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Hebrew wordlink #204200

OSHB 2 Chr 9:1 שֵׁמַע (shēmaˊ) Strongs=8088 b Lemma=‘שֵׁמַע’
contextual word gloss=‘the_report_of’ word gloss=‘fame_of’
Morphology=Ncmsc PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=construct

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Other uses (3) of identical word form שֵׁמַע (Morphology=Ncmsc PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=construct) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘שֵׁמַע’ (Morphology=Ncmsc PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=construct) has 2 different glosses: ‘a_report_of’, ‘the_report_of’.

GEN 29:13 contextual word gloss=‘the_report_of’ word gloss=‘news_of’ OSHB GEN 29:13 word 5

OET-LV: 13 And_he/it _was just_as _heard Lāⱱān DOM the _report _of Yaˊₐqoⱱ the _son _of his _sister _of_of and_he _ran to_meet_him and_he _embraced to_him/it and_he _kissed to_him/it and_he_brought _him to house _of_his and_he _recounted to_Lāⱱān DOM all _of the_things the_these. (GEN_29:13)

OET-RV: 13 and when Lavan heard the news about his sister’s son Yacob, he ran out to meet him. Then he embraced him and kissed him and brought him to his house. Then Yacob told Lavan everything that had happened up until then, (GEN 29:13)

EXO 23:1 contextual word gloss=‘a_report_of’ word gloss=‘report_of’ OSHB EXO 23:1 word 3

OET-LV: 23 not you _must _bear a _report _of falsehood do _not put hand _of_your with a _wicked_person to_be a _witness _of injustice. (EXO_23:1)

OET-RV: 23 You mustn’t present a false statement. Don’t conspire with a wicked person to give false evidence. (EXO 23:1)

1 KI 10:1 contextual word gloss=‘the_report_of’ word gloss=‘fame_of’ OSHB 1 KI 10:1 word 5

OET-LV: 10 and_the _queen _of Shəⱱāʼ was_hearing DOM the _report _of Shəlomoh to_the _name _of YHWH and_she _came to_put_him _to _the _test by_difficult _matters. (KI1_10:1)

OET-RV: 10 Now the queen from Sheva had heard a report about how Yahweh had blessed Shelomoh, and she came to test him with difficult questions. (KI1 10:1)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘Lemma=‘שֵׁמַע’’ have 3 different glosses: ‘a_report’, ‘a_report_of’, ‘the_report_of’.