Open English Translation (OET)

Hebrew wordlink #337805

OSHB Eze 12:24 חָלָק (ḩālāq) Strongs=2509 Lemma=‘חָלָק’
contextual word gloss=‘flattery’ word gloss=‘flattering’
Morphology=Aamsa PoS=adjective Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute

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Other uses (2) of identical word form חָלָק (Morphology=Aamsa PoS=adjective Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘חָלָק’ (Morphology=Aamsa PoS=adjective Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute) has 2 different glosses: ‘flattery’, ‘smooth’.

GEN 27:11 contextual word gloss=‘smooth’ word gloss=‘smooth’ OSHB GEN 27:11 word 13

OET-LV: 11 And_ Yaˊₐqoⱱ _he/it _said to Riⱱqāh his/its_mother here ˊĒsāv my_brother/kindred is_a _man hairy and_I am_a _man smooth. (GEN_27:11)

OET-RV: 11 “Look,” Yacob said to his mother, “My brother Esaw is very hairy, whereas my skin is smooth. (GEN 27:11)

PROV 26:28 contextual word gloss=‘smooth’ word gloss=‘flattering’ OSHB PROV 26:28 word 6

OET-LV: 28 A _tongue _of falsehood it _hates its _crushed _of_people and_a _mouth smooth it _makes calamity. (PRO_26:28)

OET-RV: 28 A lying tongue despises those who are crushed by it,
⇔ ^ and a flattering mouth leads to calamity. (PRO 26:28)