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Psalms 15:3 — King James Version← Study notes

He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour.


Psalms 15:3Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 15:313 words
HebrewMeaning
לֹֽאlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
רָגַ֨לrāgal
he takes slanderverbH7270
search · slander · spy · teach to go ···
עַלʿal
onpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
לְשֹׁנ֗/וֹləšōnwō
tongue hisnounH3956
babbler · evil speaker · language · talker ···
לֹאlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
עָשָׂ֣הʿāśāh
he doesverbH6213
advance · appoint · apt · be at ···
לְ/רֵעֵ֣/הוּlərēʿēhw
to neighbor hispronH7453
companion · fellow · friend · husband ···
רָעָ֑הrāʿāh
evilnounH7451
affliction · bad · calamity · displease ···
וְ֝/חֶרְפָּ֗הwəḥerəpāh
and reproachconjH2781
reproach · shame
לֹאlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
נָשָׂ֥אnāśāʾ
he lifts upverbH5375
advance · arise · (able to · suffer to) bear(-er ···
עַלʿal
onpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
קְרֹֽב/וֹqərōbwō
kinsman hisadjH7138
approach · at hand · any of kin · kinsfold ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 15:3

A psalm of David himself. 1. Touching this title there is no question. “O Lord who shall sojourn in Your tabernacle?” Psalm 14:1. Although tabernacle be sometimes used even for an everlasting habitation: yet when tabernacle is taken in its proper meaning, it is a thing of war. Hence soldiers are called tent-fellows, as having their tents together. This sense is assisted by the words, “Who shall sojourn?” For we war with the devil for a time, and then we need a tabernacle…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 15
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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