Lexical Definition

‎סָלַף‎ çâlaph (saw-laf') to pervert ^H:V
a primitive root

overthrow, pervert.

• properly, to wrench, i.e. (figuratively) to subvert

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

See Greek: ἐξαίρω · καταστρέφω · λυμαίνομαι · φαῦλος

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎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.

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