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Hebrew wordlink #138922

OSHB 1 Sam 25:28 נִלְחָם (nilḩām) Strongs=3898 a Lemma=‘לָחַם’
contextual word gloss=‘[is]_fighting’ word gloss=‘fighting’
Morphology=VNrmsa PoS=niphal_verb Type=active_participle Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute
Year=-1060 TimeSeries=Reign_of_Saul

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Other uses (6) of identical word form נִלְחָם (Morphology=VNrmsa PoS=niphal_verb Type=active_participle Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘נִלְחָם’ (Morphology=VNrmsa PoS=niphal_verb Type=active_participle Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute) has 4 different glosses: ‘[is]_fighting’, ‘[is]_waging_war’, ‘[was]_fighting’, ‘fighting’.

EXO 14:25 contextual word gloss=‘[is]_fighting’ word gloss=‘fighting’ OSHB EXO 14:25 word 14

OET-LV: 25 And_he _turned _aside DOM the _wheel[s]_of its _chariots _of_of and_he_caused _it _to _drive with_difficulty and_ Miʦrayim _he/it _said let _me _flee from_face/in _front _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) if/because YHWH is_fighting to/for_them against_Miʦrayim (EXO_14:25)

OET-RV: 25 He caused the wheels of their chariots to turn unevenly so they became difficult to drive, and the Egyptians complained, “Let’s retreat from following the Israelis, because Yahweh is fighting against Egypt and for them.” (EXO 14:25)

JDG 9:45 contextual word gloss=‘[was]_fighting’ word gloss=‘fought’ OSHB JDG 9:45 word 2

OET-LV: 45 And_ʼAⱱīmelek was_fighting against_city all _of the_day (the)_that and_he _captured DOM the_city and_DOM the_people which was_in_it he _killed and_he _pulled _down DOM the_city and_he_sowed _it salt. (JDG_9:45)

OET-RV: 45 Abimelek spent that whole day attacking Shekem. He captured the city and they killed the people who were in it. Then he tore it down, and scattered salt on the land. (JDG 9:45)

2 KI 6:8 contextual word gloss=‘fighting’ word gloss=‘war’ OSHB 2 KI 6:8 word 4

OET-LV: 8 and_the _king _of ʼArām he _was fighting against_Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) and_he _consulted (to) servants _of_his to_say will _be_to a _place _of a _certain _one a _certain _one encampment _of_my. (KI2_6:8)

OET-RV: 8 In those days, the king of Aram was fighting against Yisrael, and he’d instruct his servants, “Set up our camp in such and such a place.” (KI2 6:8)

2 KI 19:8 contextual word gloss=‘fighting’ word gloss=‘fighting’ OSHB 2 KI 19:8 word 8

OET-LV: 8 And_ the_Rab- _he _returned shaqeh and_he _found DOM the _king _of ʼAshshūr fighting on Liⱱnāh if/because he _had _heard if/because _that he _had _set _out from_Lākīsh. (KI2_19:8)

OET-RV: 8 When the chief commander returned to the Assyrian king, he discovered that they’d pulled out of Lakish and were now fighting against Livnah city. (KI2 19:8)

ISA 37:8 contextual word gloss=‘fighting’ word gloss=‘fighting’ OSHB ISA 37:8 word 8

OET-RV: 8 ◙ (ISA 37:8)

JER 21:2 contextual word gloss=‘[is]_waging_war’ word gloss=‘making_war’ OSHB JER 21:2 word 10

OET-LV: 2 Seek please for_us DOM YHWH if/because Nəⱱūkadneʦʦar the _king _of Bāⱱel is_waging _war on_us perhaps he _will _do YHWH with_us according_to _all _of his _of_wonders and_he _will _go _up from_on_us. (JER_21:2)

OET-RV: 2 ◙ (JER 21:2)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘Lemma=‘לָחַם’’ have 5 different glosses: ‘[is]_fighting’, ‘[is]_waging_war’, ‘[was]_fighting’, ‘fighting’, ‘he_waged_war’.