Open English Translation (OET)

Hebrew wordlink #9791

OSHB Gen 24:2 זְקַן (zəqan) Strongs=2205 Lemma=‘זָקֵן’
contextual word gloss=‘(the)_old_of’ word gloss=‘oldest_of’
Morphology=Aamsc PoS=adjective Gender=masculine Number=singular State=construct
Year=-1857

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Only use of identical word form ‘זְקַן’ (Morphology=Aamsc PoS=adjective Gender=masculine Number=singular State=construct) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘זְקַן’ (Morphology=Aamsc PoS=adjective Gender=masculine Number=singular State=construct) is always and only glossed as ‘(the)_old_of’.

GEN 24:2 contextual word gloss=‘(the)_old_of’ word gloss=‘oldest_of’ OSHB GEN 24:2 word 5

OET-LV: 2 And_ ʼAⱱrāhām _he/it _said to servant _of_his (the)_old _of his _household _of_his who_was_ruling in_all that to_him/it put please hand _of_your under thigh _of_my. (GEN_24:2)

OET-RV: 2 Then Abraham said to his oldest slave in his household who was in charge of everything that belonged to him, “Please put your hand under my thigh, (GEN 24:2)