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Hebrew wordlink #4853

OSHB Gen 12:6 אֵלוֹן (ʼēlōn) Strongs=436 Lemma=‘אֵלוֹן’
contextual word gloss=‘the_great_tree_of’ possible word glosses=‘oak / large_tree’
Morphology=Ncmsc PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=construct
Event=Abraham_is_called_to_Canaan TimeSeries=Abraham_enters_Canaan

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Other uses (3) of identical word form אֵלוֹן (Morphology=Ncmsc PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=construct) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘אֵלוֹן’ (Morphology=Ncmsc PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=construct) has 3 different glosses: ‘[the]_great_tree_of’, ‘of_[the]_great_tree_of’, ‘the_great_tree_of’.

JDG 9:6 contextual word gloss=‘[the]_great_tree_of’ possible word glosses=‘oak / large_tree’ OSHB JDG 9:6 word 14

OET-LV: 6 and_ all _of _they _gathered the _citizens _of Shəkem and_all Bēyt Millōʼ and_they _went and_they _made _king DOM ʼAⱱīmelek to_king near the_great _tree _of which _had _been_set _up which was_in_Shəkem. (JDG_9:6)

OET-RV: 6 Then all of the prominent citizens of Shekem and all of Beyt-Millo assembled themselves, and they went and installed Abimelek as king beside an oak tree near the standing pillar that was in Shekem. (JDG 9:6)

JDG 9:37 contextual word gloss=‘of_[the]_great_tree_of’ possible word glosses=‘oak / large_tree’ OSHB JDG 9:37 word 16

OET-LV: 37 and_he _repeated again Gaˊal to_speak and_he/it _said there a _people are_coming _down from_with the _center _of the_earth/land and_a _company one is_coming from_the_direction _of the_great _tree _of the_soothsayer. (JDG_9:37)

OET-RV: 37 But Ga’al said again, “Look, groups of people are coming down from beside the top of the hill, and another group is coming from the way of the ‘oak of the diviners’.” (JDG 9:37)

1 SAM 10:3 contextual word gloss=‘the_great_tree_of’ possible word glosses=‘oak / large_tree’ OSHB 1 SAM 10:3 word 6

OET-LV: 3 And_you _will _pass _on from_there and_beyond and_you _will _come to the _great _tree _of Tāⱱōr and_they_will _find _you there three men who_are_going _up to the_ʼElohīm Bēyt- ^ʼēl one will _be_carrying three kids and_one will _be_carrying three _of round _loaves _of bread and_one will _be_carrying a _jar _of wine. (SA1_10:3)

OET-RV: 3 Then further on from there, as you approach the oak tree at Tabor, you’ll find three men going to Beyt-El to worship God. One will be taking three young goats, one will be carrying three rounds loaves of bread, and one will be carrying a wine in a container. (SA1 10:3)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘Lemma=‘אֵלוֹן’’ have 5 different glosses: ‘Elon’, ‘[the]_great_tree’, ‘[the]_great_tree_of’, ‘of_[the]_great_tree_of’, ‘the_great_tree_of’.