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Turn awayסוּרfrom evilמֵרָעand doוַעֲשֵׂהgood,טוֹבand dwellוּשְׁכֹןforever.לְעוֹלָם
Psalms 37:27
Study it in the app“Turn away from evil and do good, and dwell forever.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 37:27, word by word
- Turn awayסוּרsur
turn aside
To leave the road, go away.
Where else “sur” appears- from evilרָעra
evil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “ra” appears- and doעֲשֵׂהase
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “ase” appears- goodטוֹבtov
what is right
What is right and just, which God approves, the opposite of evil.
Where else “tov” appears- and dwellשְׁכֹןshechon
dwell
To live somewhere, stay.
Where else “shechon” appears- foreverעוֹלָםolam
forever
Time without end, beyond what a lifetime can see.
Where else “olam” appears
The context
26All the day he shows favor and lends, and his offspring is for a blessing.
27 · This verse (above)
28For YHWH loves justice and will not abandon his faithful ones; forever they are kept, but the offspring of the wicked is cut off.