עָוַת
Used: 11 times · Key: 5791 · BDB: עָוַת
Glosses
does.he.pervert (2); he (2); [that.which.is].bent (1)
Meaning (OSHB)
be bent tree →
Meaning (BDB 1906)
vb. be bent, crooked tree →
The whole BDB entry
vb. be bent, crooked (NH id., Pi. Nithp.; Aramaic עַוֵּית Pa.; cf. ܥܰܬ, ܥܬܳܐ deceive PS 3008);— Pf. 3 ms. sf. עִוְּתָ֑נִי Jb 19:6, עִוְּתוֹ Ec 7:13; 3 pl. sf. עִוְּתוּנִי ψ 119:78; Impf. 3 ms. יְעַוֵּת ψ 146:9 Jb 8:3, יְעַוֶּת־ v 3; Inf. לְעַוֵּת Am 8:5 La 3:36;— a. make crooked = falsify, scales Am 8:5; pervert justice (מִשְׁפָּט, צֶדֶק) Jb 8:3(×2); 34:12 (all God subj.); c. acc. pers. subvert (i.e. deprive of justice), לְע׳ אָדָם בְּרִיבוֹ La 3:36, cf. ψ 119:78 (v.l. 119:61); so עִוְּתָנִי Jb 19:6 (י׳ subj.). bend, make crooked, דֶּרֶךְ רְשָׁעִים ψ 146:9 (י׳ subj.); in gen. Ec 7:13 (God subj.; opp. תִּקֵּן). Pt. מְעֻוָּת Ec 1:15 what is bent (opp. תְּקֹן). Pf. 3 pl. consec. וְהִתְעַוְּתוּ Ec 12:3 and the strong men bend themselves.
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 10 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (10 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (7 candidates)
Trees and pragmatics
Every English meaning of «עָוַת» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.
In the verses
הַ֭אֵל יְעַוֵּ֣ת מִשְׁפָּ֑ט וְאִם־שַׁ֝דַּ֗י יְעַוֵּֽת־צֶֽדֶק׃
Word for word: ? God does.he.pervert justice and or? [the].Almighty does.he.pervert righteousness
JPS 1917: Doth God pervert judgment? Or doth the Almighty pervert justice?
אַף־אָמְנָ֗ם אֵ֥ל לֹֽא־יַרְשִׁ֑יעַ וְ֝שַׁדַּ֗י לֹֽא־יְעַוֵּ֥ת מִשְׁפָּֽט׃
Word for word: also truly God not he.acts.wickedly and.[the] Almighty not he.perverts justice
JPS 1917: Yea, of a surety, God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert justice.
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