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Hebrew wordlink #112107

OSHB Jdg 1:28 חָזַק (ḩāzaq) Strongs=2388 Lemma=‘חָזַק’
contextual word gloss=‘it_became_strong’ word gloss=‘grew_strong’
Morphology=Vqp3ms PoS=qal_verb Type=perfect_(qatal) Person=third Gender=masculine Number=singular

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Other uses (4) of identical word form חָזַק (Morphology=Vqp3ms PoS=qal_verb Type=perfect_(qatal) Person=third Gender=masculine Number=singular) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘חָזַק’ (Morphology=Vqp3ms PoS=qal_verb Type=perfect_(qatal) Person=third Gender=masculine Number=singular) has 4 different glosses: ‘it_became_strong’, ‘it_prevailed’, ‘it_was_[too]_strong’, ‘it_was_severe’.

GEN 41:57 contextual word gloss=‘it_was_severe’ word gloss=‘severe’ OSHB GEN 41:57 word 9

OET-LV: 57 And_all the_earth/land they _came to_Miʦrayim to_buy _grain to Yōşēf if/because it _was _severe the_famine in_all the_earth/land. (GEN_41:57)

OET-RV: 57 Then people from much further away started coming to Egypt to buy grain from Yosef, because the famine was severe in the entire wider region. (GEN 41:57)

GEN 47:20 contextual word gloss=‘it_was_severe’ word gloss=‘severe’ OSHB GEN 47:20 word 14

OET-LV: 20 And_ Yōşēf/(Joseph) _he _bought DOM all _of the _land _of Miʦrayim/(Egypt) for_Parˊoh if/because Miʦrayim they _sold everyone field _of_his if/because it _was _severe on_them the_famine and_it _became the_earth/land to_Parˊoh. (GEN_47:20)

OET-RV: 20 So Yosef bought all the farmland of Egypt for Far’oh, because every Egyptian sold his field. In that way, all the land became Far’oh’s because the famine was so extreme. (GEN 47:20)

2 KI 3:26 contextual word gloss=‘it_was_[too]_strong’ word gloss=‘fierce’ OSHB 2 KI 3:26 word 5

OET-LV: 26 And_ the _king _of _he/it _saw of _Mōʼāⱱ if/because _that it _was_too_strong from_him/it the_battle and_he/it _took with_him seven hundred(s) man who_drew _of a _sword to_break _through to the _king _of ʼEdōm and_not they _were _able. (KI2_3:26)

OET-RV: 26 When Moab’s king saw that the attackers were stronger than them, he took a team of seven hundred swordsmen to try to break through to the king of Edom, but they failed. (KI2 3:26)

1 CHR 21:4 contextual word gloss=‘it_prevailed’ word gloss=‘prevailed’ OSHB 1 CHR 21:4 word 3

OET-LV: 4 And_the _message _of the_king it _prevailed over Yōʼāⱱ and_ Yōʼāⱱ _he/it _went _out and_he/it _walked/wandered in_all Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) and_he _came Yərūshālam/(Jerusalem). (CH1_21:4)

OET-RV: 4 But the king insisted, so Yoav was forced to go and survey the entire country. Then he returned to Yerushalem (CH1 21:4)