Open English Translation (OET)

Hebrew wordlink #117376

OSHB Jdg 9:51 גַּג (gag) Strongs=1406 Lemma=‘גָּג’
contextual word gloss=‘the_roof’ word gloss=‘roof’
Morphology=Ncmsc PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=construct
Year=-1233 TimeSeries=Usurpation_by_Abimelech

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Other uses (2) of identical word form גַּג (Morphology=Ncmsc PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=construct) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘גַּג’ (Morphology=Ncmsc PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=construct) is always and only glossed as ‘the_roof’.

2 SAM 11:2 contextual word gloss=‘the_roof’ word gloss=‘roof’ OSHB 2 SAM 11:2 word 10

OET-LV: 2 and_he/it _was to_the _time _of the _evening and_ Dāvid _he/it _rose _up from_under bed _of_his and_he/it _walked/wandered on the _roof of _the _house _of the_king and_he/it _saw a _woman bathing from_under the_roof and_the_woman was_good _of appearance very. (SA2_11:2)

OET-RV: 2 and early one evening he got up from a nap and walked around the palace roof area. From there he saw a woman bathing, and she was very good-looking. (SA2 11:2)

2 SAM 18:24 contextual word gloss=‘the_roof’ word gloss=‘roof’ OSHB 2 SAM 18:24 word 9

OET-LV: 24 And_Dāvid was_sitting between the _two _of the_gates and_he/it _went the_watchman to the _roof of_the _gate to the_wall and_he _lifted _up DOM eyes _of_his and_he/it _saw and_see/lo/see a _man was_running for_him/it_being _alone. (SA2_18:24)

OET-RV: 24 Now David was sitting between the outer and inner gates. When the watchman had gone over the gate roof to the wall, he looked out and saw, wow, a man was running towards them alone. (SA2 18:24)