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Psalms 140:11

“Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

מוֹטmôwṭ · mote
H4131 · Hebrew

Definition: to waver; by implication, to slip, shake, fall
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV renderings: be carried, cast, be out of course, be fallen in decay, [idiom] exceedingly, fall(-ing down), be (re-) moved, be ready, shake, slide, slip.
Grammar: ימיטו — verb Hiphil, jussive, 3rd person, masculine, plural
Code HVhj3mp
Usage: Occurs 39 times in the Hebrew Bible.Leviticus 25:35 Deuteronomy 32:35 1 Chronicles 16:30 Job 41:15 Psalms 10:6

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 מוֹט here.

Verse 10 Verse 12

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.