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Hebrew wordlink #20203

OSHB Gen 41:31 כָבֵד (kāⱱēd) Strongs=3515 Lemma=‘כָּבֵד’
contextual word gloss=‘[will_be]_heavy’ word gloss=‘severe’
Morphology=Aamsa PoS=adjective Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute
Year=-1715

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Other uses (7) of identical word form כָבֵד (Morphology=Aamsa PoS=adjective Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘כָבֵד’ (Morphology=Aamsa PoS=adjective Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute) has 6 different glosses: ‘[is_too]_heavy’, ‘[it_is_too]_heavy’, ‘[it_was]_heavy’, ‘[was]_heavy’, ‘[will_be]_heavy’, ‘heavy’.

GEN 12:10 contextual word gloss=‘[was]_heavy’ word gloss=‘severe’ OSHB GEN 12:10 word 10

OET-LV: 10 and_he/it _was a _famine on _the_earth and_ ʼAⱱrām _he/it _descended to_Miʦrayim/(Egypt) to_sojourn there if/because was_heavy the_famine on _the_earth. (GEN_12:10)

OET-RV: 10 One time when there was a drought causing a severe food shortage, Abram and his household travelled west across to Egypt (Mitsrayim) to stay there. (GEN 12:10)

GEN 47:4 contextual word gloss=‘[was]_heavy’ word gloss=‘severe’ OSHB GEN 47:4 word 14

OET-LV: 4 And_they _said to Parˊoh to_sojourn on _the_earth we _have _come if/because there_is_not pasture for_sheep which belongs_to_your(pl)_of_servants if/because was_heavy the_famine in_land of _Kənaˊan/(Canaan) and_now let _them _dwell please your_servants in_land of _Goshen. (GEN_47:4)

OET-RV: 4 Then they explained, “We’ve come to stay here for a while because in Canaan, there’s no pasture for our flocks because the drought is very severe. So now, please let your servants settle in the Goshen area.” (GEN 47:4)

GEN 47:13 contextual word gloss=‘[was]_heavy’ word gloss=‘severe’ OSHB GEN 47:13 word 6

OET-LV: 13 And_food there_was_not in_all the_earth/land if/because was_heavy the_famine very and_ the _land _of _it _languished of _Miʦrayim and_the _land _of Kənaˊan/(Canaan) from_face/in _front _of the_famine. (GEN_47:13)

OET-RV: 13 Then the time came when there was no bread in that entire part of the world, because the drought was now extremely severe, and both Egypt and Canaan were suffering from food shortages. (GEN 47:13)

EXO 18:18 contextual word gloss=‘[is_too]_heavy’ word gloss=‘heavy’ OSHB EXO 18:18 word 11

OET-LV: 18 Surely _(wear _out) you _will _wear _yourself _out both you as _well _as the_people the_this which is_with_you if/because is _too_heavy for_you the_thing not you _are _able to_do _it you_alone. (EXO_18:18)

OET-RV: 18 “You’re definitely on the road to wear yourself out, plus you’ll also wear out these people who are with you, because the responsibility is too heavy for you—you can’t just do it alone. (EXO 18:18)

NUM 11:14 contextual word gloss=‘[it_is_too]_heavy’ word gloss=‘heavy’ OSHB NUM 11:14 word 11

OET-LV: 14 Not I _am _able I I_alone to_carry DOM all _of the_people the_this if/because it _is _too_heavy for_me. (NUM_11:14)

OET-RV: 14 I can’t bear the load of this entire people group by myself—it’s too heavy for me. (NUM 11:14)

2 SAM 14:26 contextual word gloss=‘[it_was]_heavy’ word gloss=‘heavy’ OSHB 2 SAM 14:26 word 11

OET-LV: 26 And_when_he_shaved DOM his/its_head and_it _was from _the_end/extremity days to_days when he _shaved if/because it_was_heavy on/upon/above_him/it and_he_shaved _it and_he _weighed DOM the _hair _of his/its_head two _hundred shekels by_the _weight _of the _king. (SA2_14:26)

OET-RV: 26 He had his hair cut once a year when it got too heavy on him, and when the hair was weighed using standard weights, it would be over two kilograms. (SA2 14:26)

PSA 38:5 contextual word gloss=‘heavy’ word gloss=‘heavy’ OSHB PSA 38:5 word 6

OET-LV: 5  if/because iniquities _of_my they _have _passed _over my_head like_a _burden heavy they _are_too_heavy for_me. (PSA_38:5)

OET-RV: 5 My festering wounds smell bad
⇔ because of my foolish behaviour. (PSA 38:5)