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Hebrew wordlink #75041

OSHB Num 24:10 בָרֵךְ (ⱱārēk) Strongs=1288 Lemma=‘בָּרַךְ’
contextual word gloss=‘actually_(bless)’ word gloss=‘to_bless’
Morphology=Vpa PoS=piel_verb Type=infinitive_absolute
Year=-1452

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Other uses (4) of identical word form בָרֵךְ (Morphology=Vpa PoS=piel_verb Type=infinitive_absolute) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘בָרֵךְ’ (Morphology=Vpa PoS=piel_verb Type=infinitive_absolute) has 3 different glosses: ‘actually_(bless)’, ‘surely_(bless)’, ‘to_bless’.

GEN 22:17 contextual word gloss=‘surely_(bless)’ word gloss=‘to_bless’ OSHB GEN 22:17 word 2

OET-LV: 17 If/because _that surely _(bless) I_will _bless _you and_greatly _(increase) I _will _increase DOM your(ms)_seed/fruit like_the _stars _of the_heavens and_like_sand which is_on the _shore _of the_sea your(ms)_seed/fruit and_it _will _take _possession _of DOM the _gate _of its _enemies _of_of. (GEN_22:17)

OET-RV: 17 I’ll bless you tremendously and I’ll cause your descendants to be as numerous as the stars in the sky and as the sand on the beach, and your descendants will be victorious over their enemies. (GEN 22:17)

NUM 23:11 contextual word gloss=‘actually_(bless)’ word gloss=‘to_bless’ OSHB NUM 23:11 word 13

OET-LV: 11 And_ Bālāq _he/it _said to Bilˊām what have _you _done to_me to_curse enemies _of_my I_took _you and_see/lo/see you _have _blessed actually _(bless). (NUM_23:11)

OET-RV: 11 But Balak demanded from Bileam, “What have you done to me? I brought you here to curse my enemies, and blast it all—you’ve actually blessed them!” (NUM 23:11)

NUM 23:20 contextual word gloss=‘to_bless’ word gloss=‘bless’ OSHB NUM 23:20 word 2

OET-LV: 20 Here to _bless I _have _received and_he _has _blessed and_not I_will _turn _it _back. (NUM_23:20)

OET-RV: 20 Listen, I’ve received a command to bless.
⇔ ≈ Yes, he’s decided to bless and I can’t reverse it. (NUM 23:20)

DEU 15:4 contextual word gloss=‘surely_(bless)’ word gloss=‘to_bless’ OSHB DEU 15:4 word 8

OET-LV: 4 Nevertheless if/because not he _will _be among_you a _needy_person if/because surely _(bless) he_will _bless _you YHWH on _the_earth which YHWH god _of_your is_about _to _give to/for_yourself(m) an _inheritance to_take_possession _of _it. (DEU_15:4)

OET-RV: 4 However, there shouldn’t be any poor among you, because your god Yahweh will bless you in the land that he’s giving you to own as an inheritance, (DEU 15:4)