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Hebrew wordlink #1219

OSHB Gen 3:16 אַרְבֶּה (ʼarbeh) Strongs=7235 a Lemma=‘רָבָה’
contextual word gloss=‘I_will_increase’ word gloss=‘I_will_increase’
Morphology=Vhi1cs PoS=hiphil_verb Type=imperfect_(yiqtol) Person=first Gender=common Number=singular
Year=-4004 Event=Man_falls_into_sin TimeSeries=The_Fall

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Other uses (6) of identical word form אַרְבֶּה (Morphology=Vhi1cs PoS=hiphil_verb Type=imperfect_(yiqtol) Person=first Gender=common Number=singular) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘אַרְבֶּה’ (Morphology=Vhi1cs PoS=hiphil_verb Type=imperfect_(yiqtol) Person=first Gender=common Number=singular) is always and only glossed as ‘I_will_increase’.

GEN 16:10 contextual word gloss=‘I_will_increase’ word gloss=‘I_will_increase’ OSHB GEN 16:10 word 6

OET-LV: 10 And_he/it _said to/for_her/it the _messenger _of YHWH greatly _(increase) I _will _increase DOM offspring _of_your and_not it _will _be _counted from_multitude. (GEN_16:10)

OET-RV: 10 then added, “I’ll give you so many descendants that they won’t even be able to be counted because there’ll be so many.” (GEN 16:10)

GEN 22:17 contextual word gloss=‘I_will_increase’ word gloss=‘I_will_increase’ OSHB GEN 22:17 word 5

OET-LV: 17 If/because _that surely _(bless) I_will _bless _you and_greatly _(increase) I _will _increase DOM your(ms)_seed/fruit like_the _stars _of the_heavens and_like_sand which is_on the _shore _of the_sea your(ms)_seed/fruit and_it _will _take _possession _of DOM the _gate _of its _enemies _of_of. (GEN_22:17)

OET-RV: 17 I’ll bless you tremendously and I’ll cause your descendants to be as numerous as the stars in the sky and as the sand on the beach, and your descendants will be victorious over their enemies. (GEN 22:17)

EXO 32:13 contextual word gloss=‘I_will_increase’ word gloss=‘I_will_increase’ OSHB EXO 32:13 word 12

OET-LV: 13 Remember (to)_ʼAⱱrāhām (to)_Yiʦḩāq/(Isaac) and_(to)_Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) your_servants whom you _swore to/for_them on/over_you(fs) and_you _said to_them I _will _increase DOM offspring _of_your(pl) like_the _stars _of the_heavens and_all the_earth/land (the)_this which I _have _promised I _will _give to_your _of_offspring and_they _will _possess_it to_vanishing _point. (EXO_32:13)

OET-RV: 13 Remember Abraham and Yitshak and Yisra’el—your servants that you swore to them yourself and told them, ‘I will cause your descendants to increase like the stars in the sky, and I will give your descendants all this land which I told you about, and they will inherit it forever.’ ” (EXO 32:13)

JOB 29:18 contextual word gloss=‘I_will_increase’ word gloss=‘I_will_increase’ OSHB JOB 29:18 word 6

OET-LV: 18 And_I _said with nest _of_my I _will _expire and_like_sand I _will _increase days. (JOB_29:18)

OET-RV: ⇔  18 I had thought that I would die in my own home,
⇔ having multiplied my days like the sand. (JOB 29:18)

JER 33:22 contextual word gloss=‘I_will_increase’ word gloss=‘I_will_increase’ OSHB JER 33:22 word 11

OET-LV: 22 Which not it _will _be _counted the _host _of the_heavens and_not it _will _be _measured the _sand _of the_sea so I _will _increase DOM the _offspring _of Dāvid servant _of_my and_DOM the_Lēviyyiy who_serve _of DOM_me. (JER_33:22)

OET-RV: 22 ◙ (JER 33:22)

EZE 36:37 contextual word gloss=‘I_will_increase’ word gloss=‘I_will_increase’ OSHB EZE 36:37 word 12

OET-LV: 37 thus my_master he _says YHWH again this I _will _let _myself _be _sought by_the _house _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) for_doing to/for_them I _will _increase DOM_them like_flock human[s]. (EZE_36:37)

OET-RV: 37 The master Yahweh also says this: The Israeli people will again ask me to do this for them: to increase their population like sheep. (EZE 36:37)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘Lemma=‘רָבָה’’ have 3 different glosses: ‘I_will_increase’, ‘a_locust’, ‘locust[s]’.