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Psalms 139:20

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Masoretic Text 1524

H834 For אשׁר

H559 they speak יאמרך

H4209 against thee wickedly למזמה

H5375 take נשׂא

H7723 thy name in vain לשׁוא

H6145 and thine enemies עריך׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

H834 For

they

H559 speak

against

thee

H4209 wickedly

and

thine

H6145 enemies

H5375 take

thy

name

H7723 vain

Hebrew-English Dictionary

Strongs: H7723

Hebrew: שָׁוְא

Transliteration: shâvᵉʼ

Pronunciation: shawv

Part of Speech: Noun Masculine

Bible Usage: false ({-ly}) {lie} {lying} {vain} vanity.

Definition:

evil (as {destructive }) literally (ruin) or morally (especially guile); figuratively idolatry (as {false} subjectively): uselessness (as {deceptive} objectively; also adverbially in vain)

1. emptiness, vanity, falsehood

a. emptiness, nothingness, vanity

b. emptiness of speech, lying

c. worthlessness (of conduct)

The Brown-Driver-Briggs
Hebrew-English Lexicon (BDB) 1906