Lexicon
פָּסַס
pa.sas
H6461
H:V Hebrew

to disappear

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pa.sas describes a plural action of disappearing in the verse's context of deceptive speech.

The sole attestation presents a plural completed action of disappearing within a verse that describes people speaking vanity and smooth words.

Senses in use

  1. Disappearing in a deceptive-speech context · dominant

    In Psalm 12:2, the form is Qal Perfect, third common plural; the verse describes people who speak vanity to a neighbor and use lips of smoothness with a divided heart. The APB renders the surrounding verse, "They speak vanity, each man with his neighbor; they speak with lips of smoothness, in heart and heart," but does not isolate this term's contribution.

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Psalm 12:2, the APB presents the verse as vain, smooth, double-hearted speech, but its loose wording does not identify a distinct English rendering for this term.

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