Open English Translation (OET)

Hebrew wordlink #151582

OSHB 2 Sam 18:24 גַּג (gag) Strongs=1406 Lemma=‘גָּג’
contextual word gloss=‘the_roof’ word gloss=‘roof’
Morphology=Ncmsc PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=construct
Year=-1023 TimeSeries=Reign_of_David

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Other uses (2) of identical word form גַּג (Morphology=Ncmsc PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=construct) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘גַּג’ (Morphology=Ncmsc PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=construct) is always and only glossed as ‘the_roof’.

JDG 9:51 contextual word gloss=‘the_roof’ word gloss=‘roof’ OSHB JDG 9:51 word 18

OET-LV: 51 And_a _tower _of strength it _was in_the _middle _of the_city and_they _fled to_there all _of the_men and_the_women and_all/each/any/every the _citizens _of the_city and_they _shut _the _door behind_them and_they _went _up on the _roof the_tower. (JDG_9:51)

OET-RV: 51 But there was a strong tower in the middle of the city, so all of the men and the women and all the prominent citizens fled to it. Once they were all in, they barricaded it up and they went up onto the tower roof. (JDG 9:51)

2 SAM 11:2 contextual word gloss=‘the_roof’ word gloss=‘roof’ OSHB 2 SAM 11:2 word 10

OET-LV: 2 and_he/it _was to_the _time _of the _evening and_ Dāvid _he/it _rose _up from_under bed _of_his and_he/it _walked/wandered on the _roof of _the _house _of the_king and_he/it _saw a _woman bathing from_under the_roof and_the_woman was_good _of appearance very. (SA2_11:2)

OET-RV: 2 and early one evening he got up from a nap and walked around the palace roof area. From there he saw a woman bathing, and she was very good-looking. (SA2 11:2)