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Hebrew wordlink #266426

OSHB Psa 126:1 הָיִינוּ (hāyīnū) Strongs=1961 Lemma=‘הָיָה’
contextual word gloss=‘we_were’ word gloss=‘were’
Morphology=Vqp1cp PoS=qal_verb Type=perfect_(qatal) Person=first Gender=common Number=plural

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Other uses (10) of identical word form הָיִינוּ (Morphology=Vqp1cp PoS=qal_verb Type=perfect_(qatal) Person=first Gender=common Number=plural) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘הָיִינוּ’ (Morphology=Vqp1cp PoS=qal_verb Type=perfect_(qatal) Person=first Gender=common Number=plural) has 4 different glosses: ‘we_are’, ‘we_have_become’, ‘we_have_been’, ‘we_were’.

GEN 42:31 contextual word gloss=‘we_are’ word gloss=‘are’ OSHB GEN 42:31 word 6

OET-LV: 31 And_we _said to_him/it are_honest we not we _are spies. (GEN_42:31)

OET-RV: 31 but we told him, ‘We’re honest—we’re not spies. (GEN 42:31)

NUM 13:33 contextual word gloss=‘we_were’ word gloss=‘were’ OSHB NUM 13:33 word 13

OET-LV: 33 And_there we _saw DOM the_Nephilim the_descendants _of ˊĀnāq were_from the_Nefilim/Nephilim and_we _were in_our _own _of_eyes like_grasshoppers and_thus/so/as _follows we _were in_their _of_eyes. (NUM_13:33)

OET-RV: 33 plus we saw the Nefilim (descendants of Anak), and we felt as small as grasshoppers compared to them, and that’s how they saw us as well.” (NUM 13:33)

DEU 6:21 contextual word gloss=‘we_were’ word gloss=‘were’ OSHB DEU 6:21 word 4

OET-LV: 21 And_you _will _say to_your _of_child slaves we _were of_Parˊoh in_Miʦrayim/(Egypt) and_he_brought _us _out YHWH from_Miʦrayim by_a _hand strong. (DEU_6:21)

OET-RV: 21 then you can tell them, ‘We were Far-oh’s slaves in Egypt, but Yahweh used his incredible power to get us out of there. (DEU 6:21)

NEH 3:36 contextual word gloss=‘we_are’ word gloss=‘are’ OSHB NEH 3:36 word 4

OET-LV: 36  hear our _god _of_Oh if/because we _are contempt and_return reproach _of_their to head _of_their _own and_give_them to_plunder in_land captivity. (NEH_3:36)

PSA 79:4 contextual word gloss=‘we_have_become’ word gloss=‘become’ OSHB PSA 79:4 word 1

OET-LV: 4 We _have _become a _reproach to_our _of_neighbours mockery and_derision to_those_around _of_us. (PSA_79:4)

OET-RV: 4 We have become a reproach for our neighbours—
⇔ mocked and scorned by those around us. (PSA 79:4)

PSA 126:3 contextual word gloss=‘we_were’ word gloss=‘are’ OSHB PSA 126:3 word 5

OET-LV: 3 YHWH He _has _made _great for_doing with_us we _were joyful. (PSA_126:3)

OET-RV: 3 Yahweh did great things for us.
⇔ How glad we were. (PSA 126:3)

ISA 1:9 contextual word gloss=‘we_were’ word gloss=‘been’ OSHB ISA 1:9 word 9

OET-LV: 9 If _not YHWH hosts he _had _left to/for_us survivor[s] like_a _little like_Şədom we _were (to)_ˊAmorāh/(Gomorrah) we _were _like. (ISA_1:9)

OET-RV: 9 If it wasn’t for the fact that army commander Yahweh left a few survivors behind,
⇔ we would have been wiped out like both Sodom and Amorah (Gomorrah). (ISA 1:9)

ISA 26:17 contextual word gloss=‘we_were’ word gloss=‘were’ OSHB ISA 26:17 word 9

OET-LV: 17 Like a _pregnant_woman who_she _brings _near to_give _birth she _is _in _labour she _cries _out in_her _of_labour-pains so we _were from_before _of_you Oh_YHWH. (ISA_26:17)

OET-RV: 17 ◙
⇔ …
⇔ … (ISA 26:17)

ISA 63:19 contextual word gloss=‘we_have_been’ word gloss=‘become’ OSHB ISA 63:19 word 1

OET-LV: 19 We _have _been from_long _ago/eternity those _whom_not you _ruled over_them those _whom_not it _was _called name _of_your on_them if you _tore the_heavens you _came _down from_before _of_you mountains they _shook. (ISA_63:19)

OET-RV: 19 ◙
⇔ … (ISA 63:19)

LAM 5:3 contextual word gloss=‘we_have_become’ word gloss=‘become’ OSHB LAM 5:3 word 2

OET-LV: 3 fatherless _ones we _have _become wwww a _father mothers _of_our are_like_widows. (LAM_5:3)

OET-RV: ⇔  3 We have become orphans, without a father,
⇔ ≈ and our mothers are like widows. (LAM 5:3)