Open English Translation (OET)

Hebrew wordlink #278186

OSHB Prov 31:8 חֲלוֹף (ḩₐlōf) Strongs=2475 Lemma=‘חֲלוֹף’^*
contextual word gloss=‘passing_away’ word gloss=‘destitute’
Morphology=Ncmsa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute
Year=-700

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Only use of identical word form ‘חֲלוֹף’ (Morphology=Ncmsa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘חֲלוֹף’ (Morphology=Ncmsa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute) is always and only glossed as ‘passing_away’.

PROV 31:8 contextual word gloss=‘passing_away’ word gloss=‘destitute’ OSHB PROV 31:8 word 8

OET-LV: 8 Open mouth _of_your for_the_dumb to the_cause _of all _of the_sons _of passing _away. (PRO_31:8)

OET-RV: 8 Open your mouth for those who can’t speak—
⇔ for the cause of all those who are dying. (PRO 31:8)

^*Note: This is also the only occurrence of the word root (lemma) ‘חֲלוֹף’ in the Hebrew originals.