Open English Translation (OET)

Hebrew wordlink #266496

OSHB Psa 127:1 עָמְלוּ (ˊāməlū) Strongs=5998 Lemma=‘עָמַל’
contextual word gloss=‘they_have_toiled’ word gloss=‘labour’
Morphology=Vqp3cp PoS=qal_verb Type=perfect_(qatal) Person=third Gender=common Number=plural

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Only use of identical word form ‘עָמְלוּ’ (Morphology=Vqp3cp PoS=qal_verb Type=perfect_(qatal) Person=third Gender=common Number=plural) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘עָמְלוּ’ (Morphology=Vqp3cp PoS=qal_verb Type=perfect_(qatal) Person=third Gender=common Number=plural) is always and only glossed as ‘they_have_toiled’.

PSA 127:1 contextual word gloss=‘they_have_toiled’ word gloss=‘labour’ OSHB PSA 127:1 word 10

OET-LV:  The _song _of the _ascents of_Shəlomoh/(Solomon) if YHWH not he _will _build a _house vanity they _have _toiled builders _of_its in/on/over_him/it if YHWH not he _will _watch _over a _city vanity he _has _kept _awake the_watchman. (PSA_127:1)

OET-RV: A song by Solomon while walking uphill to Yerushalem.
⇔  1 If it’s not Yahweh who builds the house, those who build it are just wasting their time.
⇔ ≈ If it’s not Yahweh who guards the city, the watchman stands guard uselessly. (PSA 127:1)