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OSHB Ecc 12:12 סְפָרִים (şəfārīm) Strongs=5612 a Lemma=‘סֵפֶר’
contextual word gloss=‘books’ word gloss=‘books’
Morphology=Ncmpa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=plural State=absolute
Year=-977

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Other uses (10) of identical word form סְפָרִים (Morphology=Ncmpa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=plural State=absolute) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘סְפָרִים’ (Morphology=Ncmpa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=plural State=absolute) has 3 different glosses: ‘books’, ‘documents’, ‘letters’.

1 KI 21:8 contextual word gloss=‘letters’ word gloss=‘letters’ OSHB 1 KI 21:8 word 2

OET-LV: 8 And_she _wrote letters in/on_name _of ʼAḩʼāⱱ and_she _sealed_them with_his _of_seal and_she _sent the to the_elders and_near/to the_nobles who were_in_his _of_city who_were_dwelling with Nāⱱōt. (KI1_21:8)

OET-RV: 8 So she wrote letters in Ahav’s name and sealed them with his seal. Then she sent them to the city elders and nobles who lived near Navot. (KI1 21:8)

2 KI 10:1 contextual word gloss=‘letters’ word gloss=‘letters’ OSHB 2 KI 10:1 word 7

OET-LV: 10 and_belonged_to_ʼAḩʼāⱱ seventy sons in_Shomrōn and_ Yēhūʼ/(Jehu) _he _wrote letters and_he _sent_them Shomrōn to the _officials _of Yizrəˊ^ʼēl/(Jezreel) the_elders and_near/to those_guarding ʼAḩʼāⱱ to_say. (KI2_10:1)

OET-RV: 10 King Ahab had seventy sons who lived in Shomron (Samaria), so Yehu sent letters to the leaders and elders of Yizre’el, and to the guardians of Ahab’s children, saying, (KI2 10:1)

2 KI 20:12 contextual word gloss=‘letters’ word gloss=‘letters’ OSHB 2 KI 20:12 word 10

OET-LV: 12 at_time (the)_that Merodach- he _sent Balʼₐdān the _son _of Balʼₐdān the _king _of Bāⱱel letters and_a _gift to Ḩizqiy^yāh if/because he _had _heard if/because _that he _had _been _sick Ḩizqiy^yāh. (KI2_20:12)

OET-RV: 12 At that time, Baladan’s son former King Berodak-Baladan of Babylon heard that Hizkiyah was sick and sent him letters and a gift. (KI2 20:12)

EST 1:22 contextual word gloss=‘documents’ word gloss=‘letters’ OSHB EST 1:22 word 2

OET-LV: 22 And_he _sent _out documents to all _of the _provinces _of the_king to province and_province according_to _of_its _writing and_near/to people and_people according_to _of_its _language to_be every _of man ruling over_his _own _of_household and_speaking according_to _the _language _of his _people _of_of. (EST_1:22)

OET-RV: 22 and sent letters to every province in his empire. He wrote to every province using its own alphabet and to each people group in its own language. The letters said that men should be the masters over their wives and children, and that a husband should be able to give orders to his wife in his own native language that she should understand and obey. (EST 1:22)

EST 3:13 contextual word gloss=‘documents’ word gloss=‘letters’ OSHB EST 3:13 word 2

OET-LV: 13 And_ documents _they _were _sent by_the _hand _of the _runners to all _of the _provinces _of the_king to_annihilate to_kill and_to_destroy DOM all _of the_Yəhūdī/(Jews) from_young _man and_unto old_man little _one[s] and_women in/on_day one on_day_thir- teen of_month two_plus ten that is_the _month _of Adar and_their _of_spoil to_take _as _plunder. (EST_3:13)

OET-RV: 13 Couriers delivered the letters to the officials in every province in the empire. The letters said to completely destroy all the Jews, including the children and women, on a single day. That was to be the thirteenth day of March early in the following year. The letters also stated that those who killed the Jews could take everything that belonged to them. (EST 3:13)

EST 8:10 contextual word gloss=‘letters’ word gloss=‘letters’ OSHB EST 8:10 word 9

