סֶלֶף

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H5558

crookedness — used 2 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

crookedness tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

סֶ֫לֶף: n.m. crookedness, crooked dealing tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.m. Pr 11:3 Qr crookedness, crooked dealing:—ס׳ abs. Pr 15:4 (of tongue); cstr. ס׳ בֹּגְדִים 11:3.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: perverseness (2).

In the verses

Proverbs 11:3 · tree →

תֻּמַּ֣ת יְשָׁרִ֣ים תַּנְחֵ֑ם וְסֶ֖לֶף בּוֹגְדִ֣ים יְשָׁדֵּֽם׃

Word for word: [the].integrity of.upright.[people] it guides.them and.[the] perverseness of.[those.who].act.treacherously it destroys.them

JPS 1917: The integrity of the upright shall guide them; but the perverseness of the faithless shall destroy them.

Proverbs 15:4 · tree →

מַרְפֵּ֣א לָ֭שׁוֹן עֵ֣ץ חַיִּ֑ים וְסֶ֥לֶף בָּ֝הּ֗ שֶׁ֣בֶר בְּרֽוּחַ׃

Word for word: health of.tongue [is].a.tree of.life and perverseness with it [is].brokenness in spirit

JPS 1917: A soothing tongue is a tree of life; but perverseness therein is a wound to the spirit.

On Mova

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Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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