1 Samuel 11:1

Paleo Hebrew Niqqud

RBT Hebrew Interlinear:

ויעל וַיַּ֗עַל

and he is climbing up

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ו

wāw

Definition

sequential 'and'

Root

From H8505; a prefix

Exhaustive

Vav Conversive/Consecutive: The category “vav conversive / vav consecutive” is not an ancient grammatical datum; it is a modern explanatory construct, developed by early Hebraists to force Biblical Hebrew into a Latin/chronological tense model that it simply does not share.

The notion arose in early modern grammar (17th–19th c.) when scholars assumed:
- verbs must encode tense,
- narratives must advance by past → present → future,
- therefore Hebrew forms that “don’t behave” must be converted.

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.

conjunctive, Verb Qal sequential imperfect third person masculine singular

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%)

נחש נָחָשׁ

a serpent

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

נחש

Nâchâsh

Definition

Nachash, the name of two persons apparently non-Israelite

Root

the same as H5175 (נחש);

Exhaustive

the same as נחש; Nachash, the name of two persons apparently non-Israelite; Nahash.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H5176

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

נָחָשׁ

noun masculine • Root נחש • Strongs / High • Page 929

Ethiopic name (Nahas) corresponding to the Hebrew letter Nun.

נָחָשׁ

masculine noun • Strongs / High • Page 963

1. A serpent, sea-serpent, or water monster. 2. The constellation of the northern dragon (Draco). 3. A proper name of a city. 4. A masculine proper name, meaning 'oracle-giver'.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

נָחָשׁ

noun masculine • Page 438

1. a serpent. Gen. 3: 1 ff. Ex. 4: 3. 7: 15. 2. the serpent or dragon, a constellation between the greater and lesser bear. Job 26: 13. 3. proper name of a city otherwise unknown. 1 Chr. 4: 12.

Noun proper name masculine

LXX: ναασ

LXX Usage Statistics

H5176:

ναασ 9× (100.0%)

העמוני הָעַמּוֹנִי

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

עמון

ʻAmmôwn

Definition

Ammon, a son of Lot; also his posterity and their country

Root

from H5971 (עם); tribal, i.e. inbred;

Exhaustive

from עם; tribal, i.e. inbred; Ammon, a son of Lot; also his posterity and their country; Ammon, Ammonites.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H5983

עמוני

ʻAmmôwnîy

Definition

an Ammonite or (the adjective) Ammonitish

Root

patronymically from H5983 (עמון);

Exhaustive

patronymically from עמון; an Ammonite or (the adjective) Ammonitish; Ammonite(-s).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H5984

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

עַמּוֹן

noun proper • Strongs / High • Page 1104

Proper name of a son of Lot's, the ancestor of the Ammonites ('belonging to the people, a countryman').

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

עַמּוֹנִי

gent. m. • Strongs / High • Page 1104

The Ammonite (masculine gender).

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

עַמּוֹן

m. proper name • Root עם • Page 514

Ammon, a proper name for a people, the Ammonites, who dwelt northeast of the Moabites (1 Sam. 11:11; Num. 21:24).

Particle definite article, Noun gentilic both singular absolute

LXX: αμμων αμμαν αμμανίτησ αμμωνι αμμανῖται

LXX Usage Statistics

H5983:

αμμων 93× (77.3%)

αμμαν 4× (3.3%)

αμμανίτησ 4× (3.0%)

αμμωνι 4× (2.8%)

αμμανῖται 3× (2.0%)

αμμανίτιδασ 2× (1.7%)

'' 2× (1.4%)

αμμανῖτισ 2× (1.4%)

H5984:

No stats available

ויחן וַיּחַן

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ו

wāw

Definition

sequential 'and'

Root

From H8505; a prefix

Exhaustive

Vav Conversive/Consecutive: The category “vav conversive / vav consecutive” is not an ancient grammatical datum; it is a modern explanatory construct, developed by early Hebraists to force Biblical Hebrew into a Latin/chronological tense model that it simply does not share.

