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Hebrew wordlink #27429

OSHB Exo 5:17 נִרְפִּים (nirpīm) Strongs=7503 Lemma=‘רָפָה’
contextual word gloss=‘[are]_idle’ word gloss=‘lazy’
Morphology=VNrmpa PoS=niphal_verb Type=active_participle Gender=masculine Number=plural State=absolute
Year=-1491

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Other uses (2) of identical word form נִרְפִּים (Morphology=VNrmpa PoS=niphal_verb Type=active_participle Gender=masculine Number=plural State=absolute) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘נִרְפִּים’ (Morphology=VNrmpa PoS=niphal_verb Type=active_participle Gender=masculine Number=plural State=absolute) is always and only glossed as ‘[are]_idle’.

EXO 5:8 contextual word gloss=‘[are]_idle’ word gloss=‘lazy’ OSHB EXO 5:8 word 15

OET-LV: 8 And_DOM the _measurement _of the _bricks which they were_making yesterday three _days _ago you(pl)_will _place on_them not you(pl)_will _diminish from_him/it if/because are_idle they therefore yes/correct/thus/so they are_crying _out to_say let _us _go let _us _sacrifice to_our _of_god. (EXO_5:8)

OET-RV: 8 But keep the same quota of bricks as before—don’t decrease it because they must be idle if they have time to say, ‘Let us go—let us sacrifice to our god.’ (EXO 5:8)

EXO 5:17 contextual word gloss=‘[are]_idle’ word gloss=‘lazy’ OSHB EXO 5:17 word 2

OET-LV: 17 And_he/it _said are_idle you(pl) are_idle therefore yes/correct/thus/so you(pl) are_saying let _us _go let _us _sacrifice to/for_YHWH. (EXO_5:17)

OET-RV: 17 “You’re all lazy—plain lazy!” the king responded. “That’s why you’re saying, ‘Let us go sacrifice to Yahweh.’ (EXO 5:17)