Open English Translation (OET)

Hebrew wordlink #16629

OSHB Gen 34:25 כֹּאֲבִים (koʼₐⱱīm) Strongs=3510 Lemma=‘כָּאַב’
contextual word gloss=‘in_pain’ word gloss=‘in_pain’
Morphology=Vqrmpa PoS=qal_verb Type=active_participle Gender=masculine Number=plural State=absolute
Year=-1732

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Only use of identical word form ‘כֹּאֲבִים’ (Morphology=Vqrmpa PoS=qal_verb Type=active_participle Gender=masculine Number=plural State=absolute) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘כֹּאֲבִים’ (Morphology=Vqrmpa PoS=qal_verb Type=active_participle Gender=masculine Number=plural State=absolute) is always and only glossed as ‘in_pain’.

GEN 34:25 contextual word gloss=‘in_pain’ word gloss=‘in_pain’ OSHB GEN 34:25 word 5

OET-LV: 25 And_he/it _was on_day the_third on_their_being in _pain and_they _took two _of the _sons _of Yaˊₐqoⱱ/(Jacob) Shimˊōn and_Lēvī the _brothers _of Dīnāh each sword _of_his and_they _came on the_city security and_they _killed every _of male. (GEN_34:25)

OET-RV: 25 Three days later when all those men were in pain from the cutting, two of Yacob’s sons, Simeon and Levi who were Dinah’s brothers, took their swords and boldly attacked the city and slaughtered every male, (GEN 34:25)