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Hebrew wordlink #182187

OSHB 2 Ki 18:4 נְחֻשְׁתָּן (nəḩushtān) Strongs=5180 Lemma=‘נְחֻשְׁתָּן’^*
contextual word gloss=‘Nehushtan’ word gloss=‘Nehushtan’
Morphology=Np PoS=proper_noun
Year=-726 TimeSeries=Reign_of_Hezekiah

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Only use of identical word form ‘נְחֻשְׁתָּן’ (Morphology=Np PoS=proper_noun) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘נְחֻשְׁתָּן’ (Morphology=Np PoS=proper_noun) is always and only glossed as ‘Nehushtan’.

2 KI 18:4 contextual word gloss=‘Nehushtan’ word gloss=‘Nehushtan’ OSHB 2 KI 18:4 word 28

OET-LV: 4 He he _removed DOM the _high_places and_he _broke DOM the _sacred_pillars and_he _cut _down DOM the _ʼAshērāh_pole and_he _crushed _to _pieces the _snake _of (the)_bronze which he _had _made Mosheh if/because until the_days (the)_those the _people _of they _were of _Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) making _smoke to_him/it and_he/it _called to_him/it Nehushtan. (KI2_18:4)

OET-RV: 4 He demolished the hilltop shrines and shattered their pillars, and he cut down the Asherah poles. He crushed the bronze serpent that Mosheh had made, because the Israelis had named it ‘Nehushtan’ and had been offering incense to it until then. (KI2 18:4)

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