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OSHB Sng 8:9 חוֹמָה (ḩōmāh) Strongs=2346 Lemma=‘חוֹמָה’
contextual word gloss=‘[is]_a_wall’ word gloss=‘wall’
Morphology=Ncfsa PoS=common_noun Gender=feminine Number=singular State=absolute
Year=-1014

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Other uses (14) of identical word form חוֹמָה (Morphology=Ncfsa PoS=common_noun Gender=feminine Number=singular State=absolute) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘חוֹמָה’ (Morphology=Ncfsa PoS=common_noun Gender=feminine Number=singular State=absolute) has 5 different glosses: ‘[is]_a_wall’, ‘[the]_wall’, ‘[was]_a_wall’, ‘a_wall’, ‘wall’.

LEV 25:29 contextual word gloss=‘a_wall’ word gloss=‘walled’ OSHB LEV 25:29 word 7

OET-LV: 29 And_anyone if/because he _will _sell a _house _of dwelling _of a _city a _wall and_it _will _be of _redemption _of_its _right until is _finished the _year _of its _sale _of_of days it _will _be of _redemption _of_its _right. (LEV_25:29)

OET-RV: 29 ◙ (LEV 25:29)

DEU 3:5 contextual word gloss=‘wall’ word gloss=‘walls’ OSHB DEU 3:5 word 5

OET-LV: 5 All _of these were_cities fortified wall high gates and_bar[s] apart from_the _cities _of the _hamlet-dweller[s] many very. (DEU_3:5)

OET-RV: 5 even though they were all fortified with high walls and gates with bars. In addition, there were many rural villages. (DEU 3:5)

1 SAM 25:16 contextual word gloss=‘a_wall’ word gloss=‘wall’ OSHB 1 SAM 25:16 word 1

OET-LV: 16 A _wall they _were with_us both night as _well _as by _day all _of the _days _of our _being with_them shepherding the_flock. (SA1_25:16)

OET-RV: 16 They protected us both day and night for the whole time that we were tending the sheep. (SA1 25:16)

1 KI 4:13 contextual word gloss=‘a_wall’ word gloss=‘walls’ OSHB 1 KI 4:13 word 20

OET-LV: 13 Ben-_of Geber in gilˊād to_him/it the _villages _of Yāʼīr/(Jair) the _son _of Mənashsheh which are_in_Gilˊād to_him/it the _region _of ʼArgoⱱ which is_in_Bāshān sixty cities large a _wall and_bar[s]_of bronze. (KI1_4:13)

OET-RV: 13 Ben-Geber in Ramot-Gilead, including the villages of Menashsheh’s son Yair that were in Gilead, as well as the Argov area in the Bashan region, and including sixty large cities with walls and bronze gate bars. (KI1 4:13)

2 CHR 14:6 contextual word gloss=‘wall’ word gloss=‘walls’ OSHB 2 CHR 14:6 word 8

OET-LV: 6  and_he/it _said to_Yəhūdāh let _us _build DOM the_cities the_these and_let _us _surround_them wall and_towers gates and_bars still_it the_earth/land is_before _of_us if/because we _have _sought DOM YHWH god _of_our we _sought_him and_he _has _given _rest to/for_us from_round _about and_they _built and_they _prospered. (CH2_14:6)

OET-RV: 6 He fortified Yehudah’s cities as the place was quiet without war during those years, because Yahweh had given him peace (CH2 14:6)

2 CHR 33:14 contextual word gloss=‘[the]_wall’ word gloss=‘wall’ OSHB 2 CHR 33:14 word 4

OET-LV: 14 And_after thus he _rebuilt the_wall outer of_the _city _of of _Dāvid westward of_Giyḩōn in_wadi and_to_go in_the _gate _of the _fish(es) and_he _went _around (to)_ˊOfel and_he_made _it _high very and_he/it _assigned commanders _of the_army in_all the_cities (the)_fortified in_Yəhūdāh/(Judah). (CH2_33:14)

OET-RV: 14 After that, he rebuilt the outer wall for ‘The City of David’ on the west of Gihon to the Fish Gate and around the hill—also making it higher. Then he stationed army commanders in all of Yehudah’s fortified cities. (CH2 33:14)

PROV 25:28 contextual word gloss=‘a_wall’ word gloss=‘walls’ OSHB PROV 25:28 word 4

