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A kingמֶלֶךְwho judgesשׁוֹפֵטthe poorדַּלִּיםin truth,בֶּאֱמֶתhis throneכִּסְאוֹwill be establishedיִכּוֹןforever.לָעַד
Proverbs 29:14
Study it in the app“A king who judges the poor in truth, his throne will be established forever.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 29:14, word by word
- A kingמֶלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- who judgesשׁוֹפֵטshofet
judge
To judge and do justice, defend the weak.
Where else “shofet” appears- the poorדַּלִּיםdalim
poor, weak
Poor, weak: one who has little and little strength to defend himself.
Where else “dalim” appears- in truthאֱמֶתemet
truth
What corresponds to the facts, what is so and not otherwise.
Where else “emet” appears- his throneכִּסְאkis
throne
Literally "the seat": the king's chair, or YHWH's, from which he rules.
Where else “kis” appears- will be establishedיִכּוֹןyikon
establish
To make something firm, establish it.
Where else “yikon” appears- foreverעַדad
forever
Time that does not end, without limit of years.
Where else “ad” appears
The context
13The poor man and the man of oppressions meet; YHWH gives light to the eyes of both.
14 · This verse (above)
15The rod and reproof give wisdom, but a young man left to himself shames his mother.