Open English Translation (OET)

Hebrew wordlink #273874

OSHB Prov 17:4 מֵרַע (mēraˊ) Strongs=7489 a Lemma=‘רָעַע’
contextual word gloss=‘An_evil-doer’ word gloss=‘Evildoer’
Morphology=Vhrmsa PoS=hiphil_verb Type=active_participle Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute
Year=-1000

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Only use of identical word form ‘מֵרַע’ (Morphology=Vhrmsa PoS=hiphil_verb Type=active_participle Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘מֵרַע’ (Morphology=Vhrmsa PoS=hiphil_verb Type=active_participle Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute) is always and only glossed as ‘an_evil-doer’.

PROV 17:4 contextual word gloss=‘an_evil-doer’ word gloss=‘evildoer’ OSHB PROV 17:4 word 1

OET-LV: 4 An _evil-doer is_paying _attention on a _lip _of wickedness deception is_giving _ear on a _tongue _of destruction(s). (PRO_17:4)

OET-RV: 4 Those who do evil pay attention to wicked lips.
⇔ ≈ A liar listens to a destructive tongue. (PRO 17:4)