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OSHB 1 Sam 10:3 אֵלוֹן (ʼēlōn) Strongs=436 Lemma=‘אֵלוֹן’
contextual word gloss=‘the_great_tree_of’ possible word glosses=‘oak / large_tree’
Morphology=Ncmsc PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=construct
Year=-1095 TimeSeries=Reign_of_Saul

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Other uses (3) of identical word form אֵלוֹן (Morphology=Ncmsc PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=construct) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘אֵלוֹן’ (Morphology=Ncmsc PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=construct) has 3 different glosses: ‘[the]_great_tree_of’, ‘of_[the]_great_tree_of’, ‘the_great_tree_of’.

GEN 12:6 contextual word gloss=‘the_great_tree_of’ possible word glosses=‘oak / large_tree’ OSHB GEN 12:6 word 8

OET-LV: 6 And_ ʼAⱱrām _he/it _passed _through on _the_earth to the _place _of Shəkem to the _great _tree _of Mōreh and_the_Kənaˊₐnīte then on _the_earth. (GEN_12:6)

OET-RV: 6 they continued travelling as far as the city of Shekem, to Moreh’s oak tree. (The Canaanites were still living in that region at that time.) (GEN 12:6)

JDG 9:6 contextual word gloss=‘[the]_great_tree_of’ possible word glosses=‘oak / large_tree’ OSHB JDG 9:6 word 14

OET-LV: 6 and_ all _of _they _gathered the _citizens _of Shəkem and_all Bēyt Millōʼ and_they _went and_they _made _king DOM ʼAⱱīmelek to_king near the_great _tree _of which _had _been_set _up which was_in_Shəkem. (JDG_9:6)

OET-RV: 6 Then all of the prominent citizens of Shekem and all of Beyt-Millo assembled themselves, and they went and installed Abimelek as king beside an oak tree near the standing pillar that was in Shekem. (JDG 9:6)

JDG 9:37 contextual word gloss=‘of_[the]_great_tree_of’ possible word glosses=‘oak / large_tree’ OSHB JDG 9:37 word 16

OET-LV: 37 and_he _repeated again Gaˊal to_speak and_he/it _said there a _people are_coming _down from_with the _center _of the_earth/land and_a _company one is_coming from_the_direction _of the_great _tree _of the_soothsayer. (JDG_9:37)

OET-RV: 37 But Ga’al said again, “Look, groups of people are coming down from beside the top of the hill, and another group is coming from the way of the ‘oak of the diviners’.” (JDG 9:37)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘Lemma=‘אֵלוֹן’’ have 5 different glosses: ‘Elon’, ‘[the]_great_tree’, ‘[the]_great_tree_of’, ‘of_[the]_great_tree_of’, ‘the_great_tree_of’.