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Hebrew wordlink #71567

OSHB Num 18:6 מַתָּנָה (mattānāh) Strongs=4979 Lemma=‘מַתָּנָה’
contextual word gloss=‘a_gift’ word gloss=‘gift’
Morphology=Ncfsa PoS=common_noun Gender=feminine Number=singular State=absolute
Year=-1471

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Other uses (4) of identical word form מַתָּנָה (Morphology=Ncfsa PoS=common_noun Gender=feminine Number=singular State=absolute) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘מַתָּנָה’ (Morphology=Ncfsa PoS=common_noun Gender=feminine Number=singular State=absolute) has 2 different glosses: ‘a_bribe’, ‘a_gift’.

NUM 18:7 contextual word gloss=‘a_gift’ word gloss=‘gift’ OSHB NUM 18:7 word 14

OET-LV: 7 And_you(ms) and_your(pl)_of_sons with_you you(pl)_will _keep DOM priesthood _of_your(pl) to/from_all/each/any/every (the)_matter _of the _altar and_to_from_inside _of to_curtain and_you(pl)_will _serve a _service _of a _gift I _give DOM priesthood _of_your(pl) and_the_stranger (the)_approaching he _will _be _put _to _death. (NUM_18:7)

OET-RV: 7 However, it’s you and your sons who are the priests who must serve for things to do with the altar and inside the curtain. Your priesthood is a gift of service, and any outsider who approaches must be executed.” (NUM 18:7)

ECC 7:7 contextual word gloss=‘a_bribe’ word gloss=‘bribe’ OSHB ECC 7:7 word 8

OET-LV: 7 If/because (the)_oppression it _will _make _look _foolish a _wise_person and_it _will _destroy a _bribe DOM a _heart. (ECC_7:7)

OET-RV: 7 Oppression drives a wise person insane,
⇔ and a bribe destroys a person’s morals. (ECC 7:7)

EZE 46:16 contextual word gloss=‘a_gift’ word gloss=‘gift’ OSHB EZE 46:16 word 8

OET-LV: 16 thus my_master he _says YHWH if/because he _will _give the_prince a _gift to_anyone of_his _of_sons be_his _inheritance _of_will it to_his _of_sons it _will _belong be_their _possession _of_will it (in)_an_inheritance. (EZE_46:16)

OET-RV: 16 The master Yahweh says this: If the leader gives a gift to any of his sons, it becomes his inheritance—that is, it’ll become his sons’ property because it’s an inheritance. (EZE 46:16)

EZE 46:17 contextual word gloss=‘a_gift’ word gloss=‘gift’ OSHB EZE 46:17 word 3

OET-LV: 17 And_because/when he _will _give a _gift from_his _of_inheritance to_one of_his _of_servants and_it _will _belong for_him/it until the _year _of (the)_liberty and_it _will _return to_prince surely inheritance _of_his sons _of_his to/for_them it _will _belong. (EZE_46:17)

OET-RV: 17 But if he gives a gift from his inheritance to one of his servants, then it’ll belong to that servant until the year of liberty, and then it’ll return to the leader. His inheritance must definitely be for his own sons. (EZE 46:17)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘Lemma=‘מַתָּנָה’’ have 3 different glosses: ‘Mattanah’, ‘a_bribe’, ‘a_gift’.