Open English Translation (OET)

Hebrew wordlink #181211

OSHB 2 Ki 16:17 מַרְצֶפֶת (marʦefet) Strongs=4837 Lemma=‘מַרְצֶפֶת’^*
contextual word gloss=‘a_pavement_of’ word gloss=‘base_of’
Morphology=Ncfsc PoS=common_noun Gender=feminine Number=singular State=construct
Year=-739 TimeSeries=Reign_of_Ahaz

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Only use of identical word form ‘מַרְצֶפֶת’ (Morphology=Ncfsc PoS=common_noun Gender=feminine Number=singular State=construct) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘מַרְצֶפֶת’ (Morphology=Ncfsc PoS=common_noun Gender=feminine Number=singular State=construct) is always and only glossed as ‘a_pavement_of’.

2 KI 16:17 contextual word gloss=‘a_pavement_of’ word gloss=‘base_of’ OSHB 2 KI 16:17 word 22

OET-LV: 17 And_he _cut _off the_king ʼĀḩāz DOM the_rims the_stands and_he _removed from_on_them and the_laver and_DOM the_sea he _took _down from_under the_ox[en] the_bronze which were_under_it and_he/it _gave DOM_him/it on a _pavement _of stone(s). (KI2_16:17)

OET-RV: 17 Then King Ahaz cut the frames off the stands outside the temple, and he removed the basins off them. He took down ‘The Sea’ that had been sitting on top of bronze bulls and put it on the stone floor. (KI2 16:17)

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