Open English Translation (OET)

Hebrew wordlink #18414

OSHB Gen 37:36 מָכְרוּ (mākərū) Strongs=4376 Lemma=‘מָכַר’
contextual word gloss=‘they_sold’ word gloss=‘sold’
Morphology=Vqp3cp PoS=qal_verb Type=perfect_(qatal) Person=third Gender=common Number=plural
Year=-1728 TimeSeries=Joseph_sold_to_Egypt

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Other uses (3) of identical word form מָכְרוּ (Morphology=Vqp3cp PoS=qal_verb Type=perfect_(qatal) Person=third Gender=common Number=plural) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘מָכְרוּ’ (Morphology=Vqp3cp PoS=qal_verb Type=perfect_(qatal) Person=third Gender=common Number=plural) has 2 different glosses: ‘they_have_sold’, ‘they_sold’.

GEN 47:20 contextual word gloss=‘they_sold’ word gloss=‘sold’ OSHB GEN 47:20 word 9

OET-LV: 20 And_ Yōşēf/(Joseph) _he _bought DOM all _of the _land _of Miʦrayim/(Egypt) for_Parˊoh if/because Miʦrayim they _sold everyone field _of_his if/because it _was _severe on_them the_famine and_it _became the_earth/land to_Parˊoh. (GEN_47:20)

OET-RV: 20 So Yosef bought all the farmland of Egypt for Far’oh, because every Egyptian sold his field. In that way, all the land became Far’oh’s because the famine was so extreme. (GEN 47:20)

GEN 47:22 contextual word gloss=‘they_sold’ word gloss=‘sell’ OSHB GEN 47:22 word 21

OET-LV: 22 Only the _land _of the _priests not he _bought if/because an _allowance belonged_to_priests from_with Parˊoh and_they _eat DOM allowance _of_their which he _gave to/for_them Parˊoh therefore yes/correct/thus/so not they _sold DOM land _of_their. (GEN_47:22)

OET-RV: 22 The only land he didn’t buy was that of the priests, because they were given a regular allowance by Far’oh. Because they could live on what they were supplied with, they didn’t need to sell their land. (GEN 47:22)

JOEL 4:3 contextual word gloss=‘they_have_sold’ word gloss=‘sold’ OSHB JOEL 4:3 word 9

OET-LV: 3  and_near/to people _of_my they _have _throw a _lot and_they _have _exchanged the_boy for_prostitute and_the_girl they _have _sold for_wine and_they _have _drunk. (JOL_4:3)