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Habakkuk 1:13 Interlinear

Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil not look on iniquity and canst not look thou upon them that deal treacherously and holdest thy tongue devoureth when the wicked the man that is more righteous

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1טְה֤וֹרH2889Thou art of purerpure (in a physical, chemical, ceremonial or moral sense)
2עֵינַ֙יִם֙H5869eyesan eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
3מֵרְא֣וֹתH7200than to beholdto see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
4רָ֔עH7451evilbad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
5תַבִּיט֙H5027not lookto scan, i.e., look intently at; by implication, to regard with pleasure, favor or care
6אֶלH413near, with or among; often in general, to
7עָמָ֖לH5999on iniquitytoil, i.e., wearing effort; hence, worry, whether of body or mind
8לֹ֣אH3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
9תוּכָ֑לH3201and canstto be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might)
10לָ֤מָּהH4100properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and
11תַבִּיט֙H5027not lookto scan, i.e., look intently at; by implication, to regard with pleasure, favor or care
12בּֽוֹגְדִ֔יםH898thou upon them that deal treacherouslyto cover (with a garment); figuratively, to act covertly; by implication, to pillage
13תַּחֲרִ֕ישׁH2790and holdest thy tongueto scratch, i.e., (by implication) to engrave, plough; hence (from the use of tools) to fabricate (of any material); figuratively, to devise (in a bad
14בְּבַלַּ֥עH1104devourethto make away with (specifically by swallowing); generally, to destroy
15רָשָׁ֖עH7563when the wickedmorally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person
16צַדִּ֥יקH6662the man that is more righteousjust
17מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃H4480properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses

Verse Context

Habakkuk 1:12 Art thou not from everlasting O LORD my God mine Holy One...
Habakkuk 1:13 (current)Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil not look on iniquity and canst not look thou upon them that deal treacherously and holdest thy tongue devoureth when the wicked the man that is more righteous
Habakkuk 1:14And makest men as the fishes of the sea as the creeping things ...

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