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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Psalm 52:3 Hebrew Text Analysis</title><link href='//fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Cardo&subset=greek-ext' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'><link rel="stylesheet" href="/newlex.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /> <script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../vmenus/psalms/52-3.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/bmgrkheb/psalms/52-3.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="//biblehub.com/hebrew/">Hebrew</a> > Psalm 52:3</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../psalms/52-2.htm" title="Psalm 52:2">◄</a> Psalm 52:3 <a href="../psalms/52-4.htm" title="Psalm 52:4">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Text Analysis</div><div class="jmp"><a href="/texts/psalms/52-3.htm">Go to Parallel Hebrew</a></div><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="5" class="maintext"><tr><td class="top" width="25%">Strong's</td><td class="top" width="25%">Hebrew</td><td class="top" width="25%">English</td><td class="top" width="25%">Morphology</td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/157.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 157: 1) to love <BR> 1a) (Qal) <BR> 1a1) human love for another, includes family, and sexual <BR> 1a2) human appetite for objects such as food, drink, sleep, wisdom <BR> 1a3) human love for or to God <BR> 1a4) act of being a friend <BR> 1a4a) lover (participle) <BR> 1a4b) friend (participle) <BR> 1a5) God's love toward man <BR> 1a5a) to individual men <BR> 1a5b) to people Israel <BR> 1a5c) to righteousness <BR> 1b) (Niphal) <BR> 1b1) lovely (participle) <BR> 1b2) loveable (participle) <BR> 1c) (Piel) <BR> 1c1) friends <BR> 1c2) lovers (fig. of adulterers) <BR> 2) to like">157</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_157.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 157 -- Occurrence 91 of 209">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">אָהַ֣בְתָּ<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/ahavta_157.htm" title="'a·Hav·ta: love -- Occurrence 3 of 6.">’ā-haḇ-tā</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">You love</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular">V-Qal-Perf-2ms</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/7451.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 7451: adj <BR> 1) bad, evil <BR> 1a) bad, disagreeable, malignant <BR> 1b) bad, unpleasant, evil (giving pain, unhappiness, misery) <BR> 1c) evil, displeasing <BR> 1d) bad (of its kind-land, water, etc) <BR> 1e) bad (of value) <BR> 1f) worse than, worst (comparison) <BR> 1g) sad, unhappy <BR> 1h) evil (hurtful) <BR> 1i) bad, unkind (vicious in disposition) <BR> 1j) bad, evil, wicked (ethically) <BR> 1j1) in general, of persons, of thoughts <BR> 1j2) deeds, actions <BR> n m <BR> 2) evil, distress, misery, injury, calamity <BR> 2a) evil, distress, adversity <BR> 2b) evil, injury, wrong <BR> 2c) evil (ethical) <BR> n f <BR> 3) evil, misery, distress, injury <BR> 3a) evil, misery, distress <BR> 3b) evil, injury, wrong <BR> 3c) evil (ethical)">7451</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7451.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 7451 -- Occurrence 318 of 667">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">רָּ֣ע<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/ra_7451.htm" title="ra': evil -- Occurrence 47 of 125.">rā‘</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">evil</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Adjective - masculine singular">Adj-ms</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/2896.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 2896: adj <BR> 1) good, pleasant, agreeable <BR> 1a) pleasant, agreeable (to the senses) <BR> 1b) pleasant (to the higher nature) <BR> 1c) good, excellent (of its kind) <BR> 1d) good, rich, valuable in estimation <BR> 1e) good, appropriate, becoming <BR> 1f) better (comparative) <BR> 1g) glad, happy, prosperous (of man's sensuous nature) <BR> 1h) good understanding (of man's intellectual nature) <BR> 1i) good, kind, benign <BR> 1j) good, right (ethical) <BR> n m <BR> 2) a good thing, benefit, welfare <BR> 2a) welfare, prosperity, happiness <BR> 2b) good things (collective) <BR> 2c) good, benefit <BR> 2d) moral good <BR> n f <BR> 3) welfare, benefit, good things <BR> 3a) welfare, prosperity, happiness <BR> 3b) good things (collective) <BR> 3c) bounty">2896</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2896.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 2896 -- Occurrence 306 of 562">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">מִטּ֑וֹב<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/mittov_2896.htm" title="mit·Tov;: good -- Occurrence 4 of 5.">miṭ-ṭō-wḇ;</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">more than good</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Preposition-m :: Noun - masculine singular">Prep-m | N-ms</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/8267.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 8267: 1) lie, deception, disappointment, falsehood <BR> 1a) deception (what deceives or disappoints or betrays one) <BR> 1b) deceit, fraud, wrong <BR> 1b1) fraudulently, wrongfully (as adverb) <BR> 1c) falsehood (injurious in testimony) <BR> 1c1) testify falsehood, false oath, swear falsely <BR> 1d) falsity (of false or self-deceived prophets) <BR> 1e) lie, falsehood (in general) <BR> 1e1) false tongue <BR> 1f) in vain">8267</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8267.