Open English Translation (OET)

Hebrew wordlink #56321

OSHB Lev 19:32 שֵׂיבָה (sēyⱱāh) Strongs=7872 Lemma=‘שֵׂיבָה’
contextual word gloss=‘gray_hair’ word gloss=‘aged’
Morphology=Ncfsa PoS=common_noun Gender=feminine Number=singular State=absolute
Year=-1490

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Other uses (4) of identical word form שֵׂיבָה (Morphology=Ncfsa PoS=common_noun Gender=feminine Number=singular State=absolute) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘שֵׂיבָה’ (Morphology=Ncfsa PoS=common_noun Gender=feminine Number=singular State=absolute) has 2 different glosses: ‘[is]_gray_hair’, ‘gray_hair’.

DEU 32:25 contextual word gloss=‘gray_hair’ word gloss=‘old_gray_head’ OSHB DEU 32:25 word 13

OET-LV: 25 From_outside it _will _make _childless a _sword and_will_be_from _inner _rooms terror both young _man as _well _as young _woman a _sucking _child with a _person _of gray _hair. (DEU_32:25)

OET-RV: 25 Outside the sword will leave people dead,
⇔ ≈ and inside, in the bedrooms, there’ll be terror,
⇔ whether it’s for a young man or young woman,
⇔ ≈ or the baby or the gray-haired man. (DEU 32:25)

PROV 16:31 contextual word gloss=‘gray_hair’ word gloss=‘gray_hair’ OSHB PROV 16:31 word 3

OET-LV: 31 is_a _crown _of splendour gray _hair in_the_way _of righteousness it _is _found. (PRO_16:31)

OET-RV: 31 Gray hair is a crown of splendour,
⇔ that’s found with a life of doing what’s right. (PRO 16:31)

PROV 20:29 contextual word gloss=‘[is]_gray_hair’ word gloss=‘gray_hair’ OSHB PROV 20:29 word 6

OET-LV: 29 the_glory _of young _men strength _of_is_their and_the_splendour _of old_people is_gray _hair. (PRO_20:29)

OET-RV: 29 The splendour of young men is their strength,
⇔ ≈ and the adornment of old people is their gray hair. (PRO 20:29)

HOS 7:9 contextual word gloss=‘gray_hair’ word gloss=‘gray_hairs’ OSHB HOS 7:9 word 8

OET-LV: 9 They _have _consumed strangers strength _of_his and_he not he _knows also gray _hair it _has _sneaked _in in/on/over_him/it and_he not he _knows. (HOS_7:9)

OET-RV: 9 Foreigners have devoured his strength, but he hasn’t realised that.
⇔ Gray hairs are now mixed in, but he hasn’t noticed them. (HOS 7:9)