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Forכִּיyour iniquityעֲוֺנְךָteachesיְאַלֵּףyour mouth,פִיךָand you chooseוְתִבְחַרthe tongueלְשׁוֹןof the crafty.עֲרוּמִים
Job 15:5
Study it in the app“For your iniquity teaches your mouth, and you choose the tongue of the crafty.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 15:5, word by word
- your iniquityעֲוֺנְavon
iniquity
A serious wrong.
Where else “avon” appears- teachesיְאַלֵּףyealef
learn, teach
To learn; in another form of the verb, to teach.
Where else “yealef” appears- your mouthפִיfi
mouth
The part of the face with which one speaks, eats and kisses.
Where else “fi” appears- and you chooseתִבְחַרtivchar
choose
To take one thing and leave the others, because it is preferred.
Where else “tivchar” appears- the tongueלְשׁוֹןleshon
tongue
The organ in the mouth used to taste and speak; hence, what one says.
Where else “leshon” appears- of the craftyעֲרוּמִיםarumim
crafty
Skilled at deceiving with subtlety.
Where else “arumim” appears
The context
4You, moreover, annul the fear, and diminish meditation before El.
5 · This verse (above)
6Your mouth declares you wicked, and not I; and your lips testify against you.