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Psalms 10:7
“His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
אָלָהʼâlâh · aw-law'
H423 · Hebrew
H423 · Hebrew
- Definition
- an imprecation
- Derivation
- from H422 (אָלָה);
- KJV renderings
- curse, cursing, execration, oath, swearing.
- Grammar
- אָלָ֤ה — common noun, feminine, singular, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 36 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 24:41Genesis 24:41Genesis 26:28Leviticus 5:1Numbers 5:21
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read אָלָה here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.