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Hebrew wordlink #124978

OSHB Ruth 4:1 אַלְמֹנִי (ʼalmonī) Strongs=492 Lemma=‘אַלְמֹנִי’
contextual word gloss=‘a_certain_one’
Morphology=Aabsa PoS=adjective Gender=both Number=singular State=absolute

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Only use of identical word form ‘אַלְמֹנִי’ (Morphology=Aabsa PoS=adjective Gender=both Number=singular State=absolute) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘אַלְמֹנִי’ (Morphology=Aabsa PoS=adjective Gender=both Number=singular State=absolute) is always and only glossed as ‘a_certain_one’.

RUTH 4:1 contextual word gloss=‘a_certain_one’ OSHB RUTH 4:1 word 17

OET-LV:  And_Boˊaz he _went _up the_gate and_he/it _sat _down//remained//lived there and_BEHOLD/LO/SEE the_kinsman-redeemer was_passing _by whom he _had _spoken Boˊaz and_he/it _said turn_aside sit here a _certain _one a _certain _one and_he _turned _aside and_he _sat _down. (RUT_4:1)

OET-RV:  Meanwhile, Boaz went to the place inside the town gate (where people conducted their official business) and sat down there. Just as he had hoped, the man responsible for Naomi’s family came along—the man whom Boaz had mentioned earlier—and Boaz called out to him by name and said, “Come over here and sit down.” So the man came over and sat down. (RUT 4:1)