Hebrew Interlinear
Psalms 34:13 Interlinear
“Keep thy tongue from evil and thy lips from speaking guile”
Word-by-Word Analysis
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | נְצֹ֣ר | H5341 | Keep | to guard, in a good sense (to protect, maintain, obey, etc.) or a bad one (to conceal, etc.) |
| 2 | לְשׁוֹנְךָ֣ | H3956 | thy 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, |
| 3 | מֵרָ֑ע | H7451 | from evil | bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral) |
| 4 | וּ֝שְׂפָתֶ֗יךָ | H8193 | and thy lips | the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.) |
| 5 | מִדַּבֵּ֥ר | H1696 | from speaking | perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue |
| 6 | מִרְמָֽה׃ | H4820 | guile | fraud |
Verse Context
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Psalms 34:13 (current)Keep thy tongue from evil and thy lips from speaking guile
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