1 Chronicles 26:16

Paleo Hebrew Niqqud

RBT Hebrew Interlinear:

לשפים לְשֻׁפִּים

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ל

lə

Definition

to, for

Root

A primitive particle; a prefix

Exhaustive

(lamed) — to / toward / for

Core value: orientation, directionality, belonging
ל is often mistranslated as purpose (“in order to”), but that smuggles in future-time. In reality, ל marks:
- movement toward,
- dedication unto,
- reference with respect to.
Aonically, ל is vectorial, not teleological.
not “for the sake of a future outcome”
but “oriented toward a locus or pole.”
This is why possession (“belongs to”) and motion (“toward”) use the same preposition: both indicate relational alignment, not time.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

שפים

Shuppîym

Definition

Shuppim, an Israelite

Root

plural of an unused noun from the same as H8207 (שפיפן) and meaning the same; serpents;

Exhaustive

plural of an unused noun from the same as שפיפן and meaning the same; serpents; Shuppim, an Israelite; Shuppim.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H8206

Preposition, Noun proper name masculine

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H8206:

No stats available

ולחסה וּלְחֹסָה

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

ל

lə

Definition

to, for

Root

A primitive particle; a prefix

Exhaustive

(lamed) — to / toward / for

Core value: orientation, directionality, belonging
ל is often mistranslated as purpose (“in order to”), but that smuggles in future-time. In reality, ל marks:
- movement toward,
- dedication unto,
- reference with respect to.
Aonically, ל is vectorial, not teleological.
not “for the sake of a future outcome”
but “oriented toward a locus or pole.”
This is why possession (“belongs to”) and motion (“toward”) use the same preposition: both indicate relational alignment, not time.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

חסה

Chôçâh

Definition

Chosah, an Israelite; also a place in Palestine

Root

from H2620 (חסה); hopeful;

Exhaustive

from חסה; hopeful; Chosah, an Israelite; also a place in Palestine; Hosah.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H2621

Definition

Definition not found

Root

Exhaustive

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H11638

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

חָסָה

verb • Root חסה • Consonantal / Low • Page 508

To flee towards something for protection; to seek refuge; to trust.

Matched after stripping common prefixes

חָסָה

noun proper masculine • Root חסה • Consonantal / Low • Page 508

A proper name, meaning a refuge or protection (from El).

Matched after stripping common prefixes

Conjunction, Preposition, Noun proper name masculine

LXX: ωσα

LXX Usage Statistics

H2621:

ωσα 3× (58.5%)

למערב לַמַּעֲרָב

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ל

lə

Definition

to, for

Root

A primitive particle; a prefix

Exhaustive

(lamed) — to / toward / for

Core value: orientation, directionality, belonging
ל is often mistranslated as purpose (“in order to”), but that smuggles in future-time. In reality, ל marks:
- movement toward,
- dedication unto,
- reference with respect to.
Aonically, ל is vectorial, not teleological.
not “for the sake of a future outcome”
but “oriented toward a locus or pole.”
This is why possession (“belongs to”) and motion (“toward”) use the same preposition: both indicate relational alignment, not time.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

מערב

maʻărâb

Definition

the west (as a region of the evening sun)

Root

or (feminine) מערבה; from H6150 (ערב), in the sense of shading;

Exhaustive

or (feminine) מערבה; from ערב, in the sense of shading; the west (as a region of the evening sun); west.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H4628

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

מַעֲרָב

noun masculine • Root ערב • Strongs / High • Page 888

barter, wares to be exchanged, and of traffic as exchange; traffic, commerce; merchandise.

