Open English Translation (OET)

Hebrew wordlink #137921

OSHB 1 Sam 24:4 מְעָרָה (məˊārāh) Strongs=4631 Lemma=‘מְעָרָה’
contextual word gloss=‘a_cave’ word gloss=‘cave’
Morphology=Ncfsa PoS=common_noun Gender=feminine Number=singular State=absolute
Year=-1061 TimeSeries=Reign_of_Saul

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Only use of identical word form ‘מְעָרָה’ (Morphology=Ncfsa PoS=common_noun Gender=feminine Number=singular State=absolute) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘מְעָרָה’ (Morphology=Ncfsa PoS=common_noun Gender=feminine Number=singular State=absolute) is always and only glossed as ‘a_cave’.

1 SAM 24:4 contextual word gloss=‘a_cave’ word gloss=‘cave’ OSHB 1 SAM 24:4 word 8

OET-LV: 4  and_he _came to the _folds _of the _sheep on the_way and_there a _cave and_ Shāʼūl _he _went to_cover DOM feet _of_his and_Dāvid and_men _of_his in_the _innermost _parts _of the _cave were_sitting. (SA1_24:4)

OET-RV: 4 David’s men whispered to him, “Wow, today what Yahweh told you is coming true when he said, ‘Listen, I’m about to give victory over your enemy, and you will do to him whatever you think is right.’ ” Then David sneaked up and quietly cut a piece off the edge of Sha’ul’s robe. (SA1 24:4)