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Hebrew wordlink #259284

OSHB Psa 89:20 בָחוּר (ⱱāḩūr) Strongs=970 Lemma=‘בחר’
contextual word gloss=‘a_chosen_[one]’ word gloss=‘chosen’
Morphology=Vqsmsa PoS=qal_verb Type=passive_participle Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute

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Other uses (1) of identical word form בָחוּר (Morphology=Vqsmsa PoS=qal_verb Type=passive_participle Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘בָחוּר’ (Morphology=Vqsmsa PoS=qal_verb Type=passive_participle Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute) has 2 different glosses: ‘[is]_chosen’(1), ‘a_chosen_[one]’(1).

PSA 89:20 contextual word gloss=‘a_chosen_[one]’ word gloss=‘chosen’ OSHB PSA 89:20 word 11

OET-LV: 20  then you _spoke in_a _vision to_your _faithful _of_people and_she/it _said I _have _placed help on a _warrior I _have _raised _up a _chosen_one from_the_people. (PSA_89:20)

OET-RV: 20 I have chosen David my servant—
⇔ ≈ I’ve anointed him with my sacred oil. (PSA 89:20)

JER 50:44 contextual word gloss=‘[is]_chosen’ word gloss=‘chosen’ OSHB JER 50:44 word 14

OET-LV: 44 THERE like_a _lion which_it _goes _up from_the _thicket[s]_of the _Yardēn/(Jordan) to pastureland _of an _ever-flowing_stream if/because I _will _act _in _a _moment I_will _cause _them _to _run from_on_it and_whoever is_chosen to_her/it I _will _appoint if/because who is_like_me and_who will_he _summon _me and_who this is_a _shepherd who he _will _stand before_me. (JER_50:44)

OET-RV: 44 Listen, there’ll be one who comes like a lion
⇔ from the thickets along the Yarden (Jordan), up to the watered pastureland
⇔ because I’ll act quickly to cause them to run away from there,
⇔ and I’ll appoint someone specially chosen for it,
⇔ because who is like me, and who can summon me to come?
⇔ What shepherd is able to resist me? (JER 50:44)