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my lipsשְׂפָתַיwill notאִםspeakתְּדַבֵּרְנָהinjustice,עַוְלָהnorוּ אִםwill my tongueלְשׁוֹנִיutterיֶהְגֶּהdeceit.רְמִיָּה
Job 27:4
Study it in the app“my lips will not speak injustice, nor will my tongue utter deceit.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 27:4, word by word
- my lipsשְׂפָתַsefata
lip
The part of the mouth with which one speaks, and so what one says.
Where else “sefata” appears- speakתְּדַבֵּרְנָהtedaberna
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “tedaberna” appears- injusticeעַוְלָהavla
injustice, wrong
Injustice; what is crooked, what is not right.
Where else “avla” appears- will my tongueלְשׁוֹנִleshoni
tongue
The organ in the mouth used to taste and speak; hence, what one says.
Where else “leshoni” appears- utterיֶהְגֶּהyehge
mutter
To say something softly.
Where else “yehge” appears- deceitרְמִיָּהremiya
deceit
False words or acts that make someone believe what is not so.
Where else “remiya” appears
The context
3as long as my breath is in me, and the spirit of Eloah in my nostrils,
4 · This verse (above)
5Far be it from me that I declare righteous you; until I expire I will not remove my integrity from me.