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OSHB 1 Ki 1:11 אֵם (ʼēm) Strongs=517 Lemma=‘אֵם’
contextual word gloss=‘the_mother_of’ word gloss=‘mother_of’
Morphology=Ncfsc PoS=common_noun Gender=feminine Number=singular State=construct
Year=-1015

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Other uses (14) of identical word form אֵם (Morphology=Ncfsc PoS=common_noun Gender=feminine Number=singular State=construct) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘אֵם’ (Morphology=Ncfsc PoS=common_noun Gender=feminine Number=singular State=construct) has 2 different glosses: ‘[was]_the_mother_of’, ‘the_mother_of’.

GEN 3:20 contextual word gloss=‘the_mother_of’ word gloss=‘mother_of’ OSHB GEN 3:20 word 9

OET-LV: 20 And_he/it _called the_humankind the _name _of his/its_wife/woman Ḩavvāh/(Eve) if/because she she _was the _mother _of every _of living_person. (GEN_3:20)

OET-RV: 20 Then the man named his wife ‘Havvah’ (which means ‘living’) because she would become the mother of all future people. (GEN 3:20)

GEN 28:5 contextual word gloss=‘the_mother_of’ word gloss=‘mother_of’ OSHB GEN 28:5 word 15

OET-LV: 5 And_ Yiʦḩāq _he _sent _off DOM Yaˊₐqoⱱ and_he/it _went to_Paddan ʼArām to Lāⱱān the _son _of Bətū^ʼēl the_ʼArammiy the _brother _of Riⱱqāh the _mother _of Yaˊₐqoⱱ and_ˊĒsāv. (GEN_28:5)

OET-RV: 5 Then Yitshak sent Yacob away, and he went to Paddan -Aram—to Lavan, the son of Bethuel the Aramean and the brother of Yacob and Esaw’s mother Rebekah. (GEN 28:5)

EXO 2:8 contextual word gloss=‘the_mother_of’ word gloss=‘mother_of’ OSHB EXO 2:8 word 10

OET-LV: 8 And_she/it _said to/for_her/it the _daughter _of Parˊoh go and_she _went the _young_woman and_she/it _called/named DOM the _mother _of the _child. (EXO_2:8)

OET-RV: 8 “Yes, go,” answered Far’oh’s daughter, and the girl went and got the baby’s mother. (EXO 2:8)

JDG 5:28 contextual word gloss=‘the_mother_of’ word gloss=‘mother_of’ OSHB JDG 5:28 word 5

OET-LV: 28 Through the_window she _looked _down and_ the _mother _of _she _lamented of_Şīşərāʼ through the_window-lattice why has _it _delayed chariot _of_his to_come why have _they _delayed the _hoof-beats _of his _chariots _of_of. (JDG_5:28)

OET-RV: ⇔  28 Sisera’s mother looked out the window.
⇔ She peered through the lattice, crying out,
⇔ ‘Why is his chariot so slow to return?
⇔ Why are the hoofbeats of his chariots delayed?’ (JDG 5:28)

2 SAM 17:25 contextual word gloss=‘the_mother_of’ word gloss=‘mother_of’ OSHB 2 SAM 17:25 word 23

OET-LV: 25 And_DOM ˊAmāsāʼ ʼAⱱīshālōm he _had _appointed in _place _of Yōʼāⱱ/(Joab) over the_army and_ˊAmāsāʼ was_a _son _of a _man and_his/its_name was_Yeter/(Jether) the_Israelite who he _had _gone into ʼAⱱīgayil the _daughter _of Nāḩāsh the _sister _of Tsərū^yāh/(Zeruiah) the _mother _of Yōʼāⱱ. (SA2_17:25)

OET-RV: 25 As the replacement for Yoav as army commander, Abshalom had appointed Amasa. (He was Yeter’s son, and his mother was Nahash’s daughter Abigail who was the sister of Yoav’s mother Tseruyah.) (SA2 17:25)

1 KI 2:13 contextual word gloss=‘the_mother_of’ word gloss=‘mother_of’ OSHB 1 KI 2:13 word 8

OET-LV: 13 And_ ʼAdoniy^yāh _he _came the _son _of Ḩaggit to Bath- sheⱱaˊ the _mother _of Shəlomoh and_she/it _said peace is_your_coming and_he/it _said peace. (KI1_2:13)

OET-RV: 13 Then Haggit’s son Adoniyyah came to Shelomoh’s mother Batsheva and she asked him, “Is your coming peaceful?”
¶ “It is,” he replied. (KI1 2:13)

2 KI 4:30 contextual word gloss=‘the_mother_of’ word gloss=‘mother_of’ OSHB 2 KI 4:30 word 2

OET-LV: 30 And_ the _mother _of _she/it _said of_the _lad by_the _life of_YHWH and_by_the _life your _self _of_of if I_will _leave _you and_he/it _rose _up and_he/it _went after_her. (KI2_4:30)

