Open English Translation (OET)

Hebrew wordlink #1369

OSHB Gen 3:24 לַהַט (lahaţ) Strongs=3858 Lemma=‘לַהַט’^*
contextual word gloss=‘the_flame_of’ word gloss=‘flame_of’
Morphology=Ncmsc PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=construct
Year=-4004 Event=Man_falls_into_sin TimeSeries=The_Fall

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Only use of identical word form ‘לַהַט’ (Morphology=Ncmsc PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=construct) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘לַהַט’ (Morphology=Ncmsc PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=construct) is always and only glossed as ‘the_flame_of’.

GEN 3:24 contextual word gloss=‘the_flame_of’ word gloss=‘flame_of’ OSHB GEN 3:24 word 11

OET-LV: 24 And_he/it _drove _out DOM the_humankind and_he/it _made _stay/reside from_east to/for_garden of _ˊĒden DOM the_cherubims and_DOM the _flame _of the_sword/knife the_tumbling to_guard/protect DOM the _way _of the _tree _of the_life. (GEN_3:24)

OET-RV: 24 After he expelled them, he placed sentries on the east side of the garden in Eden, as well as a fiery sword that swung around in every direction to guard the path to the tree of life. (GEN 3:24)

^*Note: This is also the only occurrence of the word root (lemma) ‘לַהַט’ in the Hebrew originals.