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OSHB 1 Sam 1:3 כֹּהֲנִים (kohₐnīm) Strongs=3548 Lemma=‘כֹּהֵן’
contextual word gloss=‘[were]_priests’ word gloss=‘priests’
Morphology=Ncmpa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=plural State=absolute

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Other uses (17) of identical word form כֹּהֲנִים (Morphology=Ncmpa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=plural State=absolute) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘כֹּהֲנִים’ (Morphology=Ncmpa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=plural State=absolute) has 2 different glosses: ‘[were]_priests’, ‘priests’.

EXO 19:6 contextual word gloss=‘priests’ word gloss=‘priests’ OSHB EXO 19:6 word 5

OET-LV: 6 And_you(pl) you(pl)_will _be to_me a _kingdom _of priests and_a _nation holy these are_the_words/messages which you _will _speak to the _people _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel). (EXO_19:6)

OET-RV: 6 So you all will be my kingdom of priests and a nation dedicated to me.” (That’s the message to pass on to the Israelis.) (EXO 19:6)

2 SAM 8:17 contextual word gloss=‘[were]_priests’ word gloss=‘priests’ OSHB 2 SAM 8:17 word 7

OET-LV: 17 And_Tsādōq/(Zadok) the _son _of ʼAḩīţūⱱ and_ʼAḩīmelek the _son _of ʼEⱱyātār were_priests and_Sərā^yāh was_secretary. (SA2_8:17)

OET-RV: 17 The priests were Ahitub’s son Tsadok and Evyatar’s son Ahimelek, and Serayah was secretary. (SA2 8:17)

2 SAM 8:18 contextual word gloss=‘[were]_priests’ word gloss=‘priests’ OSHB 2 SAM 8:18 word 8

OET-LV: 18 And_Bənā^yāh the _son _of Yəhōyādāˊ/(Jehoiada) and_the_Kerethite[s] and_the_Pelethite[s] and_the _sons of _Dāvid were_priests they _were. (SA2_8:18)

OET-RV: 18 Yehoyada’s son Benayah supervised the Keretites and the Peletites (David’s bodyguard), and David’s sons were his administrators. (SA2 8:18)

2 SAM 20:25 contextual word gloss=‘[were]_priests’ word gloss=‘priests’ OSHB 2 SAM 20:25 word 5

OET-LV: 25 And_Shəvāʼ was_secretary and_Tsādōq/(Zadok) and_ʼEⱱyātār were_priests. (SA2_20:25)

OET-RV: 25 Sheva was the scribe. Tsadok and Evyatar were the priests, (SA2 20:25)

1 KI 4:4 contextual word gloss=‘[were]_priests’ word gloss=‘priests’ OSHB 1 KI 4:4 word 8

OET-LV: 4 And_Bənā^yāh the _son _of Yəhōyādāˊ/(Jehoiada) was_over the_army and_Tsādōq and_ʼEⱱyātār were_priests. (KI1_4:4)

OET-RV: 4 Yehoyada’s son Benayah was the army commander.
⇔ Tsadok and Evyatar were priests. (KI1 4:4)

1 KI 12:31 contextual word gloss=‘priests’ word gloss=‘priests’ OSHB 1 KI 12:31 word 6

OET-LV: 31 And_he/it _made DOM a _house _of high _places and_he/it _made priests from_the _ends _of the _people who not they _were from_(the)_sons of _Levi. (KI1_12:31)

OET-RV: 31 He built temples on hills and appointed priests from various tribes—not just from the tribe of Levi. (KI1 12:31)

1 CHR 18:16 contextual word gloss=‘[were]_priests’ word gloss=‘priests’ OSHB 1 CHR 18:16 word 7

OET-LV: 16 And_Tsādōq/(Zadok) the _son _of ʼAḩīţūⱱ and_ʼAⱱīmelek the _son _of ʼEⱱyātār were_priests and_Shavshāʼ was_secretary. (CH1_18:16)

OET-RV: 16 Ahituv’s son Tsadok and Avyatar’s son Ahimelek were priests, and Shavsha was the secretary. (CH1 18:16)

2 CHR 5:12 contextual word gloss=‘priests’ word gloss=‘priests’ OSHB 2 CHR 5:12 word 18

OET-LV: 12 And_the_Lēviyyiy the_singers to/for_all_them (to)_ʼĀşāf (to)_Hēymān (to)_Yədūtūn/(Jeduthun) and_(to)_their _of_sons and_(to)_their _of_relatives fully _clothed fine _linen with_cymbals and_with_lyres and_harps were_standing east of_altar and_were_with_them priests of_one _hundred and_twenty who _were_blowing _a _trumpet on_trumpets. (CH2_5:12)

