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forכִּיtheir redeemerגֹאֲלָםis strong;חָזָקheהוּאwill pleadיָרִיבtheir caseאֶת רִיבָםagainst you.אִתָּךְ
Proverbs 23:11
Study it in the app“for their redeemer is strong; he will plead their case against you.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 23:11, word by word
- their redeemerגֹאֲלָgoala
Redeemer
YHWH, who rescues his people.
Where else “goala” appears- is strongחָזָקchazak
strong
Of great power or intensity: a hand, a wind or a famine no one can withstand.
Where else “chazak” 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
Translation note
“Redeemer”: in Hebrew, goel, the relative who had the duty to defend his own (Leviticus 25:25; Ruth 4). Proverbs 22:23 says that it is YHWH who pleads the case of the poor.
The context
10Do not move the ancient boundary, and do not enter the fields of the fatherless;
11 · This verse (above)
12Bring your heart to correction, and your ears to the sayings of knowledge.