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Hebrew wordlink #114531

OSHB Jdg 6:15 בִּי (bī) Strongs=994 Lemma=‘בִּי’
contextual word gloss=‘pardon_me’ word gloss=‘please’
Morphology=Te PoS=exhortation_particle
Year=-1245 TimeSeries=Deliverance_by_Gideon

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Other uses (11) of identical word form בִּי (Morphology=Te PoS=exhortation_particle) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘בִּי’ (Morphology=Te PoS=exhortation_particle) has 2 different glosses: ‘pardon_me’, ‘pardon_us’.

GEN 43:20 contextual word gloss=‘pardon_us’ word gloss=‘oh’ OSHB GEN 43:20 word 2

OET-LV: 20 And_they _said pardon _us my_master indeed _(come _down) we _came _down at_beginning to_buy food. (GEN_43:20)

OET-RV: 20 explaining, “Please, my master, honestly, we came down here the first time to buy food. (GEN 43:20)

GEN 44:18 contextual word gloss=‘pardon_me’ word gloss=‘oh’ OSHB GEN 44:18 word 5

OET-LV: 18 and_he _drew _near to_him/it Yəhūdāh and_he/it _said pardon _me my_master may _he _speak please servant _of_your a _message in_the _ears _of my_master and_not let _it _burn anger _of_your on_your _of_servant if/because as_you as_Parˊoh. (GEN_44:18)

OET-RV: 18 Then Yehudah went closer to Yosef and said quietly, “Please, my master, please let your servant speak a word in my master’s ears, and don’t get angry with me, since you’re as powerful as Far’oh. (GEN 44:18)

EXO 4:10 contextual word gloss=‘pardon_me’ word gloss=‘please’ OSHB EXO 4:10 word 5

OET-LV: 10 And_ Mosheh _he/it _said to YHWH pardon _me my_master not am_a _man _of words/messages I neither from_yesterday nor from_three _days _ago nor from_then you_to _speak to servant _of_your if/because am_heavy _of mouth and_heavy _of tongue I. (EXO_4:10)

OET-RV: 10 “Oh my master,” Mosheh responded, “I’m not very good at speaking to others—I never have been and still aren’t. I seem to get tongue-tied easily.” (EXO 4:10)

EXO 4:13 contextual word gloss=‘pardon_me’ word gloss=‘please’ OSHB EXO 4:13 word 2

OET-LV: 13 And_he/it _said pardon _me my_master send please by_the _hand _of whomever_you _will _send. (EXO_4:13)

OET-RV: 13 But Mosheh replied, “Oh master, please send someone else.” (EXO 4:13)

NUM 12:11 contextual word gloss=‘pardon_me’ word gloss=‘oh’ OSHB NUM 12:11 word 5

OET-LV: 11 And_ ʼAhₐron _he/it _said to Mosheh pardon _me my_master do _not please put on_us the_sin which we _have _acted _foolishly and_which we _have _sinned. (NUM_12:11)

OET-RV: 11 and he begged Mosheh, “Please, my master, please don’t make us suffer for our foolish disrespect and disobedience. (NUM 12:11)

JOS 7:8 contextual word gloss=‘pardon_me’ word gloss=‘o’ OSHB JOS 7:8 word 1

OET-LV: 8 Pardon _me my_master what will _I _say after that it _has _turned Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) a _neck to_(the)_face _of/in _front _of/before enemies _of_its. (JOS_7:8)

OET-RV: 8 Please, my master, what can I say now that we have had to flee in shame from our enemies? (JOS 7:8)

JDG 6:13 contextual word gloss=‘pardon_me’ word gloss=‘please’ OSHB JDG 6:13 word 4

OET-LV: 13 And_he/it _said to_him/it Gidˊōn pardon _me my_master and_(there) YHWH is_with_us and_for_what has_it _found _us all _of this and_where are_all _of his _of_wonders which they _recounted to/for_us fathers _of_our to_say not from_Miʦrayim/(Egypt) did_he _bring _us _up YHWH and_now he_has _abandoned _us YHWH and_he_has _given _us in_the _palm _of Midyān. (JDG_6:13)

OET-RV: 13 “With me, my master?” Gideon asked. “If Yahweh is with us, then why’s all of this happened to us? Where are all of the miracles that our ancestors told us about, saying, ‘Didn’t Yahweh bring us up out of Egypt?’ But now Yahweh has abandoned us and handed us over to the Midianites.” (JDG 6:13)

JDG 13:8 contextual word gloss=‘pardon_me’ word gloss=‘o’ OSHB JDG 13:8 word 6

OET-LV: 8 and_ Mānōaḩ _he _prayed to YHWH and_he _said pardon _me master _of_Oh the _man _of the_ʼElohīm whom you _sent let _him _come please again to_us so_that_he _may _teach _us what will _we _do for_lad who. (JDG_13:8)

OET-RV: 8 Then Manoah prayed to Yahweh, “Oh please, my master, please let the man of God that you sent before, come back to us again so he can instruct us about what we must do for this boy who’s going to be born.” (JDG 13:8)

1 SAM 1:26 contextual word gloss=‘pardon_me’ word gloss=‘oh’ OSHB 1 SAM 1:26 word 2

OET-LV: 26 And_she/it _said pardon _me my_master by_the _life your _self _of_of my_master I the_woman who_stood with_you in_this_place to_pray to YHWH. (SA1_1:26)

OET-RV: 26 “Please, my master,” Hannah said. “As your spirit lives, my master, I’m the woman who was standing with you here to pray to Yahweh. (SA1 1:26)

1 KI 3:17 contextual word gloss=‘pardon_me’ word gloss=‘please’ OSHB 1 KI 3:17 word 4

OET-LV: 17 And_she/it _said the_woman the_one(f) pardon _me my_master I and_the_woman (the)_this are_dwelling in_a _house one and_I _gave _birth with_her/it in_house. (KI1_3:17)

OET-RV: 17 and one of them said, “Please, my master, us two women live in the same house, and while she was there in the house, I gave birth to a baby. (KI1 3:17)

1 KI 3:26 contextual word gloss=‘pardon_me’ word gloss=‘please’ OSHB 1 KI 3:26 word 14

OET-LV: 26 And_she/it _said the_woman whom son _of_was_her the _living_one to the_king if/because compassion(s)_of_her they _had _grown _warm on son _of_her and_she/it _said pardon _me my_master give to/for_her/it DOM the_one_born (the)_living and_certainly _(kill) do _not kill_him and_this_one was_saying neither to_me nor to/for_you(fs) not he _will _belong cut. (KI1_3:26)

OET-RV: 26 But the mother of the surviving baby felt compassion for her son and yelled, “Please, my master, give the baby to her—you certainly mustn’t kill him!”
¶ Meanwhile the other woman was saying, “Well then, neither of us will have him. Cut him in half!” (KI1 3:26)