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Hebrew wordlink #355529

OSHB Eze 47:13 חֲבָלִים (ḩₐⱱālīm) Strongs=2256 a Lemma=‘חֶבֶל’
contextual word gloss=‘measured_portions’ word gloss=‘portions’
Morphology=Ncbpa PoS=common_noun Gender=both Number=plural State=absolute

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Other uses (3) of identical word form חֲבָלִים (Morphology=Ncbpa PoS=common_noun Gender=both Number=plural State=absolute) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘חֲבָלִים’ (Morphology=Ncbpa PoS=common_noun Gender=both Number=plural State=absolute) has 4 different glosses: ‘boundary_lines’, ‘measured_portions’, ‘measuring-lines’, ‘ropes’.

2 SAM 8:2 contextual word gloss=‘measuring-lines’ word gloss=‘lengths’ OSHB 2 SAM 8:2 word 11

OET-LV: 2 And_he _defeated DOM Mōʼāⱱ and_he_measured _them _off with_measuring-line he _made _lie _down them towards_land and_he _measured _off two _of measuring-lines to_put _to _death and_the _fullness _of (the)_measuring-line to_let _live and_ Mōʼāⱱ _it _became of_Dāvid (into)_subjects (of)_tribute who _were_bringing _of. (SA2_8:2)

OET-RV: 2 Then he defeated the Moabites. David forced them to lie on the ground and used a length of rope to decide their fate—those inside two lengths of the rope were killed, and those inside the third length were spared and so the Moabites became David’s servants—bringing him tribute. (SA2 8:2)

2 SAM 17:13 contextual word gloss=‘ropes’ word gloss=‘ropes’ OSHB 2 SAM 17:13 word 11

OET-LV: 13 And_if into a _city he _will _be _gathered and_they _will _cause _to _bring all _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) to the_city (the)_that ropes and_we _will _drag DOM_him/it to the_wadi until that not it _has _been _found there also a _pebble. (SA2_17:13)

OET-RV: 13 If he escaped into some city, we’d all bring ropes to that city and drag the stones into the valley until even a pebble couldn’t be found there.” (SA2 17:13)

PSA 16:6 contextual word gloss=‘boundary_lines’ word gloss=‘boundary_lines’ OSHB PSA 16:6 word 1

OET-LV: 6 Boundary _lines they _have _fallen to_me in _(the)_places also an _inheritance _of it _is _beautiful on_me. (PSA_16:6)

OET-RV: 6 I’ve had a nice piece of land measured out for me—
⇔ it’s definitely a good inheritance that I received. (PSA 16:6)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘Lemma=‘חֶבֶל’’ have 6 different glosses: ‘boundary_lines’, ‘labor-pains’, ‘measured_portions’, ‘measuring-lines’, ‘pain(s)’, ‘ropes’.