1 Chronicles 29:19

Paleo Hebrew Niqqud

RBT Hebrew Interlinear:

ולשלמה וְלִשְׁלֹמֹה

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

שלמה

Shᵉlômôh

Definition

Shelomah, David's successor

Root

from H7965 (שלום); peaceful;

Exhaustive

from שלום; peaceful; Shelomah, David's successor; Solomon.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H8010

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

שְׁלֹמֹה

unknown • Root שלום • Strongs / High • Page 1438

Solomon (meaning strength, firmness).

שְׁלֹמֹה

noun proper masculine • Root שלום • Strongs / High • Page 1438

Solomon: The third Hebrew king, celebrated for his magnificence, riches and wisdom.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

שַׂלְמָה

noun • Root שמלה • Page 640

a garment. Ex. 22:8. Mic. 2:8. By transposition for שִׂמְלָה.

שְׁלֹמֹה

proper name • Page 682

Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel. Its appellative import is peaceable (1 Chr. 22: 9).

שִׁלְּמָה

noun feminine • Root שלם • Page 682

Recompense, punishment. Ps. 91. 8.

Conjunction, Preposition, Noun proper name masculine

LXX: σαλωμων '' [a] [b] ---

LXX Usage Statistics

H8010:

σαλωμων 266× (87.8%)

'' 7× (2.0%)

[a] 6× (1.6%)

[b] 6× (1.6%)

--- 5× (1.7%)

[[]] 3× (0.8%)

σαλωμῶντοσ 2× (0.7%)

αβδησελμα 2× (0.7%)

בני בְנִ֗י

sons/my son

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

בן

bên

Definition

a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)

Root

from H1129 (בנה);

Exhaustive

from בנה; a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.); [phrase] afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ([phrase]) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, [phrase] (young) bullock, [phrase] (young) calf, [idiom] came up in, child, colt, [idiom] common, [idiom] corn, daughter, [idiom] of first, [phrase] firstborn, foal, [phrase] very fruitful, [phrase] postage, [idiom] in, [phrase] kid, [phrase] lamb, ([phrase]) man, meet, [phrase] mighty, [phrase] nephew, old, ([phrase]) people, [phrase] rebel, [phrase] robber, [idiom] servant born, [idiom] soldier, son, [phrase] spark, [phrase] steward, [phrase] stranger, [idiom] surely, them of, [phrase] tumultuous one, [phrase] valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H1121

י

Definition

my, personal posessive - noun suffix: 1st person common singular

Root

Exhaustive

Personal posessive pronoun - suffix for nouns, adjectives and passive participles: 1st person singular

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H9020

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

בֵּן

masc. noun • Root בין • Strongs / High • Page 253

1. A child, begotten, born, often without distinction of sex (frequently pluralized as children). 2. Specifically, a son, a male child (opposite daughter). 3. Used metaphorically to denote personal characteristics (virtuous or vicious personality, heir of virtue/vice) or objects (e.g., young animals, plants, or inanimate objects). 4. A grandson; also used as boy, youth, prince, heir to the throne.

Noun common both singular construct, Suffix pronominal first person both singular

LXX: υἱοὶ υἱὸσ υἱῶν υἱοῦ υἱοῖσ

LXX Usage Statistics

H1121a:

υἱοὶ 1075× (22.0%)

υἱὸσ 753× (16.8%)

υἱῶν 607× (12.2%)

υἱοῦ 368× (8.1%)

υἱοῖσ 329× (6.1%)

υἱοὺσ 292× (5.7%)

υἱὸν 213× (4.6%)

--- 116× (2.6%)

υἱὲ 96× (2.2%)

'' 84× (1.6%)

תן תֵּ֚ן

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

נתן

nâthan

Definition

to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.); add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, [idiom] avenge, [idiom] be (healed), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, [phrase] cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, [idiom] doubtless, [idiom] without fail, fasten, frame, [idiom] get, give (forth, over, up), grant, hang (up), [idiom] have, [idiom] indeed, lay (unto charge, up), (give) leave, lend, let (out), [phrase] lie, lift up, make, [phrase] O that, occupy, offer, ordain, pay, perform, place, pour, print, [idiom] pull, put (forth), recompense, render, requite, restore, send (out), set (forth), shew, shoot forth (up), [phrase] sing, [phrase] slander, strike, (sub-) mit, suffer, [idiom] surely, [idiom] take, thrust, trade, turn, utter, [phrase] weep, [phrase] willingly, [phrase] withdraw, [phrase] would (to) God, yield.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H5414

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

נָתַן

verb • Root נתן • Strongs / High • Page 755

to give, bestow

נָתַן

verb • Root נתן • Strongs / High • Page 999

A verb with a wide range of meanings, primarily: 1. to give, to hand over, to deliver, to deal out, to perform, to permit, to sell. 2. to set, to place, to lay, to erect, to appoint, to establish. It is used in numerous idiomatic phrases such as 'to give up to one's care' (נָתַן עַל־יַד), 'to bear or bring fruit' (נָתַן פְּרִי), 'to flee' (נָתַן עֹרֶף), 'to give favour' (נָתַן חֵן), 'to stretch forth the hand' (נָתַן יָד), 'to deliver into one's power' (נָתַן בְּיַד), and 'to give up to the sword' (נָתַן לְחֶרֶב).

