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Hebrew wordlink #275132

OSHB Prov 21:18 כֹּפֶר (kofer) Strongs=3724 a Lemma=‘כֹּפֶר’
contextual word gloss=‘[is]_a_ransom’ word gloss=‘Ransom’
Morphology=Ncmsa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute
Year=-1000

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

The word form ‘כֹּפֶר’ (Morphology=Ncmsa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute) has 4 different glosses: ‘[is]_a_ransom’, ‘[the]_ransom’, ‘a_ransom’, ‘ransom’.

EXO 21:30 contextual word gloss=‘a_ransom’ word gloss=‘ransom’ OSHB EXO 21:30 word 2

OET-LV: 30 If a _ransom it _will _be _imposed on/upon/above_him/it and_he/it _gave the _ransom _of his _life _of_of according_to _all that it _will _be _imposed on/upon/above_him/it. (EXO_21:30)

OET-RV: 30 If a ransom payment is demanded instead, the owner may buy back their life by paying the full amount demanded. (EXO 21:30)

JOB 36:18 contextual word gloss=‘[the]_ransom’ word gloss=‘ransom’ OSHB JOB 36:18 word 7

OET-LV: 18 If/because rage lest it_should _entice _you in_mockery and_the_greatness _of the_ransom not let_it _turn _you _aside. (JOB_36:18)

OET-RV: 18 Don’t let yourself be enticed by riches,
⇔ ≈ and don’t let a large bribe change your mind. (JOB 36:18)

PROV 6:35 contextual word gloss=‘ransom’ word gloss=‘compensation’ OSHB PROV 6:35 word 5

OET-LV: 35 Not he _will _lift _up the_face _of any _of ransom and_not he _will _be _willing if/because you _will _make _great a _bribe. (PRO_6:35)

OET-RV: 35 You won’t just be able to pay them off,
⇔ even if you try to increase the amount. (PRO 6:35)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘Lemma=‘כֹּפֶר’’ have 7 different glosses: ‘(the)_village[s]_of’, ‘[is]_a_ransom’, ‘[the]_ransom’, ‘[the]_ransom_of’, ‘a_ransom’, ‘ransom’, ‘the_ransom_of’.