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Hebrew wordlink #284802

OSHB Isa 5:2 מִגְדָּל (migdāl) Strongs=4026 Lemma=‘מִגְדָּל’
contextual word gloss=‘a_tower’ word gloss=‘watchtower’
Morphology=Ncbsa PoS=common_noun Gender=both Number=singular State=absolute
Year=-759 TimeSeries=Prophecies_of_Isaiah

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Other uses (1) of identical word form מִגְדָּל (Morphology=Ncbsa PoS=common_noun Gender=both Number=singular State=absolute) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘מִגְדָּל’ (Morphology=Ncbsa PoS=common_noun Gender=both Number=singular State=absolute) has 2 different glosses: ‘a_tower’(1), ‘tower’(1).

ISA 2:15 contextual word gloss=‘tower’ word gloss=‘tower’ OSHB ISA 2:15 word 3

OET-LV: 15 And_on every _of tower high and_on every _of wall fortified. (ISA_2:15)

OET-RV: 15 against every high tower
⇔ and fortified wall, (ISA 2:15)

ISA 5:2 contextual word gloss=‘a_tower’ word gloss=‘watchtower’ OSHB ISA 5:2 word 6

OET-LV: 2 And_he_dug _it and_he_cleared _it _of _stones and_he_planted _it a _choice _vine and_he/it _built a _tower in_the _middle _of_of _it and_also a _wine-vat he _dug _out in/on/over_him/it and_he _waited for_doing grapes and_he/it _made wild _grapes. (ISA_5:2)

OET-RV: 2 He dug it over and cleared it
⇔ and planted it with choice vines.
⇔ He built a watchtower in the middle of it
⇔ and also hewed a wine-pressing pit in a rocky portion.
⇔ Then he waited for it to produce grapes,
⇔ but it produced sour, wild grapes. (ISA 5:2)