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Hebrew wordlink #42168

OSHB Exo 34:3 יִרְעוּ (yirˊū) Strongs=7462 b Lemma=‘רָעָה’
contextual word gloss=‘let_them_graze’ word gloss=‘graze’
Morphology=Vqj3mp PoS=qal_verb Type=jussive Person=third Gender=masculine Number=plural

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Other uses (1) of identical word form יִרְעוּ (Morphology=Vqj3mp PoS=qal_verb Type=jussive Person=third Gender=masculine Number=plural) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘יִרְעוּ’ (Morphology=Vqj3mp PoS=qal_verb Type=jussive Person=third Gender=masculine Number=plural) is always and only glossed as ‘let_them_graze’.

YNA (JNA) 3:7 contextual word gloss=‘let_them_graze’ word gloss=‘eat’ OSHB YNA (JNA) 3:7 word 16

OET-LV: 7 And_he _had _a _proclamation _made and_he/it _said in_Nīnəvēh from_the _decree _of the_king and_his _great _of_people to_say the_humankind and_the_livestock the_cattle and_the_flock[s] not let _them _taste anything not let _them _graze and_water not let _them _drink. (JNA_3:7)

OET-RV: 7 And he had a statement written out and publicly read throughout Nineveh, saying, “The king and his advisors declare that people and livestock, be it herds or flocks, are prohibited from grazing or eating anything, and even from drinking water. (JNA 3:7)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘Lemma=‘רָעָה’’ have 5 different glosses: ‘let_them_graze’, ‘they_feed’, ‘they_will_graze’, ‘they_will_shepherd’, ‘will_they_shepherd’.