Open English Translation (OET)

Hebrew wordlink #248165

OSHB Psa 32:9 קְרֹב (qəroⱱ) Strongs=7126 Lemma=‘קָרַב’
contextual word gloss=‘to_draw_near’ word gloss=‘come_near’
Morphology=Vqc PoS=qal_verb Type=infinitive_construct

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Only use of identical word form ‘קְרֹב’ (Morphology=Vqc PoS=qal_verb Type=infinitive_construct) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘קְרֹב’ (Morphology=Vqc PoS=qal_verb Type=infinitive_construct) is always and only glossed as ‘to_draw_near’.

PSA 32:9 contextual word gloss=‘to_draw_near’ word gloss=‘come_near’ OSHB PSA 32:9 word 12

OET-LV: 9 Do _not be like_a _horse like_a _mule which_there_is_not understanding with_bridle and_halter trapping[s]_of_its to_restrain not to _draw _near to_you. (PSA_32:9)

OET-RV: 9 Don’t be like a horse or a mule which lacks understanding—
⇔ it’s only with a bridle and bit that they can be controlled
⇔ so they’ll go where you want them to. (PSA 32:9)