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Hebrew wordlink #231806

OSHB Est 9:16 נִקְהֲלוּ (niqhₐlū) Strongs=6950 Lemma=‘קָהַל’
contextual word gloss=‘they_assembled’ word gloss=‘assembled’
Morphology=VNp3cp PoS=niphal_verb Type=perfect_(qatal) Person=third Gender=common Number=plural
Year=-452

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Other uses (3) of identical word form נִקְהֲלוּ (Morphology=VNp3cp PoS=niphal_verb Type=perfect_(qatal) Person=third Gender=common Number=plural) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘נִקְהֲלוּ’ (Morphology=VNp3cp PoS=niphal_verb Type=perfect_(qatal) Person=third Gender=common Number=plural) is always and only glossed as ‘they_assembled’.

2 CHR 20:26 contextual word gloss=‘they_assembled’ word gloss=‘assembled’ OSHB 2 CHR 20:26 word 3

OET-LV: 26 And_on_day (the)_fourth they _assembled to_the _valley _of Bərākāh if/because there they _blessed DOM YHWH therefore yes/correct/thus/so people _have _called DOM the _name _of the _place (the)_that the _valley _of Bərākāh until the_day. (CH2_20:26)

OET-RV: 26 On the fourth day, they assembled in the Berakah valley and they praised Yahweh there. That’s why it’s called Berakah valley (which means ‘praise/blessing’) to this day. (CH2 20:26)

EST 9:2 contextual word gloss=‘they_assembled’ word gloss=‘assembled’ OSHB EST 9:2 word 1

OET-LV: 2 They _assembled the_Yəhūdī in_their _of_cities in_all the _provinces _of the_king ʼAḩashvērōsh to_ a _hand _stretch _out harm _of_(of)_their on_those _who _were_seeking _of and_anyone not he _stood before_them if/because of _them _of_dread it _had _fallen on all _of the_peoples. (EST_9:2)

OET-RV: 2 Throughout the empire, the Jews joined together in their cities to defend themselves against those who wanted to harm them. No one was able to fight back against them because everyone else in the empire had become afraid of them. (EST 9:2)

EST 9:18 contextual word gloss=‘they_assembled’ word gloss=‘assembled’ OSHB EST 9:18 word 4

OET-LV: 18 And_the_Yəhūdī who were_in_Shūshan they _assembled on_day_thir- teen in/on/over_him/it and_on_day_four- teen in/on/over_him/it and_they _rested on_day_fif- teen in/on/over_him/it and_they _made DOM_him/it a _day _of feast and_joy. (EST_9:18)

OET-RV: 18 But the Jews in Shushan had gathered together and fought their enemies on both the 13th and the 14th, so they stopped on the 15th and made it a day of feasting and celebration. (EST 9:18)