retain the speaker's humble confession from verse 9.

Do not turn one enemy's shame into a formula for celebrating opponents' suffering or use the morphology to identify contemporary enemies.