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OSHB Prov 5:3 זָרָה (zārāh) Strongs=2114 a Lemma=‘זָר’
contextual word gloss=‘a_strange_[woman]’ word gloss=‘adulteress’
Morphology=Aafsa PoS=adjective Gender=feminine Number=singular State=absolute
Year=-1000

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Other uses (6) of identical word form זָרָה (Morphology=Aafsa PoS=adjective Gender=feminine Number=singular State=absolute) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘זָרָה’ (Morphology=Aafsa PoS=adjective Gender=feminine Number=singular State=absolute) has 2 different glosses: ‘a_strange_[woman]’, ‘strange’.

EXO 30:9 contextual word gloss=‘strange’ word gloss=‘strange’ OSHB EXO 30:9 word 5

OET-LV: 9 Not you(pl)_must _offer _up on/upon/above_him/it incense strange and_a _burnt _offering and_a _grain _offering and_a _drink _offering not you(pl)_must _pour _out on/upon/above_him/it. (EXO_30:9)

OET-RV: 9 Don’t offer up any incense or burnt offering or grain offering on it that’s different from these instructions, and don’t pour a drink offering on it. (EXO 30:9)

LEV 10:1 contextual word gloss=‘strange’ word gloss=‘unauthorized’ OSHB LEV 10:1 word 18

OET-LV: 10 And_ the _sons _of _they _took of_ʼAhₐron Nādāⱱ and_ʼAⱱīhūʼ each censer _of_his and_they _put in_them fire and_they _placed on/upon_it(f) incense and_they _presented to_(the)_face _of/in _front _of/before YHWH fire strange which not he _had _commanded DOM_them. (LEV_10:1)

OET-RV: 10 Then two of Aharon’s sons, Nadav and Avihu each took their incense-burning pans and put fire in them, and put incense on the fire, thus offering unauthorised fire to Yahweh that he hadn’t instructed them to do. (LEV 10:1)

NUM 3:4 contextual word gloss=‘strange’ word gloss=‘unauthorized’ OSHB NUM 3:4 word 8

OET-LV: 4 And_ Nādāⱱ _he/it _died and_ʼAⱱīhūʼ to_(the)_face _of/in _front _of/before YHWH when_they_brought _near fire strange to_(the)_face _of/in _front _of/before YHWH in_the _wilderness _of Şīnay and_sons not they _belonged to/for_them and_ ʼElˊāzār _he _served _as _priest and_ʼĪtāmār on the _face _of ʼAhₐron father _of_their. (NUM_3:4)

OET-RV: 4 except that Nadav and Avihu died in front of Yahweh when they offered unacceptable fire to him in the Sinai wilderness, and so they had no sons. So Eleazar and Itamar served as priests alongside their father Aharon. (NUM 3:4)

NUM 26:61 contextual word gloss=‘strange’ word gloss=‘unauthorized’ OSHB NUM 26:61 word 6

OET-LV: 61 And_ Nādāⱱ _he/it _died and_ʼAⱱīhūʼ when_they_brought _near fire strange to_(the)_face _of/in _front _of/before YHWH. (NUM_26:61)

OET-RV: 61 but Nadav and Avihu had died when they’d offered Yahweh fire in a disobedient manner. (NUM 26:61)

PROV 2:16 contextual word gloss=‘strange’ word gloss=‘forbidden’ OSHB PROV 2:16 word 3

OET-LV: 16 To_deliver_you from_a _woman strange from_a _foreign_woman words/messages _of_who_her she _makes _smooth. (PRO_2:16)

OET-RV: 16 Being discreet and insightful will rescue you from a strange woman—
⇔ ≈ from a foreign woman who makes her sayings smooth, (PRO 2:16)

PROV 7:5 contextual word gloss=‘strange’ word gloss=‘forbidden’ OSHB PROV 7:5 word 3

OET-LV: 5 To_keep_you from_a _woman strange from_a _foreign_woman words/messages _of_who_her she _makes _smooth. (PRO_7:5)

OET-RV: 5 so they’ll keep you from the street woman—
⇔ ≈ from the ungodly woman whose words sound so smooth. (PRO 7:5)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘Lemma=‘זָר’’ have 3 different glosses: ‘a_strange_[woman]’, ‘it_is_loathsome’, ‘strange’.