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Hebrew wordlink #300398

OSHB Isa 54:1 עֲקָרָה (ˊₐqārāh) Strongs=6135 Lemma=‘עָקָר’
contextual word gloss=‘O_barren_[woman]’ word gloss=‘infertile’
Morphology=Aafsa PoS=adjective Gender=feminine Number=singular State=absolute
Year=-712 TimeSeries=Prophecies_of_Isaiah

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Other uses (7) of identical word form עֲקָרָה (Morphology=Aafsa PoS=adjective Gender=feminine Number=singular State=absolute) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘עֲקָרָה’ (Morphology=Aafsa PoS=adjective Gender=feminine Number=singular State=absolute) has 5 different glosses: ‘O_barren_[woman]’, ‘[are]_barren’, ‘[was]_barren’, ‘a_barren_[woman]’, ‘barren’.

GEN 11:30 contextual word gloss=‘barren’ word gloss=‘infertile’ OSHB GEN 11:30 word 3

OET-LV: 30 And_it _became Sarai barren there_belonged_not to/for_her/it a _child. (GEN_11:30)

OET-RV: 30 However, Sarai wasn’t able to get pregnant so they didn’t have any children. (GEN 11:30)

GEN 25:21 contextual word gloss=‘[was]_barren’ word gloss=‘infertile’ OSHB GEN 25:21 word 7

OET-LV: 21 And_ Yiʦḩāq _he _prayed to/for_YHWH to_the _front _of his/its_wife/woman if/because was_barren she and_he _was _entreated to_him/it YHWH and_ Riⱱqāh _she/it _conceived/became _pregnant his/its_wife/woman. (GEN_25:21)

OET-RV: 21 In due course, Yitshak prayed to Yahweh on his wife’s behalf because she was barren. Yahweh answered his prayer and his wife Rebekah got pregnant, (GEN 25:21)

GEN 29:31 contextual word gloss=‘[was]_barren’ word gloss=‘infertile’ OSHB GEN 29:31 word 10

OET-LV: 31 And_ YHWH _he/it _saw if/because _that Lēʼāh was_hated and_he _opened DOM her_womb/uterus and_Rāḩēl was_barren. (GEN_29:31)

OET-RV: 31 Now Yahweh saw that Le’ah was spurned, so he allowed her to conceive, but Rahel was unable to get pregnant. (GEN 29:31)

JDG 13:2 contextual word gloss=‘[was]_barren’ word gloss=‘infertile’ OSHB JDG 13:2 word 10

OET-LV: 2 and_he/it _was a _man one from_Tsārəˊāh/(Zorah) from_the _clan _of the _Danite[s] and_his/its_name was_Mānōaḩ and_his/its_woman/wife was_barren and_not she _had _borne _children. (JDG_13:2)

OET-RV: 2 Now there was a man named Manoah from Zorah, of the families of the Danites. His wife was barren so they had no children. (JDG 13:2)

JDG 13:3 contextual word gloss=‘[are]_barren’ word gloss=‘infertile’ OSHB JDG 13:3 word 11

OET-LV: 3 And_ the _messenger _of _he _appeared of_YHWH to the_woman and_he/it _said to_her/it here please you are_barren and_not you _have _borne _children and_you _will _conceive and_you _will _bear a _son. (JDG_13:3)

OET-RV: 3 One day, Yahweh’s messenger appeared to the wife and told her, “Listen, please, you are barren and have never given birth, but you will conceive and have a son. (JDG 13:3)

1 SAM 2:5 contextual word gloss=‘a_barren_[woman]’ word gloss=‘infertile’ OSHB 1 SAM 2:5 word 7

OET-LV: 5 Satisfied_people for_food they _hire _themselves _out and_hungry_people they _cease to a _barren_woman she _bears seven_children and_a _woman_many _of sons she _languishes. (SA1_2:5)

OET-RV: 5 Those who had been satisfied now hire themselves out for food,
⇔ but the hungry people no longer lack.
⇔ The woman who’d been childless, gives birth to seven,
⇔ but the woman with many sons is depressed. (SA1 2:5)

JOB 24:21 contextual word gloss=‘a_barren_[woman]’ word gloss=‘infertile’ OSHB JOB 24:21 word 2

OET-LV: 21 he_is_feeding _on a _barren_woman who_not she _gives _birth and_a _widow not he _does _good _to. (JOB_24:21)

OET-RV: 21 He devours the barren woman who’s never had a child.
⇔ He doesn’t do anything good to the widow. (JOB 24:21)