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Hebrew wordlink #271853

OSHB Prov 10:4 כַף (kaf) Strongs=3709 Lemma=‘כַּף’
contextual word gloss=‘a_palm_of’ word gloss=‘hand_of’
Morphology=Ncfsc PoS=common_noun Gender=feminine Number=singular State=construct
Year=-1000

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Other uses (3) of identical word form כַף (Morphology=Ncfsc PoS=common_noun Gender=feminine Number=singular State=construct) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘כַף’ (Morphology=Ncfsc PoS=common_noun Gender=feminine Number=singular State=construct) has 3 different glosses: ‘a_palm_of’, ‘of_a_palm_of’, ‘the_sole_of’.

DEU 28:56 contextual word gloss=‘the_sole_of’ word gloss=‘sole_of’ OSHB DEU 28:56 word 7

OET-LV: 56 The _gentle_woman in_you(ms) and_the _delicate_woman who not she _has _attempted the _sole _of her _foot _of_of to _place on the_earth/land because_was _delicate and_from_gentleness it _will _be _evil eye _of_her on_the _husband _of her _bosom _of_of and_on_her _of_son and_on_her _of_daughter. (DEU_28:56)

OET-RV: 56 Even the most delicate, tender woman among you who never once stepped outside the house in her bare feet, will be selfish towards the husband that she loves and to her own son and her own daughter— (DEU 28:56)

1 KI 17:12 contextual word gloss=‘of_a_palm_of’ word gloss=‘hand_of’ OSHB 1 KI 17:12 word 12

OET-LV: 12 And_she/it _said by_the _life of_YHWH god _of_your if there_is to_me food if/because (if) the_fullness _of a _palm _of flour in_jar and_a _little _of oil in_jug and_wow_I am_gathering two wood(s) and_I _will _go and_I_will _prepare _it to_me and_for_my _of_son and_we_will _eat _it and_we _will _die. (KI1_17:12)

OET-RV: 12 But she replied, “As your god Yahweh lives, I don’t have any bread at all—only a handful of flour in the jar, and a little bit of oil in the jug. See, I’m gathering a few bits of firewood so I can make a little bread for me and my son. After we’ve eaten that, then we’ll die.” (KI1 17:12)

ECC 4:6 contextual word gloss=‘of_a_palm_of’ word gloss=‘hand_of’ OSHB ECC 4:6 word 3

OET-LV: 6 is_good the_fullness _of a _palm _of quietness more_than_the_fullness _of the_hollow _of _hands toil and_striving _of wind. (ECC_4:6)

OET-RV: 6 A small handful of quietness is better
⇔ than two very full handfuls of work and chasing after the wind. (ECC 4:6)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘Lemma=‘כַּף’’ have 4 different glosses: ‘a_palm’, ‘a_palm_of’, ‘of_a_palm_of’, ‘the_sole_of’.