Open English Translation (OET)

Hebrew wordlink #25656

OSHB Exo 1:19 חָיוֹת (ḩāyōt) Strongs=2422 Lemma=‘חָיֶה’^*
contextual word gloss=‘[are]_vigorous’ word gloss=‘vigorous’
Morphology=Aafpa PoS=adjective Gender=feminine Number=plural State=absolute
Year=-1635

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Only use of identical word form ‘חָיוֹת’ (Morphology=Aafpa PoS=adjective Gender=feminine Number=plural State=absolute) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘חָיוֹת’ (Morphology=Aafpa PoS=adjective Gender=feminine Number=plural State=absolute) is always and only glossed as ‘[are]_vigorous’.

EXO 1:19 contextual word gloss=‘[are]_vigorous’ word gloss=‘vigorous’ OSHB EXO 1:19 word 11

OET-LV: 19 And_they _said the_midwives to Parˊoh if/because not are_like_women (the)_from _Miʦrayim/(Miʦrayim) the _Hebrew_women if/because are_vigorous they before she _comes to_them the_midwife and_they _give _birth. (EXO_1:19)

OET-RV: 19 “Because the Hebrew women aren’t like Egyptian women,” the midwives answered. “They’re more active and give birth before the midwife even gets to them.” (EXO 1:19)

^*Note: This is also the only occurrence of the word root (lemma) ‘חָיוֹת’ in the Hebrew originals.