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Hebrew wordlink #117873

OSHB Jdg 11:5 נִלְחֲמוּ (nilḩₐmū) Strongs=3898 a Lemma=‘לָחַם’
contextual word gloss=‘they_fought’ word gloss=‘made_war’
Morphology=VNp3cp PoS=niphal_verb Type=perfect_(qatal) Person=third Gender=common Number=plural
Year=-1187 TimeSeries=Deliverance_by_Jephthah

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Other uses (4) of identical word form נִלְחֲמוּ (Morphology=VNp3cp PoS=niphal_verb Type=perfect_(qatal) Person=third Gender=common Number=plural) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘נִלְחֲמוּ’ (Morphology=VNp3cp PoS=niphal_verb Type=perfect_(qatal) Person=third Gender=common Number=plural) has 2 different glosses: ‘they_fought’, ‘they_waged_war’.

JDG 5:19 contextual word gloss=‘they_fought’ word gloss=‘fought’ OSHB JDG 5:19 word 5

OET-LV: 19 kings They _came they _fought then the _kings _of they _fought of _Kənaˊan/(Canaan) at_Taˊₐnāk at the _waters _of Məgiddōn profit _of silver not they _took. (JDG_5:19)

OET-RV: ⇔  19 Kings came and made war.
⇔ Then the Canaanite kings fought at Taanak,
⇔ at the Megiddo springs.
⇔ But they weren’t able to plunder any silver. (JDG 5:19)

JDG 5:20 contextual word gloss=‘they_fought’ word gloss=‘fought’ OSHB JDG 5:20 word 6

OET-LV: 20 From heaven they _fought the_stars from_their _of_highways they _fought with Şīşərāʼ. (JDG_5:20)

OET-RV: 20 From the sky, the stars battled.
⇔ From their courses, they fought against Sisera. (JDG 5:20)

1 CHR 10:1 contextual word gloss=‘they_fought’ word gloss=‘fought’ OSHB 1 CHR 10:1 word 2

OET-LV: 10 and_the_Fəlishtiy they _fought against_Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) and_ the _man _of _he _fled of _Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) from_face/in _front _of the_Fəlishtiy and_they _fell slain on_the _mountain _of Gilboˊa. (CH1_10:1)

OET-RV: 10 Now the Philistines fought against Yisrael, and the Israeli men fled away from the Philistines, and many were killed on Mt. Gilboa. (CH1 10:1)

2 CHR 17:10 contextual word gloss=‘they_waged_war’ word gloss=‘make_war’ OSHB 2 CHR 17:10 word 12

OET-LV: 10 And_he/it _was the _dread _of YHWH on all _of the _kingdoms _of the _lands which were_around Yəhūdāh and_not they _waged _war with Yəhōshāfāţ/(Jehoshaphat). (CH2_17:10)

OET-RV: 10 All the surrounding kingdoms were afraid of Yahweh, so they didn’t attack Yehoshafat. (CH2 17:10)