Open English Translation (OET)

Hebrew wordlink #151241

OSHB 2 Sam 18:9 שׂוֹבֶךְ (sōⱱek) Strongs=7730 Lemma=‘שׂוֹבֶךְ’^*
contextual word gloss=‘the_branche[s]_of’ word gloss=‘thick_branches_of’
Morphology=Ncmsc PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=construct
Year=-1023 TimeSeries=Reign_of_David

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Only use of identical word form ‘שׂוֹבֶךְ’ (Morphology=Ncmsc PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=construct) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘שׂוֹבֶךְ’ (Morphology=Ncmsc PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=construct) is always and only glossed as ‘the_branche[s]_of’.

2 SAM 18:9 contextual word gloss=‘the_branche[s]_of’ word gloss=‘thick_branches_of’ OSHB 2 SAM 18:9 word 13

OET-LV: 9 And_ ʼAⱱīshālōm _he _was _met to_(the)_face _of/in _front _of/before the _servants _of Dāvid and_ʼAⱱīshālōm was_riding on the_mule and_it _went the_mule under the _branche[s]_of the _terebinth (the)_great his/its_head and_it _was _firm in_terebinth and_he _was _put between the_heavens and_between the_earth/land and_the_mule which was_under_him it _passed _on. (SA2_18:9)

OET-RV: 9 Abshalom happened to meet some of David’s men. He was riding his mule, and when it darted under the think branches of a large terebinth tree, his head got caught in the branches and he was left hanging in the air as the mule kept going. (SA2 18:9)

^*Note: This is also the only occurrence of the word root (lemma) ‘שׂוֹבֶךְ’ in the Hebrew originals.