The notion arose in early modern grammar (17th–19th c.) when scholars assumed:
- verbs must encode tense,
- narratives must advance by past → present → future,
- therefore Hebrew forms that “don’t behave” must be converted.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

חנה

chânâh

Definition

properly, to incline; by implication, to decline (of the slanting rays of evening); specifically, to pitch atent; gen. to encamp (for abode or siege)

Root

a primitive root (compare H2603 (חנן));

Exhaustive

a primitive root (compare חנן); properly, to incline; by implication, to decline (of the slanting rays of evening); specifically, to pitch atent; gen. to encamp (for abode or siege); abide (in tents), camp, dwell, encamp, grow to an end, lie, pitch (tent), rest in tent.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H2583

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

חָנָה

verb • Root חנה • Strongs / High • Page 502

To incline, to bend.

חָנָה

verb • Root חנה • Strongs / High • Page 503

To be inclined, to sink (of the sun); to set oneself down, to encamp, to dwell, to put up, to besiege, to encamp around for defense.

חָנָה

verb • Root חנה • Strongs / High • Page 503

(not used) transitive verb, to pierce, of a weapon.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

חָנָה

verb • Page 237

1. To decline (Judg. 19:9: חֲנוֹת הַיּוֹם, the declining of the day). 2. To station one's self, to pitch one's tent, to encamp (Gen. 26:17; Ex. 13:20). 3. To encamp about any one for protection (Zech. 9:8; Ps. 34:8) or against any one (Ps. 27:3).

conjunctive, Verb Qal sequential imperfect third person masculine singular

LXX: παρενέβαλον παρενέβαλεν παρεμβαλοῦσιν παρεμβάλλουσιν παρεμβάλλοντεσ

LXX Usage Statistics

H2583:

παρενέβαλον 60× (40.6%)

παρενέβαλεν 11× (7.5%)

παρεμβαλοῦσιν 10× (7.7%)

παρεμβάλλουσιν 10× (6.8%)

παρεμβάλλοντεσ 5× (2.7%)

--- 4× (3.1%)

παρενεβάλοσαν 4× (2.6%)

περιεκάθισεν 3× (2.0%)

παρεμβαλέτωσαν 2× (1.6%)

παρεμβάλετε 2× (1.6%)

על עַל־

upon/against/yoke

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

על

ʻal

Definition

above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications

Root

properly, the same as H5920 (על) used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following);

Exhaustive

properly, the same as על used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications; above, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of, (from) (off), (up-) on, over, than, through(-out), to, touching, [idiom] with.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H5921

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

עַל

adjective / noun • Root עלה • Strongs / High • Page 1088

Highest; same as עֶלְיוֹן. This form is abridged from עָלָה and derived from עָלַי (like יַד from יָדָה I.), serving as the construct form עֲלֵי (out of עֲלַאי).

עַל

preposition / adverb • Root עלה • Strongs / High • Page 1088

A preposition: upon, over, above, super, in the widest sense. It expresses protecting, covering, resting above upon (answering to 'where'); motion toward the upper surface (answering to 'whither?'); local direction to a more distant agency; or proximity/timing ('with, at'). Used figuratively as dat. commodi and incommodi, meaning a burden or duty upon one, or with certain verbs replacing the dative case. Also expresses motion down upon or up to, sometimes interchanging with אֶל.

עַל

preposition / adverb • Strongs / High • Page 1089

Preposition or Adverb meaning upon, over, at, above (denoting physical overtopping or mental superiority/dominion); expressing addition (to, reckoned to); proximity (by, around); suitability (according to); or occasionally used concessively (though, quanquam).

עַל

preposition / particle / conjunction • Strongs / High • Page 1090

Properly, over, upon, concerning, notwithstanding, against, towards, for the sake of, on account of. Used to express position, antithesis, or distance (away from). After certain verbs, signifies giving way, removing, or fleeing. Also forms various compound particles (e.g., עַל-מָה, עַל-כֵּן, עַל אֲשֶׁר).

