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Hebrew wordlink #156385

OSHB 1 Ki 1:43 אֲבָל (ʼₐⱱāl) Strongs=61 Lemma=‘אֲבָל’
contextual word gloss=‘but’ word gloss=‘no’
Morphology=D PoS=adverb
Year=-1015

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Other uses (10) of identical word form אֲבָל (Morphology=D PoS=adverb) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘אֲבָל’ (Morphology=D PoS=adverb) has 2 different glosses: ‘but’, ‘indeed’.

GEN 17:19 contextual word gloss=‘but’ word gloss=‘but’ OSHB GEN 17:19 word 3

OET-LV: 19 And_ god _he/it _said but Sārāh wife _of_your is_about _to _bear to/for_yourself(m) a _son and_you _will _call DOM his/its_name Yiʦḩāq/(Isaac) and_I _will _establish DOM covenant _of_my with_him/it to_a _covenant _of perpetuity for_his _of_offspring after_him. (GEN_17:19)

OET-RV: 19 “No,” God replied, “It’ll be your wife Sarah who gives you a son, and you’ll name him ‘Yitshak’ (or ‘Isaac’, meaning ‘one who laughs’). I’ll establish my agreement with him as a never-ending commitment to him and his descendants. (GEN 17:19)

GEN 42:21 contextual word gloss=‘indeed’ word gloss=‘surely’ OSHB GEN 42:21 word 5

OET-LV: 21 And_they _said each to his/its_woman indeed are_guilty we on brother _of_our who we _saw the _distress _of his _self _of_of when_he_sought _favour to_us and_not we _listened therefore yes/correct/thus/so it _has _come to_us the_distress (the)_this. (GEN_42:21)

OET-RV: 21 saying to each other (in Hebrew), “We are truly guilty concerning our brother Yosef, because we saw the distress of his soul when he pleaded with us, but we didn’t take any notice. That’s why this predicament has happened to us.” (GEN 42:21)

2 SAM 14:5 contextual word gloss=‘indeed’ word gloss=‘truly’ OSHB 2 SAM 14:5 word 7

OET-LV: 5 and_he/it _said to/for_her/it the_king what is_to_you and_she/it _said indeed am_a _woman a _widow I and_he/it _died husband _of_my. (SA2_14:5)

OET-RV: 5 “What’s the matter?” the king asked.
¶ “Alas, I’m a widow,” she replied. “My husband has died. (SA2 14:5)

2 KI 4:14 contextual word gloss=‘indeed’ word gloss=‘well’ OSHB 2 KI 4:14 word 7

OET-LV: 14 And_he/it _said and_what for_doing to/for_her/it and_ Gēyḩₐzī _he/it _said indeed a _son there_belongs_not to/for_her/it and_her _of_husband he _is _old. (KI2_4:14)

OET-RV: 14 After she’d left again, he asked Gehazi, “Well, what can I do for her?”
¶ “Hmmh,” Gehazi replied. “She doesn’t have a son, and her husband is old.” (KI2 4:14)

2 CHR 1:4 contextual word gloss=‘but’ word gloss=‘but’ OSHB 2 CHR 1:4 word 1

OET-LV: 4 But the _box _of the_ʼElohīm Dāvid he _had _brought _up from yəˊārīm/(jearim) in_he _had _prepared to_him/it Dāvid if/because he _had _pitched to_him/it a _tent in_Yərūshālam/(Jerusalem). (CH2_1:4)

OET-RV: 4 David had brought God’s box uphill from Kiryat-Yearim and he’d erected a tent for it in Yerushalem (Jerusalem). (CH2 1:4)

2 CHR 19:3 contextual word gloss=‘but’ word gloss=‘nevertheless’ OSHB 2 CHR 19:3 word 1

OET-LV: 3 But things good they _have _been _found with_you if/because you _have _removed the _ʼAshērāh_poles from the_earth/land and_you _have _directed heart _of_your to_seek the_ʼElohīm. (CH2_19:3)

OET-RV: 3 However, you have some good points because you removed the Asherah poles from the country and you’ve been sincere in wanting to follow God.” (CH2 19:3)

2 CHR 33:17 contextual word gloss=‘but’ word gloss=‘however’ OSHB 2 CHR 33:17 word 1

OET-LV: 17 But still the_people were_sacrificing at_places only to/for_YHWH god _of_their. (CH2_33:17)

OET-RV: 17 However, the people continued to offer sacrifices at the hilltop shrines, but now only to their god Yahweh. (CH2 33:17)

EZRA 10:13 contextual word gloss=‘but’ word gloss=‘but’ OSHB EZRA 10:13 word 1

OET-LV: 13 But the_people is_numerous and_the_time is_rains and_there_is_not ability to_stand on_outside and_the_business not belongs_to_a _day one and_not belongs_to_two_days if/because we _have _increased to_transgress in_matter (the)_this. (EZR_10:13)

OET-RV: 13 However, it’s the rainy season now, and there’s so many people who can’t stand outside for several days while we try to work all this out, because we’ve done so much wrong. (EZR 10:13)

DAN 10:7 contextual word gloss=‘but’ word gloss=‘but’ OSHB DAN 10:7 word 15

OET-LV: 7 And_I _saw I Dāniyy^ʼēl I_alone DOM the_vision and_the_men who they _were with_me not they _saw DOM the_vision but trembling great it _fell on_them and_they _fled in_hiding _themselves. (DAN_10:7)

OET-RV: 7 I, Daniel, alone saw the vision, because the men with me didn’t see anything. However, they started trembling and ran away to hide, (DAN 10:7)

DAN 10:21 contextual word gloss=‘but’ word gloss=‘however’ OSHB DAN 10:21 word 1

OET-LV: 21 But I _will _tell to/for_yourself(m) DOM the_thing_inscribed in_writing _of truth and_there_is_not one who_shows _himself _strong with_me on these if/because (if) Mīkā^ʼēl prince _of_your(pl). (DAN_10:21)

OET-RV: 21 But I’ll tell you what’s inscribed in the Book of Truth. There’s no one standing strong with me against them, except your protector Mika’el.” (DAN 10:21)