1 Chronicles 1:13

Paleo Hebrew Niqqud

RBT Hebrew Interlinear:

וכנען וּכְנַ֗עַן

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ו

wə

Definition

and

Root

From H8505; a prefix

Exhaustive

The conjunctive ו is not merely a fixed coordinator with a stable semantic value (“and/but/or/then”). Its core function is linkage, not meaning. It binds units into a single discourse field—phrases, clauses, or whole scenes—while leaving the logical relation to be inferred from aspect, word order, genre, and context.

So the variability in translation (“and / but / or / even / then”) is not polyvalence in the particle; it is underspecification by design. The language expects the reader/hearer to perceive the relation rather than have it encoded.

Crucially, conjunctive ו does not imply temporal sequence. It implies continuity of attention. Think of it as:
- “this belongs with what precedes,”
- “remain within the same frame,”
“do not reset the discourse.”
This is why Hebrew can chain dozens of clauses with ו without subordination or explicit logic markers. The text advances by accumulation, not by branching syntactic trees. Meaning arises from the interaction:
- Aspect (qatal / yiqtol / participle),
- Position (fronted elements, resumptive nouns),
- Genre (law, narrative, oracle),
- Context (who speaks, to whom).
The ו simply keeps the circuit closed so these cues can operate together. Remove tense assumptions, and the system becomes coherent.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

כנען

Kᵉnaʻan

Definition

Kenaan, a son a Ham; also the country inhabited by him

Root

from H3665 (כנע); humiliated;

Exhaustive

from כנע; humiliated; Kenaan, a son a Ham; also the country inhabited by him; Canaan, merchant, traffick.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3667

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

כְּנַעַן

proper name / masculine • Root כנע • Strongs / High • Page 712

Proper name of Ham's fourth and youngest son, progenitor of many peoples. The name is associated with subjection or low, flat country.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

כְּנַעַן

m. proper name • Page 321

1. Canaan, son of Ham, and progenitor of the Canaanites. Gen. 9: 18 ff. 2. the country or people of Canaan, including Palestine and Phenicia. Num. 33: 51. 3. i.q. כְּנַעַן אִישׁ a Canaanite or merchant. Hos. 12: 8; Is. 23: 8.

Conjunction, Noun proper name masculine

LXX: χανααν χαναναίων ---

LXX Usage Statistics

H3667a:

χανααν 78× (87.3%)

χαναναίων 4× (3.8%)

--- 3× (3.4%)

ילד יָלַד

he was born

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ילד

yâlad

Definition

to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage; bear, beget, birth(-day), born, (make to) bring forth (children, young), bring up, calve, child, come, be delivered (of a child), time of delivery, gender, hatch, labour, (do the office of a) midwife, declare pedigrees, be the son of, (woman in, woman that) travail(-eth, -ing woman).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3205

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

יָלַד

verb • Root ילד • Strongs / High • Page 608

To bear, to bring forth, spoken of women giving birth to children, beasts bearing young, or birds laying eggs.

יָלַד

verb • Root ילד • Strongs / High • Page 609

To bear, bring forth (of a woman); to beget (of a father). Figuratively: to bring forth, make appear, cause to take place; to create, produce, appoint.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

יָלַד

verb • Root ילד • Page 283

1. to bring forth, as a mother (Gen. 4:1; Prov. 17:25). 2. to beget, as a father (Gen. 4:18; Ps. 2:7). 3. to lay eggs (Jer. 17:11). Includes stems: Niph. נוֹלַד (to be born, Gen. 4:18), Pi. יִלֵּד (to help to bring forth, as a midwife, Ex. 1:16), Pu. יֻלַּד (to be born, Gen. 10:21), and Hiph. הוֹלִיד (to cause to bring forth, Is. 66:9).

