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Whoever slandersמְלָשְׁנִיin secretבַסֵּתֶרhis neighbor,רֵעֵהוּhimאוֹתוֹI will destroy;אַצְמִיתwhoever is high of eyesגְּבַהּ עֵינַיִםand wide of heart,וּרְחַב לֵבָבhimאֹתוֹI will notלֹאendure.אוּכָל
Psalms 101:5
Study it in the app“Whoever slanders in secret his neighbor, him I will destroy; whoever is high of eyes and wide of heart, him I will not endure.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 101:5, word by word
- Whoever slandersמְלָשְׁנִיmelashni
slander
To slander, to speak ill of someone behind his back. It comes from the word "tongue".
Where else “melashni” appears- in secretסֵּתֶרseter
secret
What is kept hidden, out of the sight of others.
Where else “seter” appears- his neighborרֵעֵree
neighbor
The person living near, anyone one deals with.
Where else “ree” appears- I will destroyאַצְמִיתatsmit
destroy, silence
To make an end of someone, to annihilate, to silence forever.
Where else “atsmit” appears- whoever is high of eyesגְּבַהּgevah
haughty
Thinking oneself above others.
Where else “gevah” appears- whoever is high of eyesעֵינַיִםenayim
eye
The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.
Where else “enayim” appears- and wide of heartרְחַבrechav
broad, wide
Broad, wide, roomy. "Broad on both hands": spacious on every side.
Where else “rechav” appears- and wide of heartלֵבָבlevav
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, desire and decide.
Where else “levav” appears- endureאוּכָלuchal
be able
To have the strength, the permission or the opportunity to do something.
Where else “uchal” appears
Translation note
“High of eyes and wide of heart”: a haughty look and a heart swollen with pride.
The context
4A crooked heart will depart from me; evil I will not know.
5 · This verse (above)
6My eyes are on the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me; whoever walks in the way of blamelessness, he will minister to me.