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Hebrew wordlink #102554

OSHB Jos 8:12 אֹרֵב (ʼorēⱱ) Strongs=693 Lemma=‘אָרַב’
contextual word gloss=‘an_ambush’ word gloss=‘ambush’
Morphology=Vqrmsa PoS=qal_verb Type=active_participle Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute
Year=-1451 TimeSeries=War_with_Canaanites

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

The word form ‘אֹרֵב’ (Morphology=Vqrmsa PoS=qal_verb Type=active_participle Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute) has 2 different glosses: ‘[which]_lies_in_wait’, ‘an_ambush’.

JOS 8:2 (no English gloss here) OSHB JOS 8:2 word 15

OET-LV: 2 And_you _will _do to and_to_king just_as you(ms)_have _done/made to/for and_to_king only mmm and wwww to/for_you(pl) wwww to/for_yourself(m) wwww to/for from. (JOS_8:2)

OET-RV: 2 You’ll do to Ay and its king what you did to Yericho and its king, except that you all can plunder its spoil and its livestock for yourselves. Ambush the city from behind.” (JOS 8:2)

JOS 8:14 contextual word gloss=‘an_ambush’ word gloss=‘ambush’ OSHB JOS 8:14 word 23

OET-LV: 14 And_he/it _was just_as _saw the _king _of (the)_ˊAy and_they _hurried and_they _rose _early and_they _went _out the _men _of the_city to_meet Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) for_battle he and_all people _of_his to_place to_(the)_face _of/in _front _of/before the_ˊArāⱱāh and_he not he _knew if/because _that an _ambush to_him/it was_(from)_behind the_city. (JOS_8:14)

OET-RV: 14 When the king of Ay saw the Israelis, he hurriedly got his men ready, and went out early to meet Yisrael for the battle. The king and his people went to a prepared spot overlooking the Yordan valley, but he didn’t know that another group lay in ambush behind the city. (JOS 8:14)

LAM 3:10 contextual word gloss=‘[which]_lies_in_wait’ word gloss=‘lying_in_wait’ OSHB LAM 3:10 word 2

OET-LV: 10 is_a _bear which_lies _in _wait he to_me a _lion in_secret _places. (LAM_3:10)

OET-RV: 10 He’s a bear lying in wait for me—
⇔ a lion hiding ready to attack. (LAM 3:10)