סֶלֶף

«סֶלֶף» in the Tanakh dictionary: crookedness — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

Used: 2 times · Key: 5558 · BDB: סֶ֫לֶף

Glosses

perverseness (2)

Meaning (OSHB)

crookedness tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. crookedness, crooked dealing tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.m. Pr 11:3 Qr crookedness, crooked dealing:—ס׳ abs. Pr 15:4 (of tongue); cstr. ס׳ בֹּגְדִים 11:3.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «סֶלֶף» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Proverbs 11:3

תֻּמַּ֣ת יְשָׁרִ֣ים תַּנְחֵ֑ם וְסֶ֖לֶף בּוֹגְדִ֣ים יְשָׁדֵּֽם׃

Word for word: [the].integrity of.upright.[people] it guides.them and.[the] perverseness of.[those.who].act.treacherously it destroys.them

JPS 1917: The integrity of the upright shall guide them; but the perverseness of the faithless shall destroy them.

Proverbs 15:4

מַרְפֵּ֣א לָ֭שׁוֹן עֵ֣ץ חַיִּ֑ים וְסֶ֥לֶף בָּ֝הּ֗ שֶׁ֣בֶר בְּרֽוּחַ׃

Word for word: health of.tongue [is].a.tree of.life and perverseness with it [is].brokenness in spirit

JPS 1917: A soothing tongue is a tree of life; but perverseness therein is a wound to the spirit.

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