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OSHB 1 Chr 2:17 יֶתֶר (yeter) Strongs=3500 Lemma=‘יֶתֶר’
contextual word gloss=‘[was]_Jether’ possible word glosses=‘Yeter / (Jether)’
Morphology=Np PoS=proper_noun
Person=Jether Year=-1752

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Other uses (7) of identical word form יֶתֶר (Morphology=Np PoS=proper_noun) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘יֶתֶר’ (Morphology=Np PoS=proper_noun) has 5 different glosses: ‘Jether’, ‘Jethro’, ‘[was]_Jether’, ‘[were]_Jether’, ‘of_Jether’.

EXO 4:18 contextual word gloss=‘Jethro’ possible word glosses=‘Yitrō / (Jethro)’ OSHB EXO 4:18 word 5

OET-LV: 18 and_ Mosheh _he/it _went and_he _returned to Yitrō/(Jethro) father-in-law _of_his and_he/it _said to_him/it let _me _go please so_that _I _may _return to relatives _of_my who are_in_Miʦrayim/(Egypt) and_so _that _I _may _see are_still_they living and_ Yitrō _he/it _said to_Mosheh go to_peace. (EXO_4:18)

OET-RV: 18 Then Mosheh went back to his father-in-law Yetro (Jethro), and told him, “Can I please leave so I can return to my relatives in Egypt and see whether they’re still alive.”
¶ “Go in peace,” Yetro answered. (EXO 4:18)

1 KI 2:5 contextual word gloss=‘of_Jether’ possible word glosses=‘Yeter / (Jether)’ OSHB 1 KI 2:5 word 22

OET-LV: 5 And_also you you _know DOM that_which he _did to_me Yōʼāⱱ/(Joab) the _son _of Tsərū^yāh/(Zeruiah) that_which he _did to_the _two _of the _commanders _of the _armies _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) to_ʼAⱱnēr the _son _of Nēr and_to_ˊAmāsāʼ the _son _of Yeter/(Jether) and_he_killed _them and_he/it _assigned blood(s)_of war in_peace and_he/it _gave blood(s)_of war on_his _of_belt which was_on_his _of_loins and_on_his _of_sandal[s] which was_on_his _of_feet. (KI1_2:5)

OET-RV: 5 “Also you’re aware of what Tseruyah’s son Yoav did to me—what he did to two of the commanders of Yisrael’s armies—to Ner’s son Abner and to Yeter’s son Amasa. He murdered them, shedding blood in peace-time as if it was in a war, and the blood guilt is on him from head to toe. (KI1 2:5)

1 KI 2:32 contextual word gloss=‘of_Jether’ possible word glosses=‘Yeter / (Jether)’ OSHB 1 KI 2:32 word 30

OET-LV: 32 And_ YHWH _he _will _bring _back DOM blood _of_his on his/its_head who he _fell on_two _of men righteous and_good from_him/it and_he_killed _them with_sword and_my _of_father Dāvid not he _knew DOM ʼAⱱnēr the _son _of Nēr the _commander _of the _army _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) and_DOM ˊAmāsāʼ the _son _of Yeter/(Jether) the _commander _of the _army _of Yəhūdāh/(Judah). (KI1_2:32)

OET-RV: 32 Yahweh will return his blood onto his own head, because he attacked two men more righteous and better than himself: Ner’s son Abner, the commander of Yisrael’s army, and Yeter’s son Amasa, the commander of Yehudah’s army. He killed them with the sword and my father David didn’t have anything to do with it. (KI1 2:32)

1 CHR 2:32 contextual word gloss=‘[were]_Jether’ possible word glosses=‘Yeter / (Jether)’ OSHB 1 CHR 2:32 word 5

OET-LV: 32 And_the _sons of _Yādāˊ/(Jada) the _brother _of Shammay were_Yeter/(Jether) and_Yōnātān/(Yəhōnātān/(Jonathan)) and_ Yeter _he/it _died not sons. (CH1_2:32)

OET-RV: 32 The sons of Shammai’s brother Yada were Yeter and Yonatan. (Yeter died childless.) (CH1 2:32)

1 CHR 2:32 contextual word gloss=‘Jether’ possible word glosses=‘Yeter / (Jether)’ OSHB 1 CHR 2:32 word 8

OET-LV: 32 And_the _sons of _Yādāˊ/(Jada) the _brother _of Shammay were_Yeter/(Jether) and_Yōnātān/(Yəhōnātān/(Jonathan)) and_ Yeter _he/it _died not sons. (CH1_2:32)

OET-RV: 32 The sons of Shammai’s brother Yada were Yeter and Yonatan. (Yeter died childless.) (CH1 2:32)

1 CHR 4:17 contextual word gloss=‘[was]_Jether’ possible word glosses=‘Yeter / (Jether)’ OSHB 1 CHR 4:17 word 3

OET-LV: 17 And_the _son _of Ezrah was_Yeter/(Jether) and_Mered and_ˊĒfer and_Yālōn/(Jalon) and_she/it _conceived/became _pregnant DOM Miryām and_DOM Shammay and_DOM Yishbaḩ/(Ishbah) the _father _of ʼEshtəmoˊa. (CH1_4:17)

OET-RV: 17 Ezrah’s sons were Yeter, Mered, Efer, and Yalon. And Mered’s wife Bityah conceived Miryam, Shammai, and Ishbah, the father of Eshtemoa. (CH1 4:17)

1 CHR 7:38 contextual word gloss=‘of_Jether’ possible word glosses=‘Yeter / (Jether)’ OSHB 1 CHR 7:38 word 2

OET-LV: 38 And_the _sons of _Yeter/(Jether) were_Yəfunneh/(Jephunneh) and_Fişāfāhh and_ʼArāʼ. (CH1_7:38)

OET-RV: 38 Yeter’s sons were Yefunneh, Pispah, and Ara. (CH1 7:38)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘Lemma=‘יֶתֶר’’ have 13 different glosses: ‘Jether’, ‘Jethro’, ‘[the]_bowstring’, ‘[the]_rest_of’, ‘[was]_Jether’, ‘[were]_Jether’, ‘abundance’, ‘excellence’, ‘excellence_of’, ‘excess’, ‘of_Jether’, ‘the_remainder_of’, ‘the_rest_of’.