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Hebrew wordlink #278910

OSHB Ecc 2:15 יוֹתֵר (yōtēr) Strongs=3148 Lemma=‘יוֹתֵר’
contextual word gloss=‘excessively’ word gloss=‘very’
Morphology=Ncmsa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute
Year=-977

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Other uses (2) of identical word form יוֹתֵר (Morphology=Ncmsa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘יוֹתֵר’ (Morphology=Ncmsa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute) has 2 different glosses: ‘excess’, ‘excessively’.

EST 6:6 contextual word gloss=‘excess’ word gloss=‘more’ OSHB EST 6:6 word 21

OET-LV: 6 And_ Haman _he _came and_he/it _said to_him/it the_king what for_doing for_man whom the_king he _delights in_his _of_honour and_ Haman _he/it _said in_his _of_heart to_whom will _he _delight the_king for_ honour _doing excess more_than _me. (EST_6:6)

OET-RV: 6 When Haman came in, the king asked him, “What should I do for a man that I would really like to honour?”
¶ Haman thought to himself, “Surely it must be me that the king would like to honour more than anyone else?” (EST 6:6)

ECC 7:16 contextual word gloss=‘excessively’ word gloss=‘too’ OSHB ECC 7:16 word 7

OET-LV: 16 Do _not be righteous greatly and_do _not make _yourself _wise excessively to/for_what will _you _destroy _yourself. (ECC_7:16)

OET-RV: 16 Don’t be highly righteous or overly wise—
⇔ Why go to the trouble of destroying yourself? (ECC 7:16)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘Lemma=‘יוֹתֵר’’ have 3 different glosses: ‘excess’, ‘excessively’, ‘let_him_leave_over’.