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Hebrew wordlink #137525

OSHB 1 Sam 23:11 בַעֲלֵי (ⱱaˊₐlēy) Strongs=1167 Lemma=‘בַּעַל’
contextual word gloss=‘the_citizens_of’ word gloss=‘men_of’
Morphology=Ncmpc PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=plural State=construct
Year=-1061 TimeSeries=Reign_of_Saul

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Other uses (2) of identical word form בַעֲלֵי (Morphology=Ncmpc PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=plural State=construct) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘בַעֲלֵי’ (Morphology=Ncmpc PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=plural State=construct) is always and only glossed as ‘the_citizens_of’.

JDG 9:23 contextual word gloss=‘the_citizens_of’ word gloss=‘masters_of’ OSHB JDG 9:23 word 11

OET-LV: 23 And_ god _he _sent a _spirit evil between ʼAⱱīmelek and_between the _citizens _of Shəkem and_ the _citizens _of _they _dealt _treacherously of _Shəkem with_ʼAⱱīmelek. (JDG_9:23)

OET-RV: 23 then God sent an evil spirit between him and the citizens of Shekem, so the citizens there dealt treacherously with Abimelek. (JDG 9:23)

JDG 9:25 contextual word gloss=‘the_citizens_of’ word gloss=‘masters_of’ OSHB JDG 9:25 word 3

OET-LV: 25 And_they _set to_him/it the _citizens _of Shəkem ambushers on the _tops _of the _mountains and_they _robbed DOM every _of one_who he _passed _by on_them on_road and_it _was _told to_ʼAⱱīmelek. (JDG_9:25)

OET-RV: 25 So the Shekem citizens placed men in ambush along the tops of the hills to get him, but they robbed everyone who went passed them along the road, and so it was reported to Abimelech. (JDG 9:25)