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Hebrew wordlink #176131

OSHB 2 Ki 8:10 אֱמָר (ʼₑmār) Strongs=559 Lemma=‘אָמַר’
contextual word gloss=‘say’ word gloss=‘say’
Morphology=Vqv2ms PoS=qal_verb Type=imperative Person=second Gender=masculine Number=singular
Year=-885 TimeSeries=Prophecies_of_Elisha

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Other uses (6) of identical word form אֱמָר (Morphology=Vqv2ms PoS=qal_verb Type=imperative Person=second Gender=masculine Number=singular) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘אֱמָר’ (Morphology=Vqv2ms PoS=qal_verb Type=imperative Person=second Gender=masculine Number=singular) is always and only glossed as ‘say’.

JDG 12:6 contextual word gloss=‘say’ word gloss=‘say’ OSHB JDG 12:6 word 3

OET-LV: 6 And_they _said to_him/it say please Shibboleth and_he/it _said Sibboleth and_not he _gave _attention to_speak right and_they _seized him and_they_slaughtered _him to the _fords _of the _Yardēn and_it _fell at_time (the)_that of_ʼEfrayim forty and_two thousand. (JDG_12:6)

OET-RV: 6 then they’d demand, “Now say: Shibboleth.” But if he said “Sibboleth” because he didn’t have time to think to pronounce it correctly, they would seize him and would slaughter him at those crossing places of the Yordan. Forty-two thousand from Efrayim fell at that time. (JDG 12:6)

2 KI 4:13 contextual word gloss=‘say’ word gloss=‘say’ OSHB 2 KI 4:13 word 3

OET-LV: 13 And_he/it _said to_him/it say please to_her/it here you _have _taken _care to_us DOM all _of the_care (the)_this what for_doing to/for_you(fs) is_there to_speak to/for_you(fs) to the_king or to the _commander _of the _army and_she/it _said in _the_middle people _of_my _own I am_dwelling. (KI2_4:13)

OET-RV: 13 He told Gehazi, “Now tell her that we’ve noticed how she looks after us, and ask her what we can do for her? Can we speak to the king for her or to the captain of the army?”
¶ But she replied, “I have family and friends all around me.” (KI2 4:13)

JER 18:11 contextual word gloss=‘say’ word gloss=‘say’ OSHB JER 18:11 word 2

OET-LV: 11 and_now say please to everyone _of Yəhūdāh/(Judah) and_to the _inhabitants _of Yərūshālam/(Jerusalem) to_say thus YHWH he _says here I am_about _to _fashion on_you(pl) calamity and_I_am_about _to _plan on_you(pl) a _plan turn _back please everyone from_his _of_way (the)_wicked and_make _good ways _of_your(pl) and_your(pl)_of_deeds. (JER_18:11)

OET-RV: 11 ◙ (JER 18:11)

EZE 17:12 contextual word gloss=‘say’ word gloss=‘say’ OSHB EZE 17:12 word 1

OET-LV: 12 Say please to_the _house _of (the)_rebellion not do _you(pl)_know what are_these_things say there he _went the _king _of Bāⱱel Yərūshālam/(Jerusalem) and_he/it _took DOM king _of_its and_DOM princes _of_its and_he/it _brought them to_him/it to_Bāⱱel. (EZE_17:12)

OET-RV: 12 “Ask those rebellious people, ‘Don’t you know what those things mean? Listen, the king of Babylon came to Yerushalem and captured its king and its princes and took them with him to Babylon. (EZE 17:12)

EZE 22:24 contextual word gloss=‘say’ word gloss=‘say’ OSHB EZE 22:24 word 3

OET-LV: 24 Oh _son _of humankind say to/for_her/it you are_a _land which_not is_cleansed it not rain _of_its in/on_day indignation. (EZE_22:24)

OET-RV: 24 “Humanity’s child, tell the land, ‘You’re a land that hasn’t been cleansed. When you’re judged, there won’t be any rain. (EZE 22:24)

HAG 2:2 contextual word gloss=‘say’ word gloss=‘speak’ OSHB HAG 2:2 word 1

OET-LV: 2 Say please to Zərubāⱱel the _son _of Shəʼaltiy^ʼēl the _governor _of Yəhūdāh and_near/to Yəhōshūˊa the _son _of Yəhōʦādāq the_priest/officer (the)_great and_near/to the _remnant _of the _people to_say. (HAG_2:2)

OET-RV: 2 Please ask Shealtiyel’s son Zerubavel, the governor of Yehudah, and ask Yehotsadak’s son Yehoshua, the high priest, and ask the rest of the people, (HAG 2:2)