Verb Qal perfect third person masculine singular

LXX: ἐγέννησεν ἔτεκεν γεννῆσαι ἔτεκον ἐτέχθησαν

LXX Usage Statistics

H3205:

ἐγέννησεν 153× (30.2%)

ἔτεκεν 97× (18.6%)

γεννῆσαι 17× (3.0%)

ἔτεκον 11× (2.2%)

ἐτέχθησαν 9× (1.8%)

τικτούσησ 9× (1.6%)

ὡσ 8× (1.7%)

τεκεῖν 7× (1.3%)

τέξεται 7× (1.3%)

ἐγένοντο 7× (1.4%)

את אֶת־

את-self eternal

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

את

ʼêth

Definition

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

Root

apparent contracted from H226 (אות) in the demonstrative sense of entity;

Exhaustive

apparent contracted from אות in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H853

את

ʼêth

Definition

a hoe or other digging implement

Root

of uncertain derivation;

Exhaustive

of uncertain derivation; a hoe or other digging implement; coulter, plowshare.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H855

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

אֵת

particle • Strongs_Numbers • Page 87

Particle used as a sign of the accusative, indicating the definite object of a verb; also used reflexively, or in designations of time and place. Occasionally interchangeable with other prepositions.

אֵת

substantive • Root אות • Strongs_Numbers • Page 208

I. Proper substance, being, essence, body, self, essential. It is used as the sign of an accusative, or to give prominence to a noun as subject.

אֵת

preposition • Root אנה • Strongs_Numbers • Page 208

II. With; expressing fellowship or accompaniment. Properly side, support, lean upon.

אֵת

noun masculine • Root אתה • Strongs_Numbers • Page 209

Mattock, coulter of a plough, hoe, prop. anything cutting into.

אֵת

noun masculine • Root אתה • Strongs_Numbers • Page 209

Equivalent to אֵת III., of which it is merely a collateral form.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

אוֹת or אֶת

sign of accusative case • Page 35

A sign of the accusative case.

אֶת

com. gen. chald. • Page 81

Equivalent to the Hebrew אוֹת (sign, miracle). Synonymous with תְּמַהּ. References: Dan. 3: 32, 33; 6: 28.

אַתְּ

pronoun • Page 81

Thou (masc.). Equivalent to אַתָּה. Note: Judg. 17: 2; 1 K. 14: 2.

אַתְּ

pronoun • Page 81

Thou (fem.). In pause אָתְּ. Found in Judg. 17: 2; 1 K. 14: 2. Also sometimes appears as a masculine form (Num. 11: 15; Ezek. 28: 14).

אֵת

ii. particle • Page 81

A primitive particle and sign of the accusative case (with Makk. -אֶת; with suffixes אֹתִי, אֹתָנוּ, etc.). Often denotes the definite direct object but can appear in circumstances where other languages employ the nominative (with passive verbs, neuter verbs, or before a nominative subject). References: Gen. 17: 5; Ex. 10: 8; 1 Sam. 17: 34.

אֵת

preposition • Page 82

1. with, together with (Gen. 4:1); 2. with, near by (Gen. 39:6); 3. in or on a place (1 Sam. 7:16); 4. besides (1 K. 11:25); 5. towards, erga (Ruth 2:20, 2 Sam. 16:17).

Direct object eternal self

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H0853:

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H0855:

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צידון צִידוֹן

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

צידון

Tsîydôwn

Definition

Tsidon, the name of a son of Canaan, and of a place in Palestine

Root

or צידן; from H6679 (צוד) in the sense of catching fish; fishery;

Exhaustive

or צידן; from צוד in the sense of catching fish; fishery; Tsidon, the name of a son of Canaan, and of a place in Palestine; Sidon, Zidon.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H6721

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

צִידוֹן

noun proper masculine • Strongs / High • Page 1227

Name of the first-born of Canaan and city founded by the Phenicians on the Mediterranean (Sidon).

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

צִידוֹן

f. prop. n. • Page 567

Sidon, the proper name of a celebrated commercial city in Phenicia. Gen. 10: 15.

