Open English Translation (OET)

Hebrew wordlink #1793

OSHB Gen 4:26 הוּחַל (hūḩal) Strongs=2490 c Lemma=‘חָלַל’
contextual word gloss=‘it_was_begun’ possible word glosses=‘it_was_born / begun / / played’
Morphology=VHp3ms PoS=hophal_verb Type=perfect_(qatal) Person=third Gender=masculine Number=singular
Year=-3769 TimeSeries=Birth_of_Enos

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Only use of identical word form ‘הוּחַל’ (Morphology=VHp3ms PoS=hophal_verb Type=perfect_(qatal) Person=third Gender=masculine Number=singular) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘הוּחַל’ (Morphology=VHp3ms PoS=hophal_verb Type=perfect_(qatal) Person=third Gender=masculine Number=singular) is always and only glossed as ‘it_was_begun’.

GEN 4:26 contextual word gloss=‘it_was_begun’ possible word glosses=‘it_was_born / begun / / played’ OSHB GEN 4:26 word 11

OET-LV: 26 And_to/for_Shet/Shēt also he he _was _born a _son and_he/it _called DOM his/its_name ʼEnōsh then it _was _begun to_call on _(the)_name _of YHWH. (GEN_4:26)

OET-RV: 26 Eventually Shet also had a son and named him Enosh. That was when people began using Yahweh’s name when they prayed for help. (GEN 4:26)