OET-RV: 12 All the Levites who were singers (Asaf, Heyman, Yedutun, and their sons and their brothers) stood on the east side of the altar. They were dressed in fine linen and had cymbals, and harps and lyres, along with 120 priests playing trumpets. (CH2 5:12)

2 CHR 11:15 contextual word gloss=‘priests’ word gloss=‘priests’ OSHB 2 CHR 11:15 word 3

OET-LV: 15 And_he _appointed to_him/it priests for_places and_for_idols and_for_calves which he _had _made. (CH2_11:15)

OET-RV: 15 Instead Yaraveam established his own priests for his hilltop shrines and for the goat and calf idols that he’d made. (CH2 11:15)

2 CHR 13:9 contextual word gloss=‘priests’ word gloss=‘priests’ OSHB 2 CHR 13:9 word 12

OET-LV: 9 Not have _you(pl)_driven _out DOM the _priests _of YHWH DOM the _descendants _of ʼAhₐron and_the_Lēviyyiy and_you(pl)_have _appointed to/for_you(pl) priests like_the _peoples _of the _lands every _of (the)_one_who_comes to_fill his/its_hand with_a _young _bull a _young _one _of the_herd and_rams seven and_it _was a _priest to_not gods. (CH2_13:9)

OET-RV: 9 Didn’t you all drive out the Levites, as well as Yahweh’s priests who were Aharon’s descendants? Then you all appointed for yourselves ‘priests’ like they have in other countries, so that anyone who comes to consecrate himself by bringing a young bull from the herd and seven rams can become a ‘priest’ of your non-gods. (CH2 13:9)

2 CHR 26:17 contextual word gloss=‘priests’ word gloss=‘priests’ OSHB 2 CHR 26:17 word 6

OET-LV: 17 And_he _went after_him ˊAzar^yāh the_priest/officer and_were_with_him priests to/for_YHWH eighty sons _of strength. (CH2_26:17)

OET-RV: 17 The high priest Azaryah and eighty other brave priests went in after him. (CH2 26:17)

2 CHR 34:5 contextual word gloss=‘priests’ word gloss=‘priests’ OSHB 2 CHR 34:5 word 2

OET-LV: 5 And_the_bones _of priests he _burnt on wwww and_he _cleansed DOM Yəhūdāh and_DOM Yərūshālam/(Jerusalem). (CH2_34:5)

OET-RV: 5 He burnt the bones of those priests on their altars, and so he purified Yerushalem and all Yehudah, (CH2 34:5)

EZRA 2:69 contextual word gloss=‘priests’ word gloss=‘priests’ OSHB EZRA 2:69 word 15

OET-LV: 69 According_to _of_their _ability they _gave to_the _treasury _of the _work gold drachmas six ten _thousands and_one _thousand and_silver minas five _of thousand(s) and_tunics _of priests one _hundred. (EZR_2:69)

OET-RV: 69 They each donated to the treasury according to their individual resources—a total of sixty-one thousand gold coins, five thousand silver bars, and a hundred sets of clothing for the priests. (EZR 2:69)

NEH 7:69 contextual word gloss=‘priests’ word gloss=‘priests’ OSHB NEH 7:69 word 15

OET-LV: 69  and_from_(the)_sum of _the _heads _of of_the _fathers they _gave for_work the_governor he _gave to_treasury gold drachmas one _thousand bowls fifty garments _of priests thirty and_five hundred(s). (NEH_7:69)

OET-RV: 69 435 camels, and 6,720 donkeys. (NEH 7:69)

NEH 7:71 contextual word gloss=‘priests’ word gloss=‘priests’ OSHB NEH 7:71 word 13

OET-LV: 71  and_which they _gave the _remainder _of the _people was_gold drachmas two _of ten _thousand and_silver minas two _thousand and_tunics _of priests sixty and_seven. (NEH_7:71)

OET-RV: 71 and some of the leaders donated 150kg of gold and 1,500kg of silver. (NEH 7:71)

JOB 12:19 contextual word gloss=‘priests’ word gloss=‘priests’ OSHB JOB 12:19 word 2

OET-LV: 19 he_is_leading _away priests barefoot and_people_long _established he _subverts. (JOB_12:19)

OET-RV: 19 He leads priests away barefoot,
⇔ and overthrows powerful people. (JOB 12:19)

HOS 6:9 contextual word gloss=‘priests’ word gloss=‘priests’ OSHB HOS 6:9 word 5

OET-LV: 9 And_as_wait a _person marauding _bands an _association _of priests the_way they _murder to_Shəkem if/because wickedness they _have _done. (HOS_6:9)

OET-RV: 9 Just like a band of raiders lie in wait for a man,
⇔ so the priests band together to commit murder on the way to Shekem.
⇔ Surely they’ve committed shameful crimes. (HOS 6:9)