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Hebrew wordlink #20921

OSHB Gen 42:16 מְרַגְּלִים (məraggəlīm) Strongs=7270 Lemma=‘רָגַל’
contextual word gloss=‘[are]_spies’ word gloss=‘spies’
Morphology=Vprmpa PoS=piel_verb Type=active_participle Gender=masculine Number=plural State=absolute
Year=-1707 TimeSeries=7_years_of_famine,Joseph's_brothers_go_to_Egypt

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Other uses (8) of identical word form מְרַגְּלִים (Morphology=Vprmpa PoS=piel_verb Type=active_participle Gender=masculine Number=plural State=absolute) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘מְרַגְּלִים’ (Morphology=Vprmpa PoS=piel_verb Type=active_participle Gender=masculine Number=plural State=absolute) has 2 different glosses: ‘[are]_spies’, ‘spies’.

GEN 42:9 contextual word gloss=‘[are]_spies’ word gloss=‘spies’ OSHB GEN 42:9 word 10

OET-LV: 9 And_ Yōşēf _he _remembered DOM the_dreams which he _had _dreamed to/for_them and_he/it _said to_them are_spies you(pl) to_see DOM the _nakedness _of the_earth/land you(pl)_have _come. (GEN_42:9)

OET-RV: 9 and just then he remembered the dreams that he had dreamed about them, so he said to them, “You are spies. You’ve all come to discover any weak points in this country’s defences.” (GEN 42:9)

GEN 42:11 contextual word gloss=‘spies’ word gloss=‘spies’ OSHB GEN 42:11 word 11

OET-LV: 11 Of _us _of_all are_sons _of a _man one we are_honest we not your_servants they _are spies. (GEN_42:11)

OET-RV: 11 We’re all sons of the same man. We’re being honest. Your servants are not spies.” (GEN 42:11)

GEN 42:14 contextual word gloss=‘[are]_spies’ word gloss=‘spies’ OSHB GEN 42:14 word 9

OET-LV: 14 And_he/it _said to_them Yōşēf/(Joseph) it is _that_which I _said to_you(pl) to_say are_spies you(pl). (GEN_42:14)

OET-RV: 14 “Yes, it’s just as I said,” retorted Yosef. “You’re spies! (GEN 42:14)

GEN 42:31 contextual word gloss=‘spies’ word gloss=‘spies’ OSHB GEN 42:31 word 7

OET-LV: 31 And_we _said to_him/it are_honest we not we _are spies. (GEN_42:31)

OET-RV: 31 but we told him, ‘We’re honest—we’re not spies. (GEN 42:31)

GEN 42:34 contextual word gloss=‘[are]_spies’ word gloss=‘spies’ OSHB GEN 42:34 word 9

OET-LV: 34 And_bring DOM brother _of_your(pl) the_small(sg) to_me so_that _I _may _know if/because _that not are_spies you(pl) if/because _that are_honest you(pl) DOM brother _of_your(pl) I _will _give to/for_you(pl) and_DOM the_earth/land you(pl)_will _go _about _in. (GEN_42:34)

OET-RV: 34 Then bring me your youngest brother so that I’ll know you’re not spies—that you’re telling the truth. Then I’ll release your brother and you can trade here freely.’ ” (GEN 42:34)

JOS 2:1 contextual word gloss=‘spies’ word gloss=‘spies’ OSHB JOS 2:1 word 9

OET-LV: 2 and_ Yəhōshūˊa _he _sent the _son _of Nūn from (the)_Shiţţīm two men secretly spies to_say go see DOM the_earth/land and_DOM Yərīḩō/(Jericho) and_they _went and_they _came the_house _of a _woman a _prostitute and_her _of_name was_Rāḩāⱱ and_they _lay _down (to)_there. (JOS_2:1)

OET-RV: 2 Then from there at Acacia Grove, Yehoshua (Nun’s son) secretly sent off two spies, saying, “Go and learn about the land over there, especially around Yericho City.” So they went off, and over there, they entered the house of a woman—a prostitute named Rahab—and they lay down there. (JOS 2:1)

1 SAM 26:4 contextual word gloss=‘spies’ word gloss=‘spies’ OSHB 1 SAM 26:4 word 3

OET-LV: 4 And_ Dāvid _he _sent spies and_he/it _knew if/because _that he _had _come Shāʼūl to a _certain_thing. (SA1_26:4)

OET-RV: 4 (He’d sent some spies and knew that Sha’ul had definitely arrived.) (SA1 26:4)

2 SAM 15:10 contextual word gloss=‘spies’ word gloss=‘secret_messengers’ OSHB 2 SAM 15:10 word 3

OET-LV: 10 and_ ʼAⱱīshālōm _he _sent spies in_all the _tribes _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) to_say just_as_you(pl)_hear DOM the _sound _of the _ram’s _horn and_you(pl)_will _say he _has _become _king ʼAⱱīshālōm in_Ḩeⱱrōn. (SA2_15:10)

OET-RV: 10 From there, he sent sleeper groups into all areas of Yisrael, telling them, “When you all hear the trumpet blasts, then shout, ‘Abshalom has become king from Hebron!’ ” (SA2 15:10)