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Rather,אַףin your heartבְּלֵבyou workתִּפְעָלוּןinjustices;עוֹלֹתin the landבָּאָרֶץthe violenceחֲמַסof your handsיְדֵיכֶםyou weigh out.תְּפַלֵּסוּן
Psalms 58:2
Study it in the app“Rather, in your heart you work injustices; in the land the violence of your hands you weigh out.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 58:2, word by word
- in your heartלֵבlev
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “lev” appears- you workתִּפְעָלוּtifalu
do, make
Do, make, carry out.
Where else “tifalu” appears- injusticesעוֹלֹתolot
injustice, wrong
Injustice; what is crooked, what is not right.
Where else “olot” appears- in the landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears- the violenceחֲמַסchamas
violence
Violence; unjust harm done to others.
Where else “chamas” appears- of your handsיְדֵיyede
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yede” appears- you weigh outתְּפַלֵּסוּtefalesu
weigh
To measure the worth of something as on scales.
Where else “tefalesu” appears
Translation note
“You weigh out”: you deal out violence like one who weighs merchandise on a scale.
The context
1For the director. Do Not Destroy. Of David. A Miktam. Do you really speak righteousness in silence? With uprightness do you judge, human beings?
2 · This verse (above)
3The wicked have turned aside from the womb; they have gone astray from the belly, those who speak lies.