Open English Translation (OET)

Hebrew wordlink #219412

Aramaic

OSHB Ezra 6:6 הֲווֹ (hₐvō) Strongs=1934 Lemma=‘הוה’
contextual word gloss=‘be!’ word gloss=‘keep’
Aramaic Morphology=Vqv2mp PoS=peal_verb Type=imperative Person=second Gender=masculine Number=plural

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Only use of identical word form ‘הֲווֹ’ (Aramaic Morphology=Vqv2mp PoS=peal_verb Type=imperative Person=second Gender=masculine Number=plural) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘הֲווֹ’ (Aramaic Morphology=Vqv2mp PoS=peal_verb Type=imperative Person=second Gender=masculine Number=plural) is always and only glossed as ‘be!’.

EZRA 6:6 contextual word gloss=‘be!’ word gloss=‘keep’ OSHB EZRA 6:6 word 14

OET-LV: 6 now Oh _Tattənay the _governor _of the _region _beyond the_river Shətar- Bozenai and_associates _of_their the_officials who are_in_the _region _beyond the_river far be from there. (EZR_6:6)

OET-RV: 6 Therefore King Dareyavesh wrote: “Now to Governor Tattenai in the province west of the Euphrates, Shetar-Bozenai, and their companions, the officials who in that province:
¶ Keep away from that place. (EZR 6:6)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘Lemma=‘הוה’’ have 2 different glosses: ‘be!’, ‘they_were’.