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Forכִּיthey do notלֹאspeakיְדַבֵּרוּpeace,שָׁלוֹםand against the quiet onesוְעַל רִגְעֵיof the landאֶרֶץthey deviseיַחֲשֹׁבוּןwordsדִּבְרֵיof deceit.מִרְמוֹת
Psalms 35:20
Study it in the app“For they do not speak peace, and against the quiet ones of the land they devise words of deceit.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 35:20, word by word
- speakיְדַבֵּרוּyedaberu
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “yedaberu” appears- peaceשָׁלוֹםshalom
peace
Living without war or quarrels, in harmony.
Where else “shalom” appears- and against the quiet onesרִגְעֵיrige
quiet, peaceable
Quiet, peaceable: one who lives without harming anyone.
Where else “rige” appears- of the landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- they deviseיַחֲשֹׁבוּyachashovu
devise
To devise a plan or a design, good or bad.
Where else “yachashovu” appears- wordsדִּבְרֵיdivre
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “divre” appears- of deceitמִרְמוֹתmirmot
deceit
Deceit, fraud, treachery.
Where else “mirmot” appears
The context
19Let not my lying enemies be glad over me; nor let those who hate me without cause wink the eye.
20 · This verse (above)
21And they opened wide against me their mouth; they said, “Aha! Aha! Our eye has seen it.”