OET-RV: 30 But the mother of the young man said, “By the life of Yahweh and the life of your spirit, I won’t leave without you.” So he got ready, and went with her. (KI2 4:30)

2 KI 11:1 contextual word gloss=‘the_mother_of’ word gloss=‘mother_of’ OSHB 2 KI 11:1 word 2

OET-LV: 11 and_ˊAtal^yāh the _mother _of ʼAḩaz^yāh and if/because _that he _was _dead son _of_her and_she/it _arose and_she _destroyed DOM all _of the _offspring _of (the)_royalty. (KI2_11:1)

OET-RV: 11 When Ahazyah’s mother Atalyah saw that her son had been killed, she went and had all of his descendants executed so that none of them could claim the throne. (KI2 11:1)

2 KI 24:15 contextual word gloss=‘the_mother_of’ word gloss=‘mother_of’ OSHB 2 KI 24:15 word 6

OET-LV: 15 And_he _took _into _exile DOM Yəhōyākīn/(Jehoiachin) to_Bāⱱel and_DOM the _mother _of the_king and_DOM the _wives _of the_king and_DOM his/its_officials and_DOM the _leaders _of the_earth/land he _led _away exile[s] from_Yərūshālam/(Jerusalem) to_Bāⱱel. (KI2_24:15)

OET-RV: 15 King Yehoyakin was exiled from Yerushalem to Babylon, along with his mother and wives, his officials, (KI2 24:15)

1 CHR 2:26 contextual word gloss=‘[was]_the_mother_of’ word gloss=‘mother_of’ OSHB 1 CHR 2:26 word 8

OET-LV: 26 And_ a _wife _it _became another to_Yəraḩmə^ʼēl and_her _of_name was_ˊAţārāh she was_the _mother _of ʼŌnām. (CH1_2:26)

OET-RV: 26 Yerahme’el had another wife named Atarah. She was the mother of Onam. (CH1 2:26)

2 CHR 15:16 contextual word gloss=‘the_mother_of’ word gloss=‘mother_of’ OSHB 2 CHR 15:16 word 3

OET-LV: 16 And_also Maˊₐkāh the _mother _of ʼĀşāʼ the_king he_removed _her from_queen-mother that she _had _made to_an _ʼAshērāh _pole an _abominable _image and_ ʼĀşāʼ _he _cut _down DOM image _of_her _abominable and_he _pulverized_it and_he _burnt_it in_the _wadi _of Qidrōn. (CH2_15:16)

OET-RV: 16 King Asa also removed his mother Maakah from her position as queen because she made a disgusting Asherah pole. Asa cut down the pole and crushed it, and burnt it at the Kidron brook, (CH2 15:16)

2 CHR 22:10 contextual word gloss=‘the_mother_of’ word gloss=‘mother_of’ OSHB 2 CHR 22:10 word 2

OET-LV: 10 And_ˊAtal^yāh the _mother _of ʼAḩaz^yāh she _saw if/because _that he _was _dead son _of_her and_she/it _arose and_she _destroyed DOM all _of the _offspring _of (the)_royalty of_the _house _of of _Yəhūdāh. (CH2_22:10)

OET-RV: 10 When Ahazyah’s mother Atalyah found out that her son had died, she took action and destroyed all the his family members who could become king of Yehudah. (CH2 22:10)

PSA 113:9 contextual word gloss=‘the_mother_of’ word gloss=‘mother_of’ OSHB PSA 113:9 word 4

OET-LV: 9 he_is_causing _to _dwell _of the _barren_woman_of the _house the _mother _of the _children joyful praise Yah. (PSA_113:9)

OET-RV: 9 He gives a home to the barren woman of the house—
⇔ he makes her into a happy mother with children.
⇔ Praise Yahweh. (PSA 113:9)

EZE 21:26 contextual word gloss=‘the_mother_of’ word gloss=‘mother_of’ OSHB EZE 21:26 word 6

OET-LV: 26  if/because the _king _of he _has _stopped of _Bāⱱel to the _mother _of the _road at_the _beginning _of the _two _of the_roads to_divine divination he _has _shaken (in)_arrows he _has _enquired by_teraphim he _has _looked at_liver. (EZE_21:26)

OET-RV: 26 The master Yahweh instructs you: Remove the turban and take off the crown. Things will no longer be the same. I’ll give power to those who had none, and disgrace those who had power. (EZE 21:26)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘Lemma=‘אֵם’’ have 4 different glosses: ‘[was]_the_mother_of’, ‘a_mother’, ‘mother’, ‘the_mother_of’.