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Hebrew wordlink #222439

OSHB Neh 2:17 חֲרֵבָה (ḩₐrēⱱāh) Strongs=2717 b Lemma=‘חָרֵב’
contextual word gloss=‘[is]_desolate’ word gloss=‘lies_in_ruins’
Morphology=Aafsa PoS=adjective Gender=feminine Number=singular State=absolute
Year=-446

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Other uses (2) of identical word form חֲרֵבָה (Morphology=Aafsa PoS=adjective Gender=feminine Number=singular State=absolute) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘חֲרֵבָה’ (Morphology=Aafsa PoS=adjective Gender=feminine Number=singular State=absolute) has 2 different glosses: ‘[is]_desolate’, ‘dry’.

NEH 2:3 contextual word gloss=‘[is]_desolate’ word gloss=‘lies_in_ruins’ OSHB NEH 2:3 word 15

OET-LV: 3 And_I _said to/for_the _king the_king forever may _he _live why not will _they _be _sad face _of_my that the_city the _house _of the _tombs _of my _ancestors _of_of is_desolate and_its _of_gates they _have _been _consumed by_fire. (NEH_2:3)

OET-RV: 3 and I answered the king, “May the king live forever. I can’t help but look unhappy when the city containing my ancestors’ graves has had its gates burnt down and it’s now abandoned.” (NEH 2:3)

PROV 17:1 contextual word gloss=‘dry’ word gloss=‘dry’ OSHB PROV 17:1 word 3

OET-LV: 17 is_good a _piece_of _bread dry and_security is_with_it more_than _a _house full sacrifices _of strife. (PRO_17:1)

OET-RV: 17 It’s better to have a dry piece of bread in quietness,
⇔ ^ than a house full of feasting with strife. (PRO 17:1)