נָתַן

verb • Strongs / High • Page 1000

To give, put, set, lay upon, impute guilt, apply the mind, make, or treat as. In Niphal: to be given, delivered, published, set, take place, or become. In Hophal: to be given, put, poured, or suspended.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

נָתַן

verb • Page 463

1. To give (Prov. 13:10, Josh. 15:19). Phrases: מִי יִתֵּן 'who will give?' used as an expression of a wish (Ps. 55:7, Ex. 16:3, Deut. 28:67). 2. To lay, set, place (Gen. 1:17, 9:13, Ps. 119:110, Ezek. 26:8). 3. To make or do (Ex. 7:9, Gen. 17:4, Jer. 1:5, Is. 41:2). 4. To permit, allow, grant (Gen. 20:6, Ex. 3:19, Judg. 1:34, 15:1, 1 Sam. 18:2, Job 9:18, 2 Chr. 20:10). 5. To give forth, yield, or utter; e.g., a smell or sound (Cant. 1:12, Job 1:22, Ps. 81:3). 6. To hold or regard (1 K. 10:27, Gen. 42:30, 1 Sam. 1:16). Includes Niph. and Hoph. (to be given, placed, or made).

Verb Qal imperative second person masculine singular

LXX: ἔδωκεν δώσω δοῦναι δώσει ἔδωκαν

LXX Usage Statistics

H5414:

ἔδωκεν 299× (14.0%)

δώσω 178× (8.2%)

δοῦναι 93× (4.4%)

δώσει 88× (4.2%)

ἔδωκαν 77× (3.6%)

ἔδωκα 70× (3.3%)

δέδωκα 57× (2.9%)

'' 51× (2.2%)

δώσεισ 51× (2.4%)

παρέδωκεν 46× (2.1%)

לבב לֵבָב

heart

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

לבב

lêbâb

Definition

the heart (as the most interior organ);

Root

from H3823 (לבב); used also like H3820 (לב)

Exhaustive

from לבב; used also like לב; the heart (as the most interior organ); [phrase] bethink themselves, breast, comfortably, courage, ((faint), (tender-) heart(-ed), midst, mind, [idiom] unawares, understanding.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3824

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

לֵבָב

noun / masculine • Root לבב • Strongs / High • Page 763

The heart; a common variant or 'resolved form' of לֵב, with the same range of physical and metaphorical meanings.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

לֵבָב

noun masculine • Page 339

The heart. Const. לְבַב, plur. לְבָבִים.

לֵבָב

noun masculine • Root לב • Page 339

Heart; see לֵב.

Noun common both singular absolute

LXX: καρδίᾳ καρδίασ καρδίαν καρδία καρδίαισ

LXX Usage Statistics

H3824:

καρδίᾳ 64× (23.4%)

καρδίασ 48× (18.9%)

καρδίαν 47× (17.6%)

καρδία 39× (14.4%)

καρδίαισ 8× (2.6%)

διανοίᾳ 6× (2.1%)

ψυχῇ 5× (1.8%)

ψυχὴ 4× (1.5%)

'' 4× (1.5%)

αὐτῆσ 4× (1.2%)

שלם שָׁלֵם

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

שלם

shâlêm

Definition

complete (literally or figuratively); especially friendly

Root

from H7999 (שלם);

Exhaustive

from שלם; complete (literally or figuratively); especially friendly; full, just, made ready, peaceable, perfect(-ed), quiet, Shalem (by mistake for a name), whole.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H8003

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

שָׁלֵם

adjective / noun • Root שלם • Strongs / High • Page 1428

1. Well, in good health, integer, sound, safe, secure, tranquil. 2. Wholeness, health, welfare, good, success, prosperity.

שָׁלֵם

root / verb • Root שלם • Strongs / High • Page 1437

To be united or bound together in self, i. e. to be entire, opposite to חָסַר. This fundamental signification is derived from roots like שָׁלַם and לְאֹם.

שָׁלֵם

adjective • Root שלם • Strongs / High • Page 1437

Adjective. Complete, whole, full (of weight or measure); untouched, unprepared, unhewn (of stones); completed, ready; whole in number; peaceful, friendly; devoted to God, pious.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

שָׁלֵם

verb • Root שלם • Page 681

1. completed, finished (2 Chr. 8:16). 2. complete, full; e.g. a full weight (Deut. 25:15), full number of iniquity (Gen. 15:16; Am. 1:6, 9). 3. uninjured, safe, whole (Gen. 33:18; Nah. 1:12; Deut. 27:6; 1 K. 6:7). 4. at peace, friendly.

שֶׁלֶם

m. verbal • Root שלם • Page 682

A thank-offering, victima. Am. 5:22. More frequently in the plural זֶבַח שְׁלָמִים Lev. 3: 1 ff. Sometimes denotes offerings on mournful occasions, Judg. 20: 26. 21: 4.