עַל

preposition (aramaic) • Root אלא • Strongs / High • Page 1090

Aramaic equivalent of the Hebrew עַל. Means: Upon, over, on account of, unto, against, or dative. (Used with suffixes like עָלַי, עָלֵךְ, עֲלֵיהוֹן).

עַל

noun / prepos. • Root עלה • Strongs / High • Page 1092

Derivative of עָלָה, listed as a noun and a preposition.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

עַל

substantive / adverb / adjective • Root עלה • Page 507

Strictly a substantive meaning whatever is high or uppermost (Hos. 7:16, 11:7). Used as an adverb: (1.) 'above' (Gen. 27:39, 49:25; Ps. 50:4). Used as an adjective: (2.) 'high' (2 Sam. 23:1).

Preposition

LXX: ἐπὶ ἐπ' ἐφ' τοῦτο ''

LXX Usage Statistics

H5921a:

ἐπὶ 1722× (33.1%)

ἐπ' 701× (13.4%)

ἐφ' 195× (3.7%)

τοῦτο 116× (1.9%)

'' 116× (1.9%)

περὶ 113× (2.2%)

ἀπὸ 108× (2.1%)

--- 108× (2.1%)

αὐτοὺσ 95× (1.6%)

εἰσ 93× (1.8%)

יבש יָבֵשׁ

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

יבש

Yâbêsh

Definition

Jobesh, the name of an Israelite and of a place in Palestine

Root

the same as H3002 (יבש) (also יביש; often with the addition of H1568 (גלעד), i.e. Jabesh of Gilad);

Exhaustive

the same as יבש (also יביש; often with the addition of גלעד, i.e. Jabesh of Gilad); Jobesh, the name of an Israelite and of a place in Palestine; Jobesh (-Gilead).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3003

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

יָבֵשׁ

verb • Root יבש • Strongs / High • Page 574

To be dried, withered, parched, by loss of juices and fluids of life; to dry up; to wither; to be drained or subside. Used for plants, wet objects, and figuratively.

יָבֵשׁ

adjective • Root יבש • Strongs / High • Page 574

Dry, parched, sapless; withered; dried. Figuratively: dried up, perished.

יָבֵשׁ

noun proper masculine • Root יבש • Strongs / High • Page 574

A proper name of a man, having the sense of paleness or dunness.

יָבֵשׁ

noun proper • Root יבש • Strongs / High • Page 575

The proper name of a city in Gilead, often as Jabesh-Gilead.

יָבֵשׁ

verb • Strongs / High • Page 575

A root, not used in Hebrew Kal stem. Aramaic intransitive verb with the same meaning as Hebrew יָבַשׁ (to be dry).

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

יָבֵשׁ

verb • Page 268

To be or become dry; spoken of rivers, the sea, earth, or plants. Also of paralysis or withering of the hand.

יָבֵשׁ

verb • Root בוש • Page 268

1. to make ashamed. 2. to be brought to shame, to be disappointed. 3. to become a disgrace, to perish. 4. to conduct shamefully.

יָבֵשׁ

verb • Root יבש • Page 268

1. dry. 2. proper name of a city in Gilead (Jabesh-Gilead), also called יָבֵישׁ.

יְבִישׁ

unknown • Page 267

see יָבֵשׁ

Noun proper name

LXX: ιαβισ γαλααδ γαλααδίτιδοσ t?

