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Hebrew wordlink #325137

OSHB Jer 42:6 נִשְׁמַע (nishmaˊ) Strongs=8085 Lemma=‘שָׁמַע’
contextual word gloss=‘we_will_listen’ word gloss=‘obey’
Morphology=Vqi1cp PoS=qal_verb Type=imperfect_(yiqtol) Person=first Gender=common Number=plural
Year=-588 TimeSeries=Prophecies_of_Jeremiah

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Other uses (2) of identical word form נִשְׁמַע (Morphology=Vqi1cp PoS=qal_verb Type=imperfect_(yiqtol) Person=first Gender=common Number=plural) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘נִשְׁמַע’ (Morphology=Vqi1cp PoS=qal_verb Type=imperfect_(yiqtol) Person=first Gender=common Number=plural) has 2 different glosses: ‘we_hear’, ‘we_will_listen’.

JOS 1:17 contextual word gloss=‘we_will_listen’ word gloss=‘obey’ OSHB JOS 1:17 word 7

OET-LV: 17 According_to _all that we _listened to Mosheh so we _will _listen to_you only may _he _be YHWH god _of_your with_you just_as he _was with Mosheh. (JOS_1:17)

OET-RV: 17 We’ll listen to you just like we listened to everything Mosheh said. May your god Yahweh be with you, just like he was with Mosheh. (JOS 1:17)

JOB 26:14 contextual word gloss=‘we_hear’ word gloss=‘hear’ OSHB JOB 26:14 word 8

OET-LV: 14 There these are_the _ends _of his _ways _of_of and_what a _whisper _of a _message we _hear in/on/over_him/it and_the _thunder _of his _mighty _deeds _of_of who will _he _understand. (JOB_26:14)

OET-RV: 14 Listen, those are the ends of his ways,
⇔ and how we hear just a whisper of a word.
⇔ And who can interpret the thunder of his power? (JOB 26:14)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘Lemma=‘שָׁמַע’’ have 6 different glosses: ‘it_had_been_heard’, ‘it_has_been_heard’, ‘it_was_heard’, ‘it_will_be_heard’, ‘we_hear’, ‘we_will_listen’.