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Hebrew wordlink #283297

OSHB Sng 7:5 בְּרֵכוֹת (bərēkōt) Strongs=1295 Lemma=‘בְּרֵכָה’
contextual word gloss=‘[are]_pools’ word gloss=‘pools’
Morphology=Ncfpa PoS=common_noun Gender=feminine Number=plural State=absolute
Year=-1014

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Only use of identical word form ‘בְּרֵכוֹת’ (Morphology=Ncfpa PoS=common_noun Gender=feminine Number=plural State=absolute) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘בְּרֵכוֹת’ (Morphology=Ncfpa PoS=common_noun Gender=feminine Number=plural State=absolute) is always and only glossed as ‘[are]_pools’.

SNG 7:5 contextual word gloss=‘[are]_pools’ word gloss=‘pools’ OSHB SNG 7:5 word 5

OET-LV: 5  neck _of_your is_like _(the)_tower _of (the)_ivory eyes _of_your are_pools in_Ḩeshbōn at the _gate _of Bath- Rabbim nose _of_your is_like_the _tower _of (the)_Ləⱱānōn which_watches the _face _of Damascus. (SNG_7:5)

OET-RV: 5 Your head crowns you like Mt. Carmel,
⇔ and the loose hair of your head is like purple robes—
⇔ a king is held captive in their tresses. (SNG 7:5)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘Lemma=‘בְּרֵכָה’’ have 2 different glosses: ‘[are]_pools’, ‘pools_of’.