Open English Translation (OET)

Hebrew wordlink #153247

OSHB 2 Sam 20:18 דַּבֵּר (dabēr) Strongs=1696 Lemma=‘דָבַר’
contextual word gloss=‘surely_(speak)’ word gloss=‘to_say’
Morphology=Vpa PoS=piel_verb Type=infinitive_absolute
Year=-1022 TimeSeries=Reign_of_David

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Only use of identical word form ‘דַּבֵּר’ (Morphology=Vpa PoS=piel_verb Type=infinitive_absolute) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘דַּבֵּר’ (Morphology=Vpa PoS=piel_verb Type=infinitive_absolute) is always and only glossed as ‘surely_(speak)’.

2 SAM 20:18 contextual word gloss=‘surely_(speak)’ word gloss=‘to_say’ OSHB 2 SAM 20:18 word 3

OET-LV: 18 And_she/it _said to_say surely _(speak) they _spoke at_time to_say really _(ask) they _will _ask at_ʼĀⱱēl and_thus/so/as _follows they _ceased. (SA2_20:18)

OET-RV: 18 Then she told him, “Long ago people used to tell others to come here to Avel to get advice, and they’d do that and then be able to settle the matter. (SA2 20:18)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘Lemma=‘דָבַר’’ have 3 different glosses: ‘speak’, ‘surely_(speak)’, ‘to_speak’.