1 Samuel 17:4

Paleo Hebrew Niqqud

RBT Hebrew Interlinear:

ויצא וַיֵּצֵא

and he is going out

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

יצא

yâtsâʼ

Definition

to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.; [idiom] after, appear, [idiom] assuredly, bear out, [idiom] begotten, break out, bring forth (out, up), carry out, come (abroad, out, thereat, without), [phrase] be condemned, depart(-ing, -ure), draw forth, in the end, escape, exact, fail, fall (out), fetch forth (out), get away (forth, hence, out), (able to, cause to, let) go abroad (forth, on, out), going out, grow, have forth (out), issue out, lay (lie) out, lead out, pluck out, proceed, pull out, put away, be risen, [idiom] scarce, send with commandment, shoot forth, spread, spring out, stand out, [idiom] still, [idiom] surely, take forth (out), at any time, [idiom] to (and fro), utter.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3318

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

יָצָא

verb • Root יצא • Strongs / High • Page 631

intransitive verb, 1. expressing self-activity, to go out, to go forth.

יָצָא

verb • Root יצא • Strongs / High • Page 632

To go out, go forth, come out, proceed. It has a wide range of applications including to walk, to go to war, to travel, to be freed, to be born, to sprout, to arise, to appear, to escape, to be published or issued.

יָצָא

verb • Root יצא • Strongs / High • Page 929

A root that interchanges with נָצָה, showing y/n interchange.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

יָצָא

verb • Page 292

To go out, to go forth. Gen. 44:4, Amos 4:3. Special meanings: (1) to arise (sun/stars) Gen. 19:23; (2) to spring up (plants) Job 5:6; (3) to be begotten or descended from Gen. 17:6; (4) to expire, be finished (time) Ex. 23:16; (5) to become free Ex. 21:2; (6) to be laid out or expended (money) 2 K. 12:13; (7) to escape Ecc. 7:18.

conjunctive, Verb Qal sequential imperfect third person masculine singular

LXX: ἐξῆλθεν ἐξελεύσεται ἐξῆλθον ἐξήγαγεν ''

LXX Usage Statistics

H3318:

ἐξῆλθεν 178× (15.7%)

ἐξελεύσεται 78× (7.2%)

ἐξῆλθον 39× (3.4%)

ἐξήγαγεν 39× (3.5%)

'' 25× (2.1%)

ἐξελθεῖν 23× (1.9%)

αὐτοὺσ 23× (1.6%)

ἐξελεύσονται 22× (2.0%)

ἐκπορευόμενοσ 21× (1.7%)

ἐξήγαγον 19× (1.7%)

איש אִישׁ־

a man/each one

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

איש

ʼîysh

Definition

a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)

Root

contracted for H582 (אנוש) (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant);

Exhaustive

contracted for אנוש (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant); a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation); also, another, any (man), a certain, [phrase] champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), [phrase] none, one, people, person, [phrase] steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare אשה.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H376

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

אִישׁ

noun masculine • Root אש • Strongs_Numbers • Page 117

1. a man, prop. strong; generally a man with relation to strength, courage and valour; a husband; with reference to sex, male, masculine (applied to men and beasts).

אִישׁ

noun masculine • Root אנש • Strongs_Numbers • Page 119

Used distributively as 'any one', 'each', 'every one'; used reciprocally as 'one another' (lit. a man to his brother); also used to express an antithetic or additional member.

אִישׁ

noun masculine • Root אנש • Strongs_Numbers • Page 929

Man. Example of a word where Nun is absorbed, from an older form אִנְשׁ.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

אִישׁ

m. prim. irreg. • Root אנש אנוש • Page 46

1. man, i. q. Lat. vir; used collectively; often in apposition before other substantives (e.g., אִישׁ סָרִיס an eunuch, Jer. 38:7). Used as a designation of sex, even in animals (Gen. 7:2); hence a husband (Gen. 3:16). 2. joined with substantives to denote a possessor of a quality (e.g., אִישׁ אָוֶן a wicked wretch). 3. followed by אָח or רֵעַ, 'the one... the other'. 4. any one, some one (Ex. 16:29). 5. every one (Ex. 16:29). 6. used impersonally like French 'on' or German 'man' (1 Sam. 9:9).

Noun common both singular construct

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H0376:

No stats available

הבנים הַבֵּנַיִם

the Sons

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

בנים

bênayim

Definition

a double interval, i.e. the space between two armies

Root

dual of H996 (בין);

Exhaustive

dual of בין; a double interval, i.e. the space between two armies; [phrase] champion.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H1143

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

נ

letter • Consonantal / Low • Page 930

The fourteenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet, Nûn. The lexicon describes its various morphological functions, including its role as a formative prefix and postfix in nouns and verbs, its interchangeability with other letters, and its use in various word endings such as -an, -ôn, and -en.

Matched via prefix/suffix stripped stem

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

הָבְנִים

masc. plur. • Page 179

Ebony. Found only in Ezek. 27:15. Comp. Symmachus and Jerome, Bocharti Hieroz. T. II. p. 141.

