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All aroundסָבִיבthe wickedרְשָׁעִיםwalk about,יִתְהַלָּכוּןwhen vilenessזֻלּוּתis exaltedכְּרֻםamong human beings.לִבְנֵי אָדָם
Psalms 12:8
Study it in the app“All around the wicked walk about, when vileness is exalted among human beings.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 12:8, word by word
- All aroundסָבִיבsaviv
around
In a circle or on every side of something: the camp, the city, the altar.
Where else “saviv” appears- the wickedרְשָׁעִיםreshaim
wicked
One who does evil, the opposite of the righteous.
Where else “reshaim” appears- walk aboutיִתְהַלָּכוּyithalachu
walk
Literally "to go": to live a certain way, as Enoch with Elohim.
Where else “yithalachu” appears- when vilenessזֻלּוּתzulut
vileness
Vileness: what is worthless or despicable. A rare word, found only in Psalm 12.
Where else “zulut” appears- is exaltedרֻםrum
be high
To be up above, raised in honor.
Where else “rum” appears- among human beingsבְנֵיvene
human being
Literally "son of Adam": any person, a mortal.
Where else “vene” appears- among human beingsאָדָםadam
human being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appears
The context
7You, YHWH, will keep them; you will guard him from this generation forever.
8 · This verse (above)