Open English Translation (OET)

Hebrew wordlink #164330

OSHB 1 Ki 12:15 סִבָּה (şibāh) Strongs=5438 Lemma=‘סִבָּה’^*
contextual word gloss=‘a_turn_of_affairs’ word gloss=‘turn_of_events’
Morphology=Ncfsa PoS=common_noun Gender=feminine Number=singular State=absolute

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Only use of identical word form ‘סִבָּה’ (Morphology=Ncfsa PoS=common_noun Gender=feminine Number=singular State=absolute) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘סִבָּה’ (Morphology=Ncfsa PoS=common_noun Gender=feminine Number=singular State=absolute) is always and only glossed as ‘a_turn_of_affairs’.

1 KI 12:15 contextual word gloss=‘a_turn_of_affairs’ word gloss=‘turn_of_events’ OSHB 1 KI 12:15 word 8

OET-LV: 15 And_not he _listened the_king to the_people if/because it _was a _turn _of _affairs from_with YHWH so _as to _establish DOM message _of_his which YHWH he _had _spoken by_the _hand _of ʼAḩiy^yāh the_Shilōnī to Yārāⱱəˊām the _son _of Neⱱaţ. (KI1_12:15)

OET-RV: 15 So the king didn’t listen to the people. This change came from Yahweh so that what he’d had Ahiyah the Shilonite tell Nebat’s son Yarave’am would all indeed happen. (KI1 12:15)

^*Note: This is also the only occurrence of the word root (lemma) ‘סִבָּה’ in the Hebrew originals.