LXX Usage Statistics

H3003:

ιαβισ 23× (77.5%)

γαλααδ 3× (8.4%)

γαλααδίτιδοσ 3× (7.3%)

t? 2× (3.8%)

גלעד גִּלְעָד

Uncovered Witness ("Gilead")

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

גלעד

Gilʻâd

Definition

Gilad, a region East of the Jordan; also the name of three Israelites

Root

probably from H1567 (גלעד);

Exhaustive

probably from גלעד; Gilad, a region East of the Jordan; also the name of three Israelites; Gilead, Gileadite.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H1568

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

גִּלְעֵד

noun proper masculine • Root גלע • Consonantal / Medium • Page 329

strong, powerful. 1. (designation of a person) A proper name, found especially in the tribes of Manasseh and Gad. 2. (designation of a place, rocky mountain) Known as Gilead-mountain (הַר הַגִּלְעָד), a limestone mountain range east of the Jordan River.

Matched via consonantal key only

גַּלְעֵד

noun proper • Root גלעד • Consonantal / Medium • Page 330

Same as גִּלְעָד, of which it may have been a collateral form. Scripture provides a historical origin in Genesis 31:41.

Matched via consonantal key only

גִּלְעָד

noun proper • Root גלעד • Consonantal / Medium • Page 330

A region east of the Jordan, encompassing the district of the tribes Reuben, Gad, and half Manasseh, as well as Bashan. It is also used more specifically for the territory of Reuben, Gad, or both.

Matched via consonantal key only

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

גִּלְעָד

proper name • Root גלעד • Page 142

1. A son of Machir and grandson of Manasseh (Num. 26: 29). 2. A mountain (Gen. 31: 23) and province beyond Jordan; in a restricted sense, the country south of Bashan and Argob. 3. A city in the abovementioned province (Hos. 6: 8).

Noun proper name

LXX: γαλααδ ραμωθ ρεμμαθ γαλααδίτιδοσ ιαβισ

LXX Usage Statistics

H1568:

γαλααδ 110× (65.9%)

ραμωθ 8× (4.9%)

ρεμμαθ 7× (4.2%)

γαλααδίτιδοσ 7× (3.3%)

ιαβισ 6× (4.0%)

γαλααδίτησ 5× (2.8%)

γαλααδίτου 4× (2.2%)

γαλααδῖτιν 4× (2.0%)

pεἰσ 3× (2.0%)

t? 3× (1.2%)

ויאמרו וַיֹּאמְר֜וּ

and they are speaking

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ו

wāw

Definition

sequential 'and'

Root

From H8505; a prefix

Exhaustive

Vav Conversive/Consecutive: The category “vav conversive / vav consecutive” is not an ancient grammatical datum; it is a modern explanatory construct, developed by early Hebraists to force Biblical Hebrew into a Latin/chronological tense model that it simply does not share.

The notion arose in early modern grammar (17th–19th c.) when scholars assumed:
- verbs must encode tense,
- narratives must advance by past → present → future,
- therefore Hebrew forms that “don’t behave” must be converted.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

אמר

ʼâmar

Definition

to say (used with great latitude)

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude); answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [idiom] plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), [idiom] still, [idiom] suppose, talk, tell, term, [idiom] that is, [idiom] think, use (speech), utter, [idiom] verily, [idiom] yet.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H559

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

אָמַר

verb • Root אמר • Strongs_Numbers • Page 155

1. (not used) to stand prominently upwards, to project upwards, hence to be elevated. 2. to say, to speak, to command; to press out sounds from within.

אָמַר

verb • Root אמר • Strongs_Numbers • Page 755

to say, speak

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

אָמַר

verb • Root אמר • Page 58

1. to say (dico). Differs from דבר (to speak) in that אָמַר is almost uniformly followed by the words spoken (Lev. 1:2; Gen. 44:16). 2. to think. (Speaking and thinking).

אָמַר

verb • Root אמר • Page 59

To command (Est 1:17, 1 Chr 21:17); to praise (Ps 40:11). Niph.: to be said, to be called holy (Is 4:3). Hiph.: to declare solemnly, to promise (Deut 26:17, 18). Hithpa.: to boast one's self (Ps 94:4), or to exercise dominion.

conjunctive, Verb Qal sequential imperfect third person masculine plural

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H0559:

No stats available

כל כָּל־

all

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

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.

