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Hebrew wordlink #281806

OSHB Ecc 11:8 יִשְׂמָח (yismāḩ) Strongs=8055 Lemma=‘שָׂמַח’
contextual word gloss=‘let_him_take_pleasure’ word gloss=‘rejoice’
Morphology=Vqj3ms PoS=qal_verb Type=jussive Person=third Gender=masculine Number=singular
Year=-977

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Other uses (1) of identical word form יִשְׂמָח (Morphology=Vqj3ms PoS=qal_verb Type=jussive Person=third Gender=masculine Number=singular) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘יִשְׂמָח’ (Morphology=Vqj3ms PoS=qal_verb Type=jussive Person=third Gender=masculine Number=singular) has 2 different glosses: ‘let_him_take_pleasure’(1), ‘let_him_rejoice’(1).

ECC 11:8 contextual word gloss=‘let_him_take_pleasure’ word gloss=‘rejoice’ OSHB ECC 11:8 word 8

OET-LV: 8 If/because if years many he _will _live the_humankind in_all _of_of _them let _him _take _pleasure and_let _him _remember DOM the _days _of the_darkness if/because many they _will _be all that_it _has _come is_futility. (ECC_11:8)

OET-RV: 8 Even if a person lives for many years,
⇔ they should take pleasure in all of them,
⇔ but remember the dark days
⇔ because everything that happens is pointless. (ECC 11:8)

EZE 7:12 contextual word gloss=‘let_him_rejoice’ word gloss=‘rejoice’ OSHB EZE 7:12 word 7

OET-LV: 12 It _has _come the_time it _has _arrived the_day the_one_who_buys not let _him _rejoice and_the_one_who_sells not let _him _mourn if/because anger is_against all _of multitude _of_its. (EZE_7:12)

OET-RV: 12 “The time is coming—the day has come close. Don’t let a buyer be happy or a seller be sad, because my anger is directed at the entire large group. (EZE 7:12)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘Lemma=‘שָׂמַח’’ have 4 different glosses: ‘he_will_rejoice’, ‘it_rejoices’, ‘let_him_rejoice’, ‘let_him_take_pleasure’.