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Hebrew wordlink #12745

OSHB Gen 28:3 יְבָרֵךְ (yəⱱārēk) Strongs=1288 Lemma=‘בָּרַךְ’
contextual word gloss=‘may_he_bless’ word gloss=‘bless’
Morphology=Vpj3ms PoS=piel_verb Type=jussive Person=third Gender=masculine Number=singular
Year=-1760

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Only use of identical word form ‘יְבָרֵךְ’ (Morphology=Vpj3ms PoS=piel_verb Type=jussive Person=third Gender=masculine Number=singular) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘יְבָרֵךְ’ (Morphology=Vpj3ms PoS=piel_verb Type=jussive Person=third Gender=masculine Number=singular) is always and only glossed as ‘may_he_bless’.

GEN 28:3 contextual word gloss=‘may_he_bless’ word gloss=‘bless’ OSHB GEN 28:3 word 3

OET-LV: 3 And_god almighty may _he _bless you and_may_he _make _you _fruitful and_may_he _multiply _you and_you _will _become (into)_a_company _of peoples. (GEN_28:3)

OET-RV: 3 And may the powerful God bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you so that you become a community of peoples. (GEN 28:3)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘Lemma=‘בָּרַךְ’’ have 6 different glosses: ‘he_blessed’, ‘he_blesses’, ‘he_will_bless’, ‘it_blesses’, ‘it_will_bless’, ‘may_he_bless’.