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Hebrew wordlink #280717

OSHB Ecc 7:29 בִקְשׁוּ (ⱱiqshū) Strongs=1245 Lemma=‘בָּקַשׁ’
contextual word gloss=‘they_have_sought’ word gloss=‘devised’
Morphology=Vpp3cp PoS=piel_verb Type=perfect_(qatal) Person=third Gender=common Number=plural
Year=-977

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Other uses (2) of identical word form בִקְשׁוּ (Morphology=Vpp3cp PoS=piel_verb Type=perfect_(qatal) Person=third Gender=common Number=plural) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘בִקְשׁוּ’ (Morphology=Vpp3cp PoS=piel_verb Type=perfect_(qatal) Person=third Gender=common Number=plural) has 2 different glosses: ‘they_have_sought’, ‘they_sought’.

LAM 1:19 contextual word gloss=‘they_sought’ word gloss=‘sought’ OSHB LAM 1:19 word 10

OET-LV: 19 I _called to_my _of_lovers they they_betrayed _me priests _of_my and_my _of_elders in_city they _perished if/because they _sought food for_themselves and_they _restored DOM life _of_their. (LAM_1:19)

OET-RV: 19 I called to my lovers but they deceived me.
⇔ My priests and my elders perished in the city,
⇔ while they searched for food to stay alive. (LAM 1:19)

ZEP 1:6 contextual word gloss=‘they_have_sought’ word gloss=‘seek’ OSHB ZEP 1:6 word 7

OET-LV: 6 And_DOM those_who _have_turned _back from_after YHWH and_which not they _have _sought DOM YHWH and_not they_have _sought _him. (ZEP_1:6)

OET-RV: 6 I’ll punish those who turn back after following me, Yahweh,
⇔ as well as those who haven’t searched for Yahweh or prayed to me. (ZEP 1:6)