Open English Translation (OET)

Hebrew wordlink #259020

OSHB Psa 88:14 שִׁוַּעְתִּי (shiūaˊtī) Strongs=7768 Lemma=‘שָׁוַע’
contextual word gloss=‘I_cry_for_help’ word gloss=‘cry_out’
Morphology=Vpp1cs PoS=piel_verb Type=perfect_(qatal) Person=first Gender=common Number=singular

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Other uses (3) of identical word form שִׁוַּעְתִּי (Morphology=Vpp1cs PoS=piel_verb Type=perfect_(qatal) Person=first Gender=common Number=singular) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘שִׁוַּעְתִּי’ (Morphology=Vpp1cs PoS=piel_verb Type=perfect_(qatal) Person=first Gender=common Number=singular) has 3 different glosses: ‘I_cried_for_help’, ‘I_cry_for_help’, ‘have_I_cried_for_help’.

PSA 30:3 contextual word gloss=‘I_cried_for_help’ word gloss=‘cried_~_forhelp’ OSHB PSA 30:3 word 3

OET-LV: 3  Oh_YHWH god _of_my I _cried _for _help to_you and_you_healed _me. (PSA_30:3)

OET-RV: 3 Yahweh, you’ve saved me from death.
⇔ You’ve kept me alive from going down into the grave. (PSA 30:3)

YNA (JNA) 2:3 contextual word gloss=‘I_cried_for_help’ word gloss=‘cried_for_help’ OSHB YNA (JNA) 2:3 word 10

OET-LV: 3  and_he/it _said I _called from_distress to_me to YHWH and_he_answered _me from_the _belly _of Shəʼōl I _cried _for _help you _heard my_sound/voice. (JNA_2:3)

OET-RV: 3 And he said,
⇔ “I called to you Yahweh in my distress and you answered me. I cried for help from the valley of death and you heard my voice. (JNA 2:3)

HAB 1:2 contextual word gloss=‘have_I_cried_for_help’ word gloss=‘call_for_help’ OSHB HAB 1:2 word 4

OET-LV: 2 Until when Oh_YHWH have _I _cried _for _help and_not you _will _hear I _cry _out to_you violence and_not you _save. (HAB_1:2)

OET-RV: 2 For how long, Yahweh, must I call for help before you listen?
⇔ ≈ I cry out about the violence, but you haven’t rescued me. (HAB 1:2)