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Hebrew wordlink #280741

OSHB Ecc 8:2 דִּבְרַת (diⱱrat) Strongs=1700 Lemma=‘דִּבְרָה’
contextual word gloss=‘the_cause_of’ word gloss=‘word_of’
Morphology=Ncfsc PoS=common_noun Gender=feminine Number=singular State=construct
Year=-977

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Other uses (4) of identical word form דִּבְרַת (Morphology=Ncfsc PoS=common_noun Gender=feminine Number=singular State=construct) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘דִּבְרַת’ (Morphology=Ncfsc PoS=common_noun Gender=feminine Number=singular State=construct) has 3 different glosses: ‘[the]_cause_of’, ‘cause_of’, ‘the_cause_of’.

ECC 3:18 contextual word gloss=‘the_cause_of’ word gloss=‘regard_of’ OSHB ECC 3:18 word 5

OET-LV: 18 I _said I in_my _of_heart on the _cause _of the _children _of the_humankind to_test_them the_ʼElohīm and_to_see (cmp)_they are_animal[s] they to/for_them. (ECC_3:18)

OET-RV: 18 I said to myself, “God tests humanity
⇔ so they can see that they themselves are like animals (ECC 3:18)

ECC 7:14 contextual word gloss=‘cause_of’ word gloss=‘account_of’ OSHB ECC 7:14 word 16

OET-LV: 14 In/on_day good be in_good and_on_a _day _of adversity consider also DOM this exactly_as _of this he _has _made the_ʼElohīm on cause _of that_not he _will _find _out the_humankind after_him anything. (ECC_7:14)

OET-RV: 14 Be happy on a good day,
⇔ but on a day of problems, consider this:
⇔ God caused one, as well as the other—
⇔ humanity can’t discover what’s going to come next. (ECC 7:14)

DAN 2:30 contextual word gloss=‘[the]_cause_of’ word gloss=‘reason_of’ OSHB DAN 2:30 word 16

OET-LV: 30 And_I not by_wisdom which there is_in_me more _than all _of the _living_people the_secret this it _has _been _revealed to_me but on the_cause _of (of)_that the_interpretation to_the_king they _will _make _known and_the _thoughts _of your _heart you _will _know. (DAN_2:30)

OET-RV: 30 As for me, this mystery was revealed to me, not because I’m wiser than anyone else, but so that the interpretation could be revealed to the king, and so that you can understand what you saw in your mind. (DAN 2:30)

DAN 4:14 contextual word gloss=‘[the]_cause_of’ word gloss=‘reason_of’ OSHB DAN 4:14 word 8

OET-LV: 14  is_by_the_decree _of watchers the_command and_is _by _the_message _of holy_ones the_affair to the_cause _of (of)_that they _will _know the _living_people that is_having _mastery the _Most_High over_the _kingdom _of (the)_humankind and_to_whomever whom he _will _be _pleased he_will _give _it and_a _lowly_one_of humankind he _will _set _up over_it. (DAN_4:14)

OET-RV: 14 He shouted loudly, ‘Chop that tree down and cut its branches off, strip off its leaves, and scatter its fruit. Let the animals run away from under it and the birds from its branches. (DAN 4:14)