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Hebrew wordlink #221062

OSHB Ezra 9:8 מִחְיָה (miḩyāh) Strongs=4241 Lemma=‘מִחְיָה’
contextual word gloss=‘reviving’ word gloss=‘relief’
Morphology=Ncfsa PoS=common_noun Gender=feminine Number=singular State=absolute
Year=-457

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Other uses (3) of identical word form מִחְיָה (Morphology=Ncfsa PoS=common_noun Gender=feminine Number=singular State=absolute) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘מִחְיָה’ (Morphology=Ncfsa PoS=common_noun Gender=feminine Number=singular State=absolute) has 3 different glosses: ‘preservation_of_life’, ‘reviving’, ‘sustenance’.

JDG 6:4 contextual word gloss=‘sustenance’ word gloss=‘sustenance’ OSHB JDG 6:4 word 12

OET-LV: 4 And_they _encamped on_them and_they _destroyed DOM the _produce _of the_earth/land until you_come ˊAzzāh and_not they _left sustenance in_Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) and_a _sheep and_an _ox and_a _donkey. (JDG_6:4)

OET-RV: 4 They would set up their camps around them and destroy the crops as far away as Gaza—they left nothing for the Israelis to eat, and no sheep, cattle, or donkeys. (JDG 6:4)

2 CHR 14:12 contextual word gloss=‘preservation_of_life’ word gloss=‘recover’ OSHB 2 CHR 14:12 word 12

OET-LV: 12  and_he_pursued _them ʼĀşāʼ and_the_people which with_him/it to to_Gərār and_it _fell of_the_Kūshiytes to_there_was_not to/for_them preservation _of _life if/because they _had _been _broken to_(the)_face _of/in _front _of/before YHWH and_before _of army _of_his and_they _carried _off booty much very. (CH2_14:12)

OET-RV: 12 So Yahweh helped Asa and the army from Yehudah to defeat the Cushites, and they fled. (CH2 14:12)

EZRA 9:9 contextual word gloss=‘reviving’ word gloss=‘new_life’ OSHB EZRA 9:9 word 16

OET-LV: 9 If/because are_slaves we and_in_our _of_servitude not he_has _abandoned _us god _of_our and_he _has _extended towards_us covenant _loyalty to_(the)_face _of/in _front _of/before the _kings _of Pāraş by_giving to/for_us reviving to_raise _up DOM the _house _of our _god _of_of and_to_set _up DOM ruins _of_its and_by_giving to/for_us a _wall in_Yəhūdāh/(Judah) and_in_Yərūshālam/(Jerusalem). (EZR_9:9)

OET-RV: 9 Because we are slaves, yet our god hasn’t abandoned us in our slavery, but he’s used his loyal commitment to us to influence the Persian king to give to us breathing space to rebuild the house of our god from its ruins, and to give to us a ‘wall of protection’ in Yerushalem and across Yehudah. (EZR 9:9)