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Hebrew wordlink #175973

OSHB 2 Ki 8:5 מְסַפֵּר (məşapēr) Strongs=5608 a Lemma=‘סָפַר’
contextual word gloss=‘[was]_recounting’ word gloss=‘telling’
Morphology=Vprmsa PoS=piel_verb Type=active_participle Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute
Year=-885 TimeSeries=Prophecies_of_Elisha

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Other uses (1) of identical word form מְסַפֵּר (Morphology=Vprmsa PoS=piel_verb Type=active_participle Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘מְסַפֵּר’ (Morphology=Vprmsa PoS=piel_verb Type=active_participle Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute) is always and only glossed as ‘[was]_recounting’.

JDG 7:13 contextual word gloss=‘[was]_recounting’ word gloss=‘telling’ OSHB JDG 7:13 word 5

OET-LV: 13 And_ Gidˊōn _he _came and_BEHOLD/LO/SEE a _man was_recounting to_neighbour _of_his a _dream and_he/it _said HERE a _dream I _have _dreamed and_BEHOLD/LO/SEE a _round _loaf _of of _bread _of barley(s) was_tumbling in_the _camp _of Midyān and_it _came to the_tent and_it_struck _it and_it _fell and_it_overturned _it (to)_upwards and_it _fell the_tent. (JDG_7:13)

OET-RV: 13 When Gideon got close, a man was telling his companion about his dream. “Listen,” he said, “I had a dream and wow, a round loaf of barley bread was tumbling into our camp. It came as far as the tent and struck it so that it fell and turned it upside down, and collapsed completely.” (JDG 7:13)

2 KI 8:5 contextual word gloss=‘[was]_recounting’ word gloss=‘telling’ OSHB 2 KI 8:5 word 3

OET-LV: 5 And_he/it _was he was_recounting to/for_the _king DOM how he _had _restored _to _life DOM the_dead and_BEHOLD/LO/SEE the_woman whom he _had _restored _to _life DOM son _of_her was_crying _out _for _help to the_king on house _of_her and_on field _of_her and_ Gēyḩₐzī _he/it _said my_master the_king this the_woman and_this son _of_is_her whom he _restored _to _life ʼElīshāˊ. (KI2_8:5)

OET-RV: 5 Then Gehazi was telling the king that Elisha had made the dead live, and how the woman who he made her son live was petitioning the king on behalf of her house and her field. Then Gehazi exclaimed, “My master, the king, this is the woman, and that’s her son, who Elisha made live!” (KI2 8:5)