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Hebrew wordlink #73172

OSHB Num 21:7 דִבַּרְנוּ (dibarnū) Strongs=1696 Lemma=‘דָבַר’
contextual word gloss=‘we_have_spoken’ word gloss=‘spoken’
Morphology=Vpp1cp PoS=piel_verb Type=perfect_(qatal) Person=first Gender=common Number=plural
Year=-1453

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Only use of identical word form ‘דִבַּרְנוּ’ (Morphology=Vpp1cp PoS=piel_verb Type=perfect_(qatal) Person=first Gender=common Number=plural) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘דִבַּרְנוּ’ (Morphology=Vpp1cp PoS=piel_verb Type=perfect_(qatal) Person=first Gender=common Number=plural) is always and only glossed as ‘we_have_spoken’.

NUM 21:7 contextual word gloss=‘we_have_spoken’ word gloss=‘spoken’ OSHB NUM 21:7 word 8

OET-LV: 7 And_it _came the_people to Mosheh and_they _said we _have _sinned if/because we _have _spoken against_YHWH and_against_you pray to YHWH so_that _he _may _remove from_on_us DOM the_snake and_ Mosheh _he _prayed for the_people. (NUM_21:7)

OET-RV: 7 The people came to Mosheh and begged, “We’ve done wrong by speaking out against Yahweh and against you. Pray to Yahweh for us to get him to take the snakes away.” So Mosheh prayed on the peoples’ behalf, (NUM 21:7)