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OSHB Nah 1:8 כָּלָה (kālāh) Strongs=3617 Lemma=‘כָּלָה’
contextual word gloss=‘complete_destruction’ word gloss=‘complete_end’
Morphology=Ncfsa PoS=common_noun Gender=feminine Number=singular State=absolute
Year=-713 TimeSeries=Prophecies_of_Nahum

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Other uses (8) of identical word form כָּלָה (Morphology=Ncfsa PoS=common_noun Gender=feminine Number=singular State=absolute) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘כָּלָה’ (Morphology=Ncfsa PoS=common_noun Gender=feminine Number=singular State=absolute) has 2 different glosses: ‘complete_destruction’, ‘completely’.

GEN 18:21 contextual word gloss=‘completely’ word gloss=‘altogether’ OSHB GEN 18:21 word 8

OET-LV: 21 I _will _go _down please and_I _will _see according_to_its _of_outcry which_it _has _come to_me have _they _done completely and_if not I _will _know. (GEN_18:21)

OET-RV: 21 I’ll go down there now and see if what I’ve heard about them is true, and if not, I’ll also find that out.” (GEN 18:21)

EXO 11:1 contextual word gloss=‘completely’ word gloss=‘completely’ OSHB EXO 11:1 word 19

OET-LV: 11 and_ YHWH _he/it _said to Mosheh yet a _plague one I _will _bring on Parˊoh and_on Miʦrayim/(Egypt) after thus he _will _let _go you(pl) from_here just_as_he _lets_you_go completely completely _(drive _out) he _will _drive _out you(pl) from_here. (EXO_11:1)

OET-RV: 11 Then Yahweh told Mosheh, “I’ll send one more plague to Far’oh and Egypt. After that he’ll let you all go from here. What’s more, when he does he’ll actually chase you all right out of here. (EXO 11:1)

NEH 9:31 contextual word gloss=‘complete_destruction’ word gloss=‘end’ OSHB NEH 9:31 word 5

OET-LV: 31 And_in_your(pl)_of_compassion(s) (the)_great not you_made _them complete _destruction and_not you_abandoned _them if/because are_a _god gracious and_compassionate you. (NEH_9:31)

OET-RV: 31 However, because you’re so merciful, you didn’t abandon them and you didn’t wipe them out completely. Yes, you’re a god who’s gracious and merciful. (NEH 9:31)

JER 5:18 contextual word gloss=‘complete_destruction’ word gloss=‘complete_destruction’ OSHB JER 5:18 word 9

OET-LV: 18 And_also in _the_days (the)_those the _utterance _of YHWH not I _will _make with_you(pl) complete _destruction. (JER_5:18)

OET-RV: 18 ◙ (JER 5:18)

EZE 11:13 contextual word gloss=‘complete_destruction’ word gloss=‘full_end’ OSHB EZE 11:13 word 17

OET-LV: 13 And_he/it _was just_as_I _prophesied and_Pəlaţ^yāh the _son _of Bənā^yāh he _died and_I _fell on face _of_my and_I _cried _out a _voice great and_I _said alas my_master YHWH complete _destruction you_are making with the _remnant _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel). (EZE_11:13)

OET-RV: 13 Then as I was prophesying, Benayah’s son Felatyah died. So I fell to my knees with my face bowed low to the ground and cried out with a loud voice, “Oh no, my master Yahweh, will you completely eliminate the Israeli people?” (EZE 11:13)

EZE 20:17 contextual word gloss=‘complete_destruction’ word gloss=‘end’ OSHB EZE 20:17 word 8

OET-LV: 17 eye _of_my And_it _looked _with _compassion on_them from_destroying_them and_not I _made them complete _destruction in_wilderness. (EZE_20:17)

OET-RV: 17 But I pitied them, so I didn’t wipe them out in the wilderness. (EZE 20:17)

DAN 9:27 contextual word gloss=‘complete_destruction’ word gloss=‘end’ OSHB DAN 9:27 word 16

OET-LV: 27 And_he _will _make _strong a _covenant to_people seven one and_the _middle _of the _seven he _will _cause _to _cease sacrifice and_offering and_will _be_on a _wing _of abomination(s) that _which_desolates and_unto complete _destruction and_that _which _has _been_determined it _will _be _poured _forth on one _who_is_desolate. (DAN_9:27)

OET-RV: 27 He’ll make a firm agreement with many people for seven years. In the middle of that time, he’ll put an end to sacrifices and offerings. On the wing of abominations will come one who makes desolate, until the complete destruction that is decreed is poured out on the desolator.” NEEDS MORE WORK (DAN 9:27)

NAH 1:9 contextual word gloss=‘complete_destruction’ word gloss=‘end’ OSHB NAH 1:9 word 5

OET-LV: 9 Whatever you(pl)_will _plot against YHWH complete _destruction he will _be_making not two _times it _will _arise trouble. (NAH_1:9)

OET-RV: 9 Whatever is plotted against Yahweh,
⇔ he’ll completely destroy it.
⇔ ≈ Trouble won’t return a second time. (NAH 1:9)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘Lemma=‘כָּלָה’’ have 10 different glosses: ‘complete_destruction’, ‘completely’, ‘it_had_come_to_an_end’, ‘it_has_been_completed’, ‘it_has_come_to_an_end’, ‘it_has_wasted_away’, ‘it_vanishes’, ‘it_was_complete’, ‘it_will_cease’, ‘it_will_fail’.