שְׁלַם

chald. v. • Root שלם • Page 681

to complete. Part. Pe. שְׁלִים completed (Ezra 5:16). Aph. to restore, give back (Ezra 7:19).

שָׁלַם

verb • Root שלם • Page 681

1. to be completed or finished (1 K. 7:51; Neh. 6:15; Is. 60:20). 2. to live in peace or affluence, to prosper (Job 9:4; 22:21). 3. to have peace, friendship (Ps. 7:5; 2 Sam. 20:19). Pi.: to complete, finish, preserve, restore, make good, repay, or recompense (Ex. 21:37; Ps. 37:21; Jer. 16:18; Is. 57:18). Pu.: to be paid or recompensed (Ps. 65:2; Jer. 18:20; Prov. 11:31). Hiph.: to complete, execute, make an end, or make peace with a person (Job 23:14; Is. 38:12; Josh. 10:1; 11:19). Hoph.: to be at peace with any one (Job 5:23).

שְׁלָם

m. chald. n. • Page 681

Equivalent to Heb. שָׁלוֹם (shalom); prosperity, peace (Ezra 5:7; Dan. 3:31; 6:26).

שִׁלֵּם

m. verbal • Root שלם • Page 682

Recompense. Deut. 32: 35.

Adjective adjective both singular absolute

LXX: πλήρει τελεία σαλωμων ἀληθινὸν πλήρησ

LXX Usage Statistics

H8003:

πλήρει 5× (16.5%)

τελεία 3× (9.9%)

σαλωμων 3× (8.9%)

ἀληθινὸν 2× (6.6%)

πλήρησ 2× (6.6%)

לשמור לִשְׁמוֹר

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

שמר

shâmar

Definition

properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.; beward, be circumspect, take heed (to self), keep(-er, self), mark, look narrowly, observe, preserve, regard, reserve, save (self), sure, (that lay) wait (for), watch(-man).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H8104

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

שָׁמַר

verb • Root שמר • Strongs / High • Page 1452

I. (Verb) 1. To pierce, prick (of sharp points); metaphorically, to have a penetrating, sharp smell or pungent taste. 2. To be nimble or active, to act quickly, to be awake. 3. To keep, to watch (a garden, city, flock); to protect (fig., to be careful about one's speech).

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

שָׁמַר

verb • Root שמר • Page 688

1. to keep, watch, guard. 1 Sam. 26:15, Ps. 121:7. Part. שֹׁמֵר a watchman, guard, Cant. 3:3. 2. to keep, preserve, lay up. Ex. 22:6. 3. to keep or retain (anger). Amos 1:11. 4. to watch, mark, observe. 1 Sam. 1:12, Ps. 17:4. 5. to observe, keep (e.g. a covenant, commands). Gen. 17:9, 1 K. 11:10. 6. to worship, reverence. Ps. 31:7, Hos. 4:10. 7. to watch, besiege (a city). 2 Sam. 11:16. Niph. to beware of, to be guarded. Josh. 6:18, Ps. 37:28. Pi. i. q. Kal. Jon. 2:9. Hithpa. to be observed. Mic. 6:16.

Preposition, Verb Qal infinitive construct common

LXX: φυλάσσειν φυλάξεσθε φυλάσσων φυλάξῃ ἐφύλαξεν

LXX Usage Statistics

H8104:

φυλάσσειν 29× (6.0%)

φυλάξεσθε 26× (5.2%)

φυλάσσων 18× (3.3%)

φυλάξῃ 16× (3.2%)

ἐφύλαξεν 14× (2.9%)

φυλάσσοντεσ 14× (2.8%)

πρόσεχε 14× (3.1%)

φυλάξω 13× (2.6%)

φυλάξασθε 12× (2.5%)

φύλαξαι 11× (2.4%)

מצותיך מִצְוֹתיךָ

commandments of yourself

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

מצוה

mitsvâh

Definition

a command, whether human or divine (collectively, the Law)

Root

from H6680 (צוה);

Exhaustive

from צוה; a command, whether human or divine (collectively, the Law); (which was) commanded(-ment), law, ordinance, precept.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H4687

ך

Definition

your, personal posessive - noun suffix: 2nd person masculine singular

Root

Exhaustive

Personal posessive pronoun - suffix for nouns, adjectives and passive participles: 2nd person masculine singular

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H9021

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

מִצְוָה

noun feminine • Root צוה • Strongs / High • Page 894

prop. firm, appointed, hence a command, precept, prescription, law. Also used for utterance, commission, and income prescribed by law.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

מִצְוָה

f. verbal • Root צוה • Page 398

A command (2 K. 18: 36). Spoken of the commands of God (Deut. 6: 1, Lev. 4: 13).