Noun common both singular construct

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%)

אנשי אַנְשֵׁי

the mortal men

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

אנוש

ʼĕnôwsh

Definition

a man in general (singly or collectively)

Root

from H605 (אנש); properly, a mortal (and thus differing from the more dignified H120 (אדם)); hence,

Exhaustive

from אנש; properly, a mortal (and thus differing from the more dignified אדם); hence,; a man in general (singly or collectively); another, [idiom] (blood-) thirsty, certain, chap(-man); divers, fellow, [idiom] in the flower of their age, husband, (certain, mortal) man, people, person, servant, some ([idiom] of them), [phrase] stranger, those, [phrase] their trade. It is often unexpressed in the English versions, especially when used in apposition with another word. Compare איש.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H582

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

אֱנוֹשׁ

noun masculine • Root אנש • Strongs_Numbers • Page 160

A poetical expression for man, collectively spoken of the human race; also denotes mortal, decaying man, or particularly low-minded, corrupt man.

אֱנוֹשׁ

noun proper • Strongs_Numbers • Page 161

Proper name of a grandson of Adam, a son of Seth; in the antediluvian tradition an original conception of the primitive man.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

אֱנוֹשׁ

m. prim. • Page 61

man, also collect. men. Found only poetically in Job, Isaiah, and the Psalms, except 2 Chr. 14:11. The prose expression is אָדָם.

Noun common masculine plural construct

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H0582:

No stats available

יביש יָבֵישׁ

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

יבש

Yâbêsh

Definition

Jobesh, the name of an Israelite and of a place in Palestine

Root

the same as H3002 (יבש) (also יביש; often with the addition of H1568 (גלעד), i.e. Jabesh of Gilad);

Exhaustive

the same as יבש (also יביש; often with the addition of גלעד, i.e. Jabesh of Gilad); Jobesh, the name of an Israelite and of a place in Palestine; Jobesh (-Gilead).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3003

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

יָבֵשׁ

verb • Root יבש • Strongs / High • Page 574

To be dried, withered, parched, by loss of juices and fluids of life; to dry up; to wither; to be drained or subside. Used for plants, wet objects, and figuratively.

יָבֵשׁ

adjective • Root יבש • Strongs / High • Page 574

Dry, parched, sapless; withered; dried. Figuratively: dried up, perished.

יָבֵשׁ

noun proper masculine • Root יבש • Strongs / High • Page 574

A proper name of a man, having the sense of paleness or dunness.

יָבֵשׁ

noun proper • Root יבש • Strongs / High • Page 575

The proper name of a city in Gilead, often as Jabesh-Gilead.

יָבֵשׁ

verb • Strongs / High • Page 575

A root, not used in Hebrew Kal stem. Aramaic intransitive verb with the same meaning as Hebrew יָבַשׁ (to be dry).

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

יָבֵשׁ

verb • Page 268

To be or become dry; spoken of rivers, the sea, earth, or plants. Also of paralysis or withering of the hand.

יָבֵשׁ

verb • Root בוש • Page 268

1. to make ashamed. 2. to be brought to shame, to be disappointed. 3. to become a disgrace, to perish. 4. to conduct shamefully.

יָבֵשׁ

verb • Root יבש • Page 268

1. dry. 2. proper name of a city in Gilead (Jabesh-Gilead), also called יָבֵישׁ.

יְבִישׁ

unknown • Page 267

see יָבֵשׁ

Noun proper name

LXX: ιαβισ γαλααδ γαλααδίτιδοσ t?

LXX Usage Statistics

H3003:

ιαβισ 23× (77.5%)

γαλααδ 3× (8.4%)

γαλααδίτιδοσ 3× (7.3%)

t? 2× (3.8%)

אל אֶל־

toward

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

אל

ʼêl

Definition

near, with or among; often in general, to

Root

(but only used in the shortened constructive form אל ); a primitive particle; properly, denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e.

