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who does notלֹאslanderרָגַלwith his tongue,עַל לְשֹׁנוֹdoes notלֹאdoעָשָׂהevilרָעָהto his neighbor,לְרֵעֵהוּnorוְ לֹאlift upנָשָׂאreproachחֶרְפָּהagainst the one near him;עַל קְרֹבוֹ
Psalms 15:3
Study it in the app“who does not slander with his tongue, does not do evil to his neighbor, nor lift up reproach against the one near him;”
Who dwells in YHWH's tent: the one who “speaks truth in his heart” and does not slanderThe Tongue
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 15:3, word by word
- slanderרָגַלragal
slander
To speak ill of someone behind his back to harm him.
Where else “ragal” appears- with his tongueלְשֹׁנleshon
tongue
The organ in the mouth used to taste and speak; hence, what one says.
Where else “leshon” appears- doעָשָׂהasa
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asa” appears- evilרָעָהraa
evil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “raa” appears- to his neighborרֵעֵree
neighbor
The person living near, anyone one deals with.
Where else “ree” appears- lift upנָשָׂאnasa
bear
To bear the consequences of a fault, like someone carrying a weight.
Where else “nasa” appears- reproachחֶרְפָּהcherpa
disgrace, reproach
Disgrace, reproach, scorn from others. Being childless was then felt as a humiliation.
Where else “cherpa” appears- against the one near himקְרֹבkerov
near
Close by, or having access to YHWH.
Where else “kerov” appears
The context
2He who walks blameless and does righteousness, and speaks truth in his heart;
3 · This verse (above)
4in whose eyes the rejected one is despised, but those who fear YHWH he honors; he swears to his own hurt and does not change;