Open English Translation (OET)

Hebrew wordlink #223778

OSHB Neh 5:12 אוֹמֵר (ʼōmēr) Strongs=559 Lemma=‘אָמַר’
contextual word gloss=‘[are]_saying’ word gloss=‘say’
Morphology=Vqrmsa PoS=qal_verb Type=active_participle Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute
Year=-445

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Other uses (1) of identical word form אוֹמֵר (Morphology=Vqrmsa PoS=qal_verb Type=active_participle Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘אוֹמֵר’ (Morphology=Vqrmsa PoS=qal_verb Type=active_participle Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute) is always and only glossed as ‘[are]_saying’.

NEH 5:12 contextual word gloss=‘[are]_saying’ word gloss=‘say’ OSHB NEH 5:12 word 10

OET-LV: 12 And_they _said we _will _return_it and_from_them not we _will _require_it so we _will _do just_as you are_saying and_I _summoned DOM the_priests and_I_made _them _swear _an _oath for_doing according_the _manner (the)_this. (NEH_5:12)

OET-RV: 12 “Okay, we’ll do what you’re asking,” they responded. “We’ll return their property and we won’t impose any more charges on them.”
¶ So I called the priests to witness those nobles and officials making an oath to do what they’d said they would do. (NEH 5:12)

NEH 6:8 contextual word gloss=‘[are]_saying’ word gloss=‘saying’ OSHB NEH 6:8 word 10

OET-LV: 8 and_I_sent to_him/it to_say not it _has _occurred according_the _words/messages the_these which you are_saying if/because from_heart _of_your you are_inventing _of_them. (NEH_6:8)

OET-RV: 8 I sent a message straight back, “None of what you’re saying is true. It’s simply your own imagination at work.” (NEH 6:8)