Calamitiesהַוּוֹתyour tongueלְשׁוֹנֶךָdevises,תַּחְשֹׁבlike a razorכְּתַעַרsharpened,מְלֻטָּשׁworkingעֹשֵׂהdeceit.רְמִיָּה
Psalms 52:2
Study it in the app“Calamities your tongue devises, like a razor sharpened, working deceit.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 52:2, word by word
- Calamitiesהַוּוֹתhauot
calamity
A disaster that destroys.
Where else “hauot” appears- your tongueלְשׁוֹנֶleshone
tongue
The organ in the mouth used to taste and speak; hence, what one says.
Where else “leshone” appears- devisesתַּחְשֹׁבtachshov
devise
To devise a plan or a design, good or bad.
Where else “tachshov” appears- like a razorתַעַרtaar
razor
A razor for shaving.
Where else “taar” appears- sharpenedמְלֻטָּשׁmelutash
sharpen, forge
Sharpen, hammer out, forge.
Where else “melutash” appears- workingעֹשֵׂהose
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “ose” appears- deceitרְמִיָּהremiya
deceit
False words or acts that make someone believe what is not so.
Where else “remiya” appears
The context
1For the director. A maskil of David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul and said to him, “David has come to the house of Ahimelech.” Why do you boast of evil, mighty man? The loyal love of El is all the day.
2 · This verse (above)
3You love evil more than good, lies more than speaking righteousness. Selah.