Noun common feminine plural construct, Suffix pronominal second person masculine singular

LXX: ἐντολὰσ ἐντολάσ ἐντολῶν ἐντολὴν ἐντολήν

LXX Usage Statistics

H4687:

ἐντολὰσ 57× (31.9%)

ἐντολάσ 34× (18.8%)

ἐντολῶν 15× (8.3%)

ἐντολὴν 9× (4.8%)

ἐντολήν 8× (4.4%)

ἐντολὴ 6× (3.7%)

ἐντολαῖσ 6× (3.1%)

ἐντολαί 5× (2.8%)

--- 4× (2.7%)

ἐντολαὶ 4× (2.4%)

עדותיך עֵדְוֹתֶיךָ

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

עדות

ʻêdûwth

Definition

testimony

Root

feminine of H5707 (עד);

Exhaustive

feminine of עד; testimony; testimony, witness.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H5715

ך

Definition

your, personal posessive - noun suffix: 2nd person masculine singular

Root

Exhaustive

Personal posessive pronoun - suffix for nouns, adjectives and passive participles: 2nd person masculine singular

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H9021

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

עֵדוּת

unknown • Root עוד • Strongs / High • Page 1056

1. Law (not ornament, Kimchi); but law, put on the head of the king symbolically as a roll. 2. only in the psalm-inscriptions.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

עֵדוּת

noun feminine • Root עוד • Page 492

An ordinance, precept of God. Frequent in the plural form עֵדְוֹת (edwot).

Noun common feminine plural construct, Suffix pronominal second person masculine singular

LXX: μαρτυρίου μαρτύρια μαρτύριά μαρτυρίων μαρτύριον

LXX Usage Statistics

H5715:

μαρτυρίου 23× (37.7%)

μαρτύρια 8× (12.2%)

μαρτύριά 7× (10.9%)

μαρτυρίων 6× (9.5%)

μαρτύριον 5× (9.1%)

--- 4× (7.7%)

διαθήκησ 3× (4.9%)

μαρτυρίοισ 2× (2.7%)

וחקיך וְחֻקֶּיךָ

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

חק

chôq

Definition

an enactment; hence, an appointment (of time, space, quantity, labor or usage)

Root

from H2710 (חקק);

Exhaustive

from חקק; an enactment; hence, an appointment (of time, space, quantity, labor or usage); appointed, bound, commandment, convenient, custom, decree(-d), due, law, measure, [idiom] necessary, ordinance(-nary), portion, set time, statute, task.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H2706

ך

Definition

your, personal posessive - noun suffix: 2nd person masculine singular

Root

Exhaustive

Personal posessive pronoun - suffix for nouns, adjectives and passive participles: 2nd person masculine singular

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H9021

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

חֹק

noun masculine • Root חקק • Strongs / High • Page 521

m. 1. A thing firmly established or determined; a statute, custom, usage, law. 2. What is determined, meted out, allotted; an inheritance, due, income. 3. A bound, limit, boundary. 4. Bosom, interior.

חֹק

noun masculine • Strongs / High • Page 522

right, law; also refers to the proper name חָק.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

חֹק

noun masculine • Root חקק • Page 244

something fixed or appointed, as food (Ezek. 16:27; 45:14). Especially 1. an appointed labour, a task (Ex. 5:14; Prov. 31:15). 2. a bound, goal (Job 26:10; Prov. 8:29).

חֹק

noun masculine • Page 245

Entry continued from previous page. 3. a definite time (Job 14:13, Mic. 7:11). 4. law, custom, usage; applied to laws of nature (Job 28:26), laws of God (Deut. 4:5, 8, 14). Plur. חֻקִּים. Includes 'a declaration of Jehovah, an oracle' (Ps. 2:7).

Conjunction, Noun common masculine plural construct, Suffix pronominal second person masculine singular

LXX: δικαιώματα προστάγματα δικαιώματά νόμιμον πρόσταγμα

LXX Usage Statistics

H2706:

δικαιώματα 24× (17.3%)

προστάγματα 17× (12.6%)

δικαιώματά 16× (11.8%)

νόμιμον 14× (12.0%)

πρόσταγμα 12× (9.3%)

δικαιώμασίν 5× (3.1%)

νόμιμά 4× (3.1%)

'' 4× (3.0%)

δικαιωμάτων 3× (2.1%)

προστάγματά 3× (1.8%)

ולעשות וְלַעֲשׂוֹת

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

עשה

ʻâsâh

Definition

to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application; accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, [idiom] certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, [phrase] displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, [phrase] feast, (fight-) ing man, [phrase] finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, [phrase] hinder, hold (a feast), [idiom] indeed, [phrase] be industrious, [phrase] journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, [phrase] officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, [idiom] sacrifice, serve, set, shew, [idiom] sin, spend, [idiom] surely, take, [idiom] thoroughly, trim, [idiom] very, [phrase] vex, be (warr-) ior, work(-man), yield, use.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H6213

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

עָשָׂה

verb • Root עשה • Strongs / High • Page 755

to make for

עָשָׂה

verb • Root עשה • Strongs / High • Page 1140

1. To do, to make, to form, to construct (e.g., an ark, altar, garments); to build up, to establish, to create. 2. To acquire (by labor); to make or procure a name (fame); to make money; to bring, to make (i.e., to be of use). Also, to prepare (food, sacrifice); to offer; to appoint, constitute to an office. 3. Metaphorically, to keep, to celebrate (a feast, e.g., Sabbath, Passover); to live through or spend the time of life; to perform, to practise, observe, to consider. 4. To do, generally without an object (good or evil); to deal with, execute upon. 5. Altogether generally to act, the interpretation being drawn from the context; to act considerately or falsely.

