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OSHB Prov 21:16 רְפָאִים (rəfāʼīm) Strongs=7496 Lemma=‘רְפָאִים’
contextual word gloss=‘[the]_shades’ word gloss=‘dead’
Morphology=Ncmpa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=plural State=absolute
Year=-1000

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Other uses (6) of identical word form רְפָאִים (Morphology=Ncmpa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=plural State=absolute) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘רְפָאִים’ (Morphology=Ncmpa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=plural State=absolute) has 2 different glosses: ‘[the]_shades’, ‘shades’.

PSA 88:11 contextual word gloss=‘[the]_shades’ word gloss=‘departed_spirits’ OSHB PSA 88:11 word 5

OET-LV: 11  for_the_people will _you _do wonder[s] or the_shades will _they _arise will_they _give _thanks _to _you Şelāh. (PSA_88:11)

OET-RV: 11 Will your loyal commitment be proclaimed in the grave—
⇔ ≈ your loyalty in the place of the dead? (PSA 88:11)

PROV 2:18 contextual word gloss=‘[the]_shades’ word gloss=‘dead’ OSHB PROV 2:18 word 7

OET-LV: 18 If/because she _sank _down to death house _of_her and_near/to the_shades tracks _of_her. (PRO_2:18)

OET-RV: 18 Her house sinks down to death,
⇔ ≈ and her paths to the departed spirits. (PRO 2:18)

PROV 9:18 contextual word gloss=‘[the]_shades’ word gloss=‘dead’ OSHB PROV 9:18 word 4

OET-LV: 18 And_not he _knows if/because _that the_shades are_there are_in_the _depths _of Shəʼōl her _invited _of_men. (PRO_9:18)

OET-RV: 18 But he doesn’t realise that the dead are there,
⇔ ≈ or that her guests are in the depths of the grave. (PRO 9:18)

ISA 14:9 contextual word gloss=‘shades’ word gloss=‘spirits_of_the_departed’ OSHB ISA 14:9 word 9

OET-LV: 9 Shəʼōl from_under it _is _excited to/for_yourself(m) to_meet your_coming it _has _roused to/for_yourself(m) shades all _of the_leaders _of the_earth it _has _made _rise from_their _of_thrones all _of the_kings _of the_nations. (ISA_14:9)

OET-RV: 9 Down below, the grave is excited
⇔ ≈ waiting for your arrival.
⇔ It wakes up the dead for you—all the kings of the earth,
⇔ ≈ raising them from their thrones—all the kings of the nations. (ISA 14:9)

ISA 26:14 contextual word gloss=‘shades’ word gloss=‘departed_spirits’ OSHB ISA 26:14 word 4

OET-LV: 14 Dead_ones not they _will _live shades not they _will _rise for_so/thus/hence you _have _visited and_you_have _destroyed _them and_you _have _destroyed all _of remembrance of_them. (ISA_26:14)

OET-RV: 14 ◙
⇔ …
⇔ …
⇔ … (ISA 26:14)

ISA 26:19 contextual word gloss=‘[the]_shades’ word gloss=‘dead’ OSHB ISA 26:19 word 14

OET-LV: 19 They _will _live your(pl)_dead _of_ones corpse _of_my they_will _rise awake and_shout _for _joy Oh_you(pl)_who_dwell _of dust if/because will _be_the_dew _of lights dew _of_your and_the_earth the_shades it _will _make _fall. (ISA_26:19)

OET-RV: ⇔  19 ◙
⇔ …
⇔ …
⇔ …
⇔ …
⇔ … (ISA 26:19)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘Lemma=‘רְפָאִים’’ have 6 different glosses: ‘Rephaites’, ‘[the]_Rephaites’, ‘[the]_shades’, ‘of_Rephaim’, ‘of_[the]_Rephaites’, ‘shades’.