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A perverseבְּלִיַּעַלperson,אָדָםa manאִישׁof wickedness,אָוֶןgoes aboutהוֹלֵךְwith perversityעִקְּשׁוּתof mouth;פֶּה
Proverbs 6:12
Study it in the app“A perverse person, a man of wickedness, goes about with perversity of mouth;”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 6:12, word by word
- A perverseבְּלִיַּעַלbeliyaal
worthlessness, wickedness
Worthlessness, a thing of no value: "sons of belial" are worthless people who do evil. Later it was used as a name for the evil one (2 Corinthians 6:15).
Where else “beliyaal” appears- personאָדָםadam
anyone
A person; with "not", no one.
Where else “adam” appears- a manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- of wickednessאָוֶןaven
wickedness
The evil one does.
Where else “aven” appears- goes aboutהוֹלֵךְholech
walk
Literally "to go": to live a certain way, as Enoch with Elohim.
Where else “holech” appears- with 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
The context
11and your poverty will come like a prowler, and your need like a man with a shield.
12 · This verse (above)
13he winks with his eyes, he scrapes with his feet, he points with his fingers;