Open English Translation (OET)

Hebrew wordlink #248153

OSHB Psa 32:9 תִּהְיוּ (tihyū) Strongs=1961 Lemma=‘הָיָה’
contextual word gloss=‘be’ word gloss=‘be’
Morphology=Vqj2mp PoS=qal_verb Type=jussive Person=second Gender=masculine Number=plural

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Other uses (2) of identical word form תִּהְיוּ (Morphology=Vqj2mp PoS=qal_verb Type=jussive Person=second Gender=masculine Number=plural) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘תִּהְיוּ’ (Morphology=Vqj2mp PoS=qal_verb Type=jussive Person=second Gender=masculine Number=plural) is always and only glossed as ‘be’.

2 CHR 30:7 contextual word gloss=‘be’ word gloss=‘be’ OSHB 2 CHR 30:7 word 2

OET-LV: 7 And_do _not be like_your(pl)_of_fathers and_like_your(pl)_of_brothers who they _acted _unfaithfully against_YHWH the _god _of their _ancestors _of_of and_he_made _them into_a _horror just_as you(pl) are_seeing. (CH2_30:7)

OET-RV: 7 Don’t be like your fathers and brothers who weren’t faithful to Yahweh, the god of their ancestors, provoking him to leave them decimated as you can see. (CH2 30:7)

ZEC 1:4 contextual word gloss=‘be’ word gloss=‘be’ OSHB ZEC 1:4 word 2

OET-LV: 4 Do _not be like_your(pl)_of_ancestors whom they _proclaimed to_them the_prophets (the)_former to_say thus he _says YHWH hosts turn _back please from_your(pl)_of_ways (the)_evil and_your(pl)_of_deeds (the)_evil and_not they _listened and_not they _paid _attention to_me the _utterance _of YHWH. (ZEC_1:4)

OET-RV: 4 Don’t be like your ancestors who’d been told by the prophets that army commander Yahweh wanted them to abandon all their evil practices, but they wouldn’t listen or pay attention. That is Yahweh’s declaration. (ZEC 1:4)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘Lemma=‘הָיָה’’ have 3 different glosses: ‘be’, ‘you(pl)_will_be’, ‘you(pl)_will_become’.