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Hebrew wordlink #274748

OSHB Prov 20:10 אֵיפָה (ʼēyfāh) Strongs=374 Lemma=‘אֵיפָה’
contextual word gloss=‘a_measure’ word gloss=‘measure’
Morphology=Ncfsa PoS=common_noun Gender=feminine Number=singular State=absolute
Year=-1000

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Other uses (7) of identical word form אֵיפָה (Morphology=Ncfsa PoS=common_noun Gender=feminine Number=singular State=absolute) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘אֵיפָה’ (Morphology=Ncfsa PoS=common_noun Gender=feminine Number=singular State=absolute) has 3 different glosses: ‘[will_be]_an_ephah’, ‘a_measure’, ‘an_ephah’.

DEU 25:14 contextual word gloss=‘a_measure’ word gloss=‘measure’ OSHB DEU 25:14 word 5

OET-LV: 14 not it _will _belong to/for_yourself(m) in_your _of_house a _measure and_a _measure large and_small. (DEU_25:14)

OET-RV: 14 Don’t keep two measuring containers in your house—a smaller one and a larger one. (DEU 25:14)

DEU 25:15 contextual word gloss=‘a_measure’ word gloss=‘measure’ OSHB DEU 25:15 word 6

OET-LV: 15 A _weight full and_righteousness it _will _belong to_you a _measure full and_righteousness it _will _belong to_you so _that they _may _be _long days _of_your on the_soil which YHWH god _of_your is_about _to _give to/for_you(fs). (DEU_25:15)

OET-RV: 15 You must use exact stone weights and measuring containers so that your god Yahweh will prolong your time in the country that he’s giving you— (DEU 25:15)

ISA 5:10 contextual word gloss=‘an_ephah’ word gloss=‘ʼēyfāh’ OSHB ISA 5:10 word 11

OET-LV: 10 If/because ten _of acres _of vineyard they _will _produce a _bath one and_seed _of a _homer it _will _produce an _ʼēyfāh. (ISA_5:10)

OET-RV: 10 A large vineyard will produce a measly amount of juice,
⇔ ≈ and ten baskets of seed will only give a harvest of one basket of grain. (ISA 5:10)

EZE 45:24 contextual word gloss=‘an_ephah’ word gloss=‘ʼēyfāh’ OSHB EZE 45:24 word 2

OET-LV: 24 And_a _grain _offering an _ʼēyfāh for_bull and_an _ʼēyfāh for_ram he _will _provide and_oil _of a _hin to_ʼēyfāh. (EZE_45:24)

OET-RV: 24 Then the leader will perform a food offering of twenty-two litres of flour with seven litres of olive oil for each bull and each ram. (EZE 45:24)

EZE 46:5 contextual word gloss=‘[will_be]_an_ephah’ word gloss=‘ʼēyfāh’ OSHB EZE 46:5 word 2

OET-LV: 5 And_a _grain _offering will _be_an _ʼēyfāh for_ram and_for_lambs a _grain _offering will _be_the _gift _of his/its_hand and_oil a _hin to_ʼēyfāh. (EZE_46:5)

OET-RV: 5 The grain offering that he gives with the ram is twenty-two litres of flour, and with the lambs it should be as much as he pleases, along with one litre of olive oil for every twenty-two litres of flour. (EZE 46:5)

EZE 46:11 contextual word gloss=‘an_ephah’ word gloss=‘ʼēyfāh’ OSHB EZE 46:11 word 5

OET-LV: 11 And_at_festivals and_at_times it _will _be the _grain_offering an _ʼēyfāh for_bull and_an _ʼēyfāh for_ram and_for_lambs the _gift _of his/its_hand and_oil a _hin to_ʼēyfāh. (EZE_46:11)

OET-RV: 11 During the festivals that you hold for me, the king must present twenty-two litres of flour along with a bull or a ram, and as much flour as he wants to with the lambs, along with a litre of olive oil with every twenty-two litres of flour. (EZE 46:11)

AMOS 8:5 contextual word gloss=‘an_ephah’ word gloss=‘ʼēyfāh’ OSHB AMOS 8:5 word 11

OET-LV: 5 To_say when will _it _pass the _new_moon so_that _we _may _sell _grain grain and_the_sabbath so_that _we _may _open grain to_make _small an _ʼēyfāh and_to_make _great a _shekel and_to_falsify balances _of deceit. (AMO_8:5)

OET-RV: 5 They say,
⇔ “When will the new moon celebrations be over, so we can sell grain again?
⇔ ≈ When will the Rest Day be over, so we can sell wheat?
⇔ We’ll make the measure small and increase the price,
⇔ ≈ as we cheat with false scales. (AMO 8:5)