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Hebrew wordlink #23521

OSHB Gen 47:4 יֵשְׁבוּ (yēshəⱱū) Strongs=3427 Lemma=‘יָשַׁב’
contextual word gloss=‘let_them_dwell’ word gloss=‘settle’
Morphology=Vqj3mp PoS=qal_verb Type=jussive Person=third Gender=masculine Number=plural

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Only use of identical word form ‘יֵשְׁבוּ’ (Morphology=Vqj3mp PoS=qal_verb Type=jussive Person=third Gender=masculine Number=plural) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘יֵשְׁבוּ’ (Morphology=Vqj3mp PoS=qal_verb Type=jussive Person=third Gender=masculine Number=plural) is always and only glossed as ‘let_them_dwell’.

GEN 47:4 contextual word gloss=‘let_them_dwell’ word gloss=‘settle’ OSHB GEN 47:4 word 19

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_servants _of_your 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)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘Lemma=‘יָשַׁב’’ have 7 different glosses: ‘let_them_dwell’, ‘people_will_dwell’, ‘they_dwelt’, ‘they_sit’, ‘they_will_dwell’, ‘they_will_remain’, ‘they_will_sit’.