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Hebrew wordlink #126567

OSHB 1 Sam 3:1 מְשָׁרֵת (məshārēt) Strongs=8334 Lemma=‘שָׁרַת’
contextual word gloss=‘[was]_serving’ word gloss=‘ministering’
Morphology=Vprmsa PoS=piel_verb Type=active_participle Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute
Year=-1165

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Other uses (2) of identical word form מְשָׁרֵת (Morphology=Vprmsa PoS=piel_verb Type=active_participle Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘מְשָׁרֵת’ (Morphology=Vprmsa PoS=piel_verb Type=active_participle Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute) has 2 different glosses: ‘[was]_serving’, ‘serving’.

1 SAM 2:11 contextual word gloss=‘serving’ word gloss=‘ministered’ OSHB 1 SAM 2:11 word 8

OET-LV: 11 and_ ʼElqānāh _he/it _went to_(the)_Rāmāh on house _of_his and_the_lad he _was serving DOM YHWH with the _presence _of ˊĒlī the_priest/officer. (SA1_2:11)

OET-RV: 11 Then Elkanah and his family returned to their home in Ramah, but young Shemuel stayed to help Eli the priest serve Yahweh. (SA1 2:11)

1 SAM 2:18 contextual word gloss=‘[was]_serving’ word gloss=‘ministering’ OSHB 1 SAM 2:18 word 2

OET-LV: 18 And_Shəmū^ʼēl/(Samuel) was_serving DOM the _presence _of YHWH a _lad girded an _ephod _of linen. (SA1_2:18)

OET-RV: 18 By now Shemuel was serving Yahweh, dressed in a priestly uniform made from linen. (SA1 2:18)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘Lemma=‘שָׁרַת’’ have 3 different glosses: ‘[was]_serving’, ‘serving’, ‘the_servant_of’.