Open English Translation (OET)

Hebrew wordlink #374733

OSHB Zep 1:6 בִקְשׁוּ (ⱱiqshū) Strongs=1245 Lemma=‘בָּקַשׁ’
contextual word gloss=‘they_have_sought’ word gloss=‘seek’
Morphology=Vpp3cp PoS=piel_verb Type=perfect_(qatal) Person=third Gender=common Number=plural
Year=-630 TimeSeries=Prophecies_of_Zephaniah

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Other uses (2) of identical word form בִקְשׁוּ (Morphology=Vpp3cp PoS=piel_verb Type=perfect_(qatal) Person=third Gender=common Number=plural) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘בִקְשׁוּ’ (Morphology=Vpp3cp PoS=piel_verb Type=perfect_(qatal) Person=third Gender=common Number=plural) has 2 different glosses: ‘they_have_sought’, ‘they_sought’.

ECC 7:29 contextual word gloss=‘they_have_sought’ word gloss=‘devised’ OSHB ECC 7:29 word 12

OET-LV: 29 Only consider this I _have _found (cmp) he _made the_ʼElohīm DOM the_humankind upright and_they they _have _sought schemes many. (ECC_7:29)

OET-RV: 29 This is the only conclusion I came to:
⇔ God made humankind to do good, but instead they’ve come up with many other kinds of schemes. (ECC 7:29)

LAM 1:19 contextual word gloss=‘they_sought’ word gloss=‘sought’ OSHB LAM 1:19 word 10

OET-LV: 19 I _called to_my _of_lovers they they_betrayed _me priests _of_my and_my _of_elders in_city they _perished if/because they _sought food for_themselves and_they _restored DOM life _of_their. (LAM_1:19)

OET-RV: 19 I called to my lovers but they deceived me.
⇔ My priests and my elders perished in the city,
⇔ while they searched for food to stay alive. (LAM 1:19)