Open English Translation (OET)

Hebrew wordlink #249345

OSHB Psa 37:28 נִשְׁמָרוּ (nishmārū) Strongs=8104 Lemma=‘שָׁמַר’
contextual word gloss=‘they_are_preserved’ word gloss=‘kept_safe’
Morphology=VNp3cp PoS=niphal_verb Type=perfect_(qatal) Person=third Gender=common Number=plural

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Only use of identical word form ‘נִשְׁמָרוּ’ (Morphology=VNp3cp PoS=niphal_verb Type=perfect_(qatal) Person=third Gender=common Number=plural) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘נִשְׁמָרוּ’ (Morphology=VNp3cp PoS=niphal_verb Type=perfect_(qatal) Person=third Gender=common Number=plural) is always and only glossed as ‘they_are_preserved’.

PSA 37:28 contextual word gloss=‘they_are_preserved’ word gloss=‘kept_safe’ OSHB PSA 37:28 word 10

OET-LV: 28 If/because YHWH is_loving justice and_not he _will _abandon DOM his _faithful _of_people forever_perpetuity they _are _preserved and_the_offspring _of wicked_people it _is _cut _off. (PSA_37:28)

OET-RV: 28 because Yahweh loves justice and doesn’t abandon those who are faithful to him.
⇔ They’re preserved forever, but the descendants of wicked people will be eliminated. (PSA 37:28)