סָלַף
çâlaph
Meaning “to pervert”
BDB to twist, pervert, distort, overturn, ruin; (Piel); to pervert (of bribery); to subvert, turn upside down, ruin
7 verses
4 books · rare Hebrew Bible
First appears: Exodus 23:8
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סָלַף 4 books
- Exodus 23:8 וִֽ/יסַלֵּ֖ף You shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds those who have sight and perverts the words of the righteous.
- Deuteronomy 16:19 וִֽ/יסַלֵּ֖ף You shall not wrest justice: you shall not respect persons; neither shall you take a bribe; for a bribe does blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.
- Job 12:19 יְסַלֵּֽף He leads priests away stripped, And overthrows the mighty.
- Proverbs 13:6 תְּסַלֵּ֥ף Righteousness guards the way of integrity, But wickedness overthrows the sinner.
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