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Hebrew wordlink #20918

OSHB Gen 42:16 חֵי (ḩēy) Strongs=2416 a Lemma=‘חַי’
contextual word gloss=‘[by]_the_life’ word gloss=‘lives’
Morphology=Aamsa PoS=adjective Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute
Year=-1707 TimeSeries=7_years_of_famine,Joseph's_brothers_go_to_Egypt

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Other uses (5) of identical word form חֵי (Morphology=Aamsa PoS=adjective Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘חֵי’ (Morphology=Aamsa PoS=adjective Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute) is always and only glossed as ‘[by]_the_life’.

GEN 42:15 contextual word gloss=‘[by]_the_life’ word gloss=‘lives’ OSHB GEN 42:15 word 3

OET-LV: 15 By_this you(pl)_will _be _tested by_the _life of _Parˊoh if you(pl)_will _go _out from_here if/because (if) when_comes brother _of_your(pl) the_small(sg) here. (GEN_42:15)

OET-RV: 15 But this is how we’ll test you all: On Far’oh’s life, you won’t ever leave this place unless your youngest brother comes here. (GEN 42:15)

1 SAM 1:26 contextual word gloss=‘[by]_the_life’ word gloss=‘live’ OSHB 1 SAM 1:26 word 4

OET-LV: 26 And_she/it _said pardon _me my_master by_the _life your _self _of_of my_master I the_woman who_stood with_you in_this_place to_pray to YHWH. (SA1_1:26)

OET-RV: 26 “Please, my master,” Hannah said. “As your spirit lives, my master, I’m the woman who was standing with you here to pray to Yahweh. (SA1 1:26)

1 SAM 17:55 contextual word gloss=‘[by]_the_life’ word gloss=‘lives’ OSHB 1 SAM 17:55 word 20

OET-LV: 55 and_just_as _saw Shāʼūl/(Saul) DOM Dāvid going _out to_meet the_Philistine he _said to ʼAⱱnēr the _commander _of the _army son _of whom this is_the_youth Oh _ʼAⱱnēr and_ ʼAⱱnēr _he/it _said by_the _life your _self _of_of the_king if I _know. (SA1_17:55)

OET-RV: 55 When Sha’ul had seen David going out to meet Goliat, he’d asked Abner, the army commander, “Whose son is this lad, Abner?”
¶ “As surely as you live, your majesty,” replied Abner, “I don’t know.” (SA1 17:55)

2 SAM 14:19 contextual word gloss=‘[by]_the_life’ word gloss=‘live’ OSHB 2 SAM 14:19 word 11

OET-LV: 19 And_he/it _said the_king is_the_hand _of Yōʼāⱱ/(Joab) with_you in_all this and_she _answered the_woman and_she/it _said by_the _life your _self _of_of my_master the_king if there _is to_go _to _the _right and_to_go _to _the _left from_all that he _has _spoken my_master the_king if/because servant _of_your Yōʼāⱱ he he_commanded _me and_he he _put in_the _mouth _of your _maidservant _of_of DOM all _of the_words/messages the_these. (SA2_14:19)

OET-RV: 19 “Did Yoav perhaps have anything to do with all this?” he asked.
¶ The woman answered, “By the life of your spirit, my master the king, there’s no avoiding anything that my master the king has said. Yes, your servant Yoav—he himself commanded me, and he himself told your female servant what I should say. (SA2 14:19)

AMOS 8:14 contextual word gloss=‘[by]_the_life’ word gloss=‘lives’ OSHB AMOS 8:14 word 5

OET-LV: 14 those_who_swear by_the _guilt _of Shomrōn and_they _say by_the _life your(pl)_gods _of_of Oh _Dān and_by_the _life of _the _way _of of Bəʼēr and_they _will _fall and_not they _will _rise again. (AMO_8:14)

OET-RV: 14 Those who swear by the guilt of Shomron (Samaria)
⇔ and say, ‘As your god lives, Dan,’
⇔ and, ‘As the road to Beer-Sheva exists’—
⇔ they will die and never live again.” (AMO 8:14)