Open English Translation (OET)

Hebrew wordlink #18760

OSHB Gen 38:21 קְדֵשָׁה (qədēshāh) Strongs=6948 Lemma=‘קָדֵשׁ’
contextual word gloss=‘a_cult_prostitute’ word gloss=‘cult_prostitute’
Morphology=Aafsa PoS=adjective Gender=feminine Number=singular State=absolute
Year=-1722

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Other uses (2) of identical word form קְדֵשָׁה (Morphology=Aafsa PoS=adjective Gender=feminine Number=singular State=absolute) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘קְדֵשָׁה’ (Morphology=Aafsa PoS=adjective Gender=feminine Number=singular State=absolute) has 2 different glosses: ‘a_cult_prostitute’, ‘a_female_cult_prostitute’.

GEN 38:22 contextual word gloss=‘a_cult_prostitute’ word gloss=‘cult_prostitute’ OSHB GEN 38:22 word 14

OET-LV: 22 And_he _returned to Yəhūdāh and_he/it _said not I_found _her and_also the _men _of the _place they _said not she _was in_this_place a _cult _prostitute. (GEN_38:22)

OET-RV: 22 So Hirah returned to Yehudah and told him, “I couldn’t find her. What’s more, the men of the place said that there hasn’t been a temple prostitute at that place.” (GEN 38:22)

DEU 23:18 contextual word gloss=‘a_female_cult_prostitute’ word gloss=‘cult_prostitute’ OSHB DEU 23:18 word 3

OET-LV: 18  not she _will _be a _female _cult _prostitute any_of _the _daughters _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) and_not he _will _be a _male _cult _prostitute from_(the)_sons of _Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel). (DEU_23:18)

OET-RV: 18 Don’t allow anyone woman or man to bring any part of their wages as a secular prostitute into your god Yahweh’s temple, because both female and male prostitution is abhorrent to him. (DEU 23:18)