מַעֲרָב

noun masculine • Root ערב • Strongs / High • Page 888

place of darkness, of the setting of the sun, i. e. the west.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

מַעֲרָב

noun masculine • Root ערב • Page 394

I. m. verbal from עָרַב (no. I). 1. traffic, commerce, exchange (Ezek. 27:9). 2. merchandise (Ezek. 27:13).

מַעֲרָב

noun masculine • Root ערב • Page 394

II. m. verbal from עָרַב (no. III). The place of sunset, the west. Ps. 75:7; 103:12.

Preposition -For/Into Art, Noun common both singular absolute

LXX: δυσμῶν δυσμαῖσ

LXX Usage Statistics

H4628:

δυσμῶν 7× (47.3%)

δυσμαῖσ 4× (29.5%)

עם עִ֚ם

together with/a people

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

עם

ʻim

Definition

adverb or preposition, with (i.e. in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then usually unrepresented in English)

Root

from H6004 (עמם);

Exhaustive

from עמם; adverb or preposition, with (i.e. in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then usually unrepresented in English); accompanying, against, and, as ([idiom] long as), before, beside, by (reason of), for all, from (among, between), in, like, more than, of, (un-) to, with(-al).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H5973

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

עִם

name element • Root אם • Strongs / High • Page 1101

(In united words like עַמִּי, עֲמִדָּה). Element peculiar to personal names, generally referring to God, signifying uniter, gatherer, binder together, or family-founder. Interchangeable with אֵל, אָב, אָח, and אִם.

עִם

particle / preposition / conjunction • Root עמם • Strongs / High • Page 1101

A particle/preposition meaning with, cum, beside, by, expressing communion, union, conjunction, or accompaniment. Also functions as a sign of coordination (and).

עִם

preposition / adverb / conjunction • Root עמם • Strongs / High • Page 1102

Among, between, inter, in medio, apud, with; in the midst of; notwithstanding. (When combined with מִן (מֵעִם): away from, from near, out of the possession of, from, according to the mind of.)

עִם

aramaic preposition / conjunction (aramaic) • Root עמם • Strongs / High • Page 1102

Aramaic preposition/conjunction: together with; with (e.g., the clouds of heaven, meaning riding on a cloud); of time, so long as, as long as, like; by (e.g., by night).

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

עִם

preposition • Page 512

used only as a preposition. 1. with. Gen. 27: 44. Ex. 22: 29. עִם זֶה with all this, notwithstanding this, Neh. 5: 18. עִם שֶׁמֶשׁ so long as the sun shall endure, Ps. 72: 5. 2. before; e. g. עִם אֵל before God, Job 9: 2. 27: 13. 3. against; e. g. נִלְחַם עִם to fight against.

עִם

preposition • Page 513

with; also in, e.g. עִם לֵילְיָא in the night (Dan. 7:2); עִם דָּר וְדָר so long as the generations of men last (Dan. 3:33, 4:31).

Preposition

LXX: μετὰ μετ' μεθ' ἐμοῦ ---

LXX Usage Statistics

H5973a:

μετὰ 252× (26.0%)

μετ' 226× (22.7%)

μεθ' 68× (6.9%)

ἐμοῦ 55× (4.8%)

--- 31× (3.2%)

παρὰ 30× (3.1%)

παρ' 24× (2.5%)

πρὸσ 23× (2.4%)

'' 22× (1.9%)

ἀπὸ 20× (2.1%)

שער שַׁעַר

gate/hair/shuddered

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

שער

shaʻar

Definition

an opening, i.e. door or gate

Root

from H8176 (שער) in its original sense;

Exhaustive

from שער in its original sense; an opening, i.e. door or gate; city, door, gate, port ([idiom] -er).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H8179

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

שַׁעַר

noun masculine • Root שער • Strongs / High • Page 1466

1. Prop. cleft, aperture, a gate (of a city, camp, temple, palace, etc.). Often refers to a gate-building, a place of public resort or forum where trials were held and business transacted. Figuratively used for entrances (of heaven, deep, rivers). 2. A measure, hundredfold.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

שֹׁעֵר

adjective • Page 694

vile, mean, detestable, spoken of figs. Jer. 29: 17.

שַׁעַר

verb • Root שער • Page 693

to think, estimate. Once Prov. 23:7. (Chald. שַׁעַר to measure. Arab. שער to fix a price.)