Exhaustive

(but only used in the shortened constructive form אל ); a primitive particle; properly, denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e.; near, with or among; often in general, to; about, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H413

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

אֵל

pronominal stem • Strongs_Numbers • Page 127

Aramaic demonstrative pronoun, same as Hebrew II. in a variety of senses.

אֵל

noun masculine • Strongs_Numbers • Page 127

God (used in proper names like טָבְאֵל).

אֵל

noun • Strongs_Numbers • Page 127

Used as a groundform for אַלִי.

אֵל

pronoun demonstrative • Root אלה • Strongs_Numbers • Page 129

Pronominal stem abridged from 'ela, a demonstrative vocable. Demonstrative pronoun plural 'these'. A stronger form than 'ela, namely 'elle. Often found with the article הָאֵל (these).

אֵל

pronoun • Root אלה • Strongs_Numbers • Page 129

Aramaic equivalent to the Hebrew אֵל II. Found only in Ezr. 5, 15 K'ri, for which the K'tib has אֵלֶּה synonymous with the Targumic אִלֵּךְ.

אֵל

noun masculine • Root איל אול • Strongs_Numbers • Page 129

A very old Semitic name of the highest deity, which already appears in the pre-historic period: God. Stands both for the God of the Hebrews (Jehovah), gods of another nation, or idols. Also means 'strong' or 'mighty'.

אֵל

noun masculine • Strongs_Numbers • Page 130

God, Deity; applied to the true God, pagan gods, or in proper names. Also denotes strength, might, or power (e.g., in the phrase 'it is in the power of my hand').

אֵל

pronom. stem • Strongs_Numbers • Page 131

Collateral form of pronoun demonstrative אֵל (these).

אֵל

pronom. stem • Strongs_Numbers • Page 131

Construct of אֶל I. (preposition 'to', 'towards').

אֵל

abbreviation • Strongs_Numbers • Page 131

An abbreviation of God in proper names, e.g. אֶלְעָלָא, אֶלְזָבָד.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

אֶל

chald. • Page 49

Chald. idem. [to Hebrew אַל]. Dan. 2: 24.

אֶל

preposition • Page 50

Primary preposition meaning: 1. to (sign of the dative); 2. towards, even to (Num. 24:1); 3. at, on, near (1 K. 13:20); 4. about, concerning (Gen. 20:2); 5. in, into (Gen. 8:9); 6. among (1 Sam. 10:22); 7. through (Ezek. 44:7); 8. for, on account of (1 K. 14:5); 9. in combination with other prepositions implies direction.

אֵל

m. verbal / dec. i. a. • Root אול • Page 49

1. strong, mighty (Ezek. 31:11). 2. strength, power (Gen. 31:29; Prov. 3:27). 3. most frequently God, applied both to Jehovah and heathen gods (Is. 44:10).

אֵל

pronoun • Page 49

pronoun plural; i. q. אֵלֶּה [these]. Also appears in the form הָאֵל.

אֵל

chald. • Page 50

Chald. idem. Ezra 5:15 Keri.

Preposition

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H0413:

No stats available

נחש נָחָשׁ

a serpent

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

נחש

Nâchâsh

Definition

Nachash, the name of two persons apparently non-Israelite

Root

the same as H5175 (נחש);

Exhaustive

the same as נחש; Nachash, the name of two persons apparently non-Israelite; Nahash.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H5176

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

נָחָשׁ

noun masculine • Root נחש • Strongs / High • Page 929

Ethiopic name (Nahas) corresponding to the Hebrew letter Nun.

נָחָשׁ

masculine noun • Strongs / High • Page 963

1. A serpent, sea-serpent, or water monster. 2. The constellation of the northern dragon (Draco). 3. A proper name of a city. 4. A masculine proper name, meaning 'oracle-giver'.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

נָחָשׁ

noun masculine • Page 438

1. a serpent. Gen. 3: 1 ff. Ex. 4: 3. 7: 15. 2. the serpent or dragon, a constellation between the greater and lesser bear. Job 26: 13. 3. proper name of a city otherwise unknown. 1 Chr. 4: 12.

