Open English Translation (OET)

Hebrew wordlink #1732

OSHB Gen 4:23 שְׁמַעַן (shəmaˊan) Strongs=8085 Lemma=‘שָׁמַע’
contextual word gloss=‘listen_to’ word gloss=‘listen_you(pl)(fp)’
Morphology=Vqv2fp PoS=qal_verb Type=imperative Person=second Gender=feminine Number=plural
Year=-4003

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Only use of identical word form ‘שְׁמַעַן’ (Morphology=Vqv2fp PoS=qal_verb Type=imperative Person=second Gender=feminine Number=plural) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘שְׁמַעַן’ (Morphology=Vqv2fp PoS=qal_verb Type=imperative Person=second Gender=feminine Number=plural) is always and only glossed as ‘listen_to’.

GEN 4:23 contextual word gloss=‘listen_to’ word gloss=‘listen_you(pl)(fp)’ OSHB GEN 4:23 word 6

OET-LV: 23 And_ Lemek _he/it _said to_his_wives Oh _ˊĀdāh and_Tsillāh listen _to my_sound/voice Oh _wives _of Lemek give _ear _to my_speech/discourse if/because a _man I _have _killed to/for_my_wound/bruise and_child/boy/young _man to/for_my_stripe/bruise/wound. (GEN_4:23)

OET-RV: 23 Then Lemech said to his wives:
⇔ “Adah and Tsillah, listen to me.
⇔ My wives, take notice of my words;
⇔ I killed a man who had wounded me;
⇔ I killed a young man who hurt me. (GEN 4:23)