Open English Translation (OET)

Hebrew wordlink #288810

OSHB Isa 18:2 גֹמֶא (gomeʼ) Strongs=1573 Lemma=‘גֹּמֶא’
contextual word gloss=‘papyrus’ word gloss=‘papyrus’
Morphology=Ncmsa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute
Year=-714 TimeSeries=Prophecies_of_Isaiah

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Only use of identical word form ‘גֹמֶא’ (Morphology=Ncmsa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘גֹמֶא’ (Morphology=Ncmsa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute) is always and only glossed as ‘papyrus’.

Hebrew words (3) other than גֹמֶא (Morphology=Ncmsa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute) with a gloss related to ‘papyrus’

EXO 2:3 גֹּמֶא (gomeʼ) Lemma=‘גֹּמֶא’ contextual word gloss=‘papyrus’ word gloss=‘papyrus’ OSHB EXO 2:3 word 8

OET-LV: 3 And_not she _was _able still to_hide _him and_she _took to_him/it a _basket _of papyrus and_she_sealed _it with_bitumen and_with_pitch and_she _put in_it DOM the_child and_she _put_it among_rush[es] at the _bank _of the _River. (EXO_2:3)

OET-RV: 3 but then she wasn’t able to hide him any longer. So she got a basket made from woven reeds and plastered it with bitumen and pitch. Then she put the baby in it, and floated the basket in the reeds along the riverbank, (EXO 2:3)

JOB 8:11 גֹּמֶא (gomeʼ) Lemma=‘גֹּמֶא’ contextual word gloss=‘papyrus’ word gloss=‘papyrus’ OSHB JOB 8:11 word 2

OET-LV: 11 Will_it _grow _tall papyrus with_not swamp will _it _grow reed[s] not water. (JOB_8:11)

OET-RV: ⇔  11 Can papyrus grow tall where there’s no swamp?
⇔ Can reeds grow where there’s no water? (JOB 8:11)

ISA 35:7 וָגֹמֶא (vāgomeʼ) Lemmas=‘וְ’, ‘גֹּמֶא’ contextual morpheme glosses=‘and, papyrus’ morpheme glosses=‘and, rushes’ OSHB ISA 35:7 word 12

OET-LV: 7 And_it _was the _parched_ground (into)_a_pool and_thirsty _ground will_become_(into)_springs _of water will_be_in _a _habitation _of jackals place _of_its _resting herbage will_become_(into)_reeds and_papyrus. (ISA_35:7)

OET-RV: 7 ◙
⇔ …
⇔ … (ISA 35:7)