Open English Translation (OET)

Hebrew wordlink #282762

OSHB Sng 4:8 נְמֵרִים (nəmērīm) Strongs=5246 Lemma=‘נָמֵר’
contextual word gloss=‘leopards’ word gloss=‘leopards’
Morphology=Ncmpa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=plural State=absolute
Year=-1014

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Only use of identical word form ‘נְמֵרִים’ (Morphology=Ncmpa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=plural State=absolute) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘נְמֵרִים’ (Morphology=Ncmpa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=plural State=absolute) is always and only glossed as ‘leopards’.

Hebrew words (1) other than נְמֵרִים (Morphology=Ncmpa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=plural State=absolute) with a gloss related to ‘leopards’

HAB 1:8 מִנְּמֵרִים (minnəmērīm) Lemmas=‘מִן’, ‘נָמֵר’ contextual morpheme glosses=‘more, than_leopards’ morpheme glosses=‘than, leopards’ OSHB HAB 1:8 word 2

OET-LV: 8 And_they _are _swift more_than _leopards horses _of_its and_they _are _keen more_than _wolves _of the_evening warhorses _of_its and_they _paw _the _ground and_its _of_horsemen from_a _distance they _come they _fly like_an _eagle which_makes _haste to_devour. (HAB_1:8)

OET-RV: ⇔  8 Their horses are faster than leopards
⇔ and more menacing than the wolves in the evening.
⇔ So their horsemen arrive from a great distance, then come charging—
⇔ they fly like an eagle that’s swift to devour. (HAB 1:8)