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Hebrew wordlink #13769

OSHB Gen 30:7 שִׁפְחַת (shifḩat) Strongs=8198 Lemma=‘שִׁפְחָה’
contextual word gloss=‘the_maidservant_of’ word gloss=‘servant_of’
Morphology=Ncfsc PoS=common_noun Gender=feminine Number=singular State=construct
Year=-1747 TimeSeries=Birth_of_Naphtali

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Other uses (6) of identical word form שִׁפְחַת (Morphology=Ncfsc PoS=common_noun Gender=feminine Number=singular State=construct) in the Hebrew originals

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

GEN 16:8 contextual word gloss=‘the_maidservant_of’ word gloss=‘servant_of’ OSHB GEN 16:8 word 3

OET-LV: 8 And_he _said Oh _Hāgār the _maidservant _of Sarai where from_this have _you _come and_where are _you _going and_she/it _said from_face/in _front _of Sarai mistress _of_my I am_fleeing. (GEN_16:8)

OET-RV: 8 and asked her, “Hagar, Sarai’s slave, where have you come from and where are you going?”
¶ “I am running away from Sarai, my mistress,” she replied. (GEN 16:8)

GEN 25:12 contextual word gloss=‘the_maidservant_of’ word gloss=‘maidservant_of’ OSHB GEN 25:12 word 10

OET-LV: 12 and_these are_the _accounts _of Yishmāˊ^ʼēl/(Ishmael) the _son _of ʼAⱱrāhām whom she _bore Hāgār the_from _Miʦrayim/(Miʦrayim/(Egypt)) the _maidservant _of Sārāh to_ʼAⱱrāhām. (GEN_25:12)

OET-RV: 12 Now these are the generations of Yishma’el the son of Abraham, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s female slave, had given birth to for Abraham. (GEN 25:12)

GEN 30:10 contextual word gloss=‘the_maidservant_of’ word gloss=‘maid_of’ OSHB GEN 30:10 word 3

OET-LV: 10 And_ Zilpah _she/it _gave _birth the _maidservant _of Lēʼāh to_Yaˊₐqoⱱ a _son. (GEN_30:10)

OET-RV: 10 Then eventually Le’ah’s slave Zilpah produced a son for Yacob, (GEN 30:10)

GEN 30:12 contextual word gloss=‘the_maidservant_of’ word gloss=‘maid_of’ OSHB GEN 30:12 word 3

OET-LV: 12 And_ Zilpah _she/it _gave _birth the _maidservant _of Lēʼāh a _son second to_Yaˊₐqoⱱ. (GEN_30:12)

OET-RV: 12 Then Le’ah’s slave Zilpah produced a second son for Yacob, (GEN 30:12)

GEN 35:25 contextual word gloss=‘the_maidservant_of’ word gloss=‘maid_of’ OSHB GEN 35:25 word 3

OET-LV: 25 And_the _sons of _Bilhāh the _maidservant _of Rāḩēl Dān and_Naftali. (GEN_35:25)

OET-RV: 25 The sons of Rahel’s slave woman Bilhah were Dan and Naftali. (GEN 35:25)

GEN 35:26 contextual word gloss=‘the_maidservant_of’ word gloss=‘maid_of’ OSHB GEN 35:26 word 3

OET-LV: 26 And_the _sons of _Zilpah the _maidservant _of Lēʼāh Gād and_ʼĀshēr these were_the _sons _of Yaˊₐqoⱱ who it _was _born to_him/it in aram. (GEN_35:26)

OET-RV: 26 The sons of Leah’s slave women Zilpah were Gad and Asher. Those were Yisra’el’s sons who were nearly all born in Paddan-Aram. (GEN 35:26)