Hebrew Interlinear
Job 20:12 Interlinear
“ be sweet in his mouth Though wickedness though he hide it under his tongue”
Word-by-Word Analysis
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | אִם | H518 | used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not | |
| 2 | תַּמְתִּ֣יק | H4985 | be sweet | to suck, by implication, to relish, or (intransitively) be sweet |
| 3 | בְּפִ֣יו | H6310 | in his mouth | the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with prepos |
| 4 | רָעָ֑ה | H7451 | Though wickedness | bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral) |
| 5 | יַ֝כְחִידֶ֗נָּה | H3582 | though he hide | to secrete, by act or word; hence (intensively) to destroy |
| 6 | תַּ֣חַת | H8478 | the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc | |
| 7 | לְשֹׁנֽוֹ׃ | H3956 | it under his tongue | the tongue (of man or animals), used literally (as the instrument of licking, eating, or speech), and figuratively (speech, an ingot, a fork of flame, |
Verse Context
Job 20:11His bones are full of the sin of his youth with him in the dust...
Job 20:12 (current) be sweet in his mouth Though wickedness though he hide it under his tongue
Job 20:13Though he spare it and forsake it not but keep it still within...