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Hebrew wordlink #11976

OSHB Gen 27:2 זָקַנְתִּי (zāqantī) Strongs=2204 Lemma=‘זָקֵן’
contextual word gloss=‘I_am_old’ word gloss=‘old’
Morphology=Vqp1cs PoS=qal_verb Type=perfect_(qatal) Person=first Gender=common Number=singular
Year=-1760

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Other uses (4) of identical word form זָקַנְתִּי (Morphology=Vqp1cs PoS=qal_verb Type=perfect_(qatal) Person=first Gender=common Number=singular) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘זָקַנְתִּי’ (Morphology=Vqp1cs PoS=qal_verb Type=perfect_(qatal) Person=first Gender=common Number=singular) has 2 different glosses: ‘I_am_old’(4), ‘I_am_[too]_old’(1).

JOS 23:2 contextual word gloss=‘I_am_old’ word gloss=‘old’ OSHB JOS 23:2 word 12

OET-LV: 2 And_ Yəhōshūˊa _he/it _called to/from_all/each/any/every Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) (to)_its _of_elders and_(to)_chiefs _of_its and_(to)_judges _of_its and_(to)_officials _of_its and_he/it _said to_them I I _am _old I _have _come in _the_days. (JOS_23:2)

OET-RV: 2 so he summoned all the Israeli elders and leaders, along with the judges and officials. He told them, “Now I’m in my old age, (JOS 23:2)

RUTH 1:12 contextual word gloss=‘I_am_[too]_old’ word gloss=‘old’ OSHB RUTH 1:12 word 5

OET-LV: 12 Go _back my _daughters _of_my go if/because I _am_too_old for_belonging to_a _husband if/because I _said there_is to_me hope also I _belonged the_night to_a _husband and_also I _bore sons. (RUT_1:12)

OET-RV: 12 Go on back, my daughters, because I’m too old to remarry. Even if I did hope for that and got married tonight and had some sons, (RUT 1:12)

1 SAM 12:2 contextual word gloss=‘I_am_old’ word gloss=‘old’ OSHB 1 SAM 12:2 word 7

OET-LV: 2 And_now here the_king is_walking _about before_you(pl) and_I I _am _old and_I _am _gray _haired and_sons _of_my here_they are_with_you(pl) and_I I _have _walked _about before_you(pl) since_youth(s)_of_my until the_day (the)_this. (SA1_12:2)

OET-RV: 2 So look now and you can see your king walking here in front of you all. But as for me, I’m old and gray, and my sons are among you all. I’ve served you all openly from my youth right up to the present time, (SA1 12:2)

PSA 37:25 contextual word gloss=‘I_am_old’ word gloss=‘old’ OSHB PSA 37:25 word 4

OET-LV: 25 A _young _man I _have _been also I _am _old and_not I _have _seen the_righteous abandoned and_offspring _of_his seeking food. (PSA_37:25)

OET-RV: ⇔  25 I was young and now I’m old
⇔ and I’ve never seen the righteous person abandoned
⇔ or their children out begging for food. (PSA 37:25)