עָשָׂה

verb • Strongs / High • Page 1141

To do, to make, to prepare, to work, to act, to perform, to effect. Also: to bring forth, to beget; to give milk; to bear fruit; to put forth shoots; to be made, created, sacrificed, executed; to be committed (a crime); to be celebrated (a festival); to happen, to become. (Includes Nif. passive, Pih. to press/squeeze, Puh. to be made/created).

עָשָׂה

verb • Strongs / High • Page 1141

(unused) intr. to be shaggy, rough, rough-haired, of men; probably also of a rough, rugged forest-mountain.

עָשָׂה

verb • Strongs / High • Page 1139

(I) tr. 1. To feel, to touch. 2. To labour = to do; to work; to create (of God); to accomplish; to execute (a vow or wrath); to make, to form, fabricari.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

עָשַׂה

ii. in kal • Page 531

to press, squeeze, (the breast.) Ezekiel 23:21. (Chald. עֲשָׁא idem.)

עָשָׂה

verb • Root עשה • Page 530

To make, do, act. Extensive entry covering various nuances: 1. to make/do (Gen. 1:7); 2. to labour (Ex. 5:9); 3. to execute or accomplish (Ps. 37:5); 4. to prepare or dress food (Gen. 18:7); 5. to make or acquire riches (Gen. 31:1); 6. to pass or spend time (Ecc. 6:12); 7. to keep one's self or abide (Ruth 2:19); 8. to produce or bear fruit (Gen. 1:11); 9. to offer or present (Ex. 10:25); 10. to appoint to an office (1 Sam. 12:6); 11. to celebrate or keep a festival (Ex. 12:48).

עָשָׂה

verb • Page 532

1. to labour, fabricari. 2. to be made smooth or polished, to be bright, to shine. Jer. 5: 28. Hithpa. to think or be mindful of any one. Jon. 1: 6.

Conjunction, Preposition, Verb Qal infinitive construct common

LXX: ἐποίησεν ποιήσεισ ἐποίησαν ποιῆσαι ποιήσω

LXX Usage Statistics

H6213a:

ἐποίησεν 538× (20.3%)

ποιήσεισ 196× (7.3%)

ἐποίησαν 191× (7.2%)

ποιῆσαι 141× (5.2%)

ποιήσω 113× (4.3%)

ποιήσει 111× (4.2%)

'' 86× (2.9%)

ἐποίησασ 82× (3.2%)

ποιεῖν 79× (2.9%)

ποιήσετε 76× (2.9%)

הכל הַכֹּל

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

כל

kôl

Definition

properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

Root

or (Jeremiah 33:8) כול; from H3634 (כלל);

Exhaustive

or (Jeremiah 33:8) כול; from כלל; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense); (in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3605

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

כֹּל

noun / masculine • Root כלל • Strongs / High • Page 695

Properly 'all, whole, totality'. 1. Used adjectivally to mean 'all' or 'the whole of', as in 'all the earth'. 2. Describes a plurality of individual persons or things, translated as 'all'.

כֹּל

substantive / adverb • Root כלל • Strongs / High • Page 696

A substantive meaning all, the whole, every, any. When used with a negative, it means none at all. It can also function as an adverb meaning wholly or altogether.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

כֹּל

chald. • Page 316

Same as Hebrew (all, every). Often appears with Makkeph as -כֹּל. References: Dan. 2:40, 4:9, 18, 25.

כֹּל

m. verbal • Root כלל • Page 315

A substantive meaning 'all', 'the whole', or 'totality'. Frequently used as an adjective (Jer. 33:8). 1. all. 2. every one.

Particle definite article, Noun common both singular absolute

LXX: πάντα πᾶσ πάντεσ πᾶν πάντασ

LXX Usage Statistics

H3605:

πάντα 921× (17.0%)

πᾶσ 451× (8.4%)

πάντεσ 441× (8.4%)

πᾶν 351× (6.5%)

πάντασ 297× (5.6%)

πᾶσαν 267× (4.9%)

πάντων 242× (4.4%)

πάσασ 230× (4.4%)

--- 227× (4.5%)

πᾶσα 214× (4.0%)

ולבנות וְלִבְנוֹת

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

בנה

bânâh

Definition

to build (literally and figuratively)

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; to build (literally and figuratively); (begin to) build(-er), obtain children, make, repair, set (up), [idiom] surely.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H1129

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

בָּנָה

verb • Root בנה • Strongs / High • Page 257

To set up, to place; 1. to build, to erect, establish, to raise (a house, palace, city, temple, etc.); to build up (what is destroyed), to rebuild; to fortify. 2. Figuratively: to establish family happiness, posterity; to set up a throne; to bestow prosperity or well-being; to establish.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

בָּנָה

verb • Page 105

1. To build, erect, or make (Gen. 8:20, 12:7; Gen. 2:22 regarding the rib). 2. To rebuild or build up what has been destroyed (Am. 9:14, Ps. 122:3). 3. Figuratively used for persons or nations, to build them up or make them prosperous (Jer. 24:6, 31:4).

