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Hebrew wordlink #220771

OSHB Ezra 8:31 אַהֲוָא (ʼahₐvāʼ) Strongs=163 Lemma=‘אַהֲוָא’
contextual word gloss=‘of_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 8:21 contextual word gloss=‘Ahava’ word gloss=‘ʼAhₐvāʼ’ OSHB EZRA 8:21 word 6

OET-LV: 21 And_I _proclaimed there a _fast at the_river ʼAhₐvāʼ to_humble _ourselves to_(the)_face _of/in _front _of/before god _of_our to_seek from_him/it a _journey straight to/for_us and_for_our _little _of_one[s] and_to/for_all property _of_our. (EZR_8:21)

OET-RV: 21 Then right there by the river Ahava, I proclaimed a fast to humble ourselves in front of our god to request that he’d smooth the way ahead for us, and for our children, and for all our property, (EZR 8:21)