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Hebrew wordlink #274870

OSHB Prov 20:22 תֹּאמַר (toʼmar) Strongs=559 Lemma=‘אָמַר’
contextual word gloss=‘say’ word gloss=‘say’
Morphology=Vqj2ms PoS=qal_verb Type=jussive Person=second Gender=masculine Number=singular
Year=-1000

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Other uses (6) of identical word form תֹּאמַר (Morphology=Vqj2ms PoS=qal_verb Type=jussive Person=second Gender=masculine Number=singular) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘תֹּאמַר’ (Morphology=Vqj2ms PoS=qal_verb Type=jussive Person=second Gender=masculine Number=singular) is always and only glossed as ‘say’.

DEU 9:4 contextual word gloss=‘say’ word gloss=‘say’ OSHB DEU 9:4 word 2

OET-LV: 4 Do _not say in_your _of_heart when_drives _out YHWH god _of_your DOM_them from_before_you(pl)_of to_say in_my _of_righteousness he_has _brought _me YHWH to_take _possession _of DOM the_earth/land (the)_this and_in_the _wickedness _of the_nations the_these YHWH is_dispossessing _of_them from_before _of_you. (DEU_9:4)

OET-RV: 4 After your god Yahweh has driven them out ahead of you, don’t go saying that it was thanks to your own goodness and innocence, because it’s because of the wickedness of those peoples that Yahweh is doing that. (DEU 9:4)

PROV 3:28 contextual word gloss=‘say’ word gloss=‘say’ OSHB PROV 3:28 word 2

OET-LV: 28 Do _not say to_your(pl)_of_neighbour go and_come _back and_tomorrow I _will _give_it and_(there) it_is_with _you. (PRO_3:28)

OET-RV: 28 Don’t tell your neighbour, “Go home now, but come back tomorrow and I’ll give it to you then,”
⇔ when you had it there the whole time. (PRO 3:28)

PROV 24:29 contextual word gloss=‘say’ word gloss=‘say’ OSHB PROV 24:29 word 2

OET-LV: 29 Do _not say just_as he _has _done to_me so I _will _do for_him/it I _will _repay to_person according_to _of_his _deed. (PRO_24:29)

OET-RV: 29 Don’t say, “I’ll do to him what he did to me,
⇔ ≈ I’ll pay him back for what he’s done.” (PRO 24:29)

ECC 5:5 contextual word gloss=‘say’ word gloss=‘say’ OSHB ECC 5:5 word 9

OET-LV: 5  do _not permit DOM mouth _of_your to_cause _to _sin DOM flesh _of_your and_do _not say to_(the)_face _of/in _front _of/before the_messenger if/because _that was_inadvertence it to/for_what will _he _be _angry the_ʼElohīm towards voice _of_your and_he _will _ruin DOM the _work _of your _two’s _hands _of_of. (ECC_5:5)

OET-RV: 5 It’s better not to make a promise
⇔ than to promise something and then not do it. (ECC 5:5)

ECC 7:10 contextual word gloss=‘say’ word gloss=‘say’ OSHB ECC 7:10 word 2

OET-LV: 10 Do _not say why was _it (cmp)_the_days (the)_former they _were good from_these if/because not from_wisdom you _have _asked on this. (ECC_7:10)

OET-RV: 10 Don’t ask, “What was it about the old days that were better than these?”
⇔ because that question doesn’t display wisdom. (ECC 7:10)

JER 1:7 contextual word gloss=‘say’ word gloss=‘say’ OSHB JER 1:7 word 5

OET-LV: 7 and_ YHWH _he/it _said to_me do _not say am_a _youth I if/because to every _of one_whom I_will _send _you you _will _go and_DOM all _of that I_will _command _you you _will _speak. (JER_1:7)

OET-RV: 7 ◙
⇔ …
⇔ …
⇔ … (JER 1:7)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘Lemma=‘אָמַר’’ have 9 different glosses: ‘it_will_say’, ‘say’, ‘she_said’, ‘she_says’, ‘she_will_say’, ‘will_you_say’, ‘you_said’, ‘you_should_say’, ‘you_will_say’.