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Hebrew wordlink #9747

OSHB Gen 23:19 מְעָרַת (məˊārat) Strongs=4631 Lemma=‘מְעָרָה’
contextual word gloss=‘the_cave_of’ word gloss=‘cave_of’
Morphology=Ncfsc PoS=common_noun Gender=feminine Number=singular State=construct
Year=-1860

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Other uses (5) of identical word form מְעָרַת (Morphology=Ncfsc PoS=common_noun Gender=feminine Number=singular State=construct) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘מְעָרַת’ (Morphology=Ncfsc PoS=common_noun Gender=feminine Number=singular State=construct) is always and only glossed as ‘the_cave_of’.

GEN 23:9 contextual word gloss=‘the_cave_of’ word gloss=‘cave_of’ OSHB GEN 23:9 word 4

OET-LV: 9 So_that _he _may _give to_me DOM the _cave _of (the)_Machpelah which to_him/it which is_at_the _end _of his _field _of_of for_silver full let_him _give _it to_me among_you(pl) to_a _possession _of a _burial _site. (GEN_23:9)

OET-RV: 9 so that he’ll sell me Makpelah’s cave which belongs to him and which is at the end of his field. I’ll pay full price if he’ll give it to me to use as a burial place.” (GEN 23:9)

GEN 25:9 contextual word gloss=‘the_cave_of’ word gloss=‘cave_of’ OSHB GEN 25:9 word 7

OET-LV: 9 And_they _buried Yiʦḩāq DOM_him/it and_Yishmāˊ^ʼēl/(Ishmael) sons _of_his into the _cave _of (the)_Machpelah to the _field _of ˊEfrōn the _son _of Zohar the_Ḩittiy which is_on the _face _of Mamre. (GEN_25:9)

OET-RV: 9 His sons Yitshak and Yishma’el buried him in Makpelah’s cave (in the field of Efron, Zohar the Hittite’s son, which faced Mamre)— (GEN 25:9)

1 SAM 22:1 contextual word gloss=‘the_cave_of’ word gloss=‘cave_of’ OSHB 1 SAM 22:1 word 6

OET-LV: 22 and_ Dāvid _he/it _went from_there and_he _escaped to the _cave _of ˊAdullām brothers _of_his and_they _heard and_all the _household _of his/its_father and_they _went _down to_him/it to_there. (SA1_22:1)

OET-RV: 22 So David left there and slipped away to the cave at Adullam. When his brothers and other relatives found out, they went and joined him there. (SA1 22:1)

2 SAM 23:13 contextual word gloss=‘the_cave_of’ word gloss=‘cave_of’ OSHB 2 SAM 23:13 word 11

OET-LV: 13 and_they _went _down three of_the_thirty chief[s] and_they _came to the_harvest to Dāvid to the _cave _of Adullam and_a _community _of Fəlishtiy was_encamping in_the _valley _of Rəfāʼīm. (SA2_23:13)

OET-RV: 13 Once as it was approaching harvest time, three of ‘The Thirty’ went to where David had been staying at Adullam’s cave. There was a Philistine unit camped in the Refaim valley. (SA2 23:13)

1 CHR 11:15 contextual word gloss=‘the_cave_of’ word gloss=‘cave_of’ OSHB 1 CHR 11:15 word 11

OET-LV: 15 And_they _went _down three of the_thirty chief[s] to the_rock to Dāvid to the _cave _of ˊAdullām and_a _camp _of Fəlishtiy was_encamping in_the _valley _of Rəfāʼīm. (CH1_11:15)

OET-RV: 15 Then three of that top thirty went down to David, near the rock at Adullam’s cave. Meanwhile, Philistines had encamped in the Refaim Valley. (CH1 11:15)