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Hebrew wordlink #148039

OSHB 2 Sam 13:23 גֹזְזִים (gozzīm) Strongs=1494 Lemma=‘גָּזַז’
contextual word gloss=‘shearers’ word gloss=‘sheepshearers’
Morphology=Vqrmpa PoS=qal_verb Type=active_participle Gender=masculine Number=plural State=absolute
Year=-1030 TimeSeries=Reign_of_David

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Other uses (2) of identical word form גֹזְזִים (Morphology=Vqrmpa PoS=qal_verb Type=active_participle Gender=masculine Number=plural State=absolute) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘גֹזְזִים’ (Morphology=Vqrmpa PoS=qal_verb Type=active_participle Gender=masculine Number=plural State=absolute) is always and only glossed as ‘shearers’.

1 SAM 25:7 contextual word gloss=‘shearers’ word gloss=‘shearers’ OSHB 1 SAM 25:7 word 4

OET-LV: 7 And_now I _have _heard if/because _that shearers to/for_you(fs) now the_shepherds who to/for_yourself(m) they _have _been with_us not we_have _humiliated _them and_not it _has _been _missing to/for_them anything all _of the _days _of their _being in_Karmel/(Carmel). (SA1_25:7)

OET-RV: 7 Now I’ve heard those shearers are working for you, and your shepherds have been living with us. We haven’t harmed them or taken anything of theirs while they’ve been in Carmel. (SA1 25:7)

2 SAM 13:24 contextual word gloss=‘shearers’ word gloss=‘sheepshearers’ OSHB 2 SAM 13:24 word 8

OET-LV: 24 And_ ʼAⱱīshālōm _he _went to the_king and_he/it _said here please shearers belong_to_your _of_servant let _him _go please the_king and_his _of_servants with servant _of_your. (SA2_13:24)

OET-RV: 24 Abshalom went to the king and asked him, “Listen, please, the shearers are working for your servant. Please, let the king and his servants come with your servant.” (SA2 13:24)

Hebrew words (3) other than גֹזְזִים (Morphology=Vqrmpa PoS=qal_verb Type=active_participle Gender=masculine Number=plural State=absolute) with a gloss related to ‘shearers’

GEN 38:12 גֹּזֲזֵי (gozₐzēy) Lemma=‘גָּזַז’ contextual word gloss=‘the_shearers_of’ word gloss=‘shearing_of’ OSHB GEN 38:12 word 12

OET-LV: 12 And_they _increased the_days and_ the _daughter _of _she _died of _Shūˊa the _wife _of Yəhūdāh and_ Yəhūdāh _he/it _sighed/regretted and_he/it _ascended to the _shearers _of his/its_flock _of _sheep/goats he and_Ḩīrāh his/its_neighbour the_Adullamite to_Timnāh. (GEN_38:12)

OET-RV: 12 A long time afterwards, Yehudah’s wife (Shua’s daughter) died. After Yehudah had finished mourning, he and his friend Hirah (the Adullamite) went to Timnah to where the men were shearing his sheep. (GEN 38:12)

1 SAM 25:11 לְגֹזְזָי (ləgozzāy) Lemmas=‘לְ’, ‘גָּזַז’, ‘הוּא’ contextual morpheme glosses=‘for, my_of, shearers’ morpheme glosses=‘for, shearers_of, my’ OSHB 1 SAM 25:11 word 10

OET-LV: 11 And_will _I _take DOM bread _of_my and_DOM water _of_my and_DOM slaughter _of_my which I _have _slaughtered for_my _of_shearers and_will _I _give_them to_men who not I _know where from_this are_they. (SA1_25:11)

OET-RV: 11 This bread and water, and the meat that I’ve butchered, is for my shearers. Why should I give it to men when I don’t even know where they’re from?” (SA1 25:11)

ISA 53:7 גֹזְזֶיהָ (gozzeyhā) Lemmas=‘גָּזַז’, ‘הוּא’ contextual morpheme glosses=‘its_of, shearers’ morpheme glosses=‘shearers_of, its’ OSHB ISA 53:7 word 12

OET-LV: 7 He _was _oppressed and_he was_afflicted and_not he _opened mouth _of_his like_sheep which_to_slaughter it _is _brought and_like_a _ewe to_(the)_face _of/in _front _of/before its _of_shearers it _is _dumb and_not he _opened mouth _of_his. (ISA_53:7)

OET-RV: ⇔  7 He was oppressed and tormented
⇔ but like a lamb being led away to be slaughtered, he didn’t open his mouth,
⇔ ≈ and like a sheep that’s silent in front of its shearers, he didn’t open his mouth. (ISA 53:7)