Open English Translation (OET)

Hebrew wordlink #334411

OSHB Eze 3:17 צֹפֶה (ʦofeh) Strongs=6822 Lemma=‘צָפָה’
contextual word gloss=‘a_watchman’ word gloss=‘watchman’
Morphology=Vqrmsa PoS=qal_verb Type=active_participle Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute

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Other uses (2) of identical word form צֹפֶה (Morphology=Vqrmsa PoS=qal_verb Type=active_participle Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘צֹפֶה’ (Morphology=Vqrmsa PoS=qal_verb Type=active_participle Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute) has 2 different glosses: ‘[was]_a_watchman’, ‘a_watchman’.

EZE 33:7 contextual word gloss=‘a_watchman’ word gloss=‘watchman’ OSHB EZE 33:7 word 4

OET-LV: 7 and_you(ms) Oh _son _of humankind a _watchman I_have _appointed _you for_the _house _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) and_you _will _hear from_my _of_mouth a _message and_you _will _warn DOM_them from_me. (EZE_33:7)

OET-RV: 7 Now, talking to you, humanity’s child: I’ve made you a watchman for the Israeli people. You’ll hear the words from my mouth and then warn them on my behalf. (EZE 33:7)

HOS 9:8 contextual word gloss=‘[was]_a_watchman’ word gloss=‘watchman’ OSHB HOS 9:8 word 1

OET-LV: 8 ʼEfrayim was_a _watchman with god _of_my a _prophet a _trap _of a _fowler is_on all _of ways _of_his animosity in_house _of his/its_god. (HOS_9:8)

OET-RV: 8 The prophet is the watchman over Efrayim/Yisrael with my god,
⇔ but the bird-catcher’s traps are on all of his paths,
⇔ and there’s hostility in his god’s house. (HOS 9:8)