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Hebrew wordlink #222137

OSHB Neh 2:3 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 2:17 contextual word gloss=‘[is]_desolate’ word gloss=‘lies_in_ruins’ OSHB NEH 2:17 word 11

OET-LV: 17 And_I _said to_them you(pl) are_seeing the_trouble which we are_in_it (cmp) Yərūshālam/(Jerusalem) is_desolate and_its _of_gates they _have _been _burnt with_fire come and_let _us _rebuild DOM the _wall _of Yərūshālam/(Jerusalem) and_not we _will _be again a _reproach. (NEH_2:17)

OET-RV: 17 So now I told them, “You call all see the desperate situation that we’re in: Yerushalem is in ruins and its gates have been burnt out. So now, let’s rebuild the city wall and then we’ll no longer be mocked by others.” (NEH 2:17)

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)