Open English Translation (OET)

Hebrew wordlink #196075

OSHB 1 Chr 18:16 סוֹפֵר (şōfēr) Strongs=5608 b Lemma=‘סֹפֵר’
contextual word gloss=‘[was]_secretary’ word gloss=‘secretary’
Morphology=Ncmsa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute
Year=-1040

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Other uses (2) of identical word form סוֹפֵר (Morphology=Ncmsa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘סוֹפֵר’ (Morphology=Ncmsa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute) has 2 different glosses: ‘[was]_secretary’, ‘a_scribe’.

2 SAM 8:17 contextual word gloss=‘[was]_secretary’ word gloss=‘secretary’ OSHB 2 SAM 8:17 word 9

OET-LV: 17 And_Tsādōq/(Zadok) the _son _of ʼAḩīţūⱱ and_ʼAḩīmelek the _son _of ʼEⱱyātār were_priests and_Sərā^yāh was_secretary. (SA2_8:17)

OET-RV: 17 The priests were Ahitub’s son Tsadok and Evyatar’s son Ahimelek, and Serayah was secretary. (SA2 8:17)

PSA 45:2 contextual word gloss=‘a_scribe’ word gloss=‘writer’ OSHB PSA 45:2 word 11

OET-LV: 2  heart _of_my it _is _aroused a _message good am_speaking I work(s)_of_my to_the_king tongue _of_my is_a _stylus a _scribe skilled. (PSA_45:2)

OET-RV: 2 You are more perfect to look at than the children of humanity.
⇔ Your lips move with grace,
⇔ so we know that God has blessed you forever. (PSA 45:2)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘Lemma=‘סֹפֵר’’ have 3 different glosses: ‘[was]_secretary’, ‘a_scribe’, ‘the_scribe_of’.