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Hebrew wordlink #121708

OSHB Jdg 18:29 לַיִשׁ (layish) Strongs=3919 a Lemma=‘לַיִשׁ’
contextual word gloss=‘[was]_Laish’ word gloss=‘Layish’
Morphology=Np PoS=proper_noun
Location=Laish Year=-1406

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Other uses (3) of identical word form לַיִשׁ (Morphology=Np PoS=proper_noun) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘לַיִשׁ’ (Morphology=Np PoS=proper_noun) has 3 different glosses: ‘Laish’, ‘[was]_Laish’, ‘of_Laish’.

JDG 18:14 contextual word gloss=‘Laish’ word gloss=‘Layish’ OSHB JDG 18:14 word 8

OET-LV: 14 And_they _answered the _five _of the_men who_had_gone to_spy _out DOM the_earth/land Layish and_they _said to brothers _of_their do_you(pl)_know if/because _that there_are in_houses the_these an _ephod and_teraphim a_carved _image and_a _molten _image and_now consider what will _you(pl)_do. (JDG_18:14)

OET-RV: 14 Then the five men who had been here previously scouting out the land said to their group, “Do you know that there’s a house here with a gear for priests, family idols, a carved image, and a cast image? So now, consider what you should do.” (JDG 18:14)

JDG 18:27 contextual word gloss=‘Laish’ word gloss=‘Layish’ OSHB JDG 18:27 word 14

OET-LV: 27 And_they they _took DOM that_which he _had _made Mīkāh and_DOM the_priest/officer who he _belonged to_him/it and_they _came to Layish to a _people at _peace and_secure and_they _struck _down them to_the_mouth _of the_sword and_DOM the_city they _burnt with_fire. (JDG_18:27)

OET-RV: 27 taking with them the things that Micah had made, as well as his priest. They came to Layish where the unsuspecting people were living peaceably, and they slaughtered them with their swords and burnt down the city. (JDG 18:27)

1 SAM 25:44 contextual word gloss=‘of_Laish’ word gloss=‘Layish’ OSHB 1 SAM 25:44 word 10

OET-LV: 44 and_Shāʼūl/(Saul) he _had _given DOM Mīkāl daughter _of_his the _wife _of Dāvid to_Palţī/(Palti) the _son _of Layish who was_from_Gallim. (SA1_25:44)

OET-RV: 44 (Meanwhile Sha’ul had given his daughter, David’ wife Mikal, to Palti, Layish’s son from Gallim.) (SA1 25:44)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘Lemma=‘לַיִשׁ’’ have 4 different glosses: ‘Laish’, ‘[was]_Laish’, ‘a_lion’, ‘of_Laish’.