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Hebrew wordlink #273744

OSHB Prov 16:23 לֶֽקַח (leqaḩ) Strongs=3948 Lemma=‘לֶקַח’
contextual word gloss=‘persuasiveness’ word gloss=‘persuasiveness’
Morphology=Ncmsa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute
Year=-1000

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Other uses (3) of identical word form לֶֽקַח (Morphology=Ncmsa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘לֶֽקַח’ (Morphology=Ncmsa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute) has 3 different glosses: ‘insight’, ‘learning’, ‘persuasiveness’.

PROV 9:9 contextual word gloss=‘learning’ word gloss=‘learning’ OSHB PROV 9:9 word 8

OET-LV: 9 Give to_a _wise_person and_he _will _be _wise yet make _known to_a _righteous_person so_that _he _may _increase learning. (PRO_9:9)

OET-RV: 9 Give to a wise person and they’ll become wiser still.
⇔ ≈ Inform an honest person and they’ll keep learning. (PRO 9:9)

PROV 16:21 contextual word gloss=‘persuasiveness’ word gloss=‘persuasiveness’ OSHB PROV 16:21 word 8

OET-LV: 21 To_the_wise _of heart it _is _called one _who_has _understanding and_sweetness _of lips it _increases persuasiveness. (PRO_16:21)

OET-RV: 21 A person with a wise nature will be called ‘understanding’,
⇔ and pleasant lips are more persuasive. (PRO 16:21)

ISA 29:24 contextual word gloss=‘insight’ word gloss=‘instruction’ OSHB ISA 29:24 word 7

OET-LV: 24 And_they _will _know those _who_go _astray _of spirit understanding and_those _who_murmur they _will _learn insight. (ISA_29:24)

OET-RV: 24 ◙ (ISA 29:24)

Hebrew words (1) other than לֶֽקַח (Morphology=Ncmsa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute) with a gloss related to ‘persuasiveness’

PROV 7:21 לִקְחָהּ (liqḩāh) Lemmas=‘לֶקַח’, ‘הוּא’ contextual morpheme glosses=‘her_persuasiveness_of, of’ morpheme glosses=‘seductive_speech_of, her’ OSHB PROV 7:21 word 3

OET-LV: 21 She_turns _him with_the _greatness _of her _persuasiveness _of_of with_the _seductiveness _of her/its_lips she_impels _him. (PRO_7:21)

OET-RV: 21 She persuades him with her seductive talk.
⇔ She compels him with her smooth lips. (PRO 7:21)