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Hebrew wordlink #19270

OSHB Gen 39:20 אֲסוּרִים (ʼₐşūrīm) Strongs=631 Lemma=‘אָסַר’
contextual word gloss=‘[were]_imprisoned’ word gloss=‘confined’
Morphology=Vqsmpa PoS=qal_verb Type=passive_participle Gender=masculine Number=plural State=absolute
Year=-1719 TimeSeries=Joseph_imprisoned

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Other uses (4) of identical word form אֲסוּרִים (Morphology=Vqsmpa PoS=qal_verb Type=passive_participle Gender=masculine Number=plural State=absolute) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘אֲסוּרִים’ (Morphology=Vqsmpa PoS=qal_verb Type=passive_participle Gender=masculine Number=plural State=absolute) has 4 different glosses: ‘[they_are]_bound’, ‘[were]_girded’, ‘[were]_imprisoned’, ‘prisoners’.

GEN 40:5 contextual word gloss=‘[were]_imprisoned’ word gloss=‘confined’ OSHB GEN 40:5 word 17

OET-LV: 5 And_they _dreamed a _dream both _of_them each dream _of_his _own in_a _night one each according_to _the _interpretation _of his _dream _of_of the _cup_bearer and_the_baker who belonged_to_the _king _of Miʦrayim who were_imprisoned in_house _of the _prison. (GEN_40:5)

OET-RV: 5 the king’s cupbearer and baker in prison each had separate dreams on the same night, and each man’s dream had its own interpretation. (GEN 40:5)

NEH 4:12 contextual word gloss=‘[were]_girded’ word gloss=‘strapped’ OSHB NEH 4:12 word 4

OET-LV: 12  and_the_builders each sword _of_his were_girded on hips _of_his and_they_were_building and_the_one_who_gave _a _blast on_horn was_beside_me. (NEH_4:12)

OET-RV: 12 After that, whenever the Jews living close to them came, they repeatedly warned us, “They’re going to attack us from all directions.” (NEH 4:12)

JOB 36:8 contextual word gloss=‘[they_are]_bound’ word gloss=‘bound’ OSHB JOB 36:8 word 2

OET-LV: 8 And_if they_are_bound in_fetters they_are _caught in_cords _of affliction. (JOB_36:8)

OET-RV: 8 If they become prisoners in chains,
⇔ ≈ tangled in the ropes of suffering, (JOB 36:8)

PSA 146:7 contextual word gloss=‘prisoners’ word gloss=‘prisoners’ OSHB PSA 146:7 word 9

OET-LV: 7 who_does justice for_oppressed who_gives food to_people YHWH is_setting _free prisoners. (PSA_146:7)

OET-RV: 7 He’s the one who executes justice for the oppressed.
⇔ He’s the one who gives food to the hungry.
⇔ Yahweh liberates the prisoners. (PSA 146:7)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘Lemma=‘אָסַר’’ have 5 different glosses: ‘[are]_fetters’, ‘[they_are]_bound’, ‘[were]_girded’, ‘[were]_imprisoned’, ‘prisoners’.