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Wickedness is in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streets. (KJV)
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הַוּ֥וֹתha.Votdestruction<s>
Lemma: הַוָּה (hav.vah) · Strong's: H1942
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Absolute (HNcfpa)
Meaning: desire
Used 15 times. Also: Job 6:30, Job 30:13, Psalms 5:9, Psalms 38:12, Psalms 52:2, Psalms 52:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1942; TAHOT Psalms 55:11 word 1
בְּקִרְבָּ֑הּbe.kir.Bah[are] in midst its
Lemma: קֶ֫רֶב (qe.rev) · Strong's: H7130G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: entrails: among
Used 199 times. Also: Genesis 18:12, Genesis 18:24, Genesis 24:3, Genesis 25:22, Genesis 41:21, Genesis 45:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7130G; TAHOT Psalms 55:11 word 2
וְֽלֹא\־ve.lo'-and not
Lemma: לֹא (lo) · Strong's: H3808
Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)
Meaning: not
Used 5165 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3808; TAHOT Psalms 55:11 word 3
יָמִ֥ישׁya.Mishit departs
Lemma: מוּשׁ (mush) · Strong's: H4185
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqi3ms)
Meaning: to remove
Used 19 times. Also: Exodus 13:22, Exodus 33:11, Numbers 14:44, Joshua 1:8, Judges 6:18, Job 23:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4185; TAHOT Psalms 55:11 word 4
מֵ֝רְחֹבָ֗הּme.re.cho.Vahfrom public square its
Lemma: רְחוֹב (re.chov) · Strong's: H7339
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: street/plaza
Used 43 times. Also: Genesis 19:2, Deuteronomy 13:16, Judges 19:15, Judges 19:17, Judges 19:20, 2 Samuel 21:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7339; TAHOT Psalms 55:11 word 5
תֹּ֣ךְtokhoppression
Lemma: תֹּךְ (tokh) · Strong's: H8496
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: oppression
Used 4 times. Also: Psalms 10:7, Psalms 72:14, Proverbs 29:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8496; TAHOT Psalms 55:11 word 6
וּמִרְמָֽה\׃u.mir.Mahand deceit
Lemma: מִרְמָה (mir.mah) · Strong's: H4820
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: deceit
Used 39 times. Also: Genesis 27:35, Genesis 34:13, 2 Kings 9:23, Job 15:35, Job 31:5, Psalms 5:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4820; TAHOT Psalms 55:11 word 7
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Destruction | → | הַוָּה H1942 desire |
| [is] within | → | קֶ֫רֶב H7130G entrails: among |
| oppression | → | תֹּךְ H8496 oppression |
| and deceit | → | מִרְמָה H4820 deceit |
| never | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| leave | → | מוּשׁ H4185 to remove |
| the streets | → | רְחוֹב H7339 street/plaza |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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