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Hebrew wordlink #257592

OSHB Psa 79:8 רִאשֹׁנִים (riʼshonīm) Strongs=7223 Lemma=‘רִאשׁוֹן’
contextual word gloss=‘[the]_forefathers’ word gloss=‘former’
Morphology=Aampa PoS=adjective Gender=masculine Number=plural State=absolute

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Other uses (4) of identical word form רִאשֹׁנִים (Morphology=Aampa PoS=adjective Gender=masculine Number=plural State=absolute) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘רִאשֹׁנִים’ (Morphology=Aampa PoS=adjective Gender=masculine Number=plural State=absolute) has 2 different glosses: ‘[the]_forefathers’, ‘former’.

LEV 26:45 contextual word gloss=‘[the]_forefathers’ word gloss=‘ancestors’ OSHB LEV 26:45 word 4

OET-LV: 45 And_I _will _remember to/for_them the_covenant _of the_forefathers whom I _brought _out DOM_them from_the _land _of Miʦrayim/(Egypt) to_the _eyes _of the_nations to_become to/for_them (into)_god I am_YHWH. (LEV_26:45)

OET-RV: 45 ◙ (LEV 26:45)

DEU 4:32 contextual word gloss=‘former’ word gloss=‘former’ OSHB DEU 4:32 word 5

OET-LV: 32 If/because ask please to_days former which they _were to_your_face (to)_from the_day when he _created god humankind on the_earth/land and _(to)_from_the_end _of the_heavens and_unto the _end _of the_heavens has_it _happened like_thing (the)_great the_this or has_it _been _heard like_it. (DEU_4:32)

OET-RV: 32 Now, please, consider past times before you were alive, i.e., from when God first created people here on the earth. You could search all through human history and you wouldn’t find anything else as incredible as what Yahweh has done for your ancestors. (DEU 4:32)

DEU 19:14 contextual word gloss=‘[the]_forefathers’ word gloss=‘former’ OSHB DEU 19:14 word 7

OET-LV: 14 not you _will _displace the _boundary _of your _neighbour _of_of which they _set _bounds the_forefathers in_your _of_inheritance which you _will _inherit on _the_earth which YHWH god _of_your is_about _to _give to/for_yourself(m) to_take_possession _of _it. (DEU_19:14)

OET-RV: 14 Once you’re in the land that your god Yahweh is giving you to occupy, you mustn’t move the boundary markers which were set between you and your neighbour. (DEU 19:14)

ISA 61:4 contextual word gloss=‘[the]_forefathers’ word gloss=‘former’ OSHB ISA 61:4 word 5

OET-LV: 4 And_they _will _rebuild the_ruins _of antiquity the_desolate_places_of the_forefathers they _will _raise _up and_they _will _renew the_cities _of devastation the_desolate_places_of a _generation and_a _generation. (ISA_61:4)

OET-RV: 4 ◙ (ISA 61:4)