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Hebrew wordlink #66977

OSHB Num 9:23 שָׁמָרוּ (shāmārū) Strongs=8104 Lemma=‘שָׁמַר’
contextual word gloss=‘they_kept’ word gloss=‘kept’
Morphology=Vqp3cp PoS=qal_verb Type=perfect_(qatal) Person=third Gender=common Number=plural
Year=-1490

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Other uses (4) of identical word form שָׁמָרוּ (Morphology=Vqp3cp PoS=qal_verb Type=perfect_(qatal) Person=third Gender=common Number=plural) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘שָׁמָרוּ’ (Morphology=Vqp3cp PoS=qal_verb Type=perfect_(qatal) Person=third Gender=common Number=plural) has 2 different glosses: ‘they_have_kept’, ‘they_kept’.

PSA 78:56 contextual word gloss=‘they_kept’ word gloss=‘keep’ OSHB PSA 78:56 word 8

OET-LV: 56 And_they _put _to _the _test and_they _rebelled _against DOM god Most _High and_his _of_testimonies not they _kept. (PSA_78:56)

OET-RV: 56 Yet they challenged and defied the highest God
⇔ and didn’t obey his solemn commands. (PSA 78:56)

PSA 119:158 contextual word gloss=‘they_have_kept’ word gloss=‘keep’ OSHB PSA 119:158 word 7

OET-LV: 158 I _see those _who_act _treacherously and_I_felt _loathing that message _of_your not they _have _kept. (PSA_119:158)

OET-RV: 158 I see the treacherous and despise them
⇔ because they don’t take notice of what you’ve said. (PSA 119:158)

JER 16:11 contextual word gloss=‘they_kept’ word gloss=‘kept’ OSHB JER 16:11 word 22

OET-LV: 11 And_you _will _say to_them on that they _abandoned ancestors _of_your(pl) me the _utterance _of YHWH and_they _walked after gods other and_they_served _them and_they _bowed _down to/for_them and_me they _abandoned and_DOM law _of_my not they _kept. (JER_16:11)

OET-RV: 11 ◙ (JER 16:11)

AMOS 2:4 contextual word gloss=‘they_have_kept’ word gloss=‘kept’ OSHB AMOS 2:4 word 19

OET-LV: 4 thus YHWH he _says on three (the)_transgressions _of Yəhūdāh/(Judah) and_on four not I_will _revoke _it because they_have _rejected DOM the _law _of YHWH and_his _of_regulations not they _have _kept and_they_have _misled _them lies _of_their which they _walked ancestors _of_their after_them. (AMO_2:4)

OET-RV: 4 This is what Yahweh says:
⇔ “Even if Yehudah was three or four sins below the threshold,
⇔ I wouldn’t turn away its punishment,
⇔ because they rejected Yahweh’s instructions
⇔ ≈ and didn’t keep his regulations.
⇔ Their lies caused them to go astray,
⇔ just like their ancestors had done. (AMO 2:4)