3:29 Do not plot 1 evil against your neighbor
when 2 he dwells by you unsuspectingly.
1 sn The verb חָרַשׁ (kharash) means “to cut in; to engrave; to plough; to devise.” The idea of plotting is metaphorical for working, practicing or fabricating (BDB 360 s.v.).
2 tn The vav (ו) prefixed to the pronoun introduces a disjunctive circumstantial clause: “when….”