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Hebrew wordlink #332558

OSHB Lam 3:19 לַעֲנָה (laˊₐnāh) Strongs=3939 Lemma=‘לַעֲנָה’
contextual word gloss=‘wormwood’ word gloss=‘wormwood’
Morphology=Ncfsa PoS=common_noun Gender=feminine Number=singular State=absolute
Year=-588

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Other uses (1) of identical word form לַעֲנָה (Morphology=Ncfsa PoS=common_noun Gender=feminine Number=singular State=absolute) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘לַעֲנָה’ (Morphology=Ncfsa PoS=common_noun Gender=feminine Number=singular State=absolute) is always and only glossed as ‘wormwood’.

LAM 3:15 contextual word gloss=‘wormwood’ word gloss=‘wormwood’ OSHB LAM 3:15 word 4

OET-LV: 15 He_has _surfeited _me with _(the)_things he_has _made _me _drink wormwood. (LAM_3:15)

OET-RV: 15 He filled me with bitterness.
⇔ He stuffed me with bitter herbs. (LAM 3:15)

Hebrew words (6) other than לַעֲנָה (Morphology=Ncfsa PoS=common_noun Gender=feminine Number=singular State=absolute) with a gloss related to ‘wormwood’

DEU 29:17 וְלַעֲנָה (vəlaˊₐnāh) Lemmas=‘וְ’, ‘לַעֲנָה’ contextual morpheme glosses=‘and, wormwood’ morpheme glosses=‘and, bitter’ OSHB DEU 29:17 word 30

OET-LV: 17  lest there_be among_you(pl) a _man or a _woman or a _clan or a _tribe who heart _of_his is_turning _away the_day from_with YHWH god _of_our to_go to_serve DOM the _gods _of the_nations the_those lest there_be among_you(pl) a _root bearing _fruit poison and_wormwood. (DEU_29:17)

OET-RV: 17 and you’ve all seen their disgusting practices and the idols that they had, made of wood and stone, gold and silver. (DEU 29:17)

PROV 5:4 כַֽלַּעֲנָה (kallaˊₐnāh) Lemmas=‘כְּ’, ‘לַעֲנָה’ contextual morpheme glosses=‘like, wormwood’ morpheme glosses=‘as_the, wormwood’ OSHB PROV 5:4 word 3

OET-LV: 4 And_her _of_end is_bitter like_wormwood sharp like_a _sword _of mouths. (PRO_5:4)

OET-RV: 4 in the end, she’s as bitter as wormwood,
⇔ ≈ and sharper than a double-sided sword. (PRO 5:4)

JER 9:14 לַֽעֲנָה (laˊₐnāh) Lemma=‘לַעֲנָה’ contextual word gloss=‘wormwood’ word gloss=‘wormwood’ OSHB JER 9:14 word 13

OET-LV: 14  for_so/thus/hence thus YHWH he _says hosts the _god _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) here_I am_about _of_to _feed _them DOM the_people the_this wormwood and_I_will _give _them _to _drink water _of poison. (JER_9:14)

OET-RV: 14 ◙ (JER 9:14)

JER 23:15 לַֽעֲנָה (laˊₐnāh) Lemma=‘לַעֲנָה’ contextual word gloss=‘wormwood’ word gloss=‘wormwood’ OSHB JER 23:15 word 11

OET-LV: 15 for_so/thus/hence thus YHWH he _says hosts on the_prophets here_I am_about _to _make _eat them wormwood and_I_will _make _them _drink water _of poison if/because from_with the _prophets _of Yərūshālam/(Jerusalem) wicked _behavior it _has _gone _out to/from_all/each/any/every the_earth/land. (JER_23:15)

OET-RV: 15 ◙
⇔ …
⇔ …
⇔ … (JER 23:15)

AMOS 5:7 לְלַעֲנָה (ləlaˊₐnāh) Lemmas=‘לְ’, ‘לַעֲנָה’ contextual morpheme glosses=‘into, wormwood’ morpheme glosses=‘into, wormwood’ OSHB AMOS 5:7 word 2

OET-LV: 7 Oh_you(pl)_who_turn into_wormwood justice and_righteousness to_ground they _thrust _down. (AMO_5:7)

OET-RV: 7 Those people turn justice into a bitter thing
⇔ and throw righteousness down to the ground.” (AMO 5:7)

AMOS 6:12 לְלַעֲנָה (ləlaˊₐnāh) Lemmas=‘לְ’, ‘לַעֲנָה’ contextual morpheme glosses=‘into, wormwood’ morpheme glosses=‘into, wormwood’ OSHB AMOS 6:12 word 13

OET-LV: 12 Do_they_run on_crag[s] horses or does _anyone _plow with_oxen if/because you(pl)_have _turned into_poison justice and_the_fruit _of righteousness into_wormwood. (AMO_6:12)

OET-RV: 12 Do horses run on the rocky cliffs?
⇔ ≈ Would someone plough there with oxen?
⇔ Yet you’ve all turned justice into poison
⇔ and the results of doing what’s right, into bitterness, (AMO 6:12)