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Pleadרִיבyour caseרִיבְךָwithאֶתyour neighbor,רֵעֶךָandוְdo notאַלrevealתְּגָלanother’sאַחֵרsecret;סוֹד
Proverbs 25:9
Study it in the app“Plead your case with your neighbor, and do not reveal another’s secret;”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 25:9, word by word
- Pleadרִיבriv
plead
To argue a cause; YHWH accuses his people.
Where else “riv” appears- your caseרִיבְriv
case
A matter brought before the judge.
Where else “riv” appears- your neighborרֵעֶree
neighbor
The person living near, anyone one deals with.
Where else “ree” appears- revealתְּגָלtegal
reveal
To make known, show openly.
Where else “tegal” appears- another’sאַחֵרacher
other
Other, another; next.
Where else “acher” appears- secretסוֹדsod
secret
What someone entrusts to another to keep.
Where else “sod” appears
The context
8Do not go out to court hastily, lest— what will you do in the end of it, when your neighbor puts you to shame?
9 · This verse (above)
10lest he who hears it put you to shame, and the slander against you not go away.