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Falsehoodשָׁוְאeach oneאִישׁspeaksיְדַבְּרוּwith his neighbor;אֶת רֵעֵהוּwith flatteringחֲלָקוֹתlips,שְׂפַתwith a double heartבְּלֵב וָלֵבthey speak.יְדַבֵּרוּ
Psalms 12:2
Study it in the app“Falsehood each one speaks with his neighbor; with flattering lips, with a double heart they speak.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 12:2, word by word
- Falsehoodשָׁוְאshav
falsehood
Something false, like false testimony.
Where else “shav” appears- each oneאִישׁish
each
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appears- speaksיְדַבְּרוּyedabru
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “yedabru” appears- with his neighborרֵעֵree
neighbor
The person living near, anyone one deals with.
Where else “ree” appears- with flatteringחֲלָקוֹתchalakot
smooth thing
What is smooth and slippery; also sweet words that flatter.
Where else “chalakot” appears- lipsשְׂפַתsefat
lip
The part of the mouth with which one speaks, and so what one says.
Where else “sefat” appears- with a double heartלֵבlev
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “lev” appears
Translation note
“With a double heart”: literally “with a heart and a heart”: they say one thing and think another.
The context
1For the director. On the eighth. A psalm of David. Save, YHWH, for the faithful one is gone; for the trustworthy have vanished from among human beings.
2 · This verse (above)
3May YHWH cut off all flattering lips, the tongue that speaks great things,