Lexical Definition

‎לוּז‎ lûwz (looz) be devious ^H:V
a primitive root; (compare ‎לָוָה‎, ‎לוּט‎ and ‎לוּן‎)

depart, froward, perverse(-ness).

• to turn aside , i.e. (literally) to depart, (figuratively) be perverse

1) to depart, turn aside
1a) (Qal) to depart
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to go wrong, go crooked
1b2) devious, perverse (participle)
1c) (Hiphil)
1c1) to be lost from view
1c2) to become devious

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎לוּז‎] verb (in poetry, mostly Wisdom Literature) turn aside, depart (Late Hebrew Niph`al, Hiph`il; Arabic have recourse to, take refuge in); —

Qal Imperfect ‎מֵעֵינֶ֑יךָ אַליָֿלֻזוּ‎ Prov 3:21 let them not (i.e. sound wisdom, etc., si vera 1., compare VB) depart from thine eyes (see Hiph`il). Niph`al Participle ‎נָלוֺז‎ Prov 3:32; Isa 30:12 construct ‎נְלוֺז‎ Prov 14:2 plural‎נְלוֺזִים‎ Prov 2:15 — figurative, devious, crooked, ‎בְּמַעְגְּלֹתָם‎ ‎׳‎‎נ‎ Prov 2:15 ‎ׅ‎ || ‎(עִקְּשִׁים‎; ‎דְּרָכָיו‎ ‎׳‎‎נ‎ Prov 14:2 as substantive of person Prov 3:32 of course of action Isa 30:12 ‎ׅ‎ || ‎(עשֶׁק‎, i.e. crookedness = craftiness, cunning, compare De Che Di. Hiph`il Imperfect ‎אַליַֿלִּיזוּ מֵעֵינֶיךָ‎ Prov 4:21 (subject ‎דְּבָרַי‎ let them [my words] not depart (on form see Ges^{«GKC:72»§ 72} R. 9) from thine eyes (strictly, let them not practise, exhibit, deviation, direct causative, Kö^{i. 205}).

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