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Hebrew wordlink #250623

OSHB Psa 44:5 צַוֵּה (ʦaūēh) Strongs=6680 Lemma=‘צָוָה’
contextual word gloss=‘ordain’ word gloss=‘command’
Morphology=Vpv2ms PoS=piel_verb Type=imperative Person=second Gender=masculine Number=singular

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Other uses (2) of identical word form צַוֵּה (Morphology=Vpv2ms PoS=piel_verb Type=imperative Person=second Gender=masculine Number=singular) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘צַוֵּה’ (Morphology=Vpv2ms PoS=piel_verb Type=imperative Person=second Gender=masculine Number=singular) has 2 different glosses: ‘command’(2), ‘ordain’(1).

JOS 4:16 contextual word gloss=‘command’ word gloss=‘command’ OSHB JOS 4:16 word 1

OET-LV: 16 Command DOM the_priests who_carry _of (of)_the _box _of the _transcript and_let _them _come _up from the_Yardēn/(Jordan). (JOS 4:16)

OET-RV: 16 “Now order the priests carrying the box with the agreement to come up out of what was the Yordan River,” (JOS 4:16)

1 KI 5:20 contextual word gloss=‘command’ word gloss=‘command’ OSHB 1 KI 5:20 word 2

OET-LV: 20  and_now command so_that _people _may _cut to_me cedars from (the)_Ləⱱānōn and_servants _of_my they _will _be with your_servants and_the _wage[s]_of your_servants I _will _give to/for_yourself(m) according_to _all that you _will _say if/because you you _know if/because _that there_is_not among_us anyone who_knows to_cut wood(s) like_Tsīdonī/(Sidonians). (KI1 5:20)

OET-RV: 6 So now, please give the command to fell cedars for me from the Lebanon forest. Let my servants accompany your servants and I’ll pay your servants’ wages whatever amount you set, because you yourself know that there are no other workers who know how to fell trees like the Tsidonians.” (KI1 5:6)

PSA 44:5 contextual word gloss=‘ordain’ word gloss=‘command’ OSHB PSA 44:5 word 5

OET-LV: 5  you he king _of_are_my Oh _god ordain the _victories _of Yaˊₐqoⱱ/(Jacob). (PSA 44:5)

OET-RV: 4 God, you are my king who plans victories for Yakob’s descendants. (PSA 44:4)