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Hebrew wordlink #297572

OSHB Isa 44:20 אֵפֶר (ʼēfer) Strongs=665 Lemma=‘אֵפֶר’
contextual word gloss=‘ash[es]’ word gloss=‘ashes’
Morphology=Ncmsa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute
Year=-712 TimeSeries=Prophecies_of_Isaiah

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Other uses (5) of identical word form אֵפֶר (Morphology=Ncmsa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘אֵפֶר’ (Morphology=Ncmsa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute) is always and only glossed as ‘ash[es]’.

2 SAM 13:19 contextual word gloss=‘ash[es]’ word gloss=‘ashes’ OSHB 2 SAM 13:19 word 3

OET-LV: 19 And_ Tāmār _she/it _took ash[es] on head _of_her and_the _long _garment _of the _palms _and _soles which on/upon_it(f) she _tore and_she _put hand _of_her on head _of_her and_she _went surely _(go) and_she _cried _out. (SA2_13:19)

OET-RV: 19 Then Tamar put ashes on her head and tore the long robe that she was wearing. She put her hand on her head and wailed as she walked home. (SA2 13:19)

JOB 13:12 contextual word gloss=‘ash[es]’ word gloss=‘ashes’ OSHB JOB 13:12 word 3

OET-LV: 12 Memorials _of_your(pl) are_proverbs _of ash[es] are_(to)_defenses _of clay defenses _of_your(pl). (JOB_13:12)

OET-RV: 12 Your traditional sayings are proverbs of ashes.
⇔ ≈ Your defenses might as well be made of clay. (JOB 13:12)

PSA 102:10 contextual word gloss=‘ash[es]’ word gloss=‘ashes’ OSHB PSA 102:10 word 2

OET-LV: 10  if/because ash[es] like_food I _have _eaten and_my _of_drinks with_weeping I _have _mixed. (PSA_102:10)

OET-RV: 10 You picked me up and threw me away
⇔ because of your indignation and anger. (PSA 102:10)

ISA 61:3 contextual word gloss=‘ash[es]’ word gloss=‘ashes’ OSHB ISA 61:3 word 8

OET-LV: 3 To_put to_the _mourners _of Tsiyyōn/(Zion) to_give to/for_them a _turban in _place _of ash[es] oil _of joy in _place _of mourning a _mantle _of praise in _place _of a _spirit faint and_it _will _be _called to/for_them the _oaks _of (the)_righteousness the _planting _of YHWH to_glorify _himself. (ISA_61:3)

OET-RV: 3 ◙
⇔ …
⇔ …
⇔ …
⇔ …
⇔ … (ISA 61:3)

MAL 3:21 contextual word gloss=‘ash[es]’ word gloss=‘ashes’ OSHB MAL 3:21 word 5

OET-LV: 21  and_you(pl)_will _tread _down wicked_people if/because they _will _be ash[es] under the _soles _of your _two’s _feet _of_of in _the_day when I will _be_acting YHWH he _says hosts. (MAL_3:21)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘Lemma=‘אֵפֶר’’ have 2 different glosses: ‘ash[es]’, ‘the_ash[es]_of’.