בָּנָה

verb • Page 106

(Continued from previous page) 4. to raise up, or give posterity to any one (Gen. 16:2). Niph. 1. to be built, rebuilt (Deut. 13:17). 2. figuratively to be built up, to be made prosperous (Jer. 12:16, Mal. 3:15).

Conjunction, Preposition, Verb Qal infinitive construct common

LXX: ᾠκοδόμησεν οἰκοδομῆσαι ᾠκοδόμησαν οἰκοδομήσει οἰκοδομήσεισ

LXX Usage Statistics

H1129:

ᾠκοδόμησεν 94× (22.6%)

οἰκοδομῆσαι 36× (8.5%)

ᾠκοδόμησαν 26× (6.2%)

οἰκοδομήσει 16× (4.2%)

οἰκοδομήσεισ 16× (4.0%)

ᾠκοδόμησα 14× (3.5%)

οἰκοδομήσουσιν 9× (2.1%)

οἰκοδομεῖν 8× (1.9%)

οἰκοδομήσω 8× (1.9%)

--- 7× (1.8%)

הבירה הַבִּירָה

the Citadel

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

בירה

bîyrâh

Definition

a castle or palace

Root

of foreign origin;

Exhaustive

of foreign origin; a castle or palace; palace.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H1002

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

יָרָה

verb • Root ירה • Consonantal / Low • Page 646

To be terrified, afraid. Intransitive verb, same as יָרֵא.

Matched after stripping common prefixes

יָרָה

verb • Root ירה • Consonantal / Low • Page 646

A verb with multiple meanings. 1. To throw (with a sling), to shoot (arrows). 2. To lay a foundation or cornerstone, to found. Nif. (נוֹרָה): to be struck with arrows. Hif. (הוֹרָה): to cast, throw, shoot; figuratively to hurt or injure.

Matched after stripping common prefixes

יָרָה

verb • Root ירה • Consonantal / Low • Page 646

An intransitive verb. 1. To glow, to burn. 2. To shine, to glitter, to light; hence to see.

Matched after stripping common prefixes

יָרָה

verb • Root ירה • Consonantal / Low • Page 647

A verb with several meanings. Hifil: 1. to shew, to point out, i.e. to cause to see. 2. to teach, to instruct. Hofal: pass. to be moistened, quickened.

Matched after stripping common prefixes

יָרָה

verb • Root ירה • Consonantal / Low • Page 647

Transposed from רָוָה. Kal: to flow abundantly, to stream over. As a noun, the early rain. Hifil: to water, to fructify. Nif'al: to be moistened.

Matched after stripping common prefixes

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

בִּירָה

chald. • Page 96

The same as the Hebrew [birah] (meaning castle or palace). Ezra 6:2.

בִּירָה

noun feminine • Page 95

1. castle, fortress, citadel, palace (e.g., the fortress Susa, Neh. 1:1, Dan. 8:2). 2. temple, as if palace of God (1 Chr. 29:1, 19).

Particle definite article, Noun common feminine singular absolute

LXX: πόλει --- πόλιν

LXX Usage Statistics

H1002:

πόλει 5× (30.2%)

--- 3× (21.4%)

πόλιν 3× (18.1%)

אשר אֲשֶׁר־

who/which

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

אשר

ʼăsher

Definition

who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.

Root

a primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number);

Exhaustive

a primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number); who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.; [idiom] after, [idiom] alike, as (soon as), because, [idiom] every, for, [phrase] forasmuch, [phrase] from whence, [phrase] how(-soever), [idiom] if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), [idiom] though, [phrase] until, [phrase] whatsoever, when, where ([phrase] -as, -in, -of, -on, -soever, -with), which, whilst, [phrase] whither(-soever), who(-m, -soever, -se). As it is indeclinable, it is often accompanied by the personal pronoun expletively, used to show the connection.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H834

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

אֲשֶׁר

noun proper • Root אשיר אשר • Lemma_Lookup • Page 204

Proper name of a city east of Shechem, on the border of Manasseh.

אֲשֶׁר

pronoun relative • Lemma_Lookup • Page 204

Relative pronoun: who, which; forming the relative in prose.

אֲשֶׁר

relative particle • Lemma_Lookup • Page 205

A relative particle or pronoun (who, which, that). It serves to connect a following clause with a preceding noun or pronoun. It can function as the subject or object within its clause (often supplemented by a pronominal suffix). In the accusative, it acts as a subordinate conjunction expressing relations of place (where, whither), time (when), and manner (as, that). It forms various compound conjunctions with prepositions, such as עַל אֲשֶׁר (wherefore, because), בְּכֹל אֲשֶׁר (wherever), and כַּאֲשֶׁר (as).

אֲשֶׁר

pronoun relative / conjunction • Lemma_Lookup • Page 206

Relative pronoun and conjunction: that, which, where, so that, because, in order that. Used to express object and design, clauses relating to time (when), or causal relationships.

