Micah 1:11

inhabitant The word in the Hebrew is feminine, the population of the city being (as often, e.g. Isaiah 1:8) personified as a virgin.

Saphir as if Fair town (a play on the name).

Zaanan The Zenan of Joshua 15:37.

came not forth, &c. Rather, is not come forth; the mourning of Beth-ezel taketh from you its standing-ground. Zaanan would willingly take to flight, but the sound of the mourning at Beth-ezel (which might mean -the house, or place, at one's side") fills them with despair. An -Azal," or rather Azel, is mentioned in Jerusalem in Zechariah 14:5 (see however on -Aphrah," Micah 1:10).