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Pronunciation of Micah

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whatausername · 05/09/2020 00:17

Excuse the (temporary) ignorance - is it Mee-kah or My-kah or something else? Which syllable does the stress fall on?

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Edinburghfalls · 06/09/2020 08:14

My-kah

IslandLulu · 06/09/2020 08:13

MY - cuh

ChurchOfWokeApostate · 06/09/2020 08:08

It’s MY-Kuh.
That’s how it’s said in church

Pippilangstrumpfy · 06/09/2020 08:05

Meike is a girls name, pronounced My-keh.

Micah is a boys name pronounced Mee-cah

Tillygetsit · 06/09/2020 00:01

Ashley Banjo pronounced his son's name as My-cah on BGT tonight. (Don't judge me Blush)

Firebird83 · 05/09/2020 23:16

It’s definitely My-ka.

DoTheMaccaroni · 05/09/2020 19:22

@CatkinToadflax I knew a Maike which is similar and it was pronounced my-kah. It’s actually top of my list for another girl if I ever have one! Might spell is Maika though.

snowone · 05/09/2020 18:18

I would say Mee-ka unless told otherwise

Dastardlythefriendlymutt · 05/09/2020 17:29

My cah
Old Testament prophet.
Male

This.

Cherrylipbalm · 05/09/2020 17:08

My-cah as on the OT prophet

MikeUniformMike · 05/09/2020 17:07

@abiirthdaycake, same as @LolaSmiles

PolkadotsAndMoonbeams · 05/09/2020 16:49

I wait to hear how the owner pronounces it!

Mica the mineral is definitely my-kah though.

Ninkanink · 05/09/2020 16:43

Tbf most of the people I know who use biblical names are American, so I presume that’s the US pronunciation. No clue on the U.K., nor on Hebrew.

LolaSmiles · 05/09/2020 16:42

abiirthdaycake
My understanding is that most biblical names once anglicised don't keep original Hebrew pronunciation.

abiirthdaycake · 05/09/2020 16:29

Well, I've just looked it up and the Hebrew is מִיכָה‎... That's definitely a "me"! I stand corrected

Cissyandflora · 05/09/2020 15:58

Mee sha
It seems I’ve been wrong though.

VirginiaWolverine · 05/09/2020 15:54

I've only ever heard it pronounced MY-ca.

BackforGood · 05/09/2020 15:53

I'd say the 'correct' (as in ancient) way of saying it is MY-kah (as said previous,y like 'Mike' with 'ah' on the end).

I have come across a pupil whose parents had put that on a birthcertificate and wanted it said "Mee-sha" though.

I suspect it is just oe of those names you'd have to be correcting people a lot.

EleanorOalike · 05/09/2020 15:51

Op isn’t talking about the female name Micha though (or Mica as it happens) Confused

She’s talking about the male biblical name MICAH. Which is pronounced MY-CA

pollywollydoodler · 05/09/2020 15:49

But that may be because she was a Michelle originally

dementedpixie · 05/09/2020 15:48

She spells it as Mica rathe than Micha

pollywollydoodler · 05/09/2020 15:46

Me-sha as M Paris the singer

CatkinToadflax · 05/09/2020 15:36

My-cah. As PPs have said, male and biblical.

One of the coolest girls at school was a Mee-ka, spelt Mieke.

abiirthdaycake · 05/09/2020 15:21

Micah is My-cah
Mika is mee-cah
Micha is mee-sha

Oneandabean · 05/09/2020 14:51

I’ve only ever heard it me-ka which I love but recently heard it said my-cah by Americans and I’ve totally gone off it

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