Open English Translation (OET)

Hebrew wordlink #219840

OSHB Ezra 7:6 סֹפֵר (şofēr) Strongs=5608 b Lemma=‘סֹפֵר’
contextual word gloss=‘[was]_a_scribe’ word gloss=‘scribe’
Morphology=Ncmsa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute
Year=-457

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Other uses (2) of identical word form סֹפֵר (Morphology=Ncmsa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘סֹפֵר’ (Morphology=Ncmsa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute) has 3 different glosses: ‘[was]_a_scribe’, ‘[was]_secretary’, ‘a_muster-officer’.

JDG 5:14 contextual word gloss=‘a_muster-officer’ word gloss=‘marshal's’ OSHB JDG 5:14 word 15

OET-LV: 14 From ʼEfrayim who_their _root _of_those was_in_ˊAmālēq after_you Binyāmīn among_your(pl)_of_people(s) from Mākīr they _came _down commanders and_from_Zəⱱulun those _who_march with_the_rod _of a _muster-officer. (JDG_5:14)

OET-RV: 14 From Efrayim their root was with Amalek.
⇔ After you, Benyamin, among your people.
⇔ From (Menashsheh’s) Makir, the commanders came down.
⇔ And from Zebulun, those who march carrying an officer’s staff. (JDG 5:14)

2 SAM 20:25 contextual word gloss=‘[was]_secretary’ word gloss=‘secretary’ OSHB 2 SAM 20:25 word 2

OET-LV: 25 And_Shəvāʼ was_secretary and_Tsādōq/(Zadok) and_ʼEⱱyātār were_priests. (SA2_20:25)

OET-RV: 25 Sheva was the scribe. Tsadok and Evyatar were the priests, (SA2 20:25)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘Lemma=‘סֹפֵר’’ have 5 different glosses: ‘[is_one_who]_counted’, ‘[was]_a_scribe’, ‘[was]_secretary’, ‘a_muster-officer’, ‘the_scribe_of’.