Lexicon
רִגְשָׁה
rig.shah
H7285B
H:N-F Hebrew

scheming

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rig.shah denotes scheming set in the context of hostile speech and a bitter word.

The attested use places scheming within a hostile verbal act: Psalm 64:3 describes sharpened tongues and an aimed “bitter word.”

Senses in use

  1. Scheming expressed through hostile speech · dominant

    The construct feminine singular form occurs in Psalm 64:3 in a clause describing a tongue sharpened like a sword and an arrow aimed as “a bitter word.” In Psalm 64:3 the APB renders the verse’s hostile speech imagery rather than isolating this term with a separate English equivalent.

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Psalm 64:3, the APB presents the surrounding image as sharpened tongues and an aimed “bitter word”; Its distinct rendering of this noun cannot be isolated.

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