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Hebrew wordlink #297431

OSHB Isa 44:13 קָו (qāv) Strongs=6957 b Lemma=‘קַו’
contextual word gloss=‘a_measuring-line’ word gloss=‘line’
Morphology=Ncmsa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute
Year=-712 TimeSeries=Prophecies_of_Isaiah

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Other uses (3) of identical word form קָו (Morphology=Ncmsa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘קָו’ (Morphology=Ncmsa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute) has 2 different glosses: ‘a_measuring-line’, ‘strength’.

ISA 18:2 contextual word gloss=‘strength’ word gloss=‘line’ OSHB ISA 18:2 word 24

OET-LV: 2 The_one_which _is_sending on_sea envoys and_in_vessels _of papyrus on the_surface _of the_waters go Oh _messengers swift to a _nation tall and_smooth _skinned to a _people feared from it and_beyond a _nation strength strength and_trampling which they _divide rivers land _of_its. (ISA_18:2)

OET-RV: 2 ◙ (ISA 18:2)

ISA 18:7 contextual word gloss=‘strength’ word gloss=‘line’ OSHB ISA 18:7 word 17

OET-LV: 7 At_time (the)_that it _will _be _brought a _gift to/for_YHWH hosts a _people tall and_smooth _skinned and_from_a _people feared from it and_beyond a _nation _of strength strength and_trampling which rivers they _divide land _of_its to the _place _of the _name _of YHWH hosts the _mountain _of Tsiyyōn/(Zion). (ISA_18:7)

OET-RV: 7 ◙ (ISA 18:7)

LAM 2:8 contextual word gloss=‘a_measuring-line’ word gloss=‘line’ OSHB LAM 2:8 word 8

OET-LV: 8 YHWH he _has _planned to_ the _wall _of _destroy of _the _daughter _of of _Tsiyyōn he _has _stretched _out a _measuring-line not he _has _turned _back his/its_hand from_swallowing _up and_he _has _caused _to _mourn rampart and_wall together they _have _languished. (LAM_2:8)

OET-RV: 8 Yahweh planned to destroy the wall of the daughter that’s Tsiyyon.
⇔ He stretched out the measuring line.
⇔ He didn’t withhold his hand from devouring,
⇔ and he’s brought the ramparts and wall to mourning. Together they wasted away. (LAM 2:8)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘Lemma=‘קַו’’ have 3 different glosses: ‘a_measuring-line’, ‘strength’, ‘the_measuring-line_of’.