Open English Translation (OET)

Hebrew wordlink #74913

OSHB Num 24:1 נְחָשִׁים (nəḩāshīm) Strongs=5173 Lemma=‘נַחַשׁ’
contextual word gloss=‘omens’ word gloss=‘omens’
Morphology=Ncmpa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=plural State=absolute
Year=-1452

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Other uses (1) of identical word form נְחָשִׁים (Morphology=Ncmpa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=plural State=absolute) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘נְחָשִׁים’ (Morphology=Ncmpa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=plural State=absolute) has 2 different glosses: ‘omens’(1), ‘snakes’(1).

NUM 24:1 contextual word gloss=‘omens’ word gloss=‘omens’ OSHB NUM 24:1 word 15

OET-LV:  And_ Bilˊām _he/it _saw if/because _that was_good in/on_both _eyes _of YHWH to_bless DOM Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) and_not he _went as_time on_time to_meet omens and_he _set to the_wilderness his/its_faces/face. (NUM_24:1)

OET-RV:  By now, Bileam had realised that Yahweh wanted to bless the Israelis, so he didn’t use his usual divinations but instead, he just looked towards the wilderness. (NUM 24:1)

JER 8:17 contextual word gloss=‘snakes’ word gloss=‘snakes’ OSHB JER 8:17 word 5

OET-LV: 17 if/because HERE_I am_about _to _send among_you(pl) snakes vipers which there_is_not to/for_them charming and_they _will _bite you(pl) the _utterance _of YHWH. (JER_8:17)

OET-RV: 17 Yes, listen, I’ll send snakes among you all—
⇔ ≈ vipers that can’t be charmed,
⇔ → and they’ll bite you all, says Yahweh. (JER 8:17)