Noun proper name masculine

LXX: σιδῶνοσ σιδῶνα σιδωνίων σιδώνιοι σιδών

LXX Usage Statistics

H6721:

σιδῶνοσ 7× (19.3%)

σιδῶνα 6× (15.6%)

σιδωνίων 5× (13.6%)

σιδώνιοι 4× (9.1%)

σιδών 3× (8.0%)

בכרו בְּכֹרוֹ

in the hand

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

בכור

bᵉkôwr

Definition

firstborn; hence, chief

Root

from H1069 (בכר);

Exhaustive

from בכר; firstborn; hence, chief; eldest (son), firstborn(-ling).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H1060

הו

Definition

his, personal posessive - noun suffix: 3rd person masculine singular

Root

Exhaustive

Personal posessive pronoun - suffix for nouns, adjectives and passive participles: 3rd person masculine singular

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H9023

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

בְּכוֹר

noun masculine • Root בכר • Consonantal / Medium • Page 243

prop. abstract, the being matured; concrete first birth i.e. the first born, particularly the male, but in Scripture only with reference to the first begotten of the father.

Matched via consonantal key only

בִּכּוּר

noun masculine • Root בכר • Consonantal / Medium • Page 243

1. firstlings (of fruits, grain) which were offered in the temple. 2. Same as בַּכּוּרָה the early fig, which ripens at the beginning of summer.

Matched via consonantal key only

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

בְּכוֹר

noun masculine • Root בכר • Page 98

1. first-born, spoken of men and cattle (Ex. 11:5, 12:29). 2. figuratively, 'the first-born of the poor' (Is. 14:30), meaning the very poor; 'death's first-born' (Job 18:13), meaning a most awful death.

Noun common both singular construct, Suffix pronominal third person masculine singular

LXX: πρωτότοκον πρωτότοκοσ πρωτοτόκου πρωτότοκα πρωτοτόκῳ

LXX Usage Statistics

H1060:

πρωτότοκον 32× (27.6%)

πρωτότοκοσ 28× (22.8%)

πρωτοτόκου 18× (15.4%)

πρωτότοκα 13× (9.7%)

πρωτοτόκῳ 8× (6.2%)

πρωτοτόκων 8× (5.9%)

πρωτότοκόσ 4× (3.4%)

'' 2× (1.5%)

ואת וְאֶת־

and אֵת-self eternal

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ו

wə

Definition

and

Root

From H8505; a prefix

Exhaustive

The conjunctive ו is not merely a fixed coordinator with a stable semantic value (“and/but/or/then”). Its core function is linkage, not meaning. It binds units into a single discourse field—phrases, clauses, or whole scenes—while leaving the logical relation to be inferred from aspect, word order, genre, and context.

So the variability in translation (“and / but / or / even / then”) is not polyvalence in the particle; it is underspecification by design. The language expects the reader/hearer to perceive the relation rather than have it encoded.

Crucially, conjunctive ו does not imply temporal sequence. It implies continuity of attention. Think of it as:
- “this belongs with what precedes,”
- “remain within the same frame,”
“do not reset the discourse.”
This is why Hebrew can chain dozens of clauses with ו without subordination or explicit logic markers. The text advances by accumulation, not by branching syntactic trees. Meaning arises from the interaction:
- Aspect (qatal / yiqtol / participle),
- Position (fronted elements, resumptive nouns),
- Genre (law, narrative, oracle),
- Context (who speaks, to whom).
The ו simply keeps the circuit closed so these cues can operate together. Remove tense assumptions, and the system becomes coherent.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

את

ʼêth

Definition

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

Root

apparent contracted from H226 (אות) in the demonstrative sense of entity;

Exhaustive

apparent contracted from אות in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H853

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

אֵת

particle • Strongs_Numbers • Page 87

Particle used as a sign of the accusative, indicating the definite object of a verb; also used reflexively, or in designations of time and place. Occasionally interchangeable with other prepositions.

