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Openפְּתַחyour mouthפִּיךָfor the mute,לְאִלֵּםforאֶלthe causeדִּיןof allכָּלthe sonsבְּנֵיof desolation.חֲלוֹף
Proverbs 31:8
Study it in the app“Open your mouth for the mute, for the cause of all the sons of desolation.”
Open your mouth for the voiceless and defend the afflicted and the needyJustice and mercy
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 31:8, word by word
- Openפְּתַחpetach
open
To open a door, mouth or eyes.
Where else “petach” appears- your mouthפִּיpi
mouth
The part of the face with which one speaks, eats and kisses.
Where else “pi” appears- for the muteאִלֵּםilem
mute
Mute.
Where else “ilem” appears- the causeדִּיןdin
case
A matter before the judge.
Where else “din” appears- the sonsבְּנֵיbene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appears- of desolationחֲלוֹףchalof
the destitute
Passing away; those who are left without help, the destitute.
Where else “chalof” appears
The context
7let him drink and forget his poverty, and his trouble let him not remember anymore.
8 · This verse (above)
9Open your mouth, judge righteously, and defend the afflicted and the needy.