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OSHB Lam 1:9 מְנַחֵם (mənaḩēm) Strongs=5162 Lemma=‘נָחַם’
contextual word gloss=‘a_comforter’ word gloss=‘comfort’
Morphology=Vprmsa PoS=piel_verb Type=active_participle Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute
Year=-588

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Other uses (6) of identical word form מְנַחֵם (Morphology=Vprmsa PoS=piel_verb Type=active_participle Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘מְנַחֵם’ (Morphology=Vprmsa PoS=piel_verb Type=active_participle Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute) is always and only glossed as ‘a_comforter’.

ECC 4:1 contextual word gloss=‘a_comforter’ word gloss=‘comfort’ OSHB ECC 4:1 word 16

OET-LV: 4 And_I _returned I and_I _saw DOM all _of the_oppression(s) which were _being_done under the_sun and_see/lo/see the _tear[s]_of the _oppressed and_there_was_not to/for_them a _comforter and_was_from_the _hand _of their _oppressors power and_there_was_not to/for_them a _comforter. (ECC_4:1)

OET-RV: 4 Then I turned and I saw all the oppression around the world,
⇔ and, look, see the tears of the oppressed
⇔ but there was no one to comfort them.
⇔ The oppressors exerted their power against them,
⇔ but there was no one to comfort the oppressed. (ECC 4:1)

ECC 4:1 contextual word gloss=‘a_comforter’ word gloss=‘comfort’ OSHB ECC 4:1 word 22

LAM 1:2 contextual word gloss=‘a_comforter’ word gloss=‘comfort’ OSHB LAM 1:2 word 9

OET-LV: 2 bitterly _(weep) it _weeps in_night and_its _of_tear[s] are_on cheek _of_its there_is_not to/for_her/it a _comforter from_all its _of_lovers 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)

LAM 1:16 contextual word gloss=‘a_comforter’ word gloss=‘comforter’ OSHB LAM 1:16 word 12

OET-LV: 16 on these_things I am_weeping eye _of_my eye _of_my is_going _down water if/because he _is _far from_me a _comforter who_restores life _of_my children _of_my they _are desolate if/because he _has _prevailed an _enemy. (LAM_1:16)

OET-RV: 16 As a result of those things, I weep.
⇔ My eyes, oh dear, my eyes overflow with water
⇔ because the comforter is far from me—one who restores my life.
⇔ My sons have become desolate, because the enemy is made mighty.” (LAM 1:16)

LAM 1:17 contextual word gloss=‘a_comforter’ word gloss=‘comfort’ OSHB LAM 1:17 word 5

OET-LV: 17 Tsiyyōn/(Zion) it _has _spread _out (in)_its _of_hands there_is_not a _comforter to/for_her/it YHWH he _has _commanded of_Yaˊₐqoⱱ/(Jacob) those_around _of_him be_his _foes _of_will Yərūshālam/(Jerusalem) it _has _become (into)_an_impure _thing between_them. (LAM_1:17)

OET-RV: 17 Tsiyyon has spread her hands wide—there is no comforter for her.
⇔ Yahweh commanded that those surrounding Yakov become his enemies.
⇔ Yerushalem has become filth in the middle of them. (LAM 1:17)

LAM 1:21 contextual word gloss=‘a_comforter’ word gloss=‘comfort’ OSHB LAM 1:21 word 6

OET-LV: 21 they _heard if/because _that was_groaning I there_is_not a _comforter to_me all _of enemies _of_my they _heard distress _of_my they _rejoiced (cmp) you you _have _acted you _have _brought the_day which_you _proclaimed and_let _them _be like_me. (LAM_1:21)

OET-RV: 21 Take notice because I’m groaning.
⇔ There’s no comforter for me.
⇔ All my enemies heard my trouble—they rejoiced that you did it.
⇔ You brought about the day of punishment that you declared,
⇔ yet may those persecutors become like me. (LAM 1:21)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘Lemma=‘נָחַם’’ have 3 different glosses: ‘Menahem’, ‘a_comforter’, ‘of_Menahem’.