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OSHB Isa 45:9 חֶרֶשׂ (ḩeres) Strongs=2789 Lemma=‘חֶרֶשׂ’
contextual word gloss=‘a_potsherd’ word gloss=‘potsherd’
Morphology=Ncmsa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute
Year=-712 TimeSeries=Prophecies_of_Isaiah

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Other uses (8) of identical word form חֶרֶשׂ (Morphology=Ncmsa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘חֶרֶשׂ’ (Morphology=Ncmsa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute) has 2 different glosses: ‘a_potsherd’, ‘earthenware’.

LEV 6:21 contextual word gloss=‘earthenware’ word gloss=‘clay’ OSHB LEV 6:21 word 2

OET-LV: 21  and_a _vessel _of earthenware which it _will _be _boiled in/on/over_him/it it _will _be _broken and_if in_a _vessel _of bronze it _was _boiled and_it _will _be _scoured and_it _will _be _rinsed with_water. (LEV_6:21)

OET-RV: 21 It must be mixed with olive oil then cooked with oil on a flat pan. It must then be broken into pieces and presented as a grain offering to make a pleasing aroma for Yahweh. (LEV 6:21)

LEV 11:33 contextual word gloss=‘earthenware’ word gloss=‘clay’ OSHB LEV 11:33 word 3

OET-LV: 33 And_all vessel _of earthenware which it _will _fall from_them into of _it _of_the _middle all that is_in_the _midst _of_of _it it _will _be _unclean and_it you(pl)_will _break. (LEV_11:33)

OET-RV: 33 If one of those creatures falls into a clay container, everything in it will become ‘unclean’ and you must break that container. (LEV 11:33)

LEV 14:5 contextual word gloss=‘earthenware’ word gloss=‘clay’ OSHB LEV 14:5 word 9

OET-LV: 5 And_he _will _command the_priest/officer and_someone _will _cut _the _throat _of DOM the_bird (the)_one into a _vessel _of earthenware over water living. (LEV_14:5)

OET-RV: 5 The priest must tell the person to slaughter one bird so the blood runs into a clay jug containing water from a spring or creek. (LEV 14:5)

LEV 14:50 contextual word gloss=‘earthenware’ word gloss=‘clay’ OSHB LEV 14:50 word 7

OET-LV: 50 And_he _will _cut _the _throat _of DOM the_bird (the)_one into a _vessel _of earthenware over water living. (LEV_14:50)

OET-RV: 50 and slaughter one bird so the blood runs into a clay jug containing water from a spring or creek. (LEV 14:50)

LEV 15:12 contextual word gloss=‘earthenware’ word gloss=‘clay’ OSHB LEV 15:12 word 2

OET-LV: 12 And_a _vessel _of earthenware which he _will _touch in/on/over_him/it the_one_discharging it _will _be _broken and_all vessel _of wood it _will _be _rinsed with_water. (LEV_15:12)

OET-RV: 12 Any container that the man who had a discharge touches, must be smashed if it’s made from clay and rinsed with water if it’s made from wood. (LEV 15:12)

JOB 2:8 contextual word gloss=‘a_potsherd’ word gloss=‘potsherd’ OSHB JOB 2:8 word 3

OET-LV: 8 And_he/it _took to_him/it a _potsherd to_scrape _himself in/on/over_him/it and_he was_sitting in _the_middle the_ash[es]. (JOB_2:8)

OET-RV: 8 Iyyov picked up a piece of broken pottery to scratch himself with as he sat down in the middle of a pile of ashes. (JOB 2:8)

ISA 30:14 contextual word gloss=‘a_potsherd’ word gloss=‘sherd’ OSHB ISA 30:14 word 11

OET-LV: 14 And_someone_will _break _it like_the_breaking _of a _jar potters crushed which_not anyone _will _spare and_not it _will _be _found among_its _of_fragment[s] a _potsherd to_snatch _up fire from_a _fireplace and_to_draw water from_a _cistern. (ISA_30:14)

OET-RV: 14 ◙ (ISA 30:14)

LAM 4:2 contextual word gloss=‘earthenware’ word gloss=‘earthen’ OSHB LAM 4:2 word 9

OET-LV: 2 the _children _of Tsiyyōn/(Zion) (the)_precious who_were_weighed with _(the)_gold how they _are _considered to_jars _of earthenware the_work _of the_hands _of a _potter. (LAM_4:2)

OET-RV: 2 The precious sons of Tsiyyon were once comparable with fine gold.
⇔ Now they’re regarded as clay jars—the work of a potter’s hands. (LAM 4:2)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘Lemma=‘חֶרֶשׂ’’ have 3 different glosses: ‘Kir’, ‘a_potsherd’, ‘earthenware’.