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Hebrew wordlink #26840

OSHB Exo 4:14 דַבֵּר (dabēr) Strongs=1696 Lemma=‘דָבַר’
contextual word gloss=‘well_(speak)’ word gloss=‘to_speak’
Morphology=Vpa PoS=piel_verb Type=infinitive_absolute
Year=-1491

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Only use of identical word form ‘דַבֵּר’ (Morphology=Vpa PoS=piel_verb Type=infinitive_absolute) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘דַבֵּר’ (Morphology=Vpa PoS=piel_verb Type=infinitive_absolute) is always and only glossed as ‘well_(speak)’.

EXO 4:14 contextual word gloss=‘well_(speak)’ word gloss=‘to_speak’ OSHB EXO 4:14 word 12

OET-LV: 14 And_it _glowed/burnt the _anger of_YHWH on_Mosheh and_he/it _said not is_ʼAhₐron your(ms)_brother/kindred the_Lēviyyiy I _know if/because _that well _(speak) he _speaks he and_also THERE he is_about _to _come _out to_meet_you and_he_will _see _you and_he _will _rejoice in_heart _of_his. (EXO_4:14)

OET-RV: 14 Then Yahweh got angry with Mosheh and told him, “Isn’t Aharon (Aaron) a fellow Levite and your brother? I know that he can speak well, and what’s more, he’ll come from Egypt to meet you, and when he does, he’ll be very happy. (EXO 4:14)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘Lemma=‘דָבַר’’ have 2 different glosses: ‘speak’, ‘well_(speak)’.