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Hebrew wordlink #355354

OSHB Eze 47:5 נַחַל (naḩal) Strongs=5158 a Lemma=‘נַחַל’
contextual word gloss=‘a_river’ word gloss=‘river’
Morphology=Ncmsa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute

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Other uses (6) of identical word form נַחַל (Morphology=Ncmsa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘נַחַל’ (Morphology=Ncmsa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute) has 4 different glosses: ‘[the]_wadi’, ‘a_river’, ‘a_shaft’, ‘a_wadi’.

DEU 21:4 contextual word gloss=‘a_wadi’ word gloss=‘valley’ OSHB DEU 21:4 word 8

OET-LV: 4 And_they _will _bring _down the _elders _of the_city the_that DOM the_heifer to a _wadi ever-flowing which not it _is _tilled in/on/over_him/it and_not it _is _sown and_they _will _break _the _neck _of there DOM the_heifer in_wadi. (DEU_21:4)

OET-RV: 4 and take it down into a valley that has a stream but the ground has never been ploughed or planted. They must break its neck there (DEU 21:4)

JOB 28:4 contextual word gloss=‘a_shaft’ word gloss=‘shaft’ OSHB JOB 28:4 word 2

OET-LV: 4 He _breaks _open a _shaft away_from _with one _who_sojourns (the)_forgotten from foot they _hang _down away_from _humankind they _swing. (JOB_28:4)

OET-RV: 4 They break open a shaft far from villages—
⇔ where feet have forgotten to go.
⇔ They hang down on ropes and swing around far from people. (JOB 28:4)

PROV 18:4 contextual word gloss=‘a_wadi’ word gloss=‘brook’ OSHB PROV 18:4 word 6

OET-LV: 4 are_waters deep the_words/messages _of the_mouth _of a _person a _wadi flowing a _fountain _of wisdom. (PRO_18:4)

OET-RV: 4 The utterances from a person’s mouth are deep waters.
⇔ ≈ A fountain of wisdom produces a flowing stream. (PRO 18:4)

PROV 30:17 contextual word gloss=‘[the]_wadi’ word gloss=‘valley’ OSHB PROV 30:17 word 9

OET-LV: 17 An _eye which_it _mocks (to)_a_father and_which_it _despises (to)_obedience _of a _mother they_will _peck _it _out the_ravens _of the_wadi and_they_will _eat _it the_young _of an _eagle. (PRO_30:17)

OET-RV: 17 The eye that mocks its father,
⇔ ≈ and scorns its mother instead of obeying,
⇔ will be pecked out by the ravens in the valley,
⇔ and the young vultures will eat it. (PRO 30:17)

ISA 57:6 contextual word gloss=‘[the]_wadi’ word gloss=‘valley’ OSHB ISA 57:6 word 2

OET-LV: 6 is_among_the_smooth_stones_of the_wadi portion _of_your they they allotted _portion _of_are_your also to/for_them you _have _poured _out a _drink _offering you _have _offered _up a _grain _offering on these_things will _I _relent. (ISA_57:6)

OET-RV: 6 ◙
⇔ …
⇔ … (ISA 57:6)

EZE 47:5 contextual word gloss=‘a_river’ word gloss=‘river’ OSHB EZE 47:5 word 3

OET-LV: 5 And_he _measured _out a _thousand_cubits a _river which not I _was _able to_pass _through if/because they _had _risen the_waters waters _of swimming a _river which not it _was _passed _through. (EZE_47:5)

OET-RV: 5 Finally he measured off another five hundred metres, but the water had become deep enough to swim in and too deep to cross—it was now a river that couldn’t be walked through. (EZE 47:5)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘Lemma=‘נַחַל’’ have 7 different glosses: ‘[the]_wadi’, ‘a_river’, ‘a_shaft’, ‘a_wadi’, ‘a_wadi_of’, ‘of_the_wadi_of’, ‘the_wadi_of’.