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Lexicon entry · Hebrew

H5557סָלַףsa.laph

to pervertPart of speech: Hebrew Verb

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Occurrences by book

  1. Genesis: 0
  2. 1
  3. Leviticus: 0
  4. Numbers: 0
  5. 1
  6. Joshua: 0
  7. Judges: 0
  8. Ruth: 0
  9. 1 Samuel: 0
  10. 2 Samuel: 0
  11. 1 Kings: 0
  12. 2 Kings: 0
  13. 1 Chronicles: 0
  14. 2 Chronicles: 0
  15. Ezra: 0
  16. Nehemiah: 0
  17. Esther: 0
  18. 1
  19. Psalms: 0
  20. 4
  21. Ecclesiastes: 0
  22. Song of Songs: 0
  23. Isaiah: 0
  24. Jeremiah: 0
  25. Lamentations: 0
  26. Ezekiel: 0
  27. Daniel: 0
  28. Hosea: 0
  29. Joel: 0
  30. Amos: 0
  31. Obadiah: 0
  32. Jonah: 0
  33. Micah: 0
  34. Nahum: 0
  35. Habakkuk: 0
  36. Zephaniah: 0
  37. Haggai: 0
  38. Zechariah: 0
  39. Malachi: 0

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7 occurrences in 7 verses

With their references and text in JPS Tanakh 1917.

  1. Exodus 23:8

    And thou shalt take no gift; for a gift blindeth them that have sight, and perverteth the words of the righteous.

    וִֽיסַלֵּ֖ף (יסַלֵּ֖ף) sa.Lef “it may pervert”

  2. Deuteronomy 16:19

    Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons; neither shalt thou take a gift; for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.

    וִֽיסַלֵּ֖ף (יסַלֵּ֖ף) sa.Lef “it may pervert”

  3. Job 12:19

    He leadeth priests away stripped, and overthroweth the mighty.

    יְסַלֵּֽף׃ ye.sa.Lef “he overturns”

  4. Proverbs 13:6

    Righteousness guardeth him that is upright in the way; but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.

    תְּסַלֵּ֥ף te.sa.Lef “it subverts”

  5. Proverbs 19:3

    The foolishness of man perverteth his way; and his heart fretteth against the LORD.

    תְּסַלֵּ֣ף te.sa.Lef “it subverts”

  6. Proverbs 21:12

    The Righteous One considereth the house of the wicked; overthrowing the wicked to their ruin.

    מְסַלֵּ֖ף me.sa.Lef “[he is] subverting”

  7. Proverbs 22:12

    The eyes of the LORD preserve him that hath knowledge, but He overthroweth the words of the faithless man.

    וַ֝יְסַלֵּ֗ף (יְסַלֵּ֗ף) y.sa.Lef “he has subverted”