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May YHWHיְהוָהcut offיַכְרֵתallכָּלflatteringחֲלָקוֹתlips,שִׂפְתֵיthe tongueלָשׁוֹןthat speaksמְדַבֶּרֶתgreat things,גְּדֹלוֹת
Psalms 12:3
Study it in the app“May YHWH cut off all flattering lips, the tongue that speaks great things,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 12:3, word by word
- May YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- cut offיַכְרֵתyachret
cut off
To wipe out, or be shut out from the people.
Where else “yachret” appears- flatteringחֲלָקוֹתchalakot
smooth thing
What is smooth and slippery; also sweet words that flatter.
Where else “chalakot” appears- lipsשִׂפְתֵיsifte
lip
The part of the mouth with which one speaks, and so what one says.
Where else “sifte” appears- the tongueלָשׁוֹןlashon
tongue
The organ in the mouth used to taste and speak; hence, what one says.
Where else “lashon” appears- that speaksמְדַבֶּרֶתmedaberet
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “medaberet” appears- great thingsגְּדֹלוֹתgedolot
great
Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.
Where else “gedolot” appears
The context
2Falsehood each one speaks with his neighbor; with flattering lips, with a double heart they speak.
3 · This verse (above)
4those who say, “With our tongue we will prevail; our lips are with us: who is lord over us?”