Open English Translation (OET)

Hebrew wordlink #103143

OSHB Jos 9:4 בָּלִים (bālīm) Strongs=1087 Lemma=‘בָּלֶה’
contextual word gloss=‘worn_out’ word gloss=‘worn-out’
Morphology=Aampa PoS=adjective Gender=masculine Number=plural State=absolute
Year=-1451 TimeSeries=War_with_Canaanites

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Other uses (1) of identical word form בָּלִים (Morphology=Aampa PoS=adjective Gender=masculine Number=plural State=absolute) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘בָּלִים’ (Morphology=Aampa PoS=adjective Gender=masculine Number=plural State=absolute) is always and only glossed as ‘worn_out’.

JOS 9:4 contextual word gloss=‘worn_out’ word gloss=‘old’ OSHB JOS 9:4 word 13

OET-LV: 4 And_they _made also they with_cunning and_they _went and_they _acted _as _ambassadors and_they _took sacks worn _out for_their _of_donkeys and_skin-bottles _of wine worn _out and_split and_tied _up. (JOS_9:4)

OET-RV: 4 they decided to use cunning instead. They found old, worn-out sacks to throw over their donkeys and old, worn-out wineskins that had been torn and mended, then sent men to act as ambassadors. (JOS 9:4)