Study it in the app“And they bend their tongue, their bow, for falsehood; and not for faithfulness have they grown strong in the land; for from evil to evil they go on, and me they do not know, declares YHWH.”
And they bendוַיַּדְרְכוּtheir tongue,אֶת לְשׁוֹנָםtheir bow,קַשְׁתָּםfor falsehood;שֶׁקֶרand notוְלֹאfor faithfulnessלֶאֱמוּנָהhave they grown strongגָּבְרוּin the land;בָאָרֶץforכִּיfrom evilמֵרָעָהto evilאֶל רָעָהthey go on,יָצָאוּand meוְאֹתִיthey do notלֹאknow,יָדָעוּdeclaresנְאֻםYHWH.יְהוָה
bend a bow
To bend a bow by bracing it with the foot, to string it and shoot.
Where else “yadrchu” appearstongue
The organ in the mouth used to taste and speak; hence, what one says.
Where else “leshona” appearsbow
A curved wooden weapon with a string, which shoots arrows.
Where else “kashta” appearslie
What is said against the truth in order to deceive, even before a judge.
Where else “sheker” appearsfaithfulness
Being dependable, always keeping one's word, like YHWH.
Where else “emuna” appearsprevail
To be more powerful, win out.
Where else “gavru” appearsland
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appearsevil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “raa” appearsgo out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yatsau” appearsmake known
To make someone aware, teach.
Where else “yadau” appearsdeclaration
Solemn words God himself speaks: "oracle of YHWH".
Where else “neum” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears2Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place for travelers, that I might leave my people and go away from them! For they are all adulterers, an assembly of traitors.
3 · This verse (above)
4Beware, each of his neighbor, and in no brother put your trust; for every brother utterly supplants, and every neighbor goes about slandering.
