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title: לוּז — turn aside · The Tanakh dictionary
description: לוּז (3868), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: turn aside. BDB 1906: vb. turn aside, depart. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# לוּז

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«לוּז» in the Tanakh dictionary: **turn aside** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 6 times · **Key:** 3868 · **BDB:** לוּז

### Glosses

\[one.who.is\].crooked (2); let.them.depart (2); \[that.which.is\].crooked (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

turn aside [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3868/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. turn aside, depart [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3868/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. (poet., mostly WsdLt) turn aside, depart (NH Niph., Hiph.; Arabic لَاذَ have recourse to, take refuge in);— Impf. אַל־יָלֻזוּ מֵעֵינֶ֑יךָ Pr 3:21 let them not (i.e. sound wisdom, etc., si vera l., cf. VB) depart from thine eyes (v. Hiph.). Pt. נָלוֹז Pr 3:32 Is 30:12; cstr. נְלוֹז Pr 14:2; pl. נְלוֹזִים 2:15;—fig., devious, crooked, נ׳ בְּמַעְגְּלֹתָם Pr 2:15 (‖ עִקְּשִׁים); נ׳ דְּרָכָיו 14:2; as subst. of pers. 3:32; of course of action Is 30:12 (‖ עֹשֶׁק), i.e. crookedness = craftiness, cunning, cf. De Che Di. Impf. אַל־יַלִּיזוּ מֵעֵינֶיךָ Pr 4:21 (subj. דְּבָרַי) let them \[my words\] not depart (on form v. Ges§ 72 R. 9) from thine eyes (strictly, let them not practise, exhibit, deviation, direct causat., Köi. 205).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «לוּז» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3868/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 2:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.2.15/)

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אֲשֶׁ֣ר אָרְחֹתֵיהֶ֣ם עִקְּשִׁ֑ים וּ֝נְלוֹזִ֗ים בְּמַעְגְּלוֹתָֽם׃

*Word for word:* who paths their \[are\].twisted and \[they.are\].crooked in tracks their

*JPS 1917:* Who are crooked in their ways, and perverse in their paths;

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[Proverbs 3:32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.3.32/)

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כִּ֤י תוֹעֲבַ֣ת יְהוָ֣ה נָל֑וֹז וְֽאֶת־יְשָׁרִ֥ים סוֹדֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* (dm) \[is\].(the).abomination of.Yahweh \[one.who.is\].crooked and.\[is\] with upright.\[people\] intimacy his

*JPS 1917:* For the perverse is an abomination to the LORD; but His counsel is with the upright.

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