Open English Translation (OET)

Hebrew wordlink #209266

OSHB 2 Chr 21:7 נִיר (nīr) Strongs=5216 b Lemma=‘נִיר’
contextual word gloss=‘a_lamp’ word gloss=‘lamp’
Morphology=Ncmsa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute
Year=-892

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Other uses (5) of identical word form נִיר (Morphology=Ncmsa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘נִיר’ (Morphology=Ncmsa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute) has 2 different glosses: ‘a_lamp’, ‘unplowed_ground’.

1 KI 11:36 contextual word gloss=‘a_lamp’ word gloss=‘lamp’ OSHB 1 KI 11:36 word 7

OET-LV: 36 And_to_his _of_son I _will _give a _tribe one so _as to _belong a _lamp to_Dāvid servant _of_my all _of the_days to/for_my_face/front in_Yərūshālam/(Jerusalem) the_city which I _have _chosen to_me to_put name _of_my there. (KI1_11:36)

OET-RV: 36 I’ll give Shelomoh’s son one tribe to rule so that one of David’s descendants will always rule in my chosen city Yerushalem because it’s associated with my name. (KI1 11:36)

1 KI 15:4 contextual word gloss=‘a_lamp’ word gloss=‘lamp’ OSHB 1 KI 15:4 word 8

OET-LV: 4 If/because for _the _sake _of Dāvid YHWH he _gave his/its_god to_him/it a _lamp in_Yərūshālam/(Jerusalem) by_raising _up DOM his/its_son after_him and_by_establishing DOM Yərūshālam/(Jerusalem). (KI1_15:4)

OET-RV: 4 However for David’s sake, his god Yahweh gave Abiyyam a son to rule after him—to allow Yerushalem to continue on with a flicker of light (KI1 15:4)

2 KI 8:19 contextual word gloss=‘a_lamp’ word gloss=‘lamp’ OSHB 2 KI 8:19 word 15

OET-LV: 19 And_not YHWH he _was _willing to_destroy DOM Yəhūdāh for _the _sake _of Dāvid servant _of_his just_as he _had _said to_him/it to_give to_him/it a _lamp for_his _of_descendants all _of the_days. (KI2_8:19)

OET-RV: 19 but Yahweh wasn’t willing to destroy Yehudah, for the sake of his servant David—he’d promised David that his descendants would always rule Yehudah. (KI2 8:19)

JER 4:3 contextual word gloss=‘unplowed_ground’ word gloss=‘fallow_ground’ OSHB JER 4:3 word 10

OET-LV: 3 if/because thus YHWH he _says to_the _man _of Yəhūdāh/(Judah) and_to_Yərūshālam/(Jerusalem) plow to/for_you(pl) unplowed _ground and_do _not sow to thorns. (JER_4:3)

OET-RV: 3 ◙ (JER 4:3)

HOS 10:12 contextual word gloss=‘unplowed_ground’ word gloss=‘fallow_ground’ OSHB HOS 10:12 word 9

OET-LV: 12 Sow to/for_you(pl) (to)_righteousness reap (to)_a_mouth _of loyalty plow to/for_you(pl) unplowed _ground and_it_is_time to_seek DOM YHWH until he _will _come and_he _will _rain _down righteousness for_you(pl). (HOS_10:12)

OET-RV: 12 Sow righteousness for yourselves.
⇔ → Harvest in accordance with loyal commitment.
⇔ Break up your fallow ground because it’s time to seek Yahweh,
⇔ → until he comes and rains righteousness on you. (HOS 10:12)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘Lemma=‘נִיר’’ have 3 different glosses: ‘[the]_unplowed_ground_of’, ‘a_lamp’, ‘unplowed_ground’.