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title: סָלַף — twist · The Tanakh dictionary
description: סָלַף (5557), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 7 times: twist. BDB 1906: vb. twist, pervert, overturn. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# סָלַף

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«סָלַף» in the Tanakh dictionary: **twist** — 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:** 7 times · **Key:** 5557 · **BDB:** סָלַף

### Glosses

it.perverts (2); it.subverts (2); \[he.is\].subverting (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

twist [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5557/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. twist, pervert, overturn [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5557/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. twist, pervert, overturn (𝔗 סְלַף twist (rare); Arabic سَلَفَ is pass, pass away, come to naught Lane 1407 f.);— Impf. 3 ms. יְסַלֵּף Jb 12:19 + 2 times, וַיְסַלֵּף Pr 22:12; 3 fs. תְּסַלֵּף Pr 13:6; 19:3; Pt. מְסַלֵּף Pr 21:12;— pervert, Ex 23:8 (E) a bribe perverteth the case (cause, דִּבְרֵי) of righteous, = Dt 16:19. subvert, turn upside down, ruin (only WisdLt): c. acc. pers. Jb 12:19; Pr 13:6 (opp. תִּצֹּר), 21:12; אִוֶּלֶת אָדָם תּ׳ דַּרְכּוֹ 19:3 a man’s folly subverteth his way; וַיְסַלֵּף דִּבְרֵי בֹגֵד 22:12 and he (י׳) subverteth the affairs of a treacherous man.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «סָלַף» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5557/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 12:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.12.19/)

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מוֹלִ֣יךְ כֹּהֲנִ֣ים שׁוֹלָ֑ל וְאֵֽתָנִ֣ים יְסַלֵּֽף׃

*Word for word:* \[he.is\].leading.away priests barefoot and.\[people\] long.established he.subverts

*JPS 1917:* He leadeth priests away stripped, and overthroweth the mighty.

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[Proverbs 13:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.13.6/)

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צְ֭דָקָה תִּצֹּ֣ר תָּם־דָּ֑רֶךְ וְ֝רִשְׁעָ֗ה תְּסַלֵּ֥ף חַטָּֽאת׃

*Word for word:* righteousness it.preserves integrity of.way and wickedness it.subverts sin

*JPS 1917:* Righteousness guardeth him that is upright in the way; but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.

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