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Hebrew wordlink #206121

OSHB 2 Chr 13:12 תִּלָּחֲמוּ (tillāḩₐmū) Strongs=3898 a Lemma=‘לָחַם’
contextual word gloss=‘do_battle’ word gloss=‘fight’
Morphology=VNj2mp PoS=niphal_verb Type=jussive Person=second Gender=masculine Number=plural
Year=-958

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Only use of identical word form ‘תִּלָּחֲמוּ’ (Morphology=VNj2mp PoS=niphal_verb Type=jussive Person=second Gender=masculine Number=plural) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘תִּלָּחֲמוּ’ (Morphology=VNj2mp PoS=niphal_verb Type=jussive Person=second Gender=masculine Number=plural) is always and only glossed as ‘do_battle’.

2 CHR 13:12 contextual word gloss=‘do_battle’ word gloss=‘fight’ OSHB 2 CHR 13:12 word 13

OET-LV: 12 And_BEHOLD/LO/SEE is_with_us at_head the_ʼElohīm and_priests _of_his and_the _trumpets _of the _alarm to_sound _the _battle _signal on_you(pl) Oh _people _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) do _not do _battle with YHWH the _god _of your(pl)_ancestors _of_your(pl) if/because not you(pl)_will _succeed. (CH2_13:12)

OET-RV: 12 So listen! God is guiding us, and his priests will blast their trumpets to signal battle against you people. Listen, you Israelis: don’t fight against Yahweh, your ancestors’ god, because you won’t succeed.” (CH2 13:12)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘Lemma=‘לָחַם’’ have 2 different glosses: ‘do_battle’, ‘you(pl)_must_do_battle’.