Proverbs 31:8 Go deeper

Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction. (KJV)

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פְּתַח\־pe.tach-open

Lemma: פָּתַח (pa.tach) · Strong's: H6605A

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqv2ms)

Meaning: to open

Used 134 times. Also: Genesis 7:11, Genesis 8:6, Genesis 24:32, Genesis 29:31, Genesis 30:22, Genesis 41:56 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6605A; TAHOT Proverbs 31:8 word 1

פִּ֥יךָPi.khamouth your

Lemma: פֶּה (peh) · Strong's: H6310G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: lip

Used 324 times. Also: Genesis 4:11, Genesis 8:11, Genesis 24:57, Genesis 25:28, Genesis 29:2, Genesis 29:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6310G; TAHOT Proverbs 31:8 word 2

לְאִלֵּ֑םle.'i.Lemfor [the] dumb

Lemma: אִלֵּם (il.lem) · Strong's: H0483

Parsing: Aamsa (Aamsa)

Meaning: mute

Used 6 times. Also: Exodus 4:11, Psalms 38:13, Isaiah 35:6, Isaiah 56:10, Habakkuk 2:18 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0483; TAHOT Proverbs 31:8 word 3

אֶל\־'el-to

Lemma: אֶל (el) · Strong's: H0413

Parsing: Preposition (HR)

Meaning: to(wards)

Used 5509 times. Also: Genesis 1:9, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:22, Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:2, Genesis 3:4 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0413; TAHOT Proverbs 31:8 word 4

דִּ֝֗יןDin[the] cause of

Lemma: דִּין (din) · Strong's: H1779

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: judgment

Used 19 times. Also: Deuteronomy 17:8, Esther 1:13, Job 35:14, Job 36:17, Psalms 9:4, Psalms 76:8 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1779; TAHOT Proverbs 31:8 word 5

כָּל\־kol-all

Lemma: כֹּל (kol) · Strong's: H3605

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: all

Used 5410 times. Also: Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3605; TAHOT Proverbs 31:8 word 6

בְּנֵ֥יbe.Nei[the] sons of

Lemma: בֵּן (ben) · Strong's: H1121I

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)

Meaning: son: type of

Used 47 times. Also: Genesis 6:2, Genesis 6:4, Genesis 17:27, Exodus 12:43, Leviticus 22:25, Judges 20:13 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1121I; TAHOT Proverbs 31:8 word 7

חֲלֽוֹף\׃cha.Lofpassing away

Lemma: חֲלוֹף (cha.loph) · Strong's: H2475

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: destruction

Used 1 time. All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2475; TAHOT Proverbs 31:8 word 8

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

Open	→	פָּתַח H6605A to open
your mouth	→	פֶּה H6310G lip
for those with no voice	→	אִלֵּם H0483 mute
for	→	אֶל H0413 to(wards)
the cause	→	דִּין H1779 judgment
of all	→	כֹּל H3605 all
the dispossessed	→	בֵּן H1121I son: type of
. . .	→	חֲלוֹף H2475 destruction

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

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Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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