אֲשַׁר

verb • Root אשר • Lemma_Lookup • Page 212

(not used) Aram. equivalent to Hebr אֶתֶר.

אֲשֻׁר

masc. / fem. • Root אשר אשר • Lemma_Lookup • Page 204

1. A tree, commonly sherbin-cedar, larch, or box-tree. 2. A step, walk.

אֶשֶׁר

noun masculine • Root אשר • Lemma_Lookup • Page 203

Name of a tree; also the proper name of a city.

אֶשֶׁר

noun masculine / noun proper • Root אשר • Lemma_Lookup • Page 203

Happy; used as a proper name Asher (son of Jacob and the tribe named after him).

אֶשֶׁר

noun masculine • Root אשר • Lemma_Lookup • Page 204

Fortune, happiness; hence as an interjection in the construct state: hail! happy!

אָשֵׁר

verb • Lemma_Lookup • Page 203

To be connected, united (equivalent to אָסַר).

אָשַׁר

verb • Lemma_Lookup • Page 203

To go about, run about; to go, to walk, to step along.

אָשַׁר

verb • Root אשר • Lemma_Lookup • Page 203

To be united, by love, marriage, etc.; to be firm, strong, pressed together.

אָשַׁר

verb • Root ישר • Lemma_Lookup • Page 203

To be straight (even of a way); in a moral sense: to be right, honest, upright; to be prosperous, happy.

אָשַׁר

verb • Root עשר • Lemma_Lookup • Page 1143

(which see); Ar. the same, hence עָשִׁיר a spouse, an associate. Deriv. אֲשֵׁרָה, עֲשֵׁרָה, עָשִׁירָה.

אָשֻׁר

noun masculine • Root אשר • Lemma_Lookup • Page 204

Step, walk.

אֹשֶׁר

noun masculine • Lemma_Lookup • Page 204

Prosperity.

אֻשַּׁר

verb • Lemma_Lookup • Page 203

To be led, guided.

אֲשֶׁר אַחֲרֵי־כֵן

adverbial phrase • Lemma_Lookup • Page 708

After that.

אֲשַׂרְאֵל

noun proper masculine • Root אשר • Lemma_Lookup • Page 206

Proper noun, masculine. ('El is allied). Found in 1 Chr. 4, 16. Equivalent to the Phenician Osiris, an epithet of Ba'al.

אֲשַׂרְאֵלָה

noun proper masculine • Root אשר אלה • Lemma_Lookup • Page 206

Proper noun, masculine. Found in 1 Chr. 25, 2. A variant reading is יְשַׂרְאֵלָה (Jesharelah).

אֲשֵׁרָה

noun feminine • Lemma_Lookup • Page 206

Name of a Phenician goddess, sometimes identified with the Sidonian Astarte; also refers to the wooden image/pillar of the goddess standing beside the altar of Ba'al.

אָשֵׁרִי

adjective • Lemma_Lookup • Page 204

Gentile of Asher; Asherite.

אֲשְׂרִיאֵל

noun proper masculine • Lemma_Lookup • Page 207

Proper name of a man (Num. 26:31; Josh. 17:2).

אֲשֵׁרִים

noun masculine plural • Lemma_Lookup • Page 207

Male images of Baal, of wood, symbolising Baal as a generating power, and distinct from images of Ashera.

אֻשַּׁרְנָא

noun masculine (aramaic) • Root אשר • Lemma_Lookup • Page 207

A wall (Ezr. 5:3), properly a firm thing. Formed from אָשַׁר with the termination na.

אֲשֶׁר עַל־הַבַּיִת

phrase • Lemma_Lookup • Page 238

head of the palace, minister of the court

אֶת־אֲשֶׁר

relative phrase • Lemma_Lookup • Page 87

the person whom or the thing which

כַּאֲשֶׁר

conjunction • Root אשר • Lemma_Lookup • Page 669

as, when, according as, since.

תְּלַאשַּׂר

unknown • Lemma_Lookup • Page 1515

see תְּלָאשֶׁר.

תְּלָאשָׂר

noun proper • Root תל אשר • Lemma_Lookup • Page 1513

(as also תְּלַשַּׁר Is. 37, 12, also in mss. תְּלַסַּר) n. p. of a Mesopotamian province and city, inhabited by the בְּנֵי עֶדֶן, and formerly subject to Assyria Is. 37, 12; 2 Kings 19, 12. The word has arisen from תֵּל and אָשָׁר = אָשׂוּר.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

אֲשֶׁר

pronoun relative • Page 79

Relative pronoun: who, which, that. Used for both genders and numbers. Often acts as a sign of relation for other pronouns and adverbs (e.g., אֲשֶׁר-שָׁם 'where', אֲשֶׁר-מִשָּׁם 'whence').