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 8267 -- Occurrence 24 of 113">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">שֶׁ֓קֶר ׀<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/sheker_8267.htm" title="She·ker: Falsehood -- Occurrence 13 of 45.">še-qer</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">Lying</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Noun - masculine singular">N-ms</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/1696.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 1696: 1) to speak, declare, converse, command, promise, warn, threaten, sing <BR> 1a) (Qal) to speak <BR> 1b) (Niphal) to speak with one another, talk <BR> 1c) (Piel) <BR> 1c1) to speak <BR> 1c2) to promise <BR> 1d) (Pual) to be spoken <BR> 1e) (Hithpael) to speak <BR> 1f) (Hiphil) to lead away, put to flight">1696</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1696.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 1696 -- Occurrence 805 of 1144">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">מִדַּבֵּ֖ר<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/middabber_1696.htm" title="mid·dab·Ber: speaking -- Occurrence 6 of 8.">mid-dab-bêr</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">rather than speaking</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Preposition-m :: Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct">Prep-m | V-Piel-Inf</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/6664.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 6664: 1) justice, rightness, righteousness <BR> 1a) what is right or just or normal, rightness, justness (of weights and measures) <BR> 1b) righteousness (in government) <BR> 1b1) of judges, rulers, kings <BR> 1b2) of law <BR> 1b3) of Davidic king, Messiah <BR> 1b4) of Jerusalem as seat of just government <BR> 1b5) of God's attribute <BR> 1c) righteousness, justice (in case or cause) <BR> 1d) rightness (in speech) <BR> 1e) righteousness (as ethically right) <BR> 1f) righteousness (as vindicated), justification (in controversy), deliverance, victory, prosperity <BR> 1f1) of God as covenant-keeping in redemption <BR> 1f2) in name of Messianic king <BR> 1f3) of people enjoying salvation <BR> 1f4) of Cyrus">6664</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6664.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 6664 -- Occurrence 42 of 118">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">צֶ֣דֶק<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/tzedek_6664.htm" title="Tze·dek: what -- Occurrence 24 of 65.">ṣe-ḏeq</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">righteousness</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Noun - masculine singular">N-ms</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/5542.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 5542: 1) to lift up, exalt <BR> 1a) Selah <BR> 1a1) a technical musical term probably showing accentuation, pause, interruption">5542</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5542.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 5542 -- Occurrence 27 of 74">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">סֶֽלָה׃<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/selah_5542.htm" title="Se·lah.: Selah -- Occurrence 27 of 74.">se-lāh.</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">Selah</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Interjection">Interjection</a></span></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><br /><br /><br /> <div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><br /> </div> <br /><br /> <div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <br /><br /><div class="vheading2">Hebrew Texts</div><div align="right"><span class="toptext"><a href="//study.interlinearbible.org/psalms/52.htm">Psalm 52:3 Hebrew Study Bible</a> (<a href="//apostolic.interlinearbible.org/psalms/52.htm">Apostolic</a> / <a href="//interlinearbible.org/psalms/52.htm">Interlinear</a>)<br></span></div><div style="direction:rtl"><span class="hebrew"><span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/157.htm" title="a·hav·ta: love -- 157: to love">אָהַ֣בְתָּ</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/7451.htm" title="ra: evil -- 7451: bad, evil">רָּ֣ע</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/2896.htm" title="mit·to·vv;: good -- 2896: pleasant, agreeable, good">מִטֹּ֑וב</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/8267.htm" title="she·ker: Falsehood -- 8267: deception, disappointment, falsehood">שֶׁ֓קֶר</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/1696.htm" title="mid·dab·ber: speaking -- 1696: to speak">מִדַּבֵּ֖ר</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/6664.htm" title="tze·dek: what -- 6664: rightness, righteousness">צֶ֣דֶק</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/5542.htm" title="se·lah.: Selah -- 5542: to lift up, exalt">סֶֽלָה׃</a></span>  </span></div><div align="left"><span class="versiontextkjvs"><a href="//kjvs.scripturetext.com/psalms/52.htm">KJV with Strong's</a> </span><br><span class="kjvs"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/157.htm" title="'ahab (aw-hab') -- (be-)love(-d, -ly, -r), like, friend">Thou lovest</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/7451.htm" title="ra' (rah) -- adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, + displease(-ure), distress">evil</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/2896.htm" title="towb (tobe) -- beautiful, best, better, bountiful, cheerful, at ease, X fair (word), (be in) favour, fine, glad">more than good</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/8267.htm" title="sheqer (sheh'-ker) -- without a cause, deceit(-ful), false(-hood, -ly), feignedly, liar, + lie, lying, vain (thing), wrongfully">and lying</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/1696.htm" title="dabar (daw-bar') -- answer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise, pronounce">rather than to speak</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/6664.htm" title="tsedeq (tseh'-dek) -- X even, (X that which is altogether) just(-ice), ((un-))right(-eous) (cause, -ly, - ness)">righteousness</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/5542.htm" title="celah (seh'-law) -- Selah">Selah</a></span></div><div align="right"><span class="versiontext"><a href="//wlc.hebrewtanakh.com/psalms/52.htm">תהילים 52:3 Hebrew OT: Westminster Leningrad Codex</a><br></span><span class="heb">אָהַ֣בְתָּ רָּ֣ע מִטֹּ֑וב שֶׁ֓קֶר ׀ מִדַּבֵּ֖ר צֶ֣דֶק סֶֽלָה׃</span><p><span class="versiontext"><a href="//wlco.hebrewtanakh.com/psalms/52.htm">תהילים 52:3 Hebrew OT: WLC (Consonants Only)</a><br></span><span class="heb">אהבת רע מטוב שקר ׀ מדבר צדק סלה׃</span><p><span class="versiontext"><a href="//paleo-wlc.hebrewtanakh.com/psalms/52.htm">תהילים 52:3 Paleo-Hebrew OT: WLC (Font Required)</a><br></span><span class="paleoheb">אהבת רע מטוב שקר ׀ מדבר צדק סלה׃</span><p><span class="versiontext"><a href="//mod.hebrewtanakh.com/psalms/52.htm">תהילים 52:3 Hebrew Bible</a><br></span><span class="heb">אהבת רע מטוב שקר מדבר צדק סלה׃</span></div><div class="jmp"><a href="/texts/psalms/52-3.htm">Additional Parallel Hebrew</a></div><div class="vheading2">Parallel Verses</div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/psalms/52.htm">New American Standard Bible </a></span><br />You love evil more than good, Falsehood more than speaking what is right. Selah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/psalms/52.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Thou lovest evil more than good; <i>and</i> lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/psalms/52.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />You love evil instead of good, lying instead of speaking truthfully. Selah <div class="vheading2">Treasury of Scripture Knowledge</div><p class="hdg">lovest</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/jeremiah/4-22.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Jeremiah 4:22</span> For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are silly …</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/micah/3-2.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Micah 3:2</span> Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from …</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/romans/1-25.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Romans 1:25</span> Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served …</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/2_timothy/3-4.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">2 Timothy 3:4</span> Traitors, heady, high minded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;</a></p><p class="hdg">lying</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/psalms/62-4.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Psalm 62:4</span> They only consult to cast him down from his excellency: they delight …</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/jeremiah/9-3.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Jeremiah 9:3-5,8</span> And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are …</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/john/8-44.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">John 8:44</span> You are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father you …</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/revelation/22-15.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Revelation 22:15</span> For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and fornicators, and murderers, …</a></p><div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/psalms/52-3.htm">Psalm 52:3</a> • <a href="/niv/psalms/52-3.htm">Psalm 52:3 NIV</a> • <a href="/nlt/psalms/52-3.htm">Psalm 52:3 NLT</a> • <a href="/esv/psalms/52-3.htm">Psalm 52:3 ESV</a> • <a href="/nasb/psalms/52-3.htm">Psalm 52:3 NASB</a> • <a href="/kjv/psalms/52-3.htm">Psalm 52:3 KJV</a> • <a href="//bibleapps.com/psalms/52-3.htm">Psalm 52:3 Bible Apps</a> • <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/psalms/52-3.htm">Psalm 52:3 Biblia Paralela</a> • <a href="//holybible.com.cn/psalms/52-3.htm">Psalm 52:3 Chinese Bible</a> • <a href="//saintebible.com/psalms/52-3.htm">Psalm 52:3 French Bible</a> • <a href="//bibeltext.com/psalms/52-3.htm">Psalm 52:3 German Bible</a> • <a href="/">Bible Hub</a><br /></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../psalms/52-2.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 52:2"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 52:2" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../psalms/52-4.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 52:4"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 52:4" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div> <div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>