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Hebrew wordlink #248774

OSHB Psa 35:14 אֵם (ʼēm) Strongs=517 Lemma=‘אֵם’
contextual word gloss=‘a_mother’ word gloss=‘mother_of’
Morphology=Ncfsa PoS=common_noun Gender=feminine Number=singular State=absolute
Year=-1062

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Other uses (7) of identical word form אֵם (Morphology=Ncfsa PoS=common_noun Gender=feminine Number=singular State=absolute) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘אֵם’ (Morphology=Ncfsa PoS=common_noun Gender=feminine Number=singular State=absolute) has 2 different glosses: ‘a_mother’, ‘mother’.

GEN 32:12 contextual word gloss=‘mother’ word gloss=‘mother_of’ OSHB GEN 32:12 word 14

OET-LV: 12  deliver_me please from_the _hand _of my_brother/kindred from_the _hand _of ˊĒsāv if/because am_fearing I DOM_him/it lest he _should _come and_he_will _attack _me mother with children. (GEN_32:12)

OET-RV: 12 But you said, ‘I will surely cause things to prosper with you, and I’ll make your descendants as numerous as the sand grains on the beach which are too many to be counted.’ ” (GEN 32:12)

JDG 5:7 contextual word gloss=‘a_mother’ word gloss=‘mother_of’ OSHB JDG 5:7 word 9

OET-LV: 7 rural _people They _ceased in_Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) they _ceased until that_I _arose Dəbōrāh that_I _arose a _mother in_Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel). (JDG_5:7)

OET-RV: 7 Israeli villages were abandoned.
⇔ ≈ No one lived there until I, Deborah, became their leader.
⇔ I became one of Yisrael’s mothers. (JDG 5:7)

PROV 19:26 contextual word gloss=‘a_mother’ word gloss=‘mother_of’ OSHB PROV 19:26 word 4

OET-LV: 26 one _who_assaults _of a _father who_he _drives _away a _mother is_a _son who_brings _shame and_who_causes _shame. (PRO_19:26)

OET-RV: 26 Children who assault their fathers and drive away their mothers
⇔ → bring shame and reproach. (PRO 19:26)

PROV 30:17 contextual word gloss=‘a_mother’ word gloss=‘mother_of’ OSHB PROV 30:17 word 6

OET-LV: 17 An _eye which_it _mocks (to)_a_father and_which_it _despises (to)_obedience _of a _mother they_will _peck _it _out the_ravens _of the_wadi and_they_will _eat _it the_young _of an _eagle. (PRO_30:17)

OET-RV: 17 The eye that mocks its father,
⇔ ≈ and scorns its mother instead of obeying,
⇔ will be pecked out by the ravens in the valley,
⇔ and the young vultures will eat it. (PRO 30:17)

JER 15:8 contextual word gloss=‘a_mother’ word gloss=‘mother_of’ OSHB JER 15:8 word 9

OET-LV: 8 They _are _numerous to_me widows _of_its more_than_the_sand _of the_seas I _have _brought to/for_them on a _mother a _young _man a _destroyer at_noon(s) I _have _made _fall on/upon_it(f) suddenly anguish and_sudden _terror. (JER_15:8)

OET-RV: 8 ◙
⇔ …
⇔ …
⇔ …
⇔ …
⇔ … (JER 15:8)

EZE 23:2 contextual word gloss=‘a_mother’ word gloss=‘mother_of’ OSHB EZE 23:2 word 6

OET-LV: 2 Oh _son _of humankind two women daughters _of a _mother one they _were. (EZE_23:2)

OET-RV: 2 “Humanity’s child, once there was a woman who had two daughters (EZE 23:2)

HOS 10:14 contextual word gloss=‘mother’ word gloss=‘mother_of’ OSHB HOS 10:14 word 13

OET-LV: 14 And_ an _uproar _it _will _arise among_your _of_people and_all fortresses _of_your it _will _be _devastated like_the _devastation _of Shalman Bēyt Arbel in/on_day battle mother with children she _was _dashed _in _pieces. (HOS_10:14)

OET-RV: 14 Therefore a confused alarm will sound among your people and all your fortresses will be destroyed,
⇔ ≈ just like Shalman destroyed Beyt -Arbel on the day of battle when mothers were dashed to pieces with their children. (HOS 10:14)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘Lemma=‘אֵם’’ have 4 different glosses: ‘[was]_the_mother_of’, ‘a_mother’, ‘mother’, ‘the_mother_of’.