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Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth. (KJV)
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אַף\־'af-also
Lemma: אַף (aph) · Strong's: H0637
Parsing: Particle · Interjection (HTj)
Meaning: also
Used 134 times. Also: Genesis 3:1, Genesis 18:13, Genesis 18:23, Genesis 18:24, Genesis 40:16, Leviticus 26:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0637; TAHOT Psalms 58:2 word 1
בְּלֵב֮be.Levin [the] heart
Lemma: לֵב (lev) · Strong's: H3820A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: heart
Used 593 times. Also: Genesis 6:5, Genesis 6:6, Genesis 8:21, Genesis 17:17, Genesis 18:5, Genesis 24:45 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3820A; TAHOT Psalms 58:2 word 2
עוֹלֹ֪תo.Lotinjustice<s>
Lemma: עַוְלָה (av.lah) · Strong's: H5766B
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Absolute (HNcfpa)
Meaning: injustice
Used 31 times. Also: 2 Samuel 3:34, 2 Samuel 7:10, 1 Chronicles 17:9, 2 Chronicles 19:7, Job 5:16, Job 6:29 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5766B; TAHOT Psalms 58:2 word 3
תִּפְעָ֫ל֥וּןtif.'A.Lunyou do !
Lemma: פָּעַל (pa.al) · Strong's: H6466
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVqi2mp)
Meaning: to work
Used 57 times. Also: Exodus 15:17, Numbers 23:23, Deuteronomy 32:27, Job 7:20, Job 11:8, Job 22:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6466; TAHOT Psalms 58:2 word 4
בָּאָ֡רֶץba.'A.retzin the land
Lemma: אֶ֫רֶץ (e.rets) · Strong's: H0776G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: land: country/planet
Used 2317 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0776G; TAHOT Psalms 58:2 word 5
חֲמַ֥סcha.Mas[the] violence of
Lemma: חָמָס (cha.mas) · Strong's: H2555
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: violence
Used 60 times. Also: Genesis 6:11, Genesis 6:13, Genesis 16:5, Genesis 49:5, Exodus 23:1, Deuteronomy 19:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2555; TAHOT Psalms 58:2 word 6
יְ֝דֵיכֶ֗םye.dei.Khemhands your
Lemma: יָד (yad) · Strong's: H3027G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Dual · Construct (HNcbdc)
Meaning: hand
Used 722 times. Also: Genesis 3:22, Genesis 4:11, Genesis 5:29, Genesis 8:9, Genesis 9:2, Genesis 14:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3027G; TAHOT Psalms 58:2 word 7
תְּפַלֵּֽסֽוּן\׃te.fa.Le.Sunyou weigh out !
Lemma: פָּלַס (pa.las) · Strong's: H6424
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVpi2mp)
Meaning: to envy
Used 6 times. Also: Psalms 78:50, Proverbs 4:26, Proverbs 5:6, Proverbs 5:21, Isaiah 26:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6424; TAHOT Psalms 58:2 word 8
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| No | → | אַף H0637 also |
| in your hearts | → | לֵב H3820A heart |
| you devise | → | פָּעַל H6466 to work |
| injustice | → | עַוְלָה H5766B injustice |
| with your hands | → | יָד H3027G hand |
| you mete out | → | פָּלַס H6424 to envy |
| violence | → | חָמָס H2555 violence |
| on the earth | → | אֶ֫רֶץ H0776G land: country/planet |
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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