Psalms 141:4

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Incline not my heart to any evil thing, To practise deeds of wickedness With men that work iniquity: And let me not eat of their dainties.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אַל־תַּט־לִבִּ֨י לְדָבָ֪ר ׀ רָ֡ע לְהִתְע֘וֹלֵ֤ל עֲלִל֨וֹת ׀ בְּרֶ֗שַׁע אֶת־אִישִׁ֥ים פֹּֽעֲלֵי־אָ֑וֶן וּבַל־אֶ֝לְחַ֗ם בְּמַנְעַמֵּיהֶֽם׃

Transliteration

Not-taṭ [incline] libbî [my heart] to-dābār rā' [evil thing] ləhitə'ôlēl 'ălilôt in-reša' with-men pō'ălê-'āwen [workers of iniquity]; and-not-'elḥam in-man'ammêhem [their delicacies].

Grammar Details

*taṭ*: verb, hiphil jussive 2nd person masculine singular - you incline/turn
*libbî*: noun, masculine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - my heart
*dābār*: noun, masculine singular - word/thing/matter
*rā'*: adjective, masculine singular - evil/bad
*ləhitə'ôlēl*: verb, hithpoel infinitive construct - to practice/to commit
*'ălilôt*: noun, feminine plural construct - deeds/actions/practices
*reša'*: noun, masculine singular - wickedness/evil
*pō'ălê*: noun, masculine plural construct - workers/doers
*'āwen*: noun, masculine singular - iniquity/wickedness/trouble
*'elḥam*: verb, qal imperfect 1st person singular - I will eat/taste
*man'ammêhem*: noun, masculine plural construct with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their delicacies/dainties

Word Meanings

*taṭ*: incline/turn/bend
*dābār*: word/thing/matter/affair
*ləhitə'ôlēl*: to practice/to commit/to busy oneself with
*'ălilôt*: deeds/actions/practices/wanton acts
*reša'*: wickedness/evil/injustice
*'āwen*: iniquity/wickedness/trouble/sorrow
*'elḥam*: I will eat/taste/partake
*man'ammêhem*: their delicacies/dainties/pleasant things

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Referenced Verses

1 Kgs 8:58 : 58 that he may incline our hearts unto him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and his statutes, and his ordinances, which he commanded our fathers.
Isa 63:17 : 17 O Jehovah, why dost thou make us to err from thy ways, and hardenest our heart from thy fear? Return for thy servants' sake, the tribes of thine inheritance.
Dan 1:5-8 : 5 And the king appointed for them a daily portion of the king's dainties, and of the wine which he drank, and that they should be nourished three years; that at the end thereof they should stand before the king. 6 Now among these were, of the children of Judah, Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah. 7 And the prince of the eunuchs gave names unto them: unto Daniel he gave [the name of] Belteshazzar; and to Hananiah, [of] Shadrach; and to Mishael, [of] Meshach; and to Azariah, [of] Abed-nego. 8 But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the king's dainties, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.
Ps 119:36 : 36 Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, And not to covetousness.
1 Cor 15:33 : 33 Be not deceived: Evil companionships corrupt good morals.
2 Cor 6:17 : 17 Wherefore Come ye out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, And touch no unclean thing; And I will receive you,
1 Cor 10:31 : 31 Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.
Rev 18:4 : 4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come forth, my people, out of her, that ye have no fellowship with her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues:
Matt 6:13 : 13 And bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil [one].
Num 25:2 : 2 for they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods; and the people did eat, and bowed down to their gods.
Deut 2:30 : 30 But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him; for Jehovah thy God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate, that he might deliver him into thy hand, as at this day.
Deut 29:4 : 4 but Jehovah hath not given you a heart to know, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day.
Jas 1:13 : 13 Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God; for God cannot be tempted {G2076} with evil, and he himself tempteth no man:
Prov 23:1-3 : 1 When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, Consider diligently him that is before thee; 2 And put a knife to thy throat, If thou be a man given to appetite. 3 Be not desirous of his dainties; Seeing they are deceitful food.
Prov 23:6-8 : 6 Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, Neither desire thou his dainties: 7 For as he thinketh within himself, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; But his heart is not with thee. 8 The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, And lose thy sweet words.
1 Kgs 22:22 : 22 And Jehovah said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go forth, and will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt entice him, and shalt prevail also: go forth, and do so.
Acts 10:13-14 : 13 And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill and eat. 14 But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten anything that is common and unclean.
1 Cor 10:27-28 : 27 If one of them that believe not biddeth you [to a feast], and ye are disposed to go; whatsoever is set before you, eat, asking no question for conscience' sake. 28 But if any man say unto you, This hath been offered in sacrifice, {G1494} eat not, for his sake that showed it, and for conscience sake:

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