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Hebrew wordlink #313345

OSHB Jer 21:2 נִלְחָם (nilḩām) Strongs=3898 a Lemma=‘לָחַם’
contextual word gloss=‘[is]_waging_war’ word gloss=‘making_war’
Morphology=VNrmsa PoS=niphal_verb Type=active_participle Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute
Year=-589 TimeSeries=Prophecies_of_Jeremiah

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Other uses (6) of identical word form נִלְחָם (Morphology=VNrmsa PoS=niphal_verb Type=active_participle Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘נִלְחָם’ (Morphology=VNrmsa PoS=niphal_verb Type=active_participle Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute) has 4 different glosses: ‘[is]_fighting’, ‘[is]_waging_war’, ‘[was]_fighting’, ‘fighting’.

EXO 14:25 contextual word gloss=‘[is]_fighting’ word gloss=‘fighting’ OSHB EXO 14:25 word 14

OET-LV: 25 And_he _turned _aside DOM the _wheel[s]_of its _chariots _of_of and_he_caused _it _to _drive with_difficulty and_ Miʦrayim _he/it _said let _me _flee from_face/in _front _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) if/because YHWH is_fighting to/for_them against_Miʦrayim (EXO_14:25)

OET-RV: 25 He caused the wheels of their chariots to turn unevenly so they became difficult to drive, and the Egyptians complained, “Let’s retreat from following the Israelis, because Yahweh is fighting against Egypt and for them.” (EXO 14:25)

JDG 9:45 contextual word gloss=‘[was]_fighting’ word gloss=‘fought’ OSHB JDG 9:45 word 2

OET-LV: 45 And_ʼAⱱīmelek was_fighting against_city all _of the_day (the)_that and_he _captured DOM the_city and_DOM the_people which was_in_it he _killed and_he _pulled _down DOM the_city and_he_sowed _it salt. (JDG_9:45)

OET-RV: 45 Abimelek spent that whole day attacking Shekem. He captured the city and they killed the people who were in it. Then he tore it down, and scattered salt on the land. (JDG 9:45)

1 SAM 25:28 contextual word gloss=‘[is]_fighting’ word gloss=‘fighting’ OSHB 1 SAM 25:28 word 16

OET-LV: 28 Forgive please to_the _transgression _of your(ms)_female _slave if/because surely _(make) YHWH he _will _make for_my _of_master a _house enduring if/because the _battles _of YHWH my_master is_fighting and_evil not it _will _be _found in_you(ms) from_your(pl)_of_days. (SA1_25:28)

OET-RV: 28 Please forgive your female servant for being forward because Yahweh will certain advance my master’s reputation. My master is fighting Yahweh’s battles and all your life, you haven’t broken the law. (SA1 25:28)

2 KI 6:8 contextual word gloss=‘fighting’ word gloss=‘war’ OSHB 2 KI 6:8 word 4

OET-LV: 8 and_the _king _of ʼArām he _was fighting against_Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) and_he _consulted (to) servants _of_his to_say will _be_to a _place _of a _certain _one a _certain _one encampment _of_my. (KI2_6:8)

OET-RV: 8 In those days, the king of Aram was fighting against Yisrael, and he’d instruct his servants, “Set up our camp in such and such a place.” (KI2 6:8)

2 KI 19:8 contextual word gloss=‘fighting’ word gloss=‘fighting’ OSHB 2 KI 19:8 word 8

OET-LV: 8 And_ the_Rab- _he _returned shaqeh and_he _found DOM the _king _of ʼAshshūr fighting on Liⱱnāh if/because he _had _heard if/because _that he _had _set _out from_Lākīsh. (KI2_19:8)

OET-RV: 8 When the chief commander returned to the Assyrian king, he discovered that they’d pulled out of Lakish and were now fighting against Livnah city. (KI2 19:8)

ISA 37:8 contextual word gloss=‘fighting’ word gloss=‘fighting’ OSHB ISA 37:8 word 8

OET-RV: 8 ◙ (ISA 37:8)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘Lemma=‘לָחַם’’ have 5 different glosses: ‘[is]_fighting’, ‘[is]_waging_war’, ‘[was]_fighting’, ‘fighting’, ‘he_waged_war’.