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Commentary for Proverbs 22:23

כִּֽי־יְ֭הוָה יָרִ֣יב רִיבָ֑ם וְקָבַ֖ע אֶת־קֹבְעֵיהֶ֣ם נָֽפֶשׁ׃

For the LORD will plead their cause, And despoil of life those that despoil them.

Rashi on Proverbs

For the Lord will plead their cause and rob Heb. וקבע. And will rob the life.
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Rashi on Proverbs

those who rob them Heb. קבעים, those who rob them; in Aramaic קביעה means robbery. In tractate Rosh Hashanah (26b): A certain man came before him and said to him, “So-and-so robbed me (קבען)” etc.
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