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בטל

Strong’s: A989 · H988

Associated OET lemmas: בְּטֵל · בָּטַל

Notes: Passage: OET ECC 12:3
The referent of בטל here is discussed. RSV NIV "grinders" | NRSV NJPS REB "women/maids that grind", all have a sociological referent. CEV GNT understand it as a metaphor (grinders > teeth) for an aged human body

Authors: Enio R. Mueller

Form 1

Part of speech: vb

Sense 1: to cease working, to become idle

Semantic domains: Non-Engage (002003003011)

Definition: = state in which someone is no longer engaged in an action one used to be engaged in previously

Forms: vbqal-

Show passage in OET: EZR 4:24

OET-RV EZR 4:24

24 So there was a period when the rebuilding of the temple in Yerushalem stopped, and it remained paused until the second year of King Dareyavesh’s (Darius) reign in Paras (Persia).

OET-LV EZR 4:24

24 In_then the _work _of the _house _of the_god which is_in_Yərūshelēm/(Jerusalem) it _ceased and_it _was ceasing until year _of two of_(the)_reign of _Dārəyāvesh the _king _of Pāraş.

Show passage in OET: ECC 12:3

OET-RV ECC 12:3

3 That day when the guards of the house will get the trembles
⇔ and the strong men will be bent over,
⇔ and the women grinding grain will stop because there’s only a few of them left,
⇔ and the women looking out the windows will no longer see clearly.

OET-LV ECC 12:3

3 In _the_day when_ those _who_keep _of (of)_the_house _they _will _tremble and_ the _people _of (the)_strength _they _will _bend _themselves and_ the_female_grinders _they _will _cease if/because they _have _become _few and_ the_women_who_look in_windows _they _will _grow _dim.

Jump to OET EZR 4:24 section.

Jump to OET ECC 12:3 section.

Sense 2: to cause (someone or some activity) to stop

Semantic domains: Non-Engage (002003003011)

Definition: = causative action by which humans cause other humans no longer to be engaged in an action that they were engaged in previously

Forms: vbqal-

Show passage in OET: EZR 4:21

OET-RV EZR 4:21

21 So command those Yehudim to stop rebuilding the city until such time as I make a decree.

OET-LV EZR 4:21

21 Now make a _decree to_make _to _cease the_men these and_the_city this not it _will _be _built until from_me the_decree it _will _be _made.

Show passage in OET: EZR 4:23

OET-RV EZR 4:23

23 When King Artahshashta’s (Artaxerxes) letter reached Rehum, Shimshay the secretary, and their companions, and was read aloud to them all, they immediately went to Yerushalem and used force to stop the Yehudim (Jews) from their rebuilding.

OET-LV EZR 4:23

23 Then from that the _copy _of the _letter of ʼArtaḩshashtāʼ Oh/the_king it _was _read _aloud before Rəḩūm and_Shimshay the_scribe and_associates _of_their they _went in_haste to_Yərūshelēm/(Jerusalem) to the_Yəhūdī/(Jews) and_they _made _to _cease them with_force and_power.

Jump to OET EZR 4:21 section.

Jump to OET EZR 4:23 section.

All 4 recorded passages for this sense

EZR: OET EZR 4:21 · OET EZR 4:23 · OET EZR 5:5 · OET EZR 6:8