שַׁעַר

m. verbal • Root שער • Page 693

I. a measure. Once Gen. 26:12. מֵאָה שְׁעָרִים an hundred measures, i. e. an hundred fold.

שַׁעַר

com. gen. prim. • Root שער • Page 693

II. a gate, porta. In the gate the orientals have their market and their courts of judgment (Prov. 22:22, Amos 5:10). Thither the people assemble to pass away time (Gen. 19:1, Ps. 69:13). Lists various gates of Jerusalem including: the fountain-gate (Neh. 2:14), the dung-gate (Neh. 2:13), the valley-gate (Neh. 2:13), the corner-gate (Is. 31:38), the gate of Ephraim (Neh. 8:16), the old gate (Neh. 3:6), the first gate (Zech. 14:10), the fish-gate (Neh. 3:3), the sheep-gate (Neh. 3:1), the review-gate (Neh. 3:31), the horse-gate (Neh. 3:28), the water-gate (Neh. 3:26), and the prison-gate (Neh. 12:39).

Noun common both singular construct

LXX: πύλησ πύλην πύλαισ πύλῃ πύλη

LXX Usage Statistics

H8179:

πύλησ 104× (27.0%)

πύλην 43× (10.8%)

πύλαισ 27× (6.6%)

πύλῃ 26× (5.9%)

πύλη 24× (6.3%)

πύλαι 21× (5.4%)

'' 19× (4.9%)

πύλασ 18× (4.7%)

πόλεσίν 16× (3.6%)

πυλῶν 16× (3.8%)

שלכת שַׁלּכֶת

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

שלכת

Shalleketh

Definition

Shalleketh, a gate in Jerusalem

Root

the same as H7995 (שלכת);

Exhaustive

the same as שלכת; Shalleketh, a gate in Jerusalem; Shalleketh.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H7996

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

שַׁלֶּכֶת

noun feminine • Root שלך • Strongs / High • Page 1435

1. The felling (of trees), perhaps the casting off (of leaves). 2. (the casting out, of rubbish). A n. p. of a gate which led upwards to the temple.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

שַׁלֶּכֶת

f. verbal • Root שלך • Page 680

1. the falling (of a tree) (Is. 6:13). 2. name of a gate of the temple (1 Chr. 26:16).

Noun proper name

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H7996:

No stats available

במסלה בַּמְסִלָּה

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ב

bə

Definition

in, by

Root

A primitive particle; a prefix

Exhaustive

(beth) — in / within / by means of

Core value: interiority, enclosure, participation

ב does not primarily mean “in time” (“when”) or even “in space.” It marks being inside a domain, whether that domain is:
- spatial (house, land),
- conceptual (wisdom, covenant),
- modal (strength, fear),
- instrumental (by means of).
Aonically, ב marks immersion.
not “when X happened” but “within the state or field of X.”
This is why ב־יום does not need to mean “on the day (chronological)” but “within the day-realm / condition”.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

מסלה

mᵉçillâh

Definition

a thoroughfare (as turnpiked), literally or figuratively; specifically a viaduct, a staircase

Root

from H5549 (סלל);

Exhaustive

from סלל; a thoroughfare (as turnpiked), literally or figuratively; specifically a viaduct, a staircase; causeway, course, highway, path, terrace.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H4546

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

מְסִלָּה

noun / feminine • Root סלל • Strongs / High • Page 877

A heaped up thing, a causeway, a highway; generally a street or road. Metaphorically, a walk or manner of life.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

מְסִלָּה

f. verbal • Root סלל • Page 388

1. a way, highway (Judg. 20:31, Is. 40:3). Metaphorically a manner of life (Prov. 16:17). 2. a flight of steps, a staircase (2 Chr. 9:11).

Preposition -Within Art, Noun common feminine singular absolute

LXX: τρίβου ὁδῷ ὁδοῖσ ἀναβάσεισ τρίβον

LXX Usage Statistics

H4546:

τρίβου 3× (10.9%)

ὁδῷ 3× (9.0%)

ὁδοῖσ 3× (9.0%)

ἀναβάσεισ 2× (8.5%)

τρίβον 2× (6.0%)

העולה הָעוֹלָה

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ה

Definition

the

Root

Demonstrative primitive

Exhaustive

definite article, the, used for all numbers and genders; originally a pronoun demonstrative, this. interrogative particle in direct and indirect questions; in disjunctive questions: whether--or.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

