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Hebrew wordlink #367061

OSHB Joel 2:17 יִבְכּוּ (yiⱱkū) Strongs=1058 Lemma=‘בָּכָה’
contextual word gloss=‘let_them_weep’ word gloss=‘weep’
Morphology=Vqj3mp PoS=qal_verb Type=jussive Person=third Gender=masculine Number=plural
Year=-800 TimeSeries=Prophecies_of_Joel

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Only use of identical word form ‘יִבְכּוּ’ (Morphology=Vqj3mp PoS=qal_verb Type=jussive Person=third Gender=masculine Number=plural) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘יִבְכּוּ’ (Morphology=Vqj3mp PoS=qal_verb Type=jussive Person=third Gender=masculine Number=plural) is always and only glossed as ‘let_them_weep’.

JOEL 2:17 contextual word gloss=‘let_them_weep’ word gloss=‘weep’ OSHB JOEL 2:17 word 4

OET-LV: 17 Between the_porch and_the_altar let _them _weep the_priests (of)_YHWH who_serve _of and_let _them _say have_compassion Oh_YHWH on people _of_your and_do _not make inheritance _of_your into_a _reproach to_mock on_them nations to/for_what will _people _say among_peoples where god _of_is_their. (JOL_2:17)

OET-RV: 17 Let Yahweh’s servants the priests weep between the porch and the altar.
⇔ And let them say, “Have pity upon your people, Yahweh,
⇔ and don’t allow others to mock the people that you inherited,
⇔ and then other nations to rule over them.
⇔ Why should the other nations ask, ‘Where is their god?’ ” (JOL 2:17)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘Lemma=‘בָּכָה’’ have 3 different glosses: ‘let_them_weep’, ‘they_are_weeping’, ‘they_will_weep_for’.