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Psalms 52:4

“Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

הַוָּהhavvâh · hav-vaw'
H1942 · Hebrew

Definition: by implication, of falling); desire; also ruin
Derivation: from H1933 (הָוָא) (in the sense of eagerly coveting and rushing upon;
KJV renderings: calamity, iniquity, mischief, mischievous (thing), naughtiness, naughty, noisome, perverse thing, substance, very wickedness.
Grammar: הַ֭וּוֹת — common noun, feminine, plural, absolute
Code HNcfpa
Usage: Occurs 16 times in the Hebrew Bible.Job 6:2 Job 6:30 Job 30:13 Psalms 5:10 Psalms 38:13

Theological interpretation (AI)

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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.