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A crookedעִקֵּשׁheartלֵבָבwill departיָסוּרfrom me;מִמֶּנִּיevilרָעI will notלֹאknow.אֵדָע
Psalms 101:4
Study it in the app“A crooked heart will depart from me; evil I will not know.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 101:4, word by word
- A crookedעִקֵּשׁikesh
crooked
Crooked, not going straight.
Where else “ikesh” appears- heartלֵבָבlevav
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, desire and decide.
Where else “levav” appears- will departיָסוּרyasur
turn aside
To leave the road, go away.
Where else “yasur” appears- evilרָעra
evil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “ra” appears- knowאֵדָעeda
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “eda” appears
The context
3I will not set before my eyes a thing of worthlessness; the doing of those who turn aside I hate; it will not cling to me.
4 · This verse (above)
5Whoever slanders in secret his neighbor, him I will destroy; whoever is high of eyes and wide of heart, him I will not endure.