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Hebrew wordlink #348776

OSHB Eze 34:14 אֶרְעֶה (ʼerˊeh) Strongs=7462 b Lemma=‘רָעָה’
contextual word gloss=‘I_will_shepherd’ word gloss=‘feed’
Morphology=Vqi1cs PoS=qal_verb Type=imperfect_(yiqtol) Person=first Gender=common Number=singular

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Other uses (3) of identical word form אֶרְעֶה (Morphology=Vqi1cs PoS=qal_verb Type=imperfect_(yiqtol) Person=first Gender=common Number=singular) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘אֶרְעֶה’ (Morphology=Vqi1cs PoS=qal_verb Type=imperfect_(yiqtol) Person=first Gender=common Number=singular) has 2 different glosses: ‘I_will_shepherd’, ‘I_will_tend’.

GEN 30:31 contextual word gloss=‘I_will_tend’ word gloss=‘feed’ OSHB GEN 30:31 word 17

OET-LV: 31 And_he/it _said what will _I _give to/for_you(fs) and_ Yaˊₐqoⱱ/(Jacob) _he/it _said not you _will _give to_me anything if you _will _do to/for_me the_thing the_this I _will _return I _will _tend flock _of_your I _will _protect_it. (GEN_30:31)

OET-RV: 31 “What should I give you?” Lavan asked.
¶ “You don’t have to give me anything,” Yacob replied. “If you’ll do this one thing for me, I’ll continue taking care of your flocks: (GEN 30:31)

EZE 34:15 contextual word gloss=‘I_will_shepherd’ word gloss=‘tend’ OSHB EZE 34:15 word 2

OET-LV: 15 I I _will _shepherd flock _of_my and_I I_will _make _them _lie _down the _utterance _of my_master YHWH. (EZE_34:15)

OET-RV: 15 I myself will shepherd my flock, and I myself will give them rest. That’s the master Yahweh’s declaration. (EZE 34:15)

ZEC 11:9 contextual word gloss=‘I_will_shepherd’ word gloss=‘be_~_shepherd’ OSHB ZEC 11:9 word 3

OET-LV: 9 And_I _said not I _will _shepherd you(pl) the_one(f)_which_dies let _it(f)_die and_the_one(f)_which _is_being _destroyed let _it(f)_be _destroyed and_those(f)_which_survive let _them(f)_devour each(f) DOM the _flesh _of its _neighbour(f)_of_of. (ZEC_11:9)

OET-RV: 9 So I said to the owners, “I won’t work for you any longer as a shepherd. The sheep that are dying—let them die. The sheep that are being destroyed—let them be destroyed. Let the sheep that remain start eating each other.” (ZEC 11:9)