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Hebrew wordlink #354532

OSHB Eze 45:10 מֹאזְנֵי (moʼzənēy) Strongs=3976 Lemma=‘מֹאזְנַיִם’
contextual word gloss=‘Balances_of’ word gloss=‘Balances_of’
Morphology=Ncmdc PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=dual State=construct

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Other uses (5) of identical word form מֹאזְנֵי (Morphology=Ncmdc PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=dual State=construct) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘מֹאזְנֵי’ (Morphology=Ncmdc PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=dual State=construct) is always and only glossed as ‘balances_of’.

LEV 19:36 contextual word gloss=‘balances_of’ word gloss=‘balances_of’ OSHB LEV 19:36 word 1

OET-LV: 36 Balances _of righteousness weights _of righteousness an _ʼēyfāh _of righteousness and_a _hin _of righteousness it _will _belong to/for_you(pl) I am_YHWH god _of_your(pl) who I _brought _out you(pl) from_the _land _of Miʦrayim. (LEV_19:36)

OET-RV: 36 ◙ (LEV 19:36)

PROV 11:1 contextual word gloss=‘balances_of’ word gloss=‘balance_of’ OSHB PROV 11:1 word 1

OET-LV: 11 Balances _of deceit are_(the)_abomination _of YHWH and_stone _of perfect pleasure _of_is_his. (PRO_11:1)

OET-RV: 11 Yahweh hates dishonest scales,
⇔ ^ but he delights in an accurate weight (PRO 11:1)

EZE 5:1 contextual word gloss=‘balances_of’ word gloss=‘balances_of’ OSHB EZE 5:1 word 19

OET-LV: 5 and_you(ms) Oh _son _of humankind take to/for_yourself(m) a _sword sharp (the)_razor _of (the)_barbers you_will _take _it (for_yourself) and_you _will _make_it_pass over head _of_your and_over beard _of_your and_you _will _take to/for_yourself(m) balances _of weight and_you_will _divide _them. (EZE_5:1)

OET-RV: 5 Then you, humanity’s child, take a sharp sword as a barber’s razor for yourself, and use it to shave your head and beard, then get some scales so you can weigh your hair and divide it equally into three piles. (EZE 5:1)

HOS 12:8 contextual word gloss=‘balances_of’ word gloss=‘scales_of’ OSHB HOS 12:8 word 3

OET-LV: 8  a _merchant in_his/its_hand balances _of deceit who_to_defraud he _loves. (HOS_12:8)

OET-RV: 8 Efrayim/Yisrael said, “Fantastic. I’ve become rich.
⇔ I’ve found wealth for myself.
⇔ In all my labours they won’t find disobedience in me,
⇔ which would be sin.” (HOS 12:8)

AMOS 8:5 contextual word gloss=‘balances_of’ word gloss=‘scales_of’ OSHB AMOS 8:5 word 15

OET-LV: 5 To_say when will _it _pass the _new_moon so_that _we _may _sell _grain grain and_the_sabbath so_that _we _may _open grain to_make _small an _ʼēyfāh and_to_make _great a _shekel and_to_falsify balances _of deceit. (AMO_8:5)

OET-RV: 5 They say,
⇔ “When will the new moon celebrations be over, so we can sell grain again?
⇔ ≈ When will the Rest Day be over, so we can sell wheat?
⇔ We’ll make the measure small and increase the price,
⇔ ≈ as we cheat with false scales. (AMO 8:5)