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Psalms 35:16

“With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

חָנֵףchânêph · khaw-nafe'
H2611 · Hebrew

Definition: soiled (i.e. with sin), impious
Derivation: from H2610 (חָנֵף);
KJV renderings: hypocrite(-ical).
Grammar: בְּ֭ — preposition
חַנְפֵי — adjective, masculine, plural, construct
Code HR/Aampc
Usage: Occurs 13 times in the Hebrew Bible.Job 8:13 Job 13:16 Job 15:34 Job 17:8 Job 20:5

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 חָנֵף here.

Verse 15 Verse 17

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.