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Hebrew wordlink #218413

OSHB Ezra 4:2 נִבְנֶה (niⱱneh) Strongs=1129 Lemma=‘בָּנָה’
contextual word gloss=‘let_us_build’ word gloss=‘let_us_build’
Morphology=Vqi1cp PoS=qal_verb Type=imperfect_(yiqtol) Person=first Gender=common Number=plural

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Other uses (5) of identical word form נִבְנֶה (Morphology=Vqi1cp PoS=qal_verb Type=imperfect_(yiqtol) Person=first Gender=common Number=plural) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘נִבְנֶה’ (Morphology=Vqi1cp PoS=qal_verb Type=imperfect_(yiqtol) Person=first Gender=common Number=plural) has 4 different glosses: ‘let_us_build’, ‘we_will_build’, ‘we_will_build_[it]’, ‘we_will_rebuild’.

NUM 32:16 contextual word gloss=‘we_will_build’ word gloss=‘let_us_build’ OSHB NUM 32:16 word 6

OET-LV: 16 and_they _drew _near to_him/it and_they _said folds _of sheep we _will _build for_our _of_livestock here and_cities for_our _little _of_one[s]. (NUM_32:16)

OET-RV: 16 However, they stepped closer to him and said, “First we’ll build pens for our animals, and build cities for our families here. (NUM 32:16)

2 CHR 14:6 contextual word gloss=‘let_us_build’ word gloss=‘let_us_build’ OSHB 2 CHR 14:6 word 3

OET-LV: 6  and_he/it _said to_Yəhūdāh let _us _build DOM the_cities the_these and_let _us _surround_them wall and_towers gates and_bars still_it the_earth/land is_before _of_us if/because we _have _sought DOM YHWH god _of_our we _sought_him and_he _has _given _rest to/for_us from_round _about and_they _built and_they _prospered. (CH2_14:6)

OET-RV: 6 He fortified Yehudah’s cities as the place was quiet without war during those years, because Yahweh had given him peace (CH2 14:6)

EZRA 4:3 contextual word gloss=‘we_will_build_[it]’ word gloss=‘let_us_build’ OSHB EZRA 4:3 word 18

OET-LV: 3 And_he/it _said to/for_them Zərubāⱱel and_Yēshūˊa/(Jeshua) and_the _rest _of the _heads _of the _fathers of_Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) not to/for_you(pl) and_for_us to_build a _house for_our _of_god if/because we together we _will _build_it to/for_YHWH the _god _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) just_as he_commanded _us the_king Kōresh/(Cyrus/Kōresh/(Coresh/Cyrus)) the _king _of Pāraş. (EZR_4:3)

OET-RV: 3 But Zerubavel, and Yeshua, and the rest of the Israelis clan leaders said to them, “It’s not for you and for us to build a house for our god, but we ourselves together will build for Yisrael’s god Yahweh, just as the Persian King Koresh (Cyrus) has commanded us.” (EZR 4:3)

SNG 8:9 contextual word gloss=‘we_will_build’ word gloss=‘let_us_build’ OSHB SNG 8:9 word 4

OET-LV: 9 If is_a _wall she we _will _build on/upon_it(f) a _battlement _of silver and_if is_a _door she we _will _shut _up on/upon_it(f) a _board _of cedar. (SNG_8:9)

OET-RV: 9 If she’s a wall, we’ll build a silver turret on her.
⇔ And if she is a door, we’ll protect her with cedar planks. (SNG 8:9)

ISA 9:9 contextual word gloss=‘we_will_rebuild’ word gloss=‘let_us_build’ OSHB ISA 9:9 word 4

OET-LV: 9  bricks they _have _fallen and_hewn_stone we _will _rebuild sycamores they _have _been _cut _down and_cedars we _will _substitute. (ISA_9:9)

OET-RV: 9 and all the people will know it—
⇔ Efrayim and those who live in Samarya.
⇔ With a proud and arrogant heart they’ll say, (ISA 9:9)