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Hebrew wordlink #8329

OSHB Gen 20:13 אִמְרִי (ʼimrī) Strongs=559 Lemma=‘אָמַר’
contextual word gloss=‘say’ word gloss=‘say’
Morphology=Vqv2fs PoS=qal_verb Type=imperative Person=second Gender=feminine Number=singular
Year=-1897

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Other uses (5) of identical word form אִמְרִי (Morphology=Vqv2fs PoS=qal_verb Type=imperative Person=second Gender=feminine Number=singular) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘אִמְרִי’ (Morphology=Vqv2fs PoS=qal_verb Type=imperative Person=second Gender=feminine Number=singular) has 2 different glosses: ‘say’, ‘speak’.

GEN 12:13 contextual word gloss=‘say’ word gloss=‘say’ OSHB GEN 12:13 word 1

OET-LV: 13 Say please sister _of_are_my you so _that it _may _go _well to_me because_of_you and_it _will _live life _of_my on_account _of_of _you. (GEN_12:13)

OET-RV: 13 Please tell them that you’re my sister so they’ll treat me well because of you and let me live.” (GEN 12:13)

1 KI 2:17 contextual word gloss=‘speak’ word gloss=‘speak’ OSHB 1 KI 2:17 word 2

OET-LV: 17 And_he/it _said speak please to_Shəlomoh the_king if/because not he _will _turn _away DOM face _of_your and_may _he _give to_me DOM ʼAⱱīshag the_Shūnammit to/for_(a)_woman. (KI1_2:17)

OET-RV: 17 He said, “Please speak to Shelomoh the king because he wouldn’t refuse you. Ask him to give me Avishag the Shunammite as my wife.” (KI1 2:17)

1 KI 14:7 contextual word gloss=‘say’ word gloss=‘tell’ OSHB 1 KI 14:7 word 2

OET-LV: 7 Go say to_Yārāⱱəˊām thus YHWH he _says the _god _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) because that I_raised _you _up from_among _of the_people and_I_made _you a _ruler over people _of_my Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel). (KI1_14:7)

OET-RV: 7 go back and give Yarave’am this message from Yisrael’s god Yahweh, ‘I chose you out from the people and placed you as a leader over my people Yisrael, (KI1 14:7)

ISA 40:9 contextual word gloss=‘say’ word gloss=‘say’ OSHB ISA 40:9 word 16

OET-LV: 9 on a _mountain high go _up to/for_you(fs) Oh _bearer _of _news _of Tsiyyōn/(Zion) lift _up with_strength voice _of_your Oh _bearer _of _news _of Yərūshālam/(Jerusalem) lift_it_up do _not be _afraid say to_the _cities _of Yəhūdāh/(Judah) here god _of_your(pl). (ISA_40:9)

OET-RV: ⇔  9 ◙
⇔ …
⇔ …
⇔ … (ISA 40:9)

JER 48:19 contextual word gloss=‘say’ word gloss=‘say’ OSHB JER 48:19 word 10

OET-LV: 19 To the_road stand and_watch Oh _inhabitant[s]_of ˊArōˊēr ask a_man _who_flees and_a_woman _who_escapes say what has _it _happened. (JER_48:19)

OET-RV: 19 ◙
⇔ …
⇔ … (JER 48:19)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘Lemma=‘אָמַר’’ have 3 different glosses: ‘of_Imri’, ‘say’, ‘speak’.