Open English Translation (OET)

Hebrew wordlink #213444

OSHB 2 Chr 30:7 תִּהְיוּ (tihyū) Strongs=1961 Lemma=‘הָיָה’
contextual word gloss=‘be’ word gloss=‘be’
Morphology=Vqj2mp PoS=qal_verb Type=jussive Person=second Gender=masculine Number=plural
Year=-726

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Other uses (2) of identical word form תִּהְיוּ (Morphology=Vqj2mp PoS=qal_verb Type=jussive Person=second Gender=masculine Number=plural) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘תִּהְיוּ’ (Morphology=Vqj2mp PoS=qal_verb Type=jussive Person=second Gender=masculine Number=plural) is always and only glossed as ‘be’.

PSA 32:9 contextual word gloss=‘be’ word gloss=‘be’ OSHB PSA 32:9 word 2

OET-LV: 9 Do _not be like_a _horse like_a _mule which_there_is_not understanding with_bridle and_halter trapping[s]_of_its to_restrain not to _draw _near to_you. (PSA_32:9)

OET-RV: 9 Don’t be like a horse or a mule which lacks understanding—
⇔ it’s only with a bridle and bit that they can be controlled
⇔ so they’ll go where you want them to. (PSA 32:9)

ZEC 1:4 contextual word gloss=‘be’ word gloss=‘be’ OSHB ZEC 1:4 word 2

OET-LV: 4 Do _not be like_your(pl)_of_ancestors whom they _proclaimed to_them the_prophets (the)_former to_say thus he _says YHWH hosts turn _back please from_your(pl)_of_ways (the)_evil and_your(pl)_of_deeds (the)_evil and_not they _listened and_not they _paid _attention to_me the _utterance _of YHWH. (ZEC_1:4)

OET-RV: 4 Don’t be like your ancestors who’d been told by the prophets that Commander-in-chief Yahweh wanted them to abandon all their evil practices, but they wouldn’t listen or pay attention. That is Yahweh’s declaration. (ZEC 1:4)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘Lemma=‘הָיָה’’ have 3 different glosses: ‘be’, ‘you(pl)_will_be’, ‘you(pl)_will_become’.