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You sitתֵּשֵׁבagainst your brotherבְּאָחִיךָand speak;תְדַבֵּרagainst the sonבְּבֶןof your motherאִמְּךָyou putתִּתֶּןa stain.דֹּפִי
Psalms 50:20
Study it in the app“You sit against your brother and speak; against the son of your mother you put a stain.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 50:20, word by word
- You sitתֵּשֵׁבteshev
sit
To sit; or sit on the throne to reign.
Where else “teshev” appears- against your brotherאָחִיachi
brother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “achi” appears- and speakתְדַבֵּרtedaber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “tedaber” appears- against the sonבֶןven
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ven” appears- of your motherאִמְּim
mother
The woman who gives birth to and raises her children, and who is owed honor.
Where else “im” appears- you putתִּתֶּןtiten
put
To place something somewhere.
Where else “titen” appears- a stainדֹּפִיdofi
slander
A stain, a blemish, a fault laid on someone; slander. It appears only once in the Bible.
Where else “dofi” appears
Translation note
“You put a stain”: you slander him, you lay a blame on him. The Hebrew word appears only here.
The context
19Your mouth you let loose for evil, and your tongue weaves deceit.
20 · This verse (above)
21These things you have done, and I kept silent; you thought that I would surely be like you. I will rebuke you and lay it out before your eyes.