Open English Translation (OET)

Hebrew wordlink #337585

OSHB Eze 12:12 יַחְתְּרוּ (yaḩtərū) Strongs=2864 Lemma=‘חָתַר’
contextual word gloss=‘they_will_dig’ word gloss=‘dig’
Morphology=Vqi3mp PoS=qal_verb Type=imperfect_(yiqtol) Person=third Gender=masculine Number=plural

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Other uses (1) of identical word form יַחְתְּרוּ (Morphology=Vqi3mp PoS=qal_verb Type=imperfect_(yiqtol) Person=third Gender=masculine Number=plural) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘יַחְתְּרוּ’ (Morphology=Vqi3mp PoS=qal_verb Type=imperfect_(yiqtol) Person=third Gender=masculine Number=plural) is always and only glossed as ‘they_will_dig’.

AMOS 9:2 contextual word gloss=‘they_will_dig’ word gloss=‘dig’ OSHB AMOS 9:2 word 2

OET-LV: 2 If they _will _dig in_Shəʼōl from_there hand _of_my it_will _take _them and_if they _will _go _up the_heavens from_there I_will _bring _them _down. (AMO_9:2)

OET-RV: 2 Though they dig down towards Sheol, my hand will reach in there and pluck them out.
⇔ ≈ Though they climb up to heaven, I’ll bring them back down from there. (AMO 9:2)