Proverbs

Proverbs 31:8–9

⁸Open your mouth for those with no voice,

for the cause of all the dispossessed.

⁹Open your mouth, judge righteously,

and defend the cause of the poor and needy.

Word by word

Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Open	פְּתַח־	pə·ṯaḥ-	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular	H6605 open
your mouth	פִּ֥יךָ	pî·ḵā	Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H6310 mouth
for those with no voice	לְאִלֵּ֑ם	lə·’il·lêm	Preposition-l; Adjective - masculine singular	H483 dumb
for	אֶל־	’el-	Preposition	H413 motion to
the cause	דִּ֝֗ין	dîn	Noun - masculine singular construct	H1779 judgment
of all	כָּל־	kāl-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
the dispossessed	בְּנֵ֥י	bə·nê	Noun - masculine plural construct	H1121 son

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Open	פְּתַח־	pə·ṯaḥ-	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular	H6605 open
your mouth	פִּ֥יךָ	pî·ḵā	Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H6310 mouth
judge	שְׁפָט־	šə·p̄āṭ-	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular	H8199 judge, govern
righteously	צֶ֑דֶק	ṣe·ḏeq	Noun - masculine singular	H6664 rightness, righteousness
and defend the cause	וְ֝דִ֗ין	wə·ḏîn	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular	H1777 judge
of the poor	עָנִ֥י	‘ā·nî	Adjective - masculine singular	H6041 poor, afflicted, humble, meek
and needy	וְאֶבְיֽוֹן׃פ	wə·’eḇ·yō·wn	Conjunctive waw; Adjective - masculine singular	H34 in want, needy, poor

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Proverbs 31:8 Psalm 82:3–4 · Proverbs 24:11–12 · Jeremiah 38:7–10 · Jeremiah 26:24 · Job 29:12–17 · Esther 4:13–16 · Jeremiah 26:16–19 · Psalm 79:11 · John 7:51

Proverbs 31:9 Isaiah 1:17 · Leviticus 19:15 · Amos 5:11–12 · Job 29:15–16 · Deuteronomy 1:16 · Jeremiah 22:3 · Jeremiah 5:28 · Daniel 4:27 · Proverbs 16:12 · Isaiah 1:23 · Jeremiah 23:5 · Deuteronomy 16:18–20

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.