עלה

ʻâlâh

Definition

to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative; arise (up), (cause to) ascend up, at once, break (the day) (up), bring (up), (cause to) burn, carry up, cast up, [phrase] shew, climb (up), (cause to, make to) come (up), cut off, dawn, depart, exalt, excel, fall, fetch up, get up, (make to) go (away, up); grow (over) increase, lay, leap, levy, lift (self) up, light, (make) up, [idiom] mention, mount up, offer, make to pay, [phrase] perfect, prefer, put (on), raise, recover, restore, (make to) rise (up), scale, set (up), shoot forth (up), (begin to) spring (up), stir up, take away (up), work.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H5927

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

עָלָה

verb intransitive • Strongs / High • Page 1091

I. To be high, above, aloft, to be elevated, raised high. To go to a height, to ascend, to go up (opposite יָרַד). To shoot up, of plants, to sprout. To go or come up, often applied to going from a low to a higher region.

עָלָה

verb intransitive • Strongs / High • Page 1091

II. The reverse of יָרַד; specifically used for going to Assyria, or going into a desert, or pilgrimages to holy places (usually higher).

עָלָה

verb • Root עלה • Strongs / High • Page 1092

To go up, ascend, rise. Used for: going to a higher place, overcoming, subduing, overflowing (river), spreading upwards, leading up, mounting up, increasing, prancing, springing upon, crying out, reaching, or amounting to.

עָלָה

verb • Strongs / High • Page 1093

To offer a burnt-offering (context of the usage of the verb regarding sacrifice).

עָלָה

intransitive verb • Strongs / High • Page 1093

II. 1. To glow, burn, blaze (of sacrifices, flame, anger, wrath). 2. To sprout, grow (of plants). 3. To lighten, shine (of dawn).

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

עָלָה

verb • Page 508

To go up, ascend, mount. Applied to people (ascending to a country or place of judgment), things (roads leading, countries extending, lots coming up), plants (shooting or growing up), or metaphorically (rising in value, advancing, excelling, coming to mind). Includes derived forms: Niph. (to be brought up, driven away, or exalted) and Hiph. (to lead or bring up, present an offering, take away, or enroll). (Is. 14:14, Ex. 24:13, Gen. 49:4, Prov. 21:22, Gen. 13:1, Jer. 48:15, Job 36:33, Prov. 24:31, Am. 8:8, 1 K. 22:35, Deut. 28:43, Ezra 1:11, Ps. 47:10, Gen. 37:28, Is. 57:6, Lev. 14:20).

עִלָּה

chald. n.f. • Root עלל • Page 509

A cause, occasion, or pretext. Found in Dan. 6: 5, 6.

Particle definite article, Verb Qal participle active feminine singular absolute

LXX: ἀνέβη ἀνέβησαν ἀναβήσεται ἀνάβηθι ἀνήνεγκεν

LXX Usage Statistics

H5927:

ἀνέβη 144× (15.2%)

ἀνέβησαν 56× (5.8%)

ἀναβήσεται 42× (4.5%)

ἀνάβηθι 29× (3.3%)

ἀνήνεγκεν 23× (2.3%)

ἀναβῆναι 18× (1.9%)

ἀνήγαγεν 18× (1.9%)

ἀνάβητε 16× (1.8%)

--- 15× (1.7%)

ἀναβῇ 14× (1.6%)

משמר מִשְׁמָר

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

משמר

mishmâr

Definition

a guard (the man, the post or the prison); a deposit (figuratively); also (as observed) a usage (abstractly), or an example (concretely)

Root

from H8104 (שמר);

Exhaustive

from שמר; a guard (the man, the post or the prison); a deposit (figuratively); also (as observed) a usage (abstractly), or an example (concretely); diligence, guard, office, prison, ward, watch.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H4929

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

מִשְׁמָר

noun masculine • Root שמר • Strongs / High • Page 922

1. a watch-station, a post, of place or of persons; guard, watch, of a camp; 2. ward, prison; 3. object of keeping, what is kept; 4. usage, what is observed; 5. a spare thing, a reserve, what is kept ready.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

מִשְׁמָר

m. verbal • Root שמר • Page 415

1. a post, a place where one keeps watch. Neh. 7:3. 2. custody, confinement, a prison. Gen. 40:3. 3. that which one keeps or preserves. Prov. 4:23. 4. what is observed, a custom, usage. Neh. 13:14. 5. observantia for quem observant, imperator. Ezek. 38:7.

