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Hebrew wordlink #83416

OSHB Deu 4:2 תִגְרְעוּ (tigrəˊū) Strongs=1639 Lemma=‘גָּרַע’
contextual word gloss=‘you(pl)_must_diminish’ word gloss=‘take_away’
Morphology=Vqi2mp PoS=qal_verb Type=imperfect_(yiqtol) Person=second Gender=masculine Number=plural
Year=-1451

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Other uses (2) of identical word form תִגְרְעוּ (Morphology=Vqi2mp PoS=qal_verb Type=imperfect_(yiqtol) Person=second Gender=masculine Number=plural) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘תִגְרְעוּ’ (Morphology=Vqi2mp PoS=qal_verb Type=imperfect_(yiqtol) Person=second Gender=masculine Number=plural) has 2 different glosses: ‘you(pl)_must_diminish’, ‘you(pl)_will_diminish’.

EXO 5:8 contextual word gloss=‘you(pl)_will_diminish’ word gloss=‘reduce’ OSHB EXO 5:8 word 12

OET-LV: 8 And_DOM the _measurement _of the _bricks which they were_making yesterday three _days _ago you(pl)_will _place on_them not you(pl)_will _diminish from_him/it if/because are_idle they therefore yes/correct/thus/so they are_crying _out to_say let _us _go let _us _sacrifice to_our _of_god. (EXO_5:8)

OET-RV: 8 But keep the same quota of bricks as before—don’t decrease it because they must be idle if they have time to say, ‘Let us go—let us sacrifice to our god.’ (EXO 5:8)

EXO 5:19 contextual word gloss=‘you(pl)_will_diminish’ word gloss=‘reduce’ OSHB EXO 5:19 word 9

OET-LV: 19 And_they _saw the _foremen _of the _people _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) DOM_them in_trouble to_say not you(pl)_will _diminish from_your(pl)_of_bricks a _matter _of a _day in_its_day. (EXO_5:19)

OET-RV: 19 When the Israeli foremen heard that the quota wasn’t going to be reduced, they realised how serious their problem was, (EXO 5:19)