Open English Translation (OET)

Hebrew wordlink #7430

OSHB Gen 19:4 נָסַבּוּ (nāşabū) Strongs=5437 Lemma=‘סָבַב’
contextual word gloss=‘they_surrounded’ word gloss=‘surrounded’
Morphology=VNp3cp PoS=niphal_verb Type=perfect_(qatal) Person=third Gender=common Number=plural
TimeSeries=Sodom_Destroyed

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Other uses (1) of identical word form נָסַבּוּ (Morphology=VNp3cp PoS=niphal_verb Type=perfect_(qatal) Person=third Gender=common Number=plural) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘נָסַבּוּ’ (Morphology=VNp3cp PoS=niphal_verb Type=perfect_(qatal) Person=third Gender=common Number=plural) is always and only glossed as ‘they_surrounded’.

JDG 19:22 contextual word gloss=‘they_surrounded’ word gloss=‘surrounded’ OSHB JDG 19:22 word 11

OET-LV: 22 They were_making _good DOM heart _of_their and_see/lo/see the _men _of the_city men _of sons _of worthlessness they _surrounded DOM the_house beating _violently on the_door and_they _said to the_man the _master _of the _house (the)_old to_say bring _out DOM the_man who he _came to house _of_your so_that_we _may _know _him. (JDG_19:22)

OET-RV: 22 They were having a good time, but suddenly the men of the city—wicked men—had surrounded the house—pounding repeatedly on the door. They called out to the old man who owned the house, “Hey, bring out the man who came to your place, so we can have fun with him.” (JDG 19:22)