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Hebrew wordlink #217150

OSHB Ezra 1:1 כֹּרֶשׁ (koresh) Strongs=3566 Lemma=‘כּוֹרֶשׁ’
contextual word gloss=‘of_Cyrus’ possible word glosses=‘Kōresh / (Cyrus / Kōresh / (Coresh / Cyrus))’
Morphology=Np PoS=proper_noun
Person=Cyrus

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Other uses (1) of identical word form כֹּרֶשׁ (Morphology=Np PoS=proper_noun) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘כֹּרֶשׁ’ (Morphology=Np PoS=proper_noun) has 2 different glosses: ‘Cyrus’(1), ‘of_Cyrus’(1).

EZRA 1:1 contextual word gloss=‘of_Cyrus’ possible word glosses=‘Kōresh / (Cyrus / Kōresh / (Coresh / Cyrus))’ OSHB EZRA 1:1 word 15

OET-LV:  And_in_year _of one to/for_Kōresh/(Coresh/Cyrus) the _king _of Pāraş to_ the _message _of _fulfill of_YHWH from_the _mouth _of Yirmə^yāh/(Jeremiah) YHWH he _stirred _up DOM the _spirit _of Kōresh/(Cyrus/Kōresh) the _king _of Pāraş and_he _caused _to _pass a _proclamation in_all his/its_kingdom and_also in_writing to_say. (EZR_1:1)

OET-RV:  In the first year that Koresh (Cyrus) was king of Persia (Heb. Paras), Yahweh stirred up his spirit in order to fulfil what he’d spoken through the prophet Yirmeyah (Jeremiah). So the king distributed a written proclamation throughout his kingdom, saying, (EZR 1:1)

EZRA 1:2 contextual word gloss=‘Cyrus’ possible word glosses=‘Kōresh / (Cyrus / Kōresh / (Coresh / Cyrus))’ OSHB EZRA 1:2 word 3

OET-LV: 2 Thus Kōresh he _says the _king _of Pāraş all _of the _kingdoms _of the_earth/land he _has _given to_me YHWH the _god _of the_heavens and_he he _has _appointed (on)_me to_build to_him/it a _house in_Yərūshālam/(Jerusalem) which is_in_Yəhūdāh/(Judah). (EZR_1:2)

OET-RV: 2 “Koresh, king of Persia, declares this: Yahweh, the god of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms in the world, and he’s appointed me to build a residence for him in Yerushalem in Yehudah. (EZR 1:2)