Open English Translation (OET)

Hebrew wordlink #225372

OSHB Neh 8:9 בוֹכִים (ⱱōkīm) Strongs=1058 Lemma=‘בָּכָה’
contextual word gloss=‘[were]_weeping’ word gloss=‘weeping’
Morphology=Vqrmpa PoS=qal_verb Type=active_participle Gender=masculine Number=plural State=absolute
Year=-445

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Only use of identical word form ‘בוֹכִים’ (Morphology=Vqrmpa PoS=qal_verb Type=active_participle Gender=masculine Number=plural State=absolute) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘בוֹכִים’ (Morphology=Vqrmpa PoS=qal_verb Type=active_participle Gender=masculine Number=plural State=absolute) is always and only glossed as ‘[were]_weeping’.

NEH 8:9 contextual word gloss=‘[were]_weeping’ word gloss=‘weeping’ OSHB NEH 8:9 word 24

OET-LV: 9 and_ Nəḩem^yāh _he/it _said he was_the_governor and_ˊEzrāʼ the_priest/officer the_scribe and_the_Lēviyyiy who_were_causing _to _understand DOM the_people to/from_all/each/any/every the_people the_day is_holy it to/for_YHWH god _of_your(pl) do _not mourn and_do _not weep if/because all _of were_weeping the_people just_as_they _heard DOM the _words/messages _of the _law. (NEH_8:9)

OET-RV: 9 Then Nehemyah the governor and Ezra the priest & scribe, and the Levites who were explaining it, said to all the people, “Today is a sacred day—it belongs to your god Yahweh. Don’t mourn or weep.” That was because all the people were weeping after they heard Yahweh’s instructions to them. (NEH 8:9)