Open English Translation (OET)

Hebrew wordlink #368411

OSHB Amos 3:12 בְדַל (ⱱədal) Strongs=915 Lemma=‘בָּדָל’^*
contextual word gloss=‘a_piece_of’ word gloss=‘piece_of’
Morphology=Ncmsc PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=construct
Year=-787 TimeSeries=Prophecies_of_Amos

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Only use of identical word form ‘בְדַל’ (Morphology=Ncmsc PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=construct) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘בְדַל’ (Morphology=Ncmsc PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=construct) is always and only glossed as ‘a_piece_of’.

AMOS 3:12 contextual word gloss=‘a_piece_of’ word gloss=‘piece_of’ OSHB AMOS 3:12 word 12

OET-LV: 12 Thus YHWH he _says just_as he _delivers the_shepherd from_the _mouth _of (the)_lion two _of legs or a _piece _of an _ear so the _people _of they _will _be _delivered of _Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) who_dwell in_Shomrōn with_a _corner _of a _bed and_with_silk a _couch. (AMO_3:12)

OET-RV: 12 This is what Yahweh says:
⇔ “Just as the shepherd rescues out of the lion’s mouth two legs only, or a piece of an ear,
⇔ ≈ so will the Israelis who live in Shomron be rescued with only the corner of a couch or a piece of a bed.” (AMO 3:12)

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