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Put awayהָסֵרfrom youמִמְּךָperversityעִקְּשׁוּתof mouth,פֶּהandוּdeviousnessלְזוּתof lipsשְׂפָתַיִםput farהַרְחֵקfrom you.מִמֶּךָּ
Proverbs 4:24
Study it in the app“Put away from you perversity of mouth, and deviousness of lips put far from you.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 4:24, word by word
- Put awayהָסֵרhaser
remove
To take away something from where it was: an altar, a load, an office, loyal love.
Where else “haser” appears- perversityעִקְּשׁוּתikshut
perversity
Perversity, crookedness; what is twisted and far from what is straight.
Where else “ikshut” appears- of mouthפֶּהpe
mouth
The part of the face with which one speaks, eats and kisses.
Where else “pe” appears- deviousnessלְזוּתlezut
crookedness
Crookedness, perversity; crooked and deceitful speech.
Where else “lezut” appears- of lipsשְׂפָתַיִםsefatayim
lip
The part of the mouth with which one speaks, and so what one says.
Where else “sefatayim” appears- put farהַרְחֵקharchek
remove
To put something far away, remove it from oneself or from another.
Where else “harchek” appears
The context
23More than all that is guarded, guard your heart, for from it come the outgoings of life.
24 · This verse (above)
25Let your eyes look straight ahead, and let your eyelids be directed straight before you.