Open English Translation (OET)

Hebrew wordlink #116858

OSHB Jdg 9:25 בַעֲלֵי (ⱱaˊₐlēy) Strongs=1167 Lemma=‘בַּעַל’
contextual word gloss=‘the_citizens_of’ word gloss=‘masters_of’
Morphology=Ncmpc PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=plural State=construct
Year=-1233 TimeSeries=Usurpation_by_Abimelech

Note: These word pages enable you to click through to the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (OSHB) that the Open English Translation Old Testament is translated from. The OSHB is based on the Westminster Leningrad Codex (WLC). (We are still searching for a digitized facsimile of the Leningradensis manuscript that we can easily link to. See this list and this archive for now.) This is all part of the commitment of the Open English Translation team to be transparent about all levels of the Bible translation process right back to the original manuscripts.

Other uses (2) of identical word form בַעֲלֵי (Morphology=Ncmpc PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=plural State=construct) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘בַעֲלֵי’ (Morphology=Ncmpc PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=plural State=construct) is always and only glossed as ‘the_citizens_of’.

JDG 9:23 contextual word gloss=‘the_citizens_of’ word gloss=‘masters_of’ OSHB JDG 9:23 word 11

OET-LV: 23 And_ god _he _sent a _spirit evil between ʼAⱱīmelek and_between the _citizens _of Shəkem and_ the _citizens _of _they _dealt _treacherously of _Shəkem with_ʼAⱱīmelek. (JDG_9:23)

OET-RV: 23 then God sent an evil spirit between him and the citizens of Shekem, so the citizens there dealt treacherously with Abimelek. (JDG 9:23)

1 SAM 23:11 contextual word gloss=‘the_citizens_of’ word gloss=‘men_of’ OSHB 1 SAM 23:11 word 2

OET-LV: 11 Will_they_deliver _me _up the _citizens _of Qəˊīlāh in_his _of_hand will_he _come _down Shāʼūl just_as he _has _heard servant _of_your Oh_YHWH the _god _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) tell please to_your _of_servant and_ YHWH _he/it _said he _will _come _down. (SA1_23:11)

OET-RV: 11 Will Sha’ul come here, just as your servant has heard? Will the masters of Ke’ilah turn me over to him? Yahweh, God of Yisrael, please tell your servant.”
¶ “Yes, he will go there,” Yahweh answered. (SA1 23:11)