Open English Translation (OET)

Hebrew wordlink #184340

OSHB 2 Ki 21:13 מִשְׁקֹלֶת (mishqolet) Strongs=4949 Lemma=‘מִשְׁקֶלֶת’
contextual word gloss=‘the_leveling_tool_of’ word gloss=‘plummet_of’
Morphology=Ncfsc PoS=common_noun Gender=feminine Number=singular State=construct
Year=-698 TimeSeries=Reign_of_Manasseh

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

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

2 KI 21:13 contextual word gloss=‘the_leveling_tool_of’ word gloss=‘plummet_of’ OSHB 2 KI 21:13 word 8

OET-LV: 13 And_I _will _stretch _out over Yərūshālam/(Jerusalem) DOM the _measuring-line _of Shomrōn and_DOM the _levelling _tool _of the _house _of ʼAḩʼāⱱ and_I _will _wipe _clean DOM Yərūshālam/(Jerusalem) just_as someone _wipes _clean DOM the_bowl he _wipes_it_clean and_he _turns_it_over on face _of_its. (KI2_21:13)

OET-RV: 13 I’ll use the same tape measure for Yerushalem that I used for Shomron (Samaria), and I’ll use the same plumb line that I used for Ahab’s extended family. I’ll wipe Yerushalem away, just like someone dries a bowl—they wipe it dry and then turn it upside down. (KI2 21:13)