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Hebrew wordlink #271414

OSHB Prov 8:11 יִשְׁווּ (yishvū) Strongs=7737 a Lemma=‘שָׁוָה’
contextual word gloss=‘they_compare’ word gloss=‘compare’
Morphology=Vqi3mp PoS=qal_verb Type=imperfect_(yiqtol) Person=third Gender=masculine Number=plural
Year=-1000

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Other uses (1) of identical word form יִשְׁווּ (Morphology=Vqi3mp PoS=qal_verb Type=imperfect_(yiqtol) Person=third Gender=masculine Number=plural) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘יִשְׁווּ’ (Morphology=Vqi3mp PoS=qal_verb Type=imperfect_(yiqtol) Person=third Gender=masculine Number=plural) is always and only glossed as ‘they_compare’.

PROV 3:15 contextual word gloss=‘they_compare’ word gloss=‘compare’ OSHB PROV 3:15 word 7

OET-LV: 15 is_precious she more_than _corals and_all pleasures _of_your not they _compare with_her. (PRO_3:15)

OET-RV: 15 Wisdom is more valuable than jewelry.
⇔ → There’s nothing else you could want that’s worth as much as being wise. (PRO 3:15)