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Hebrew wordlink #220600

OSHB Ezra 8:21 אַהֲוָא (ʼahₐvāʼ) Strongs=163 Lemma=‘אַהֲוָא’
contextual word gloss=‘Ahava’ word gloss=‘ʼAhₐvāʼ’
Morphology=Np PoS=proper_noun
Location=Ahava Year=-457

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Other uses (2) of identical word form אַהֲוָא (Morphology=Np PoS=proper_noun) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘אַהֲוָא’ (Morphology=Np PoS=proper_noun) has 2 different glosses: ‘Ahava’, ‘of_Ahava’.

EZRA 8:15 contextual word gloss=‘Ahava’ word gloss=‘ʼAhₐvāʼ’ OSHB EZRA 8:15 word 6

OET-LV: 15 and_I_assembled _them to the_river which_goes to ʼAhₐvāʼ and_we _encamped there days three and_I_considered (in)_people and_(in)_priests and_any_of _the _descendants _of Lēvī not I _found there. (EZR_8:15)

OET-RV: 15 Firstly, I gathered them near the river that goes to Ahava, and we camped there for three days. I interviewed the people and the priests and discovered that we didn’t have any Levites included in the group. (EZR 8:15)

EZRA 8:31 contextual word gloss=‘of_Ahava’ word gloss=‘ʼAhₐvāʼ’ OSHB EZRA 8:31 word 3

OET-LV: 31 and_we_set _out from_the _river _of ʼAhₐvāʼ on_day_two _plus ten of_month (the)_first to_go Yərūshālam/(Jerusalem) and_the _hand _of our _god _of_of it _was on_us and_he_delivered _us from_the_palm _of an _enemy and_from _an _ambusher on the_journey. (EZR_8:31)

OET-RV: 31 Then in mid-April, we set out from the river Ahava to go to Yerushalem, and we had God’s favour as he kept us safe from any enemies or ambushes on the way. (EZR 8:31)