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lūz לוּז ‘be devious’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: a primitive root, compare lāwā לָוָה ‘to join / to borrow’, lūṭ לוּט ‘to wrap’, lūn לוּן ‘to lodge / to grumble’

lūz v
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

Mentioned in Isaiah 30:12 Proverbs 3:21, 4:21, 2:15, 3:32, 14:2

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