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Psalms 38:7
“For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease: and there is no soundness in my flesh.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
עָוָהʻâvâh · aw-vaw'
H5753 · Hebrew
H5753 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to crook, literally or figuratively
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- do amiss, bow down, make crooked, commit iniquity, pervert, (do) perverse(-ly), trouble, [idiom] turn, do wickedly, do wrong.
- Grammar
- נַעֲוֵ֣יתִי — verb Niphal, perfect, 1st person, common, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 17 times in the Hebrew Bible.1 Samuel 20:302 Samuel 7:142 Samuel 19:202 Samuel 24:171 Kings 8:47
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 עָוָה 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.