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Hebrew wordlink #28950

OSHB Exo 8:20 עָרֹב (ˊāroⱱ) Strongs=6157 Lemma=‘עָרֹב’
contextual word gloss=‘a_swarm’ word gloss=‘swarms_of_flies’
Morphology=Ncmsa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute
Year=-1491 TimeSeries=Exodus_from_Egypt

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Other uses (3) of identical word form עָרֹב (Morphology=Ncmsa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘עָרֹב’ (Morphology=Ncmsa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute) has 2 different glosses: ‘a_swarm’, ‘a_swarm_of_flies’.

EXO 8:18 contextual word gloss=‘a_swarm’ word gloss=‘swarms_of_flies’ OSHB EXO 8:18 word 14

OET-LV: 18  and_I _will _make _separate on_day (the)_that DOM the _land _of Goshen which people _of_my is_standing on/upon_it(f) to_not to _be there a _swarm so _that you _may _know if/because _that I YHWH am_in_the _midst _of the_earth/land. (EXO_8:18)

OET-RV: 18 and the sorcerers tried to do the same with their magic but they were unable to. So there were lice on people and animals (EXO 8:18)

PSA 78:45 contextual word gloss=‘a_swarm_of_flies’ word gloss=‘swarms_of_flies’ OSHB PSA 78:45 word 3

OET-LV: 45 He _sent (is)_in_them a _swarm _of _flies and_it_devoured _them and_frog[s] and_it_ruined _them. (PSA_78:45)

OET-RV: 45 He sent swarms of flies that bit them
⇔ ≈ and frogs that overran their land. (PSA 78:45)

PSA 105:31 contextual word gloss=‘a_swarm_of_flies’ word gloss=‘swarms_of_flies’ OSHB PSA 105:31 word 3

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)