Study it in the app“Evil is in both hands, to do it well; the official asks, and the judge judges for a reward, and the great man, he speaks the perverse desire of his soul; and they weave it together.”
Evilעַל הָרַעis in both hands,כַּפַּיִםto do it well;לְהֵיטִיבthe officialהַשַּׂרasks,שֹׁאֵלand the judgeוְהַשֹּׁפֵטjudges for a reward,בַּשִׁלּוּםand the great man,וְהַגָּדוֹלheהוּאspeaksדֹּבֵרthe perverse desireהַוַּתof his soul;נַפְשׁוֹand they weave it together.וַיְעַבְּתוּהָ
evil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “ra” appearspalm
The flat, hollow part of the hand; also what someone does or can do with it.
Where else “kapayim” appearsgo well
For it to go well for someone: "that it may go well with you".
Where else “hetiv” appearschief
Someone set over others, in the army or in the state.
Where else “sar” appearsask for
To ask for something, or borrow.
Where else “shoel” appearsjudge
To judge and do justice, defend the weak.
Where else “shofet” appearsbribe
Payment to bend a judgment.
Where else “shilum” appearsgreat
Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.
Where else “gadol” appearsspeak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “dover” appearscraving
An evil longing that rules someone.
Where else “havat” appearssoul
A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.
Where else “nafsh” appearstwist together
To weave or twist together; figuratively, to pervert, twist justice.
Where else “yeabtu” appears2The faithful one has perished from the earth, and there is no upright one among human beings; all of them lie in wait for blood; each hunts his brother with a net.
3 · This verse (above)
4The best of them is like a briar hedge, the upright one worse than a thorn hedge. The day of your watchmen, your punishment, has come; now will be their confusion.
