Open English Translation (OET)

Hebrew wordlink #221900

Key: khaki:verbs.
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OSHB Neh 1:4 וָאֱהִי (vā, ʼₑhī) Strongs=c, 1961 Lemmas=‘וְ’, ‘הָיָה’
contextual morpheme glosses=‘and, I_was’ morpheme glosses=‘and, was’
Morphology=C PoS=conjunction
Morphology=Vqw1cs PoS=qal_verb Type=sequential_imperfect_(wayyiqtol) Person=first Gender=common Number=singular
Year=-457

OET-LV: 4 And_he/it _was just_as_I _heard DOM the_words/messages the_these I _sat _down and_I _wept and_I_mourned days and_I_was fasting and_praying to_(the)_face _of/in _front _of/before the _god _of the_heavens. (NEH 1:4)

OET-RV: 4 When I heard all that, I sat down and I was upset for days. I fasted and cried and prayed to the god of the heavens, (NEH 1:4)

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The word form ‘וָאֱהִי’ (Morphology=C PoS=conjunction
Morphology=Vqw1cs PoS=qal_verb Type=sequential_imperfect_(wayyiqtol) Person=first Gender=common Number=singular) is always and only glossed as ‘and, I_was’.

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘Lemmas=‘וְ’, ‘הָיָה’’ have 4 different glosses: ‘and,I_became’, ‘and,I_have_become’, ‘and,I_have_been’, ‘and,I_was’.