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mo.neh denotes counted instances in the repeated statement that a wage was changed ten times.
The attested plural form occurs in the repeated complaint that a wage was changed ten times, marking the counted instances within that statement.
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Counted instances in a repeated complaint · dominant
In Genesis 31:7, the plural absolute form occurs in the clause that the speaker's wage was changed ten times; the APB renders the verse, "Your father deceived me and changed my wage ten times." In Genesis 31:41, the same plural absolute form again stands in the statement that wages were changed ten times after years of service.
In the Anselm Project Bible: Across Genesis 31:7 and Genesis 31:41, the APB presents the clause as wages changed "ten times." The precise contribution of the noun is identified from its plural form and repeated clause context.