1 Chronicles 8:22

Paleo Hebrew Niqqud

RBT Hebrew Interlinear:

וישפן וְיִשְׁפָּן

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

ישפן

Yishpân

Definition

Jishpan, an Israelite

Root

probably from the same as H8227 (שפן); he will hide;

Exhaustive

probably from the same as שפן; he will hide; Jishpan, an Israelite; Ishpan.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3473

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

יִשְׁפָּן

proper noun / masculine • Root ישף • Strongs / High • Page 660

Proper name, meaning 'a firm, strong one'.

Conjunction, Noun proper name masculine

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H3473:

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ועבר וָעֵבֶר

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

עבר

ʻÊbêr

Definition

Eber, the name of two patriarchs and four Israelites

Root

the same as H5676 (עבר);

Exhaustive

the same as עבר; Eber, the name of two patriarchs and four Israelites; Eber, Heber.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H5677

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

עֲבַר

noun masculine • Root עבר • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1049

Aram. m. same as Hebr. עֵבֶר bank-district, coast-district; hence עֲבַר נַהֲרָא the western bank-district of the Euphrates.

Matched via consonantal key only

עִבֵּר

verb piel • Root עבר • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1048

To make go through, i.e., to bolt, to close.

Matched via consonantal key only

עִבֵּר

verb piel • Root עבר • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1048

To fructify, to impregnate, to cover (under the sense of 'veiling' or 'encompassing'). In Aramaic: to be pregnant, fruitful.

Matched via consonantal key only

עֵבֶר

aram. (aramaic) • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1049

Aram. same as Hebr. עֶבֶר I (bank, margin).

Matched via consonantal key only

עֵבֶר

aram. (aramaic) • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1049

Aram. same as Hebr. עֶבֶר II (side, flank).

Matched via consonantal key only

עֵבֶר

noun / noun proper • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1050

Side, edge, region beyond or across. Used geographically, especially referring to the East Jordan-land (Transjordan) and is the source of the appellation 'Hebrew'.

Matched via consonantal key only

עֶבֶר

noun masculine / preposition / noun proper • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1049

1. A bank, a margin, bank-land, river-land, or side/flank. 2. A preposition meaning on this side, over, or beyond. 3. Proper name (n. p.), Heber, progenitor of a Chaldean Semitic race (related to the ethnic group 'Hebrews').

Matched via consonantal key only

עָבַר

verb • Root עבר • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1046

I. Intransitive: properly to go over a standing place or resting point, to step beyond, to rove beyond, to go beyond. Hence to pass over (river, land, thing), to go through, to emigrate, to cross, to step over, to tread over. Figuratively: to transgress.

Matched via consonantal key only

עָבַר

verb • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1047

To pass, to go over, to cross, to go through, to penetrate; to go beyond, past (accus.); to be current (of money); to pass by; to go before; to travel; to pass away, to disappear (of times/things); to go over (to forgive); to go farther, to pass on/forward; to come through/under; to depart from (a commandment); to enter into (a covenant); to run into (danger); to follow; to come upon (assail, invade); to overflow, to inundate, to overwhelm; to transgress, to exceed; to flow out, to drop (in tears/liquids).

Matched via consonantal key only

עָבַר

verb • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1048

To pass over, through, or away; to cross. Metaphorically: to be agitated (of a stream); to be puffed up, haughty, overbearing, provoked, irritated.

Matched via consonantal key only

עָבַר

verb • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1048

II. Properly, to veil, to cover, to enwrap (Kal not used). Metaphorically: to copulate, to impregnate; intransitive: to be fructified (of corn/fruit); to be pregnant (of a woman).

Matched via consonantal key only

Conjunction, Noun proper name masculine

LXX: εβερ ωβηδ ''

LXX Usage Statistics

H5677:

εβερ 8× (50.0%)

ωβηδ 3× (18.6%)

'' 2× (11.7%)

ואליאל וֶאֱלִיאֵל׃

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

אליאל

ʼĔlîyʼêl

Definition

Eliel, the name of nine Israelites

Root

from H410 (אל) repeated; God of (his) God;

Exhaustive

from אל repeated; God of (his) God; Eliel, the name of nine Israelites; Eliel.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H447

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

אֱלִיאֵל

noun proper masculine • Strongs_Numbers • Page 138

Proper name masculine, 'El is God'.

Conjunction, Noun proper name masculine

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H0447:

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RBT Translation:

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RBT Paraphrase:
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Julia Smith Literal 1876 Translation:
And Ishpan and Eber and Eliel,

LITV Translation:
and Ishpan, and Eber, and Eliel,

Brenton Septuagint Translation:
and Ishpan, and Eber, and Eliel,