Open English Translation (OET)

Hebrew wordlink #276551

OSHB Prov 25:24 גָּג (gāg) Strongs=1406 Lemma=‘גָּג’
contextual word gloss=‘a_roof’ word gloss=‘roof’
Morphology=Ncmsa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute
Year=-700

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Other uses (2) of identical word form גָּג (Morphology=Ncmsa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘גָּג’ (Morphology=Ncmsa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute) is always and only glossed as ‘a_roof’.

PSA 102:8 contextual word gloss=‘a_roof’ word gloss=‘roof’ OSHB PSA 102:8 word 6

OET-LV: 8  I _am _wakeful and_I _have _become like_a _bird isolated on a _roof. (PSA_102:8)

OET-RV: 8 My enemies taunt me all day long.
⇔ They ridicule and curse me (PSA 102:8)

PROV 21:9 contextual word gloss=‘a_roof’ word gloss=‘roof’ OSHB PROV 21:9 word 5

OET-LV: 9 is_good to_dwell on a _corner _of a _roof more_than _a _woman _of contentions and_a _house _of association. (PRO_21:9)

OET-RV: 9 It’s better to live in the corner of the attic
⇔ than inside the main house with the company of an argumentative wife. (PRO 21:9)