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Hebrew wordlink #169952

OSHB 1 Ki 20:32 תְּחִי (təḩī) Strongs=2421 Lemma=‘חָיָה’
contextual word gloss=‘let_it_live’ word gloss=‘live’
Morphology=Vqj3fs PoS=qal_verb Type=jussive Person=third Gender=feminine Number=singular
Year=-901

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Only use of identical word form ‘תְּחִי’ (Morphology=Vqj3fs PoS=qal_verb Type=jussive Person=third Gender=feminine Number=singular) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘תְּחִי’ (Morphology=Vqj3fs PoS=qal_verb Type=jussive Person=third Gender=feminine Number=singular) is always and only glossed as ‘let_it_live’.

1 KI 20:32 contextual word gloss=‘let_it_live’ word gloss=‘live’ OSHB 1 KI 20:32 word 15

OET-LV: 32 And_they _girded sackcloth(s) on_loins _of_their and_ropes on_heads _of_their and_they _came to the _king _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) and_they _said servant _of_your Ben Hₐdad he _says let _it _live please life _of_my and_he/it _said is_still_he alive my_brother/kindred he. (KI1_20:32)

OET-RV: 32 So they wrapped their waists in sacking and put ropes on their heads, and went to Yisrael’s king, saying, “Your servant Ben -Hadad asks you to spare his life.”
¶ “Is he still alive?” he asked. “He’s like a brother to me.” (KI1 20:32)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘Lemma=‘חָיָה’’ have 2 different glosses: ‘let_it_live’, ‘may_it_live’.