OET-LV: 28 A _city _of broken _into there_is_not a _wall a _person whom there_is_not control for_his _of_spirit. (PRO_25:28)

OET-RV: 28 A person who has no self-control,
⇔ is like a city where the walls have been broken down. (PRO 25:28)

SNG 8:10 contextual word gloss=‘[was]_a_wall’ word gloss=‘wall’ OSHB SNG 8:10 word 2

OET-LV: 10 I was_a _wall and_my _of_breasts are_like_towers then I _was in_his _of_eyes like_one _who_finds peace. (SNG_8:10)

OET-RV: 10 I was a wall and my breasts were like towers.
⇔ Then, in his eyes, I was like a person who finds peace. (SNG 8:10)

ISA 2:15 contextual word gloss=‘wall’ word gloss=‘wall’ OSHB ISA 2:15 word 7

OET-LV: 15 And_on every _of tower high and_on every _of wall fortified. (ISA_2:15)

OET-RV: 15 against every high tower
⇔ and fortified wall, (ISA 2:15)

EZE 38:11 contextual word gloss=‘a_wall’ word gloss=‘walls’ OSHB EZE 38:11 word 13

OET-LV: 11 And_you _will _say I _will _go _up on a _land _of unwalled _villages I _will _go those_who _are_at _peace who_dwell _of to_security of _them _of_all are_dwelling with_not a _wall and_bar[s] and_gates there_belonged_not to/for_them. (EZE_38:11)

OET-RV: 11 Then you’ll think, ‘I’ll take my army up onto the open ground—we’ll attack the people living quietly and peacefully—all of them living where there are no walls or barriers, and no city gates. (EZE 38:11)

EZE 38:20 contextual word gloss=‘wall’ word gloss=‘wall’ OSHB EZE 38:20 word 25

OET-LV: 20 And_they _will _shake from_before _of_me the _fish(es)_of the_sea and_bird the_heavens and_the _animal[s]_of the_field and_all the_creeping _(thing) the_(one)_creeping on the_soil and_all/each/any/every the_humankind which is_on the _surface _of the_soil and_they _will _be _thrown _down the_mountains and_they _will _fall the _steep_places and_all wall to_ground it _will _fall. (EZE_38:20)

OET-RV: 20 and the fish in the sea and the birds in the skies, the wild animals in the countryside including all the creatures that crawl on the earth, and every person who’s on the surface of the land will tremble in front of me. The mountains will be thrown down and the cliffs will fall, until every wall falls to the ground. (EZE 38:20)

EZE 40:5 contextual word gloss=‘a_wall’ word gloss=‘wall’ OSHB EZE 40:5 word 2

OET-LV: 5 And_see/lo/see a _wall was_from_the_outside of_house all _around all _around and_in_the _hand _of the_man the _reed _of the _measurement was_six cubits by_cubit and_a _hand _breadth and_he _measured DOM the _breadth _of the _structure a _reed one and_the_height a _reed one. (EZE_40:5)

OET-RV: 5 There was a wall surrounding the temple area. The measuring rod in the man’s hand was just over three metres long. (It was six long cubits—each long cubit was a cubit long plus a handbreadth.) So he measured the wall, and it was one measuring rod thick and one high. (EZE 40:5)

EZE 42:20 contextual word gloss=‘a_wall’ word gloss=‘wall’ OSHB EZE 42:20 word 4

OET-LV: 20 To_four sides he_measured _it a _wall to_him/it all _around all _around the_length was_five hundred_cubits and_the_breadth was_five hundred_cubits to_separate between (the)_holy_thing and_a _profane _thing. (EZE_42:20)

OET-RV: 20 So the four sides that were measured (and thus the wall around it) was 270m on each side, and the wall separated the sacred area from the public area. (EZE 42:20)

JOEL 2:7 contextual word gloss=‘a_wall’ word gloss=‘wall’ OSHB JOEL 2:7 word 6

OET-LV: 7 Like_warriors they_run like_men _of war they _go _up a _wall and_each on_its _of_ways they_go and_not they_exchange paths _of_their. (JOL_2:7)

OET-RV: 7 They run like warriors.
⇔ Like men of war, they climb the wall.
⇔ Then they walk, each man choosing his own way forward,
⇔ and they don’t veer off their paths. (JOL 2:7)