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OSHB Hab 2:18 פֶּסֶל (peşel) Strongs=6459 Lemma=‘פֶּסֶל’
contextual word gloss=‘a_carved_image’ word gloss=‘idol’
Morphology=Ncmsa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute
Year=-626 TimeSeries=Prophecies_of_Habakkuk

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Other uses (7) of identical word form פֶּסֶל (Morphology=Ncmsa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘פֶּסֶל’ (Morphology=Ncmsa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute) has 4 different glosses: ‘a_carved_image’, ‘an_idol’, ‘an_image’, ‘idol’.

DEU 4:16 contextual word gloss=‘an_idol’ word gloss=‘idol’ OSHB DEU 4:16 word 5

OET-LV: 16 Lest you(pl)_should _act _corruptly and_you(pl)_will _make to/for_you(pl) an _idol a _form _of any _of image a _likeness _of a _male or a _female. (DEU_4:16)

OET-RV: 16 so don’t corrupt yourselves by making an idol to be your god—don’t make anything in the likeness of a man or a woman, (DEU 4:16)

DEU 4:23 contextual word gloss=‘an_image’ word gloss=‘idol’ OSHB DEU 4:23 word 14

OET-LV: 23 Take _heed to/for_you(pl) lest you(pl)_should _forget DOM the _covenant _of YHWH god _of_your(pl) which he _has _made with_you(pl) and_you(pl)_will _make to/for_you(pl) an _image a _form _of anything which he_commanded _you YHWH god _of_your. (DEU_4:23)

OET-RV: 23 Take great care that you all don’t forget the agreement with your god Yahweh. Don’t make any idols for yourselves in the form of anything that your god Yahweh has ordered you all not to, (DEU 4:23)

DEU 4:25 contextual word gloss=‘an_image’ word gloss=‘idol’ OSHB DEU 4:25 word 10

OET-LV: 25 if/because you _will _father children and_the _sons children and_you(pl)_will _grow _old on _the_earth and_you(pl)_will _act _corruptly and_you(pl)_will _make an _image a _form _of anything and_you(pl)_will _do the_evil in/on_both _eyes _of YHWH god _of_your to_provoke_him _to _anger. (DEU_4:25)

OET-RV: 25 Even after you’ve had children and grandchildren and then grown old in the land, don’t make an idol in the form of anything, and don’t be corrupt or do evil things that your god Yahweh dislikes and so which will make him angry. (DEU 4:25)

JDG 17:3 contextual word gloss=‘a_carved_image’ word gloss=‘carved_image’ OSHB JDG 17:3 word 17

OET-LV: 3 And_he _brought _back DOM the _one _thousand and_one _hundred the_silver to_his _of_mother his/its_mother and_she/it _said surely _(consecrate) I _consecrate DOM the_silver to/for_YHWH from_my _of_hand for_my _of_son to_make a _carved _image and_a _molten _image and_now I_will _return _it to/for_you(fs). (JDG_17:3)

OET-RV: 3 Then he brought back the eleven hundred silver coins to his mother and she declared, “I will certainly consecrate the money to Yahweh for my son’s benefit. Take it and we’ll use it to have one statue carved and another cast.” (JDG 17:3)

JDG 17:4 contextual word gloss=‘a_carved_image’ word gloss=‘idol’ OSHB JDG 17:4 word 12

OET-LV: 4 And_he _brought _back DOM the_silver to_his _of_mother his/its_mother and_she/it _took two _hundred silver and_she_gave _it to_silversmith and_he_made _it a _carved _image and_a _molten _image and_he/it _was in_house _of Mīkāhū. (JDG_17:4)

OET-RV: 4 So after the money had been returned, his mother gave two hundred silver coins to a silversmith. He made a carved figure and one cast from a mould, and they were placed in Micah’s house. (JDG 17:4)

ISA 40:20 contextual word gloss=‘an_idol’ word gloss=‘idol’ OSHB ISA 40:20 word 12

OET-LV: 20 The _impoverished_person a _contribution wood which_not it _will _rot he _chooses a _craftsman skillful he _seeks to_him/it to_prepare an _idol which_not it _will _be _shaken. (ISA_40:20)

OET-RV: 20 ◙
⇔ …
⇔ …
⇔ … (ISA 40:20)

NAH 1:14 contextual word gloss=‘idol’ word gloss=‘carved_image’ OSHB NAH 1:14 word 11

OET-LV: 14 And_he _has _commanded on_you YHWH not it _will _be _sown from_your _of_name again from_the _house _of your(pl)_gods _of_of I _will _cut _off idol and_molten _image I _will _make grave _of_your if/because you _are _insignificant. (NAH_1:14)

OET-RV: ⇔  14 Yahweh has given instructions about you, Nineveh.
⇔ You’ll have no more descendants to carry on your name.
⇔ I’ll destroy your idols and images in your temples.
⇔ I’ll dig your grave because you’re despised. (NAH 1:14)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘Lemma=‘פֶּסֶל’’ have 6 different glosses: ‘a_carved_image’, ‘an_idol’, ‘an_image’, ‘idol’, ‘the_carved_image_of’, ‘the_image_of’.