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forכִּיYHWHיְהוָהwill pleadיָרִיבtheir case,רִיבָםandוְwill robקָבַעthe soulנָפֶשׁof those who rob them.קֹבְעֵיהֶם
Proverbs 22:23
Study it in the app“for YHWH will plead their case, and will rob the soul of those who rob them.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 22:23, word by word
- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- will pleadיָרִיבyariv
plead
To argue a cause; YHWH accuses his people.
Where else “yariv” appears- their caseרִיבָriva
case
A matter brought before the judge.
Where else “riva” appears- will robקָבַעkava
rob
To rob, to defraud; to take what belongs to another.
Where else “kava” appears- the soulנָפֶשׁnafesh
soul
A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.
Where else “nafesh” appears
The context
22Do not rob the poor because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted in the gate;
23 · This verse (above)
24Do not make friends with a man of anger, and with a man of wrath do not go,