Open English Translation (OET)

Hebrew wordlink #195083

OSHB 1 Chr 16:29 הִשְׁתַּחֲווּ (hishtaḩₐvū) Strongs=7812 Lemma=‘חוה’
contextual word gloss=‘bow_down’ word gloss=‘worship’
Morphology=Vvv2mp PoS=hishtaphel_verb Type=imperative Person=second Gender=masculine Number=plural
Year=-1042

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Other uses (3) of identical word form הִשְׁתַּחֲווּ (Morphology=Vvv2mp PoS=hishtaphel_verb Type=imperative Person=second Gender=masculine Number=plural) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘הִשְׁתַּחֲווּ’ (Morphology=Vvv2mp PoS=hishtaphel_verb Type=imperative Person=second Gender=masculine Number=plural) is always and only glossed as ‘bow_down’.

PSA 29:2 contextual word gloss=‘bow_down’ word gloss=‘worship’ OSHB PSA 29:2 word 5

OET-LV: 2 Ascribe to/for_YHWH the _glory _of his/its_name bow _down to/for_YHWH in_adornment _of holiness. (PSA_29:2)

OET-RV: 2 Honour the authority of Yahweh,
⇔ worship him in his pure beauty. (PSA 29:2)

PSA 96:9 contextual word gloss=‘bow_down’ word gloss=‘worship’ OSHB PSA 96:9 word 1

OET-LV: 9 Bow _down to/for_YHWH in_adornment _of holiness tremble from_before _of_him Oh _all _of the_earth/land. (PSA_96:9)

OET-RV: 9 Bow down to Yahweh in your best clothes.
⇔ Tremble in front of him, all the earth. TOO LITERAL (PSA 96:9)

PSA 97:7 contextual word gloss=‘bow_down’ word gloss=‘worship’ OSHB PSA 97:7 word 7

OET-LV: 7 Let _them _be _ashamed all _of (of)_an _image those _who_serve _of those_who_boast in _(the)_idols bow _down to_him/it Oh _all _of gods. (PSA_97:7)

OET-RV: 7 All those who worship carved figures will be shamed—
⇔ ≈ those who boast about worthless idols.
⇔ Bow down to him, all you ‘gods’. (PSA 97:7)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘Lemma=‘חוה’’ have 2 different glosses: ‘bow_down’, ‘they_bowed_down’.