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30 He who shutteth his eyes to devise falsehood;
He who biteth his lips bringeth evil to pass.
A physiognomical Caveto. The ἁπ. λεγ. עָצָה is connected with עָצַם, Isa 33:15 (Arab. transp. ghamḍ), comprimere, formed from it. Regarding קרץ of lips or eyes, vid., p. 144; the biting of the lips is the action of the deceitful, and denotes scorn, malice, knavery. The perf. denotes that he who is seen doing this has some evil as good as accomplished, for he is inwardly ready for it; Hitzig suitably compares 1Sa 20:7, 1Sa 20:33. Our editions (also Löwenstein) have כִּלָּה, but the Masora (vid., Mas. finalis, p. 1) numbers the word among those which terminate in א, and always writes כִּלָּא.