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Do notאַלinclineתַּטmy heartלִבִּיto an evilרָעthing,לְדָבָרto practiceלְהִתְעוֹלֵלdeedsעֲלִלוֹתin wickednessבְּרֶשַׁעwithאֶתmenאִישִׁיםwho workפֹּעֲלֵיwickedness;אָוֶןand let me notוּבַלeatאֶלְחַםof their delicacies.בְּמַנְעַמֵּיהֶם
Psalms 141:4
Study it in the app“Do not incline my heart to an evil thing, to practice deeds in wickedness with men who work wickedness; and let me not eat of their delicacies.”
A prayer that God set a guard at the door of the lipsThe Tongue
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 141:4, word by word
- inclineתַּטtat
incline
To turn the ear or the heart toward someone or something.
Where else “tat” appears- my heartלִבִּlibi
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “libi” appears- to an evilרָעra
evil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “ra” appears- thingדָבָרdavar
thing
A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.
Where else “davar” appears- to practiceהִתְעוֹלֵלhitolel
do evil
To do bad things; to give oneself to wickedness.
Where else “hitolel” appears- deedsעֲלִלוֹתalilot
deed
What someone does, above all his deeds, good or bad, which others can see.
Where else “alilot” appears- in wickednessרֶשַׁעresha
wickedness
Wickedness: what is unjust and evil.
Where else “resha” appears- menאִישִׁיםishim
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ishim” appears- who workפֹּעֲלֵיpoale
do, make
Do, make, carry out.
Where else “poale” appears- wickednessאָוֶןaven
wickedness
The evil one does.
Where else “aven” appears- and let me notבַלval
not
Not: a negative proper to Hebrew poetry; it denies strongly ("it will not be moved").
Where else “val” appears- eatאֶלְחַםelcham
eat
To eat bread or food; another word written the same.
Where else “elcham” appears- of their delicaciesמַנְעַמֵּיmaname
delicacies
Delicacy, fine and tasty food.
Where else “maname” appears
The context
3Set, YHWH, a guard over my mouth; keep watch over the door of my lips.
4 · This verse (above)
5Let the righteous strike me— it is loyal love; and let him rebuke me— it is oil for the head; let my head not refuse it, for still is my prayer against their evils.