Open English Translation (OET)

Hebrew wordlink #125977

OSHB 1 Sam 2:8 מְצֻקֵי (məʦuqēy) Strongs=4690 Lemma=‘מָצוּק’
contextual word gloss=‘[the]_pillars_of’ word gloss=‘pillars_of’
Morphology=Ncmpc PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=plural State=construct
Year=-1165

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Only use of identical word form ‘מְצֻקֵי’ (Morphology=Ncmpc PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=plural State=construct) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘מְצֻקֵי’ (Morphology=Ncmpc PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=plural State=construct) is always and only glossed as ‘[the]_pillars_of’.

1 SAM 2:8 contextual word gloss=‘[the]_pillars_of’ word gloss=‘pillars_of’ OSHB 1 SAM 2:8 word 15

OET-LV: 8 he_is_raising _up from_the_dust the_poor from_the_ash _heap he _lifts _up the_needy to_cause_them_to _dwell with noble_people and_a _throne _of honour he_makes _them _inherit if/because to/for_YHWH the_pillars _of the_earth and_he _set on_them the_world. (SA1_2:8)

OET-RV: 8 He lifts the poor up from the dust,
⇔ ≈ and lifts up the needy from the ash heap
⇔ so they can sit with influential people
⇔ ≈ and be given the seat of honour.
⇔ The earth’s foundations belong to Yahweh—
⇔ he was the one who placed the world on top of them. (SA1 2:8)