H5557

סָלַף

sa.laphH:V

to pervert

1) to twist, pervert, distort, overturn, ruin 1a) (Piel) 1a1) to pervert (of bribery) 1a2) to subvert, turn upside down, ruin

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

סָלַף verb twist, pervert, overturn (ᵑ7 סְלַף twist (rare); Arabic is pass, pass away, come to naught Lane^{1407 f.}); —

Pi`el Imperfect 3 masculine singular יְסַלֵּף Job 12:19 + 2 t., וַיְסַלֵּף Prov 22:12 3 feminine singular תְּסַלֵּף Prov 13:6; Prov 19:3 Participle מְסַלֵּף Prov 21:12 —

1. pervert, Exod 23:8 (E) a bribe perverteth the case (cause, דִּבְרֵי) of righteous, = Deut 16:19.

2. subvert, turn upside down, ruin (only Wisdom Literature): with accusative of person Job 12:19; Prov 13:6 (opposed to תִּצֹּר), Prov 21:12 ׳אִוֶּלֶת אָדָם תּ דַּרְכּוֺ Prov 19:3 a man's folly subverteth his way; וַיְסַלֵּף דִּבְרֵי בֹגֵד Prov 22:12 and he (׳י) subverteth the affairs of a treacherous man.

6 occurrences

Exodus (1), Deuteronomy (1), Proverbs (4)