Open English Translation (OET)

Hebrew wordlink #253404

OSHB Psa 60:1 שׁוּשַׁן (shūshan) Strongs=7802+ Lemma=‘שׁוּשַׁן’
contextual word gloss=‘shushan-_of’ word gloss=‘lily_of’
Morphology=Ncmsc PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=construct

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Only use of identical word form ‘שׁוּשַׁן’ (Morphology=Ncmsc PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=construct) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘שׁוּשַׁן’ (Morphology=Ncmsc PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=construct) is always and only glossed as ‘shushan-_of’.

PSA 60:1 contextual word gloss=‘shushan-_of’ word gloss=‘lily_of’ OSHB PSA 60:1 word 3

OET-LV: 60 To_choirmaster on shushan-_of eduth a _miktam of_Dāvid to_teach. (PSA_60:1)

OET-RV: For the musical director: a song by David for teaching written when he fought with Aram-Naharayim and with Aram-Tsovah, and Yoav returned and killed twelve thousand Edomites in the Salt Valley. To be sung to the tune of ‘The Lily of Testimony’.
⇔  60 God, you’ve abandoned us—you’ve broken through our defenses.
⇔ ≈ You’ve been angry—restore us again. (PSA 60:1)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘Lemma=‘שׁוּשַׁן’’ have 3 different glosses: ‘Susa’, ‘lili[es]’, ‘shushan-_of’.