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forכִּיtheir heartלִבָּםmeditatesיֶהְגֶּהdevastation,שֹׁדandוְtheir lipsשִׂפְתֵיהֶםspeakתְּדַבֵּרְנָהtrouble.עָמָל
Proverbs 24:2
Study it in the app“for their heart meditates devastation, and their lips speak trouble.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 24:2, word by word
- their heartלִבָּliba
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “liba” appears- meditatesיֶהְגֶּהyehge
plot
To plot evil.
Where else “yehge” appears- devastationשֹׁדshod
destruction, violence
Devastation, ruin that comes with violence.
Where else “shod” appears- their lipsשִׂפְתֵיsifte
lip
The part of the mouth with which one speaks, and so what one says.
Where else “sifte” appears- speakתְּדַבֵּרְנָהtedaberna
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “tedaberna” appears- troubleעָמָלamal
suffering
Pain one goes through, or harm done to others.
Where else “amal” appears
The context
1Do not envy evil men, and do not desire to be with them;
2 · This verse (above)
3By wisdom a house is built, and by insight it is established;