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Hebrew wordlink #331482

OSHB Lam 1:2 תִבְכֶּה (tiⱱkeh) Strongs=1058 Lemma=‘בָּכָה’
contextual word gloss=‘it_weeps’ possible word glosses=‘she / it_wept’
Morphology=Vqi3fs PoS=qal_verb Type=imperfect_(yiqtol) Person=third Gender=feminine Number=singular
Year=-588

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Only use of identical word form ‘תִבְכֶּה’ (Morphology=Vqi3fs PoS=qal_verb Type=imperfect_(yiqtol) Person=third Gender=feminine Number=singular) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘תִבְכֶּה’ (Morphology=Vqi3fs PoS=qal_verb Type=imperfect_(yiqtol) Person=third Gender=feminine Number=singular) is always and only glossed as ‘it_weeps’.

LAM 1:2 contextual word gloss=‘it_weeps’ possible word glosses=‘she / it_wept’ OSHB LAM 1:2 word 2

OET-LV: 2 bitterly _(weep) it _weeps in_night and_tear[s]_of_its are_on cheek _of_its there_is_not to/for_her/it a _comforter from_all lovers _of_its all _of friends _of_its they _have _dealt _treacherously with_it they _have _become to/for_her/it (into)_enemies. (LAM_1:2)

OET-RV: 2 She weeps excessively in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks.
⇔ Despite having many lovers, no one brings her comfort.
⇔ ≈ All her friends betrayed her—they’ve become her enemies instead. (LAM 1:2)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘Lemma=‘בָּכָה’’ have 3 different glosses: ‘it_weeps’, ‘you_must_weep’, ‘you_will_weep’.