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Hebrew wordlink #346637

OSHB Eze 30:13 אֱלִילִים (ʼₑlīlīm) Strongs=457 Lemma=‘אֱלִיל’
contextual word gloss=‘worthless_idols’ word gloss=‘images’
Morphology=Ncmpa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=plural State=absolute

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Other uses (4) of identical word form אֱלִילִים (Morphology=Ncmpa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=plural State=absolute) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘אֱלִילִים’ (Morphology=Ncmpa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=plural State=absolute) has 3 different glosses: ‘[are]_worthless_idols’, ‘idols’, ‘worthless_idols’.

1 CHR 16:26 contextual word gloss=‘[are]_worthless_idols’ word gloss=‘idols’ OSHB 1 CHR 16:26 word 5

OET-LV: 26 If/because all _of the _gods _of the _peoples are_worthless _idols and_YHWH the_heavens he _made. (CH1_16:26)

OET-RV: 26 All those gods of the other people groups are worthless,
⇔ ^ but it was Yahweh who created the heavens. (CH1 16:26)

PSA 96:5 contextual word gloss=‘[are]_worthless_idols’ word gloss=‘idols’ OSHB PSA 96:5 word 5

OET-LV: 5 If/because all _of the _gods _of the _peoples are_worthless _idols and_YHWH the_heavens he _made. (PSA_96:5)

OET-RV: 5 because all the gods of the other nations are just idols,
⇔ but it’s Yahweh who made the universe. (PSA 96:5)

ISA 2:8 contextual word gloss=‘idols’ word gloss=‘idols’ OSHB ISA 2:8 word 3

OET-LV: 8 land _of_its And_she/it _was _filled idols to_the _work _of his _hands _of_of they _bow _down to_that_which they _have _made fingers _of_his. (ISA_2:8)

OET-RV: 8 Their land is full of idols.
⇔ They worship the craftsmanship of their own hands—
⇔ ≈ what their fingers have made. (ISA 2:8)

HAB 2:18 contextual word gloss=‘idols’ word gloss=‘idols’ OSHB HAB 2:18 word 16

OET-LV: 18 what a _carved _image does _it _profit if/because he_has _carved _it the _of_one _who_formed _it a _molten _image and_that _which_teaches falsehood if/because he _relies form _of_its the _one _who_formed on/upon/above_him/it for_ idols _doing dumb. (HAB_2:18)

OET-RV: 18 How can an idol profit you when it was just formed and shaped by its human maker?
⇔ It’s a teacher of lies because its maker uses his own imagination when he makes these speechless ‘gods’. (HAB 2:18)