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Hebrew wordlink #214088

OSHB 2 Chr 31:13 פְּקִידִים (pəqīdīm) Strongs=6496 Lemma=‘פָּקִיד’
contextual word gloss=‘[were]_overseers’ word gloss=‘overseers’
Morphology=Ncmpa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=plural State=absolute
Year=-726

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Other uses (1) of identical word form פְּקִידִים (Morphology=Ncmpa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=plural State=absolute) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘פְּקִידִים’ (Morphology=Ncmpa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=plural State=absolute) has 2 different glosses: ‘[were]_overseers’, ‘appointees’.

EST 2:3 contextual word gloss=‘appointees’ word gloss=‘commissioners’ OSHB EST 2:3 word 3

OET-LV: 3 And_let _him _appoint the_king appointees in_all the _provinces _of his/its_kingdom and_let _them _gather DOM every _of girl virgin good _of appearance to Shūshan the_citadel to the _house _of the _women into the _hand _of Hegai the _eunuch _of the_king the _one _who_kept _of the_women and_let _him _give cleansings _of_their. (EST_2:3)

OET-RV: 3 You could assign officers in each province of your empire to bring every virgin who is very beautiful here to your capital city of Shushan. They could stay in the harem for virgins under the custody of Hegai, the castrated royal guardian who takes care of the young women who live there and he could arrange for them to receive beauty treatments. (EST 2:3)