Noun proper name masculine

LXX: ναασ

LXX Usage Statistics

H5176:

ναασ 9× (100.0%)

כרת כְּרָת־

was cut off

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

כרת

kârath

Definition

to cut (off, down or asunder); by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant (i.e. make an alliance or bargain, originally by cutting flesh and passing between the pieces)

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; to cut (off, down or asunder); by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant (i.e. make an alliance or bargain, originally by cutting flesh and passing between the pieces); be chewed, be con-(feder-) ate, covenant, cut (down, off), destroy, fail, feller, be freed, hew (down), make a league (covenant), [idiom] lose, perish, [idiom] utterly, [idiom] want.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3772

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

כָּרַת

verb • Root כרת • Strongs / High • Page 742

To cut off, to hew, to fell; to cut up; to destroy or root out. A very common expression is 'כָּרַת בְּרִית' (karath berith) meaning 'to make a covenant', literally to slaughter an animal at the making of a covenant.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

אֶל

chald. • Page 49

Chald. idem. [to Hebrew אַל]. Dan. 2: 24.

אֶל

preposition • Page 50

Primary preposition meaning: 1. to (sign of the dative); 2. towards, even to (Num. 24:1); 3. at, on, near (1 K. 13:20); 4. about, concerning (Gen. 20:2); 5. in, into (Gen. 8:9); 6. among (1 Sam. 10:22); 7. through (Ezek. 44:7); 8. for, on account of (1 K. 14:5); 9. in combination with other prepositions implies direction.

Verb Qal imperative second person masculine singular

LXX: διέθετο ἐξολεθρεύσω ἐξολεθρευθήσεται διαθήσομαι ἀπολῶ

LXX Usage Statistics

H3772:

διέθετο 28× (9.9%)

ἐξολεθρεύσω 18× (6.1%)

ἐξολεθρευθήσεται 16× (5.9%)

διαθήσομαι 11× (3.7%)

ἀπολῶ 8× (2.5%)

ἐξολεθρευθήσονται 7× (2.6%)

'' 7× (2.1%)

ἐξολεθρεῦσαι 7× (2.2%)

ἐξαρῶ 7× (2.2%)

διεθέμην 6× (2.2%)

לנו לָנוּ

to ourselves

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

נו

Definition

us, personal pronoun - verb/prep. 1st person common plural

Root

Exhaustive

Personal object pronoun - suffix for propositions and verbs without an object: 1st person plural

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H9035

Preposition -For/Into Art, Suffix pronominal first person both plural

ברית בְרית

alliance

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ברית

bᵉrîyth

Definition

a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh)

Root

from H1262 (ברה) (in the sense of cutting (like H1254 (ברא)));

Exhaustive

from ברה (in the sense of cutting (like ברא)); a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh); confederacy, (con-) feder(-ate), covenant, league.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H1285

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

בְּרִית

noun feminine • Consonantal / Medium • Page 278

Covenant, league (prop. cutting in pieces of the sacrificial animal).

Matched via consonantal key only

בֹּרִית

noun feminine • Root ברר • Consonantal / Medium • Page 278

Lye, vegetable kali, a material for cleansing; salt of lye from soap plants.

Matched via consonantal key only

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

בְּרִית

f. dec. i. • Root ברה • Page 116

covenant, league, compact. Often denotes the person with whom the covenant is made (Lev. 26:45). In some contexts equivalent to law, such as 'the law chest' or 'ark of the covenant' (Josh. 3:6) and 'book of the law' (Ex. 24:7). Referenced in 1 Chr. 7:23, Deut. 4:31, and Mal. 3:2.

בֹּרִית

noun feminine • Root ברר • Page 116

alkali, lie, lixivium; especially vegetable alkali procured from the ashes of alkaline plants used by ancients for cleansing and washing clothes. As to its form, it is probably a denom. from בָּרַר (purification). Referenced in Jer. 2:22 and Mal. 3:2.