אֲשֶׁר

adv. or conjunction • Page 80

Used as an adverb or conjunction; signifies (1.) *that, to the end that, ut*; (2.) *that, how that, quod*; (3.) *because*; (4.) *if*; (5.) *for*; (6.) *when*; (7.) *as*; (8.) *where*. References include Gen. 11:7, Deut. 4:40, Ex. 11:7, Jos. 2:10, 1 Sam. 24:19, 1 K. 8:33, Lev. 4:22, Jer. 33:22, Num. 20:13.

אֶשֶׁר

noun • Page 79

Happiness, prosperity; found only in the plural construct אַשְׁרֵי (the happinesses of). (Ps. 1:1, 2:12, 32:1, 33:12; Prov. 3:13, 8:34; Deut. 33:29).

אֶשֶׁר

noun masculine • Root אשר • Page 80

*Prosperity*. Reference: Gen. 30:13.

אָשֵׁר

m. proper name • Page 79

1. A son of Jacob, progenitor of one of the tribes of Israel. 2. A city not far from Shechem (Josh. 17:7).

אָשַׁר

verb • Root ישר • Page 79

1. To go straight, proceed (Prov. 9:6). 2. To be right, suitable, successful, or prosperous (Hab. 2:4). Pi.: To lead or guide straight (Prov. 23:19; Is. 1:17). Pu.: To be guided or pronounced happy (Ps. 41:3; Prov. 3:18).

Conjunction

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H0834a:

No stats available

הכינותיפ הֲכִינוֹתִי׃פ

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

כון

kûwn

Definition

properly, to be erect (i.e. stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix, prepare, apply), or figurative (appoint, render sure, proper or prosperous)

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; properly, to be erect (i.e. stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix, prepare, apply), or figurative (appoint, render sure, proper or prosperous); certain(-ty), confirm, direct, faithfulness, fashion, fasten, firm, be fitted, be fixed, frame, be meet, ordain, order, perfect, (make) preparation, prepare (self), provide, make provision, (be, make) ready, right, set (aright, fast, forth), be stable, (e-) stablish, stand, tarry, [idiom] very deed.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3559

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

כּוּן

verb • Root כון • Strongs / High • Page 683

Properly, to stand, stand upright, stand firm; therefore to be, to exist. Transitive: to prepare, to create.

כּוּן

verb • Root כון • Strongs / High • Page 684

To be certainly; to be ready, determined; to be conducted, managed; to prepare oneself.

כּוּן

verb • Root כון • Strongs / High • Page 684

(not used) properly, to make firm, to ground, cognate in sense to שָׁפַת; metaphorically, to spread out, to make broad, flat, of a cake.

כּוּן

verb • Root כון • Strongs / High • Page 684

(not used) to set up, erect, a pillar.

כּוּן

noun • Root כון • Strongs / High • Page 684

(properly, establishing, founding of the...)

כּוּן

noun proper • Root כון • Strongs / High • Page 685

A proper noun for a city in Aram-Zobah, along with טִבְחַת or בֶּטַח, lying on the high road toward the Euphrates. The entry discusses its possible identification with Conna or Berothai and its etymological connection to Saturn worship or the concept of 'foundation', 'firmness', or 'continuance'.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

כּוּן

verb • Page 311

Literally to stand up; not used in Kal. In Pilel כּוֹנֵן: 1. to raise up, erect; 2. to found; 3. to direct (e.g., an arrow); 4. to prepare, form, make. In Pulal כּוֹנָן: to be prepared, to be established. In Hithpalel הִתְכּוֹנֵן: 1. to be founded, established; 2. to make one's self ready. In Hiph. הֵכִין: 1. to raise up, erect, place; 2. to appoint to an office; 3. to found; 4. to direct (heart or arrow); 5. to prepare. In Niph.: to be placed upright, to stand firm; metaphorically to be becoming, right, suitable.

כּוּן

proper noun • Page 312

A Phenician city, which in the parallel passage 2 Sam. 8:9, is called בֵּרוֹתַי Berytus. Mentioned in 1 Chr. 18:8.

Verb Hiphil perfect first person common singular

LXX: ἡτοίμασεν ἡτοίμασαν '' ἕτοιμοσ ἑτοιμάσαι

LXX Usage Statistics

H3559a:

ἡτοίμασεν 19× (8.6%)

ἡτοίμασαν 11× (5.0%)

'' 6× (2.4%)

ἕτοιμοσ 5× (2.4%)

ἑτοιμάσαι 5× (2.2%)

ἡτοιμάσθη 5× (1.9%)

ἡτοίμασασ 4× (1.8%)

ἡτοίμασα 4× (1.8%)

--- 4× (1.9%)

ἑτοίμη 4× (1.9%)

RBT Translation:

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RBT Paraphrase:
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Julia Smith Literal 1876 Translation:
And to Solomon my son wilt thou give a whole heart to watch thy commands, thy testimonies, and thy laws, and to do the whole, and to build the fortress which I prepared.

LITV Translation:
and give a perfect heart to my son Solomon, to keep Your commandments, Your testimonies, and Your statutes, and to do all, even to build this magnificent house, for which I have prepared.

Brenton Septuagint Translation:
And to Solomon my son give a good heart, to perform thy commandments, and to observe thy testimonies, and thine ordinances, and to accomplish the building of thy house.