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Hebrew wordlink #28809

OSHB Exo 8:13 כִנִּים (kinnīm) Strongs=3654 Lemma=‘כֵּן’
contextual word gloss=‘gnats’ word gloss=‘gnats’
Morphology=Ncmpa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=plural State=absolute
Year=-1491 TimeSeries=Exodus_from_Egypt

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Only use of identical word form ‘כִנִּים’ (Morphology=Ncmpa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=plural State=absolute) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘כִנִּים’ (Morphology=Ncmpa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=plural State=absolute) is always and only glossed as ‘gnats’.

Hebrew words (3) other than כִנִּים (Morphology=Ncmpa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=plural State=absolute) with a gloss related to ‘gnats’

EXO 8:12 לְכִנִּם (ləkinnim) Lemmas=‘לְ’, ‘כֵּן’ contextual morpheme glosses=‘(into), gnats’ morpheme glosses=‘into, gnats’ OSHB EXO 8:12 word 16

OET-LV: 12  and_ YHWH _he/it _said to Mosheh say to ʼAhₐron stretch _out DOM staff _of_your and_strike DOM the _dust _of the_earth/land and_it _was (into)_gnats in_all the _land _of Miʦrayim/(Egypt). (EXO_8:12)

OET-RV: 12 Then Mosheh and Aharon left Far’oh and Mosheh called out to Yahweh concerning the retraction of the frogs that he’d sent against the king. (EXO 8:12)

EXO 8:14 הַכִּנִּים (hakkinnīm) Lemmas=‘הַ’, ‘כֵּן’ contextual morpheme glosses=‘the, gnats’ morpheme glosses=‘the, gnats’ OSHB EXO 8:14 word 7

OET-LV: 14  and_they _made thus the_soothsayer-priests by_their _of_enchantments to_bring _forth DOM the_gnats and_not they _were _able and_it _became the_gnat[s] on_humankind and_on/over_cattle/livestock. (EXO_8:14)

OET-RV: 14 The people collected them into many piles and the whole country stank. (EXO 8:14)

PSA 105:31 כִּנִּים (kinnīm) Lemma=‘כֵּן’ contextual word gloss=‘gnats’ word gloss=‘gnats’ OSHB PSA 105:31 word 4

OET-LV: 31 He _spoke and_ a _swarm _of _flies _it _came gnats in_all territory _of_their. (PSA_105:31)

OET-RV: 31 He spoke and a swarm of flies came.
⇔ Gnats spread throughout the entire country. (PSA 105:31)