Noun common both singular absolute

LXX: φυλακῇ φυλακὴ φυλακήν

LXX Usage Statistics

H4929:

φυλακῇ 7× (29.1%)

φυλακὴ 2× (10.1%)

φυλακήν 2× (9.3%)

לעמת לְעֻמַּת

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ל

lə

Definition

to, for

Root

A primitive particle; a prefix

Exhaustive

(lamed) — to / toward / for

Core value: orientation, directionality, belonging
ל is often mistranslated as purpose (“in order to”), but that smuggles in future-time. In reality, ל marks:
- movement toward,
- dedication unto,
- reference with respect to.
Aonically, ל is vectorial, not teleological.
not “for the sake of a future outcome”
but “oriented toward a locus or pole.”
This is why possession (“belongs to”) and motion (“toward”) use the same preposition: both indicate relational alignment, not time.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

עמה

ʻummâh

Definition

conjunction, i.e. society; mostly adverb or preposition (with prepositional prefix), near, beside, along with

Root

from H6004 (עמם);

Exhaustive

from עמם; conjunction, i.e. society; mostly adverb or preposition (with prepositional prefix), near, beside, along with; (over) against, at, beside, hard by, in points.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H5980

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

לְעֻמַּת

preposition • Consonantal / Medium • Page 758

together with.

Matched via consonantal key only

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

עֻמָּה

f. preposition • Root עמם • Page 514

Literally a substantive for union or connexion; used as a preposition meaning: 1. near by (Ex. 25:27), 2. against (2 Sam. 16:13), 3. over against (1 Chr. 26:16), 4. as, like as (1 Chr. 24:31), 5. near by (1 K. 7:20).

Preposition, Noun common feminine singular construct

LXX: κατέναντι καθὼσ ἐχόμενοι ὃν ἐχόμενα

LXX Usage Statistics

H5980:

κατέναντι 3× (10.0%)

καθὼσ 3× (10.0%)

ἐχόμενοι 2× (6.7%)

ὃν 2× (6.7%)

ἐχόμενα 2× (6.2%)

πλαγίων 2× (5.7%)

τρόπον 2× (5.7%)

αὐτοῖσ 2× (5.7%)

משמר מִשְׁמָר׃

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

משמר

mishmâr

Definition

a guard (the man, the post or the prison); a deposit (figuratively); also (as observed) a usage (abstractly), or an example (concretely)

Root

from H8104 (שמר);

Exhaustive

from שמר; a guard (the man, the post or the prison); a deposit (figuratively); also (as observed) a usage (abstractly), or an example (concretely); diligence, guard, office, prison, ward, watch.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H4929

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

מִשְׁמָר

noun masculine • Root שמר • Strongs / High • Page 922

1. a watch-station, a post, of place or of persons; guard, watch, of a camp; 2. ward, prison; 3. object of keeping, what is kept; 4. usage, what is observed; 5. a spare thing, a reserve, what is kept ready.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

מִשְׁמָר

m. verbal • Root שמר • Page 415

1. a post, a place where one keeps watch. Neh. 7:3. 2. custody, confinement, a prison. Gen. 40:3. 3. that which one keeps or preserves. Prov. 4:23. 4. what is observed, a custom, usage. Neh. 13:14. 5. observantia for quem observant, imperator. Ezek. 38:7.

Noun common both singular absolute

LXX: φυλακῇ φυλακὴ φυλακήν

LXX Usage Statistics

H4929:

φυλακῇ 7× (29.1%)

φυλακὴ 2× (10.1%)

φυλακήν 2× (9.3%)

RBT Translation:

No verse found

RBT Paraphrase:
No verse found

Julia Smith Literal 1876 Translation:
To Shuppim and to Hosah to the west, with the gate of Shallecheth, by the highway of the going up, watch over against watch.

LITV Translation:
Shuppim and Hosah westward, with the gate of Shallecheth, going up by the highway, guard corresponding to guard.

Brenton Septuagint Translation:
They gave the lot for the second to Hosah westward, after the gate of the chamber by the ascent, watch against watch.