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Hebrew wordlink #273954

OSHB Prov 17:11 יְבַקֶּשׁ (yəⱱaqqesh) Strongs=1245 Lemma=‘בָּקַשׁ’
contextual word gloss=‘he_seeks’ word gloss=‘seek’
Morphology=Vpi3ms PoS=piel_verb Type=imperfect_(yiqtol) Person=third Gender=masculine Number=singular
Year=-1000

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Other uses (2) of identical word form יְבַקֶּשׁ (Morphology=Vpi3ms PoS=piel_verb Type=imperfect_(yiqtol) Person=third Gender=masculine Number=singular) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘יְבַקֶּשׁ’ (Morphology=Vpi3ms PoS=piel_verb Type=imperfect_(yiqtol) Person=third Gender=masculine Number=singular) has 2 different glosses: ‘he_seeks’, ‘it_seeks’.

PROV 15:14 contextual word gloss=‘it_seeks’ word gloss=‘seeks’ OSHB PROV 15:14 word 3

OET-LV: 14 A _heart discerning it _seeks knowledge and_the_mouth _of fools it _feeds _on foolishness. (PRO_15:14)

OET-RV: 14 A discerning mind wants knowledge,
⇔ ^ but the mouth of fools feeds on foolishness. (PRO 15:14)

ISA 40:20 contextual word gloss=‘he_seeks’ word gloss=‘seeks_out’ OSHB ISA 40:20 word 9

OET-LV: 20 The _impoverished_person a _contribution wood which_not it _will _rot he _chooses a _craftsman skillful he _seeks to_him/it to_prepare an _idol which_not it _will _be _shaken. (ISA_40:20)

OET-RV: 20 ◙
⇔ …
⇔ …
⇔ … (ISA 40:20)