BDB5931 [H5791]

[עָוַת] verb be bent, crooked (Late Hebrew id., Pi`el, Nithpa`el; Aramaic עַוֵּית Pa`el; compare , deceive PS³⁰⁰⁸); —

Pi`el Perfect 3 masculine singular suffix עִוְּתָ֑נִי Job 19:6, עִוְּתוֺ Eccl 7:13 3 plural suffix עִוְּתוּנִי Ps 119:78 Imperfect 3 masculine singular יְעַוֵּת Ps 146:9; Job 8:3, יְעַוֶּתֿ vJob 8:3 Infinitive לְעַוֵּת Amos 8:5; Lam 3:22 —

1. a. make crooked = falsify, scales Amos 8:5 pervert justice (מִשְׁפָּט, צֶדֶק) Job 8:3 (twice in verse); Job 34:12 (all God subject); with accusative of person subvert (i.e. deprive of justice), אָדָם בְּרִיבוֺ ׳לְע Lam 3:36, compare Ps 119:78 so עִוְּתָ֑נִי Job 19:6 (׳י subject).

2. bend, make crooked, דֶּרֶךְ רְשָׁעִים Ps 146:9 (׳י subject); in general Eccl 7:13 (God subject; opposed to תִּקֵּן). Pu`al Participle מְעֻוָּת Eccl 1:15 what is bent (opposed to תְּקֹן). Hithpa`el Perfect 3 plural consecutive וְהִתְעַוְּתוּ Eccl 12:3 and the strong men bend themselves.

The Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon
License: Public domain document; formatting developed for use in https://marvel.bible by Eliran Wong.
Source: provided by Tim Morton, the developer of Bible Analyzer