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Hebrew wordlink #348173

OSHB Eze 33:15 חָיוֹ (ḩāyō) Strongs=2421 Lemma=‘חָיָה’
contextual word gloss=‘certainly_(live)’ word gloss=‘to_live’
Morphology=Vqa PoS=qal_verb Type=infinitive_absolute

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Other uses (3) of identical word form חָיוֹ (Morphology=Vqa PoS=qal_verb Type=infinitive_absolute) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘חָיוֹ’ (Morphology=Vqa PoS=qal_verb Type=infinitive_absolute) is always and only glossed as ‘certainly_(live)’.

EZE 3:21 contextual word gloss=‘certainly_(live)’ word gloss=‘to_live’ OSHB EZE 3:21 word 11

OET-LV: 21 And_you(ms) if/because you_have _warned _him a _righteous_person to_not to _sin a _righteous_person and_he not he _has _sinned certainly _(live) he _will _live if/because he _has _been _warned and_you(ms) DOM life _of_your you _have _delivered. (EZE_3:21)

OET-RV: 21 But if you warn the godly person to stop sinning so that they no longer sin, that person will surely live, since they were warned, and you will have saved your own life.” (EZE 3:21)

EZE 18:28 contextual word gloss=‘certainly_(live)’ word gloss=‘to_live’ OSHB EZE 18:28 word 7

OET-LV: 28 And_he _saw and_he _turned _away from_all transgressions _of_his which he _had _done certainly _(live) he _will _live not he _will _die. (EZE_18:28)

OET-RV: 28 they’ve become aware of all their disobedient behaviours and turned away from them. That person certainly won’t die, but will live. (EZE 18:28)

EZE 33:16 contextual word gloss=‘certainly_(live)’ word gloss=‘to_live’ OSHB EZE 33:16 word 11

OET-LV: 16 All _of sins _of_his which he _has _sinned not they _will _be _remembered to_him/it justice and_righteousness he _has _done certainly _(live) he _will _live. (EZE_33:16)

OET-RV: 16 None of the sins that they’ve committed will be called to mind against them. Those who’ve acted justly and rightly, will certainly live. (EZE 33:16)