Open English Translation (OET)

Hebrew wordlink #78341

OSHB Num 31:18 הַחֲיוּ (haḩₐyū) Strongs=2421 Lemma=‘חָיָה’
contextual word gloss=‘preserve_alive’ word gloss=‘keep_alive’
Morphology=Vhv2mp PoS=hiphil_verb Type=imperative Person=second Gender=masculine Number=plural
Year=-1452

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Only use of identical word form ‘הַחֲיוּ’ (Morphology=Vhv2mp PoS=hiphil_verb Type=imperative Person=second Gender=masculine Number=plural) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘הַחֲיוּ’ (Morphology=Vhv2mp PoS=hiphil_verb Type=imperative Person=second Gender=masculine Number=plural) is always and only glossed as ‘preserve_alive’.

NUM 31:18 contextual word gloss=‘preserve_alive’ word gloss=‘keep_alive’ OSHB NUM 31:18 word 9

OET-LV: 18 And_all/each/any/every the _little_one[s] among_women who not they _have _known lying _of a _male preserve _alive for_yourselves. (NUM_31:18)

OET-RV: 18 spare only the young, unmarried girls for yourselves. (NUM 31:18)