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Hebrew wordlink #3814

OSHB Gen 9:23 אֲחֹרַנִּית (ʼₐḩorannīt) Strongs=322 Lemma=‘אֲחֹרַנִּית’
contextual word gloss=‘[were]_backwards’ word gloss=‘turned_away’
Morphology=D PoS=adverb
Event=Noah_gets_drunk_and_Canaan_is_cursed TimeSeries=Noah_gets_drunk_and_Canaan_is_cursed

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Other uses (6) of identical word form אֲחֹרַנִּית (Morphology=D PoS=adverb) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘אֲחֹרַנִּית’ (Morphology=D PoS=adverb) has 2 different glosses: ‘[were]_backwards’, ‘backwards’.

GEN 9:23 contextual word gloss=‘backwards’ word gloss=‘backward’ OSHB GEN 9:23 word 11

OET-LV: 23 And_ Shēm _he/it _took and_Yefet/(Japheth) DOM the_garment and_they _put_it on the _shoulder _of both _of_them and_they _walked backwards and_they _covered DOM the _nakedness _of their _father _of_of and_their _of_faces were_backwards and_the _nakedness _of their _father _of_of not they _saw. (GEN_9:23)

OET-RV: 23 So Shem and Yafet took a robe, and holding it between their shoulders they walked backwards into the tent and covered their father’s nakedness. (Their faces were towards the tent entrance, so they didn’t see his nakedness.) (GEN 9:23)

1 SAM 4:18 contextual word gloss=‘backwards’ word gloss=‘backward’ OSHB 1 SAM 4:18 word 9

OET-LV: 18 and_he/it _was just_as_he _brought _to _remembrance DOM the _box _of the_ʼElohīm and_he _fell from_under the_seat backwards behind the _side _of the _gate neck _of_his and_it _was _broken and_he/it _died if/because he _was _old the_man and_heavy and_he he _had _judged DOM Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) forty year[s]. (SA1_4:18)

OET-RV: 18 The moment he mentioned the capturing of God’s box, Eli fell backwards off the seat beside the city gate. Because he was old and very heavy, his neck broke and he died. Eli had led Yisrael for forty years. (SA1 4:18)

1 KI 18:37 contextual word gloss=‘backwards’ word gloss=‘back’ OSHB 1 KI 18:37 word 15

OET-LV: 37 Answer_me Oh_YHWH answer_me so_that _they _may _know the_people the_this if/because _that you Oh_YHWH the_ʼElohīm and_you(ms) you _have _turned _around DOM heart _of_their backwards. (KI1_18:37)

OET-RV: 37 Answer me, Yahweh! Answer me, so that this country will understand that you, Yahweh, are God, and that you can turn their hearts back again.” (KI1 18:37)

2 KI 20:10 contextual word gloss=‘backwards’ word gloss=‘backwards’ OSHB 2 KI 20:10 word 12

OET-LV: 10 And_ Ḩizqiy^yāh _he/it _said it _is _trifling to_shadow to_stretch _out ten steps no if/because let _it _go _back the_shadow backwards ten steps. (KI2_20:10)

OET-RV: 10 “It’s easy for the shadows go forward,” said Hizkiyah. “So make them go backwards ten steps.” (KI2 20:10)

2 KI 20:11 contextual word gloss=‘backwards’ word gloss=‘back’ OSHB 2 KI 20:11 word 14

OET-LV: 11 And_ Yəshaˊ^yāh _he/it _called the_prophet to YHWH and_he _turned _back DOM the_shadow on_steps which it _had _gone _down on_the _steps _of ʼĀḩāz backwards ten steps. (KI2_20:11)

OET-RV: 11 So the prophet Yeshayah called to Yahweh, and he made the shadow go back on the steps made by King Ahaz—the shadow went ten steps backward. (KI2 20:11)

ISA 38:8 contextual word gloss=‘backwards’ word gloss=‘backwards’ OSHB ISA 38:8 word 11

OET-LV: 8 Here_I am_about _to _turn _back DOM the _shadow _of the _steps which it _had _gone _down on_the _steps _of ʼĀḩāz with_sun backwards ten steps and_it _went _back the_sun ten steps on_steps which it _had _gone _down. (ISA_38:8)

OET-RV: 8 ◙ (ISA 38:8)