Open English Translation (OET)

Hebrew wordlink #332203

OSHB Lam 2:13 אַשְׁוֶה (ʼashveh) Strongs=7737 a Lemma=‘שָׁוָה’
contextual word gloss=‘will_I_make_equal’ word gloss=‘liken’
Morphology=Vhi1cs PoS=hiphil_verb Type=imperfect_(yiqtol) Person=first Gender=common Number=singular
Year=-588

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Only use of identical word form ‘אַשְׁוֶה’ (Morphology=Vhi1cs PoS=hiphil_verb Type=imperfect_(yiqtol) Person=first Gender=common Number=singular) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘אַשְׁוֶה’ (Morphology=Vhi1cs PoS=hiphil_verb Type=imperfect_(yiqtol) Person=first Gender=common Number=singular) is always and only glossed as ‘will_I_make_equal’.

LAM 2:13 contextual word gloss=‘will_I_make_equal’ word gloss=‘liken’ OSHB LAM 2:13 word 9

OET-LV: 13 what will_I _testify _for _you what will _I _liken to_you Oh_daughter of _Yərūshālam/(Jerusalem) what will _I _make _equal to_you so_that_I _may _comfort _you Oh _virgin _of the _daughter _of Tsiyyōn/(Zion) if/because is_great like_sea brokenness _of_your who will _he _heal to/for_you(fs). (LAM_2:13)

OET-RV: 13 What can I testify to you?
⇔ To what can I compare you, daughter of Yerushalem?
⇔ To what can I liken you, that I may comfort you, virgin daughter that’s Tsiyyon?
⇔ Because your brokenness is as great as the sea.
⇔ Who can heal you? (LAM 2:13)