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Hebrew wordlink #171505

OSHB 1 Ki 22:38 בְּרֵכַת (bərēkat) Strongs=1295 Lemma=‘בְּרֵכָה’
contextual word gloss=‘the_pool_of’ word gloss=‘pool_of’
Morphology=Ncfsc PoS=common_noun Gender=feminine Number=singular State=construct
Year=-897

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Other uses (3) of identical word form בְּרֵכַת (Morphology=Ncfsc PoS=common_noun Gender=feminine Number=singular State=construct) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘בְּרֵכַת’ (Morphology=Ncfsc PoS=common_noun Gender=feminine Number=singular State=construct) has 2 different glosses: ‘of_the_pool_of’, ‘the_pool_of’.

2 SAM 2:13 contextual word gloss=‘the_pool_of’ word gloss=‘pool_of’ OSHB 2 SAM 2:13 word 9

OET-LV: 13 And_Yōʼāⱱ/(Joab) the _son _of Tsərū^yāh/(Zeruiah) and_the _servants _of Dāvid they _went _out and_they_met _them at the _pool _of Giⱱˊōn together and_they _lived these_men at the_pool from_this and_these at the_pool from_this. (SA2_2:13)

OET-RV: 13 but Yoav (Tseruyah’s son, traditionally called ‘Joab’ in English) took some of David’s servants and went and confronted them at the Gibeon pool—one group on each side of the pool. (SA2 2:13)

NEH 2:14 contextual word gloss=‘the_pool_of’ word gloss=‘pool_of’ OSHB NEH 2:14 word 6

OET-LV: 14 And_I _passed _on to the _gate _of the _spring and_near/to the _pool _of the_king and_there_was_not room for_animal to_pass _through under_me. (NEH_2:14)

OET-RV: 14 Then I crossed to the Fountain Gate and the Royal Pool, but there was nowhere that we could get my mount through the rubble. (NEH 2:14)

NEH 3:15 contextual word gloss=‘of_the_pool_of’ word gloss=‘pool_of’ OSHB NEH 3:15 word 21

OET-LV: 15 and_DOM the _gate _of the _spring Shallūn he _repaired the _son _of Kāl/(Col)- Ḩozeh the _official _of the _district _of (the)_Miʦpāh he he_rebuilt _it and_he_roofed _over _it and_he _set _up doors _of_its bolts _of_its and_its _of_bars and_DOM the _wall _of the _pool _of (the)_Shēlāh to/for_garden the_king and_unto the_steps which_go_down from_the _city _of Dāvid. (NEH_3:15)

OET-RV: 15 Kol-Hozeh’s son Shallun, the administrator for the Mitspah district, rebuilt the Fountain Gate—he built and covered it, installing the doors with their bolts and bars, and repaired the wall of the Shelah (Siloam) Pool from the king’s garden as far as the stairs that come down from the City of David. (NEH 3:15)