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Hebrew wordlink #201223

OSHB 2 Chr 2:7 בְּרוֹשִׁים (bərōshīm) Strongs=1265 Lemma=‘בְּרוֹשׁ’
contextual word gloss=‘fir(s)’ word gloss=‘cypress’
Morphology=Ncmpa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=plural State=absolute
Year=-1015

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Other uses (6) of identical word form בְּרוֹשִׁים (Morphology=Ncmpa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=plural State=absolute) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘בְּרוֹשִׁים’ (Morphology=Ncmpa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=plural State=absolute) has 5 different glosses: ‘[is]_fir_trees’, ‘[the]_fir_trees’, ‘cypresses’, ‘fir(s)’, ‘fir_trees’.

1 KI 6:15 contextual word gloss=‘cypresses’ word gloss=‘cypress’ OSHB 1 KI 6:15 word 21

OET-LV: 15 And_he/it _built DOM the _walls _of the _house from_inside with_boards _of cedar(s) from_the _floor _of the _house to the _walls _of the _ceiling he _overlaid wood from_inside and_he _overlaid DOM the _floor _of the _house with_boards _of cypresses. (KI1_6:15)

OET-RV: 15 and on the inside he made walls of cedar boards. The floor was made with cypress boards, and the walls were panelled from the floor to the ceiling. (KI1 6:15)

2 CHR 3:5 contextual word gloss=‘cypresses’ word gloss=‘cypress’ OSHB 2 CHR 3:5 word 6

OET-LV: 5 And_DOM the_house (the)_great he _overlaid wood _of cypresses and_he_overlaid _it gold fine and_he/it _ascended on/upon/above_him/it palm _trees and_chains. (CH2_3:5)

OET-RV: 5 For the main building, he overlaid it first with cypress planking, then with pure gold, then carved palm trees and chains along the walls. (CH2 3:5)

PSA 104:17 contextual word gloss=‘[is]_fir_trees’ word gloss=‘fir_trees’ OSHB PSA 104:17 word 6

OET-LV: 17 Where there birds they _make _nests the_stork is_fir _trees home _of_its. (PSA_104:17)

OET-RV: 17 where the birds make their nests.
⇔ The storks make the cypress trees their homes. (PSA 104:17)

ISA 14:8 contextual word gloss=‘[the]_fir_trees’ word gloss=‘cypresses’ OSHB ISA 14:8 word 2

OET-LV: 8 Also the_fir _trees they _have _rejoiced to/for_yourself(m) the _cedars _of Ləⱱānōn from_then you _lay _down not he _comes _up the_cutter on_us. (ISA_14:8)

OET-RV: 8 Even the cypress trees are happy about your demise,
⇔ ≈ as as the cedars in Lebanon.
⇔ Now that you’re powerless,
⇔ → no one comes up to cut us down. (ISA 14:8)

EZE 27:5 contextual word gloss=‘fir_trees’ word gloss=‘pine_trees’ OSHB EZE 27:5 word 1

OET-LV: 5 Fir _trees from_Sənīr they _built to/for_you(fs) DOM all _of planks a _cedar from_Ləⱱānōn they _took for_doing a _mast on_you. (EZE_27:5)

OET-RV: 5 They made all your planks with cypress from Mt. Hermon (Senir).
⇔ They got a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for you. (EZE 27:5)

EZE 31:8 contextual word gloss=‘fir_trees’ word gloss=‘fir_trees’ OSHB EZE 31:8 word 6

OET-LV: 8 Cedars not they_eclipsed _it in_the _garden _of god fir _trees not they _were _like (to) boughs _of_its and_plane _trees not they _were like_its _of_branches every _of tree in_the _garden _of god not it _was _like to_him/it in_its _of_beauty. (EZE_31:8)

OET-RV: 8 Cedar trees in God’s garden couldn’t equal it. None of the cypress trees matched its branches, nor could its branches be equalled by the plane tree. There was no other tree in God’s garden that could compare to its beauty. (EZE 31:8)