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Hebrew wordlink #374315

OSHB Hab 2:18 הוֹעִיל (hōˊīl) Strongs=3276 Lemma=‘יָעַל’
contextual word gloss=‘does_it_profit’ word gloss=‘profit’
Morphology=Vhp3ms PoS=hiphil_verb Type=perfect_(qatal) Person=third Gender=masculine Number=singular
Year=-626 TimeSeries=Prophecies_of_Habakkuk

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Only use of identical word form ‘הוֹעִיל’ (Morphology=Vhp3ms PoS=hiphil_verb Type=perfect_(qatal) Person=third Gender=masculine Number=singular) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘הוֹעִיל’ (Morphology=Vhp3ms PoS=hiphil_verb Type=perfect_(qatal) Person=third Gender=masculine Number=singular) is always and only glossed as ‘does_it_profit’.

HAB 2:18 contextual word gloss=‘does_it_profit’ word gloss=‘profit’ OSHB HAB 2:18 word 2

OET-LV: 18 what a _carved _image does _it _profit if/because he_has _carved _it the _of_one _who_formed _it a _molten _image and_that _which_teaches falsehood if/because he _relies form _of_its the _one _who_formed on/upon/above_him/it for_ idols _doing dumb. (HAB_2:18)

OET-RV: 18 How can an idol profit you when it was just formed and shaped by its human maker?
⇔ It’s a teacher of lies because its maker uses his own imagination when he makes these speechless ‘gods’. (HAB 2:18)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘Lemma=‘יָעַל’’ have 3 different glosses: ‘does_it_profit’, ‘to_confer_profit’, ‘to_profit’.