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Hebrew wordlink #73229

OSHB Num 21:9 נְחַשׁ (nəḩash) Strongs=5175 Lemma=‘נָחָשׁ’
contextual word gloss=‘the_snake_of’ word gloss=‘snake_of’
Morphology=Ncmsc PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=construct
Year=-1453

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Other uses (2) of identical word form נְחַשׁ (Morphology=Ncmsc PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=construct) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘נְחַשׁ’ (Morphology=Ncmsc PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=construct) has 2 different glosses: ‘a_snake_of’, ‘the_snake_of’.

NUM 21:9 contextual word gloss=‘a_snake_of’ word gloss=‘snake_of’ OSHB NUM 21:9 word 3

OET-LV: 9 And_ Mosheh _he/it _made a _snake _of bronze and_he_put _it on the_standard and_it _was if it _had _bitten the_snake DOM anyone and_he _looked to the _snake _of (the)_bronze and_he _lived. (NUM_21:9)

OET-RV: 9 So Mosheh made a snake out of bronze and attached it to the top of a pole, and anyone who was bitten by a snake would recover when they looked towards the bronze snake. (NUM 21:9)

2 KI 18:4 contextual word gloss=‘the_snake_of’ word gloss=‘serpent_of’ OSHB 2 KI 18:4 word 12

OET-LV: 4 He he _removed DOM the _high_places and_he _broke DOM the _sacred_pillars and_he _cut _down DOM the _ʼAshērāh_pole and_he _crushed _to _pieces the _snake _of (the)_bronze which he _had _made Mosheh if/because until the_days (the)_those the _people _of they _were of _Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) making _smoke to_him/it and_he/it _called to_him/it Nehushtan. (KI2_18:4)

OET-RV: 4 He demolished the hilltop shrines and shattered their pillars, and he cut down the Asherah poles. He crushed the bronze serpent that Mosheh had made, because the Israelis had named it ‘Nehushtan’ and had been offering incense to it until then. (KI2 18:4)