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Hebrew wordlink #9428

OSHB Gen 23:1 חַיֵּי (ḩayyēy) Strongs=2416 e Lemma=‘חַיִּים’
contextual word gloss=‘the_life_of’ word gloss=‘lived_of’
Morphology=Ncmpc PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=plural State=construct
Year=-1860

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Other uses (11) of identical word form חַיֵּי (Morphology=Ncmpc PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=plural State=construct) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘חַיֵּי’ (Morphology=Ncmpc PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=plural State=construct) has 4 different glosses: ‘[is]_the_life_of’, ‘of_the_life_of’, ‘of_the_lives_of’, ‘the_life_of’.

GEN 23:1 contextual word gloss=‘of_the_life_of’ word gloss=‘life_of’ OSHB GEN 23:1 word 11

OET-LV: 23 and_they _were the _life _of Sārāh one _hundred year[s] and_twenty year[s] and_seven years the _years _of the _life _of Sārāh. (GEN_23:1)

OET-RV: 23 Sarah went on to be 127 years old (GEN 23:1)

GEN 25:7 contextual word gloss=‘of_the_life_of’ word gloss=‘life_of’ OSHB GEN 25:7 word 4

OET-LV: 7 And_these are_the _days _of the _years _of the _life _of ʼAⱱrāhām which he _lived one _hundred _of year[s] and_seventy year[s] and_five years. (GEN_25:7)

OET-RV: 5-7 5-7Abraham went on to live to be 175 years old. He gave valuable gifts to all the sons of his slave-wives, then he forced them to move to the east to ensure that they would be removed from his son Yitshak. Then he left everything else he owned to Yitshak. (GEN 25:7)

GEN 25:17 contextual word gloss=‘of_the_life_of’ word gloss=‘life_of’ OSHB GEN 25:17 word 3

OET-LV: 17 And_these are_the _years _of the _life _of Yishmāˊ^ʼēl/(Ishmael) one _hundred _of year[s] and_thirty year[s] and_seven years and_he _expired and_he/it _died and_he _was _gathered to kinspeople(s)_of_his. (GEN_25:17)

OET-RV: 17 Yishma’el went on to live to be 137 years old, before breathing his last and dying and joining those who’d gone before. (GEN 25:17)

GEN 47:9 contextual word gloss=‘of_the_lives_of’ word gloss=‘life_of’ OSHB GEN 47:9 word 22

OET-LV: 9 And_ Yaˊₐqoⱱ _he/it _said to Parˊoh the _days _of the _years _of my _sojournings _of_of are_thirty and_one _hundred year[s] few and_displeasing the _days _of they _have _been of _the _years _of my _life _of_of and_not they _have _reached DOM the _days _of the _years _of the _lives _of my _ancestors _of_of in_the _days _of their _sojournings _of_of. (GEN_47:9)

OET-RV: 9 “I’ve been moving from place to place for 130 years,” Yacob replied. “My life has been short and with many difficulties, so I haven’t reached the longer ages of my ancestors in their moving around.” (GEN 47:9)

EXO 6:16 contextual word gloss=‘of_the_life_of’ word gloss=‘lived_of’ OSHB EXO 6:16 word 10

OET-LV: 16 And_these were_the _names _of the _sons _of Lēvī to_their _of_descendants Gērəshōn and_Qəhāt and_Mərārī and_the _years _of the _life _of Lēvī were_seven and_thirty and_one _hundred year[s]. (EXO_6:16)

OET-RV: 16 Levi’s sons were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. Levi was 137 years old when he died. (EXO 6:16)

EXO 6:18 contextual word gloss=‘of_the_life_of’ word gloss=‘lived_of’ OSHB EXO 6:18 word 8

OET-LV: 18 And_the _sons of _Qəhāt were_ˊAmrām and_Yiʦhār/(Izhar) and_Ḩeⱱrōn and_ˊUzziy^ʼēl and_the _years _of the _life _of Qəhāt were_three and_thirty and_one _hundred year[s]. (EXO_6:18)

OET-RV: 18 Kohath’s sons were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. Kohath was 133 years old when he died. (EXO 6:18)

EXO 6:20 contextual word gloss=‘of_the_life_of’ word gloss=‘lived_of’ OSHB EXO 6:20 word 15

OET-LV: 20 And_ ˊAmrām _he/it _took DOM Yōkeⱱed/(Jochebed) sister _of_his _father’s to_him/it to/for_(a)_woman and_she/it _gave _birth to_him/it DOM ʼAhₐron and_DOM Mosheh and_the _years _of the _life _of ˊAmrām were_seven and_thirty and_one _hundred year[s]. (EXO_6:20)

OET-RV: 20 Amram married his aunt Yochebed, and she gave birth to Aharon and Mosheh. Amram lived to be 137 years old. (EXO 6:20)

PROV 14:30 contextual word gloss=‘[is]_the_life_of’ word gloss=‘life_of’ OSHB PROV 14:30 word 1

OET-LV: 30 is_the _life _of bodies a _heart _of health and_is_rottenness _of bones jealousy. (PRO_14:30)

OET-RV: 30 A peaceful mind gives a healthy body,
⇔ ^ but envy causes the bones to rot. (PRO 14:30)

ECC 6:12 contextual word gloss=‘of_the_life_of’ word gloss=‘life_of’ OSHB ECC 6:12 word 10

OET-LV: 12 If/because who is_knowing what is_good for_person in_life the _number _of the _days _of the _life _of his _futility _of_of and_he_spends _them like_shadow that who will _he _tell to_person what will _it _be after_him under the_sun. (ECC_6:12)

OET-RV: 12 Who knows what’s good for a person
⇔ for those pointless days that he/she lives?
⇔ The days pass by like a shadow
⇔ but who can tell anyone what will happen to them next in this world? (ECC 6:12)

ECC 9:9 contextual word gloss=‘of_the_life_of’ word gloss=‘life_of’ OSHB ECC 9:9 word 9

OET-LV: 9 See life with a _wife whom you _love all _of the _days _of the _life _of your _futility _of_of which he _has _given to/for_yourself(m) under the_sun all _of the _days _of your _futility _of_of if/because it portion _of_is_your in_life and_in_your _of_toil which you are_toiling under the_sun. (ECC_9:9)

OET-RV: 9 Live together with the wife that you love
⇔ for all the length of your pointless life that you’re given in this world,
⇔ because that’s your allocation in your life
⇔ and in the work that you’re doing in this world. (ECC 9:9)

ISA 38:16 contextual word gloss=‘the_life_of’ word gloss=‘life_of’ OSHB ISA 38:16 word 6

OET-LV: 16 My_master on_them people _live and_to/for_all in_them the _life _of my_breath/wind/spirit and_may_you _restore _me _to _health and_preserve_me _alive. (ISA_38:16)

OET-RV: ⇔  16 ◙
⇔ …
⇔ …
⇔ … (ISA 38:16)