Open English Translation (OET)

Hebrew wordlink #15186

OSHB Gen 31:49 יִצֶף (yiʦef) Strongs=6822 Lemma=‘צָפָה’
contextual word gloss=‘may_he_keep_watch’ word gloss=‘watch’
Morphology=Vqj3ms PoS=qal_verb Type=jussive Person=third Gender=masculine Number=singular
Year=-1739

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Only use of identical word form ‘יִצֶף’ (Morphology=Vqj3ms PoS=qal_verb Type=jussive Person=third Gender=masculine Number=singular) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘יִצֶף’ (Morphology=Vqj3ms PoS=qal_verb Type=jussive Person=third Gender=masculine Number=singular) is always and only glossed as ‘may_he_keep_watch’.

GEN 31:49 contextual word gloss=‘may_he_keep_watch’ word gloss=‘watch’ OSHB GEN 31:49 word 4

OET-LV: 49 And_(the)_Miʦpāh that he _said may _he _keep _watch YHWH between_me and_between_you if/because we _will _be _hidden each from_neighbour _of_his. (GEN_31:49)

OET-RV: 49 It’s also named ‘Mitspah’ (which means ‘watchtower’), because he said, “May Yahweh watch between me and you when we are hidden one from the other. (GEN 31:49)