Open English Translation (OET)

Hebrew wordlink #227728

OSHB Neh 12:37 מַעֲלוֹת (maˊₐlōt) Strongs=4609 b Lemma=‘מַעֲלָה’
contextual word gloss=‘the_steps_of’ word gloss=‘steps_of’
Morphology=Ncfpc PoS=common_noun Gender=feminine Number=plural State=construct
Year=-445

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Only use of identical word form ‘מַעֲלוֹת’ (Morphology=Ncfpc PoS=common_noun Gender=feminine Number=plural State=construct) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘מַעֲלוֹת’ (Morphology=Ncfpc PoS=common_noun Gender=feminine Number=plural State=construct) is always and only glossed as ‘the_steps_of’.

NEH 12:37 contextual word gloss=‘the_steps_of’ word gloss=‘steps_of’ OSHB NEH 12:37 word 7

OET-LV: 37 And_over the _gate _of the _spring and_before_themselves they _went _up on the _steps _of the _city _of Dāvid at_ascent to_wall from_under to_the _house _of Dāvid and_unto the _gate _of the_waters east. (NEH_12:37)

OET-RV: 37 When they got to the Fountain Gate, they went up the stairs at the City of David, and along the higher portion of the wall by David’s palace as far as the Water Gate (on the east side of the city). (NEH 12:37)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘Lemma=‘מַעֲלָה’’ have 2 different glosses: ‘steps’, ‘the_steps_of’.