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Hebrew wordlink #209334

OSHB 2 Chr 21:11 בָמוֹת (ⱱāmōt) Strongs=1116 Lemma=‘בָּמָה’
contextual word gloss=‘high_places’ word gloss=‘high_places’
Morphology=Ncfpa PoS=common_noun Gender=feminine Number=plural State=absolute
Year=-889

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Other uses (4) of identical word form בָמוֹת (Morphology=Ncfpa PoS=common_noun Gender=feminine Number=plural State=absolute) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘בָמוֹת’ (Morphology=Ncfpa PoS=common_noun Gender=feminine Number=plural State=absolute) has 2 different glosses: ‘[the]_high_places’, ‘high_places’.

1 KI 13:33 contextual word gloss=‘high_places’ word gloss=‘high_places’ OSHB 1 KI 13:33 word 14

OET-LV: 33 after the_matter the_this not Yārāⱱəˊām/(Jeroboam) he _turned _back from_his _of_way (the)_evil and_he _returned and_he/it _made from_the _ends _of the _people priests _of high _places the_one_desiring he _filled DOM his/its_hand and_let _it _be priests _of high _places. (KI1_13:33)

OET-RV: 33 Despite the man of God’s warning, King Yarave’am didn’t stop his evil ways—in fact he chose more people from across the country to become priests. Anyone who wanted to be a priest would be appointed and he would become one of the priests of the hilltop worship places. (KI1 13:33)

1 KI 13:33 contextual word gloss=‘high_places’ word gloss=‘high_places’ OSHB 1 KI 13:33 word 21

2 KI 17:32 contextual word gloss=‘[the]_high_places’ word gloss=‘high_places’ OSHB 2 KI 17:32 word 9

OET-LV: 32 And_they _were fearing DOM YHWH and_they _made to/for_them from_among _of_themselves priests _of the_high _places and_they _were offering to/for_them in_house _of the _high _places. (KI2_17:32)

OET-RV: 32 At the same time, they tried placating Yahweh, but they also made their own priests to make sacrifices for them in their hilltop shrines. (KI2 17:32)

2 CHR 28:25 contextual word gloss=‘high_places’ word gloss=‘high_places’ OSHB 2 CHR 28:25 word 6

OET-LV: 25 And_on/over_all city and_a _city of_Yəhūdāh/(Judah) he _made high _places to_make _smoke to_gods other and_he _provoked DOM YHWH the _god _of his _ancestors _of_of. (CH2_28:25)

OET-RV: 25 and in every Yehudah city he set up hilltop shrines to make sacrifices to other gods, thus angering Yahweh, the god of his ancestors. (CH2 28:25)