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Hebrew wordlink #333237

OSHB Lam 4:20 אָמַרְנוּ (ʼāmarnū) Strongs=559 Lemma=‘אָמַר’
contextual word gloss=‘we_had_said’ word gloss=‘said’
Morphology=Vqp1cp PoS=qal_verb Type=perfect_(qatal) Person=first Gender=common Number=plural
Year=-588

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Other uses (2) of identical word form אָמַרְנוּ (Morphology=Vqp1cp PoS=qal_verb Type=perfect_(qatal) Person=first Gender=common Number=plural) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘אָמַרְנוּ’ (Morphology=Vqp1cp PoS=qal_verb Type=perfect_(qatal) Person=first Gender=common Number=plural) has 2 different glosses: ‘we_had_said’, ‘we_said’.

2 KI 7:4 contextual word gloss=‘we_said’ word gloss=‘say’ OSHB 2 KI 7:4 word 2

OET-LV: 4 If we _said we _will _enter the_city and_the_famine is_in_city and_we _will _die there and_if we _sat here and_we _will _die and_now come and_let _us _fall to the _camp _of ʼArām if they_will _let _us _live we _will _live and_if they_will _put _us _to _death and_we _will _die. (KI2_7:4)

OET-RV: 4 If we go into the city, we’ll starve to death in there, but if we sit here, we’ll die anyway. Why don’t we go into the Aramean army camp—if they kill us then we’ll die, but if they let us live, then we’ll live.” (KI2 7:4)

EZRA 8:22 contextual word gloss=‘we_had_said’ word gloss=‘told’ OSHB EZRA 8:22 word 12

OET-LV: 22 If/because I _was _ashamed to_ask from the_king a _retinue and_horsemen to_help_us from_an _enemy on_journey if/because we _had _said to/for_the _king to_say the _hand _of our _god _of_of is_on all _of those _of_who_seek _him for_good and_his _of_strength and_his _of_anger are_towards all _of those _of_who_abandon _him. (EZR_8:22)

OET-RV: 22 because I was ashamed to request an army and horsemen from the king to help us from possible enemies on the way. Also, you see, we had previously told the king, “Our god does good to all those who honour him, but his might and his anger are against all those who abandon him.” (EZR 8:22)