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Hebrew wordlink #249811

OSHB Psa 39:10 נֶאֱלַמְתִּי (neʼₑlamtī) Strongs=481 Lemma=‘אָלַם’
contextual word gloss=‘I_am_dumb’ word gloss=‘silent’
Morphology=VNp1cs PoS=niphal_verb Type=perfect_(qatal) Person=first Gender=common Number=singular

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Other uses (2) of identical word form נֶאֱלַמְתִּי (Morphology=VNp1cs PoS=niphal_verb Type=perfect_(qatal) Person=first Gender=common Number=singular) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘נֶאֱלַמְתִּי’ (Morphology=VNp1cs PoS=niphal_verb Type=perfect_(qatal) Person=first Gender=common Number=singular) has 2 different glosses: ‘I_am_dumb’, ‘I_was_dumb’.

PSA 39:3 contextual word gloss=‘I_was_dumb’ word gloss=‘mute’ OSHB PSA 39:3 word 1

OET-LV: 3  I _was _dumb silence I _was _silent from_good and_my _of_pain it _was _stirred _up. (PSA_39:3)

OET-RV: 3 My heart became hot when I thought about these things.
⇔ ≈ It burnt like a fire, then finally I spoke. (PSA 39:3)

EZE 33:22 contextual word gloss=‘I_was_dumb’ word gloss=‘unable_to_speak’ OSHB EZE 33:22 word 19

OET-LV: 22 And_the _hand _of YHWH it _had _been to_me in_evening to_(the)_face _of/in _front _of/before came the_escapee and_he _had _opened DOM mouth _of_my until came to_me in_morning mouth _of_my and_it _was _opened and_not I _was _dumb again. (EZE_33:22)

OET-RV: 22 Yahweh had held me in a vision the evening before the fugitive came, but my mouth was opened by the time he came to me at dawn, so by then, I was able to speak again. (EZE 33:22)