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Hebrew wordlink #366889

OSHB Joel 2:5 אֹכְלָה (ʼoklāh) Strongs=398 Lemma=‘אָכַל’
contextual word gloss=‘[which]_consumes’ word gloss=‘consuming’
Morphology=Vqrfsa PoS=qal_verb Type=active_participle Gender=feminine Number=singular State=absolute
Year=-800 TimeSeries=Prophecies_of_Joel

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Other uses (3) of identical word form אֹכְלָה (Morphology=Vqrfsa PoS=qal_verb Type=active_participle Gender=feminine Number=singular State=absolute) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘אֹכְלָה’ (Morphology=Vqrfsa PoS=qal_verb Type=active_participle Gender=feminine Number=singular State=absolute) has 3 different glosses: ‘[is]_devouring’, ‘[which]_consumes’, ‘consuming’.

DEU 4:24 contextual word gloss=‘consuming’ word gloss=‘consuming’ OSHB DEU 4:24 word 5

OET-LV: 24 If/because YHWH god _of_your is_a _fire consuming he a _god jealous. (DEU_4:24)

OET-RV: 24 because your god Yahweh is a consuming fire—he’s a god who gets jealous. (DEU 4:24)

DEU 9:3 contextual word gloss=‘consuming’ word gloss=‘devouring’ OSHB DEU 9:3 word 10

OET-LV: 3 And_you _will _know the_day if/because _that YHWH god _of_your he is_the_one _who _will_pass _over to_your_face a _fire consuming he he_will _destroy _them and_he he_will _subdue _them to_your_face and_you_will _dispossess _them and_you_will _destroy _them quickly just_as he _spoke YHWH to/for_you(fs). (DEU_9:3)

OET-RV: 3 You need to be confident that your god Yahweh will go ahead of you like a raging fire—he’ll destroy them and subdue them ahead of you, then you can drive them out and quickly eliminate them as Yahweh has told you to do. (DEU 9:3)

JER 12:12 contextual word gloss=‘[is]_devouring’ word gloss=‘devours’ OSHB JER 12:12 word 10

OET-LV: 12 Over all _of the_bare _heights in_wilderness they _have _come destroyers if/because a _sword to/for_YHWH is_devouring from_an _end _of the_land and_unto the _end _of the_earth/land there_is_not peace to/from_all/each/any/every flesh. (JER_12:12)

OET-RV: 12 ◙
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The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘Lemma=‘אָכַל’’ have 4 different glosses: ‘I_want_to_eat’, ‘[is]_devouring’, ‘[which]_consumes’, ‘consuming’.