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Hebrew wordlink #231204

OSHB Est 8:5 יִכָּתֵב (yikkātēⱱ) Strongs=3789 Lemma=‘כָּתַב’
contextual word gloss=‘let_it_be_written’ word gloss=‘written’
Morphology=VNj3ms PoS=niphal_verb Type=jussive Person=third Gender=masculine Number=singular
Year=-453

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Only use of identical word form ‘יִכָּתֵב’ (Morphology=VNj3ms PoS=niphal_verb Type=jussive Person=third Gender=masculine Number=singular) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘יִכָּתֵב’ (Morphology=VNj3ms PoS=niphal_verb Type=jussive Person=third Gender=masculine Number=singular) is always and only glossed as ‘let_it_be_written’.

EST 8:5 contextual word gloss=‘let_it_be_written’ word gloss=‘written’ OSHB EST 8:5 word 17

OET-LV: 5 And_she/it _said if is_on the_king good and_if I _have _found favour before_him and_it _is _proper the_matter to_(the)_face _of/in _front _of/before the_king and_am_good I in_eyes _of_his let _it _be _written to_revoke DOM the_letters the _plan _of Haman the _son _of Hammedatha the_Agagite which he _wrote to_destroy DOM the_Yəhūdī/(Jews) who in_all the _provinces _of the _king. (EST_8:5)

OET-RV: 5 “Your majesty,” she said, “if you think that it’s the right thing to do, and if you’re pleased with me, please write a new letter revoking the letters that Haman (the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite) sent out instructing the people to destroy all the Jews throughout your empire. (EST 8:5)