Open English Translation (OET)

Hebrew wordlink #333157

OSHB Lam 4:15 נָצוּ (nāʦū) Strongs=5132 a Lemma=‘נוץ’^*
contextual word gloss=‘they_fled’ word gloss=‘became_fugitives’
Morphology=Vqp3cp PoS=qal_verb Type=perfect_(qatal) Person=third Gender=common Number=plural
Year=-588

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Only use of identical word form ‘נָצוּ’ (Morphology=Vqp3cp PoS=qal_verb Type=perfect_(qatal) Person=third Gender=common Number=plural) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘נָצוּ’ (Morphology=Vqp3cp PoS=qal_verb Type=perfect_(qatal) Person=third Gender=common Number=plural) is always and only glossed as ‘they_fled’.

LAM 4:15 contextual word gloss=‘they_fled’ word gloss=‘became_fugitives’ OSHB LAM 4:15 word 10

OET-LV: 15 depart unclean people _called _out to_them depart depart do _not touch if/because they _fled also they _wandered people _said among_nations not they _will _increase to_sojourn. (LAM_4:15)

OET-RV: 15 “Away! Unclean!” they shouted at them. “Away! Away! Don’t touch!”
⇔ So they fled Yisrael, wandering around,
⇔ but it was said among the nations, “They can’t stay here any longer.” (LAM 4:15)

^*Note: This is also the only occurrence of the word root (lemma) ‘נָצוּ’ in the Hebrew originals.