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Hebrew wordlink #123628

OSHB Jdg 21:18 נִשְׁבְּעוּ (nishbəˊū) Strongs=7650 Lemma=‘שָׁבַע’
contextual word gloss=‘they_had_sworn’ word gloss=‘sworn’
Morphology=VNp3cp PoS=niphal_verb Type=perfect_(qatal) Person=third Gender=common Number=plural
Year=-1406

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

The word form ‘נִשְׁבְּעוּ’ (Morphology=VNp3cp PoS=niphal_verb Type=perfect_(qatal) Person=third Gender=common Number=plural) has 4 different glosses: ‘they_had_sworn’, ‘they_had_sworn_an_oath’, ‘they_swore’, ‘they_swore_an_oath’.

GEN 21:31 contextual word gloss=‘they_swore_an_oath’ word gloss=‘swore_an_oath’ OSHB GEN 21:31 word 10

OET-LV: 31 Therefore yes/correct/thus/so he _called (to)_place (the)_that Bəʼēr Shəⱱāʼ if/because there they _swore _an _oath the _two _of_of _them. (GEN_21:31)

OET-RV: 31 So that’s why the place was named ‘Beer-Sheva’ (which means ‘Well of the seven’ or ‘Well of the oath’), because that’s where the two of them made their agreement. (GEN 21:31)

JOS 9:18 contextual word gloss=‘they_had_sworn_an_oath’ word gloss=‘sworn’ OSHB JOS 9:18 word 6

OET-LV: 18 And_not they_attacked _them the _people _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) if/because they _had _sworn _an _oath to/for_them the _leaders _of the _congregation by_YHWH the _god _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) and_ all _of _they _grumbled the_congregation on the_leaders. (JOS_9:18)

OET-RV: 18 But they didn’t attack those cities because their leaders had made a promise by the god of Yisrael, Yahweh.
¶ All the Israelis grumbled against their leaders for making that treaty, (JOS 9:18)

2 SAM 21:2 contextual word gloss=‘they_had_sworn_an_oath’ word gloss=‘sworn’ OSHB 2 SAM 21:2 word 17

OET-LV: 2 And_he/it _called the_king (to)_Giⱱˊōnites and_he/it _said to_them and_the_Giⱱˊōnites not from_(the)_sons of _Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) they if/because (if) from_the _remnant _of the_ʼAmorī and_the _sons of _Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) they _had _sworn _an _oath to/for_them and_ Shāʼūl _he/it _sought to_strike_them _down because_he_was _zealous for_the _people _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) and_Yəhūdāh/(Yihudah). (SA2_21:2)

OET-RV: 2 (The Gibeonites were not native Israelis, but were a remnant of the Amorites. The Israelis had promised to protect them, but Sha’ul had attempted to eliminate them in his zeal for the people of Yisrael and Yehudah.) So the king summoned the Gibeonites and asked them, (SA2 21:2)

2 SAM 21:17 contextual word gloss=‘they_swore’ word gloss=‘swore’ OSHB 2 SAM 21:17 word 11

OET-LV: 17 And_he _helped to_him/it ʼAⱱīshay the _son _of Tsərū^yāh/(Zeruiah) and_he _struck DOM the_Philistine and_he_killed _him then the _men _of they _swore of _Dāvid to_him/it to_say not you _will _go _out again with_us for_battle and_not you _will _extinguish DOM the _lamp _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel). (SA2_21:17)

OET-RV: 17 but Tseruyah’s son Abishai helped David, and he struck the Philistine and killed him. Then, David’s men made a decision, saying, “You won’t go out to battle with us anymore because we don’t want Yisrael’s lamp to be extinguished.” (SA2 21:17)