Open English Translation (OET)

Hebrew wordlink #18145

OSHB Gen 37:20 יִּהְיוּ (yihyū) Strongs=1961 Lemma=‘הָיָה’
contextual word gloss=‘will_they_be’ word gloss=‘become’
Morphology=Vqi3mp PoS=qal_verb Type=imperfect_(yiqtol) Person=third Gender=masculine Number=plural
Year=-1728 TimeSeries=Joseph_sold_to_Egypt

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Only use of identical word form ‘יִּהְיוּ’ (Morphology=Vqi3mp PoS=qal_verb Type=imperfect_(yiqtol) Person=third Gender=masculine Number=plural) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘יִּהְיוּ’ (Morphology=Vqi3mp PoS=qal_verb Type=imperfect_(yiqtol) Person=third Gender=masculine Number=plural) is always and only glossed as ‘will_they_be’.

GEN 37:20 contextual word gloss=‘will_they_be’ word gloss=‘become’ OSHB GEN 37:20 word 13

OET-LV: 20 And_now come and_let_us _kill _him and_let_us _throw _him in_one _of the _pits and_we _will _say an _animal wild it_has _eaten _him and_we _will _see what will _they _be his/its_dreams. (GEN_37:20)

OET-RV: 20 “Here’s our chance to kill him and throw his body into one of the pits around here. We’ll say that a wild animal attacked him. Then we’ll see what his dreams turn into.” (GEN 37:20)