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Hebrew wordlink #38915

OSHB Exo 28:21 חוֹתָם (ḩōtām) Strongs=2368 Lemma=‘חֹותָם’
contextual word gloss=‘a_seal’ word gloss=‘seal’
Morphology=Ncmsa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute
Year=-1491 TimeSeries=Tabernacle_Built

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Other uses (5) of identical word form חוֹתָם (Morphology=Ncmsa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘חוֹתָם’ (Morphology=Ncmsa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute) has 2 different glosses: ‘a_seal’, ‘a_signet-ring’.

EXO 39:6 contextual word gloss=‘a_seal’ word gloss=‘seal’ OSHB EXO 39:6 word 10

OET-LV: 6 And_they _made DOM the _stones _of the_onyx/beryl surrounded filigree _settings _of gold engraved the_engravings _of a _seal on the _names _of the _sons _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel). (EXO_39:6)

OET-RV: 6 They cut two onyx stones and mounted them in decorative gold settings. The names of the twelve sons of Yisra’el were engraved on them similar to how a signet ring is engraved, (EXO 39:6)

EXO 39:30 contextual word gloss=‘a_seal’ word gloss=‘seal’ OSHB EXO 39:30 word 12

OET-LV: 30 and_they _made DOM the _plate _of the _crown _of (the)_holiness gold pure and_they _inscribed on/upon/above_him/it an _inscription _of the_engravings _of a _seal holiness to/for_YHWH. (EXO_39:30)

OET-RV: 30 They made a decorative plate (to represent a holy crown) from pure gold and they engraved ‘Dedicated to Yahweh’ on it (like you’d do for a signet ring). (EXO 39:30)

JOB 38:14 contextual word gloss=‘a_seal’ word gloss=‘seal’ OSHB JOB 38:14 word 3

OET-LV: 14 It _is _changed like_the_clay _of a _seal and_they _stand _forth like clothing. (JOB_38:14)

OET-RV: 14 After dawn, the earth takes shape like clay when a seal is pressed into it,
⇔ and its features stand out like folds in a cloak. (JOB 38:14)

JOB 41:7 contextual word gloss=‘a_seal’ word gloss=‘seal’ OSHB JOB 41:7 word 5

OET-LV: 7  pride is_rows _of shields it_is_shut _up a _seal tight. (JOB_41:7)

OET-RV: 7 Can you fill its hide with harpoons,
⇔ ≈ or its head with fishing spears? (JOB 41:7)

JER 22:24 contextual word gloss=‘a_signet-ring’ word gloss=‘signet_ring’ OSHB JER 22:24 word 13

OET-LV: 24 by_the _life of _me the _utterance _of YHWH if/because if he _will _be Coniah the _son _of Yəhōyāqīm/(Jehoiakim) the _king _of Yəhūdāh/(Judah) a _signet-ring on the _hand _of my _right _side _of_of if/because from_there I_will _pull _you _off. (JER_22:24)

OET-RV: 24 ◙ (JER 22:24)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘Lemma=‘חֹותָם’’ have 4 different glosses: ‘Hotham’, ‘a_seal’, ‘a_signet-ring’, ‘of_Hotham’.