Noun common both singular absolute

LXX: διαθήκην διαθήκησ διαθήκη '' διαθήκῃ

LXX Usage Statistics

H1285:

διαθήκην 155× (53.9%)

διαθήκησ 80× (27.7%)

διαθήκη 18× (6.0%)

'' 10× (3.2%)

διαθήκῃ 9× (2.6%)

--- 7× (2.7%)

ונעבדך וְנַעַבְדֶךָּ׃

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

עבד

ʻâbad

Definition

to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.; [idiom] be, keep in bondage, be bondmen, bond-service, compel, do, dress, ear, execute, [phrase] husbandman, keep, labour(-ing man, bring to pass, (cause to, make to) serve(-ing, self), (be, become) servant(-s), do (use) service, till(-er), transgress (from margin), (set a) work, be wrought, worshipper,

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H5647

ך

Definition

you, personal pronoun - verb/prep. 2nd person masculine singular

Root

Exhaustive

Personal object pronoun - suffix for propositions and verbs without an object: 2nd person masculine singular

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H9031

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

עָבַד

verb / intrans. • Root עבד • Strongs / High • Page 1042

Properly, to cut, to split, a field, hence to furrow, to plough. Developed sense: to plough, to till, to work the ground (transitive and intransitive).

עָבַד

verb qal • Root עבד • Strongs / High • Page 1043

To work, labour, perform work, to cultivate (a field or vineyard), to inhabit or build, to work a material (like cloth/linen). Also, to perform heavy work as a slave or servant, hence to serve (in this sense), or metaphorically, to be subdued and subject; also, figuratively, to worship, to serve (God or idols).

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

עָבַד

verb • Page 485

1. To labour (Ex. 20:9, Deut. 5:13, Ecc. 5:11). 2. To labour upon, to cultivate (Gen. 2:5, 4:2; Deut. 28:39; Is. 19:9; Ezek. 48:18). 3. To labour for another, to serve (Gen. 27:40, 29:15; 1 Sam. 4:9). 4. Construed with בְּ, to impose labour.

עָבַד

verb • Root עבד • Page 486

To serve, worship (Jehovah or idols); to offer or present (to God). Passives include being laboured, cultivated, or served. Causative (Hiph.) forms include causing to work, making tributary, or wearying out. Refs: Lev. 25:39, Gen. 15:13, Ex. 3:12, Is. 19:21, Ezek. 36:9, Is. 43:23.

Conjunction, Verb Qal first person common plural, Suffix pronominal second person masculine singular

LXX: αὐτοῖσ ἐδούλευσαν ἐδούλευσεν δουλεύειν ἐλάτρευσαν

LXX Usage Statistics

H5647:

αὐτοῖσ 19× (4.6%)

ἐδούλευσαν 13× (3.8%)

ἐδούλευσεν 12× (3.5%)

δουλεύειν 12× (3.4%)

ἐλάτρευσαν 11× (3.2%)

'' 10× (2.8%)

λατρεύειν 9× (2.8%)

ἐργάζεσθαι 8× (2.6%)

ἐργᾷ 7× (2.3%)

δουλεύσει 7× (2.3%)

RBT Translation:

No verse found

RBT Paraphrase:
No verse found

Julia Smith Literal 1876 Translation:
And Nahash the Ammonite will come up and encamp against Jabesh-Gilead: and all the men of Jabesh will say to Nahash, Cut out to us a covenant, and we will serve thee.

LITV Translation:
And Nahash the Ammonite went up and camped against Jabesh-gilead. And all the men of Jabesh said to Nahash, Cut a covenant for us, and we will serve you.

Brenton Septuagint Translation:
And it came to pass about a month after this, that Nahash the Ammonite went up, and encamped against Jabesh-gilead: and all the men of Jabesh said to Nahash the Ammonite, Make a covenant with us, and we will serve thee.