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Thoughאִםevilרָעָהis sweetתַּמְתִּיקin his mouth,בְּפִיוand he hides itיַכְחִידֶנָּהunderתַּחַתhis tongue,לְשׁוֹנוֹ
Job 20:12
Study it in the app“Though evil is sweet in his mouth, and he hides it under his tongue,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 20:12, word by word
- evilרָעָהraa
evil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “raa” appears- is sweetתַּמְתִּיקtamtik
be sweet
Become sweet.
Where else “tamtik” appears- in his mouthפִיfi
mouth
The part of the face with which one speaks, eats and kisses.
Where else “fi” appears- and he hides itיַכְחִידֶyachchide
hide
To hide something, keep silent about it.
Where else “yachchide” appears- his tongueלְשׁוֹנleshon
tongue
The organ in the mouth used to taste and speak; hence, what one says.
Where else “leshon” appears
The context
11His bones are full of his youth, and with him in the dust it will lie down.
12 · This verse (above)
13though he has compassion on it and does not let it go, and holds it back in the middle of his palate,