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Hebrew wordlink #145466

OSHB 2 Sam 8:2 חֲבָלִים (ḩₐⱱālīm) Strongs=2256 a Lemma=‘חֶבֶל’
contextual word gloss=‘measuring-lines’ word gloss=‘lengths’
Morphology=Ncbpa PoS=common_noun Gender=both Number=plural State=absolute
Year=-1040 TimeSeries=Reign_of_David

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Other uses (3) of identical word form חֲבָלִים (Morphology=Ncbpa PoS=common_noun Gender=both Number=plural State=absolute) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘חֲבָלִים’ (Morphology=Ncbpa PoS=common_noun Gender=both Number=plural State=absolute) has 4 different glosses: ‘boundary_lines’, ‘measured_portions’, ‘measuring-lines’, ‘ropes’.

2 SAM 17:13 contextual word gloss=‘ropes’ word gloss=‘ropes’ OSHB 2 SAM 17:13 word 11

OET-LV: 13 And_if into a _city he _will _be _gathered and_they _will _cause _to _bring all _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) to the_city (the)_that ropes and_we _will _drag DOM_him/it to the_wadi until that not it _has _been _found there also a _pebble. (SA2_17:13)

OET-RV: 13 If he escaped into some city, we’d all bring ropes to that city and drag the stones into the valley until even a pebble couldn’t be found there.” (SA2 17:13)

PSA 16:6 contextual word gloss=‘boundary_lines’ word gloss=‘boundary_lines’ OSHB PSA 16:6 word 1

OET-LV: 6 Boundary _lines they _have _fallen to_me in _(the)_places also an _inheritance _of it _is _beautiful on_me. (PSA_16:6)

OET-RV: 6 I’ve had a nice piece of land measured out for me—
⇔ it’s definitely a good inheritance that I received. (PSA 16:6)

EZE 47:13 contextual word gloss=‘measured_portions’ word gloss=‘portions’ OSHB EZE 47:13 word 16

OET-LV: 13 thus my_master he _says YHWH this is_the_boundary which you(pl)_will _give _as _possession DOM the_earth/land to_two _plus _of ten the _tribes _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) Yōşēf/(Joseph) measured _portions. (EZE_47:13)

OET-RV: 13 The master Yahweh says that this will be the way that you divide the land up for Yisrael’s twelve tribes: Yosef (Joseph) will have a double allocation. (EZE 47:13)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘Lemma=‘חֶבֶל’’ have 6 different glosses: ‘boundary_lines’, ‘labor-pains’, ‘measured_portions’, ‘measuring-lines’, ‘pain(s)’, ‘ropes’.