Open English Translation (OET)

Hebrew wordlink #333040

OSHB Lam 4:7 צַחוּ (ʦaḩū) Strongs=6705 Lemma=‘צחה’^*
contextual word gloss=‘they_were_dazzling’ word gloss=‘whiter’
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 ‘צַחוּ’ (Morphology=Vqp3cp PoS=qal_verb Type=perfect_(qatal) Person=third Gender=common Number=plural) in the Hebrew originals

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

LAM 4:7 contextual word gloss=‘they_were_dazzling’ word gloss=‘whiter’ OSHB LAM 4:7 word 4

OET-LV: 7 of _high _rank _of_its _ones they _were _bright more_than _snow they _were _dazzling more_than _milk bone they _were _red more_than _corals was_sapphire polishing _of_their. (LAM_4:7)

OET-RV: 7 Her religious leaders were purer than snow—whiter than milk.
⇔ Their bones were redder than coral—their parts were sapphire. (LAM 4:7)

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