אֵת

substantive • Root אות • Strongs_Numbers • Page 208

I. Proper substance, being, essence, body, self, essential. It is used as the sign of an accusative, or to give prominence to a noun as subject.

אֵת

preposition • Root אנה • Strongs_Numbers • Page 208

II. With; expressing fellowship or accompaniment. Properly side, support, lean upon.

אֵת

noun masculine • Root אתה • Strongs_Numbers • Page 209

Mattock, coulter of a plough, hoe, prop. anything cutting into.

אֵת

noun masculine • Root אתה • Strongs_Numbers • Page 209

Equivalent to אֵת III., of which it is merely a collateral form.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

אוֹת or אֶת

sign of accusative case • Page 35

A sign of the accusative case.

אֶת

com. gen. chald. • Page 81

Equivalent to the Hebrew אוֹת (sign, miracle). Synonymous with תְּמַהּ. References: Dan. 3: 32, 33; 6: 28.

אַתְּ

pronoun • Page 81

Thou (fem.). In pause אָתְּ. Found in Judg. 17: 2; 1 K. 14: 2. Also sometimes appears as a masculine form (Num. 11: 15; Ezek. 28: 14).

אַתְּ

pronoun • Page 81

Thou (masc.). Equivalent to אַתָּה. Note: Judg. 17: 2; 1 K. 14: 2.

אֵת

ii. particle • Page 81

A primitive particle and sign of the accusative case (with Makk. -אֶת; with suffixes אֹתִי, אֹתָנוּ, etc.). Often denotes the definite direct object but can appear in circumstances where other languages employ the nominative (with passive verbs, neuter verbs, or before a nominative subject). References: Gen. 17: 5; Ex. 10: 8; 1 Sam. 17: 34.

אֵת

i. m. subst. • Page 81

Ploughshare. Inflected in two ways as אֵתִים and אֵתִין. References: 1 Sam. 13: 20, 21; Is. 2: 4; Joel 4: 10 [3:10]. Its etymology is suggested to be related to the word מַחֲרֶשֶׁת.

Conjunction, Direct object eternal self

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H0853:

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חת חֵת׃

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

חת

Chêth

Definition

Cheth, an aboriginal Canaanite

Root

from H2865 (חתת); terror;

Exhaustive

from חתת; terror; Cheth, an aboriginal Canaanite; Heth.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H2845

בית דבלתים

Bêyth Diblâthayim

Definition

Beth-Diblathajim, a place East of the Jordan

Root

from H1004 (בית) and the dual of H1690 (דבלה); house of (the) two figcakes;

Exhaustive

from בית and the dual of דבלה; house of (the) two figcakes; Beth-Diblathajim, a place East of the Jordan; Beth-diblathaim.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H1015

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

חֵת

noun proper • Root חתת • Strongs / High • Page 544

(giant, prop. terror) 1. n. p. of a son of Canaan. 2. Collective designation of a race, the Hittites.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

בַּּיִת

noun • Page 97

A city of Moab, Is. 15:2. Elsewhere written more in full as בֵּית בַּעַל מְעוֹן.

Noun proper name masculine

LXX: χετταίου χετταῖον t? χετ χετταῖοσ

LXX Usage Statistics

H2845:

χετταίου 10× (13.7%)

χετταῖον 10× (13.7%)

t? 10× (12.0%)

χετ 9× (14.7%)

χετταῖοσ 7× (9.3%)

χετταίων 6× (8.4%)

χετταίουσ 3× (3.4%)

--- 2× (3.3%)

χετταία 2× (3.3%)

ευαίου 2× (2.8%)

Heth_§Heth@Gen.10.15:

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RBT Translation:

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RBT Paraphrase:
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Julia Smith Literal 1876 Translation:
And Canaan begat Zidon, his firstborn, and Heth,

LITV Translation:
And Canaan fathered Zidon his first-born, and Heth,