OET-LV: 10 And_he _wrote in/on_name _of the_king ʼAḩashvērōsh and_he _sealed_it with_the _signet-ring _of the_king and_he _sent letters by_the _hand _of (the)_runners on_horses who_rode _of the _steed[s] (the)_royal the _sons _of the _mares. (EST_8:10)

OET-RV: 10 The letters were written in King Ahasuerus’ name, and each one was sealed with the king’s signet ring. Then the letters were distributed by mounted couriers riding on swift horses bred from the royal mares. (EST 8:10)

EST 9:20 contextual word gloss=‘letters’ word gloss=‘letters’ OSHB EST 9:20 word 7

OET-LV: 20 and_ Mārəddəkay _he _wrote DOM the_words/messages the_these and_he _sent _out letters to all _of the_Yəhūdī who in_all the _provinces _of the_king ʼAḩashvērōsh (the)_near and_(the)_far. (EST_9:20)

OET-RV: 20 Now Mordekai recorded everything that had happened and sent letters to all the Jews throughout the empire, in both the near provinces and the far away ones. (EST 9:20)

EST 9:30 contextual word gloss=‘letters’ word gloss=‘letters’ OSHB EST 9:30 word 2

OET-LV: 30 And_he _sent letters to all _of the_Yəhūdī to seven and_twenty and_one _hundred province[s] the _kingdom _of ʼAḩashvērōsh words/messages _of peace and_truth. (EST_9:30)

OET-RV: 30 He sent this second letter to all the Jews throughout the empire of King Ahasuerus, with words of peace and truth (EST 9:30)

ISA 39:1 contextual word gloss=‘letters’ word gloss=‘letters’ OSHB ISA 39:1 word 10

OET-LV: 39 at_time the_that Merodach- he _sent Balʼₐdān the _son _of Balʼₐdān the _king _of Bāⱱel letters and_a _gift to Ḩizqiy^yāh and_he/it _listened if/because _that he _had _been _sick and_he _was _strong. (ISA_39:1)

OET-RV: 39 ◙ (ISA 39:1)

JER 29:25 contextual word gloss=‘letters’ word gloss=‘letters’ OSHB JER 29:25 word 13

OET-LV: 25 Thus YHWH he _says hosts the _god _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) to_say because that you you _sent in_your _own _of_name letters to all _of the_people which is_in_Yərūshālam/(Jerusalem) and_near/to Tsəfan^yāh/(Zephaniah) the _son _of Maˊₐsē^yāh the_priest/officer and_near/to all _of the_priests to_say. (JER_29:25)

OET-RV: 25 ◙ (JER 29:25)

Hebrew words (2) other than סְפָרִים (Morphology=Ncmpa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=plural State=absolute) with a gloss related to ‘books’

EZRA 6:1 סִפְרַיָּא (şifrayyāʼ) Lemmas=‘סְפַר’, ‘א’ contextual morpheme glosses=‘of, the_books’ morpheme glosses=‘archives, the’ OSHB EZRA 6:1 word 8

OET-LV: 6 in_then Dārəyāvesh Oh/the_king he _made a _decree and_they _searched in_house _of the _books where the_treasures were_deposited there in_Bāⱱel. (EZR_6:1)

OET-RV: 6 So King Dareyavesh (Darius) ordered that a search be conducted in all the archives where treasures had been deposited there in Babylon, (EZR 6:1)

DAN 7:10 וְסִפְרִין (vəşifrīn) Lemmas=‘דִּין’, ‘א’ contextual morpheme glosses=‘and, books’ morpheme glosses=‘and, books’ OSHB DAN 7:10 word 17

OET-LV: 10 A _river of fire was_flowing and_coming _out from before_him a _thousand _of thousands they_were _ministering _to _him and_a _myriad _of myriads before_him they _were _standing the_court it _sat and_books they _were _opened. (DAN_7:10)

OET-RV: 10 A river of fire was coming out and flowing along in front of him. Thousands upon thousands served him, and myriads upon myriads were standing in front of him. The court sat in session and the documents were opened. (DAN 7:10)