Particle definite article, Noun common both dual absolute

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H1143:

No stats available

ממחנות מִמַּחֲנוֹת

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

מ

mi / min

Definition

from

Root

Abbreviated from H4480

Exhaustive

(mem) — from / out of

Core value: emergence, separation, derivation
מ does not merely indicate origin in time (“after”). It marks boundary-crossing:
- source,
- differentiation,
- contrast,
- extraction.
Aonically, מ indicates transition between states.
not “after X” but “out from within X.”
This is why מ can signal both cause and contrast: both involve standing on the far side of a boundary.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

מחנה

machăneh

Definition

an encampment (of travellers or troops); hence, an army, whether literal (of soldiers) or figurative (of dancers, angels, cattle, locusts, stars; or even the sacred courts)

Root

from H2583 (חנה);

Exhaustive

from חנה; an encampment (of travellers or troops); hence, an army, whether literal (of soldiers) or figurative (of dancers, angels, cattle, locusts, stars; or even the sacred courts); army, band, battle, camp, company, drove, host, tents.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H4264

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

מַחֲנֶה

noun masculine • Root חנה • Strongs / High • Page 837

1. A place where persons encamp, an encampment, a military camp, a camp of nomads. 2. What encamps: an army, a host, a line of warriors or non-warriors, of locusts; a division. 3. Used in the proper name מַחֲנֵה־דָן (Dan's camp).

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

מַחֲנֶה

noun masculine • Root חנה • Page 369

1. An encampment of an army or nomadic tribe (Gen. 32:8; Ex. 16:13). 2. A host, army, or company of men (Ex. 14:24; Gen. 50:9; Joel 2:11). Dual: מַחֲנַיִם. Plur: מַחֲנוֹת.

Prep-M, Noun common feminine plural construct

LXX: παρεμβολῆσ παρεμβολὴν παρεμβολῇ παρεμβολήν παρεμβολὴ

LXX Usage Statistics

H4264:

παρεμβολῆσ 74× (35.6%)

παρεμβολὴν 30× (14.2%)

παρεμβολῇ 28× (11.6%)

παρεμβολήν 17× (7.9%)

παρεμβολὴ 14× (6.2%)

παρεμβολὰσ 6× (2.9%)

'' 5× (2.4%)

παρεμβολῶν 5× (2.4%)

--- 4× (2.2%)

παρεμβολάσ 3× (1.6%)

פלשתים פְּלִשְׁתִּים

dual wallowers

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

פלשת

Pᵉlesheth

Definition

Pelesheth, a region of Syria

Root

from H6428 (פלש); rolling, i.e. migratory;

Exhaustive

from פלש; rolling, i.e. migratory; Pelesheth, a region of Syria; Palestina, Palestine, Philistia, Philistines.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H6429

פלשתי

Pᵉlishtîy

Definition

a Pelishtite or inhabitant of Pelesheth

Root

patrial from H6429 (פלשת);

Exhaustive

patrial from פלשת; a Pelishtite or inhabitant of Pelesheth; Philistine.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H6430

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

פְּלַשְׁתִּים

noun proper • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1175

the Philistine Sea, i. e. the Mediterranean (Ex. 23, 31).

Matched via consonantal key only

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

פְּלֶשֶׁת

f. proper name • Page 545

Philistia, the proper name of a country in the southwestern part of Palestine. References: Gen. 10:14, Ex. 15:14, Is. 14:28.

Noun gentilic masculine plural absolute

LXX: ἀλλοφύλων ἀλλόφυλοι ἀλλοφύλουσ '' φυλιστιιμ

LXX Usage Statistics

H6429:

ἀλλοφύλων 118× (41.1%)

ἀλλόφυλοι 73× (24.7%)

ἀλλοφύλουσ 27× (8.7%)

'' 17× (5.6%)

φυλιστιιμ 11× (3.9%)

ἀλλοφύλοισ 10× (2.7%)

ἀλλόφυλοσ 9× (2.9%)

ἀλλόφυλον 7× (2.3%)

ἀλλόφυλοι 6× (2.2%)

ἀλλοφύλου 6× (2.0%)

H6430:

No stats available

גלית גָּלְיָת

Rolled Heap ("Goliath")

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

גלית

Golyath

Definition

Goljath, a Philistine

Root

perhaps from H1540 (גלה); exile;

Exhaustive

perhaps from גלה; exile; Goljath, a Philistine; Goliath.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H1555

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

גָּלְיָת

noun proper • Consonantal / Medium • Page 327

A proper name of a Philistine giant. The name is likely of Philistine origin, possibly meaning soothsayer or sorcerer.

Matched via consonantal key only

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

גָּלְיָת

proper name • Page 141

Proper name of a Philistine giant, well known for his combat with David (1 Sam. 17:4, 21:10, 22:10). Mentioned as being slain by Elhanan in 2 Sam. 21:19, though 1 Chr. 20:5 clarifies the account.

Noun proper name masculine

LXX: γολιαθ

LXX Usage Statistics

H1555:

γολιαθ 4× (67.5%)

שמו שְׁמוֹ

his name

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

שם

shêm

Definition

an appellation, as amark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character

Root

a primitive word (perhaps rather from through the idea of definite and conspicuous position; compare H8064 (שמים));

Exhaustive

a primitive word (perhaps rather from through the idea of definite and conspicuous position; compare שמים); an appellation, as amark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character; [phrase] base, (in-) fame(-ous), named(-d), renown, report.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H8034

הו

Definition

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

Root

Exhaustive

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

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H9023

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

שֵׁם

noun masculine • Strongs / High • Page 1442

A sign, a memorial, a token, a mark, and therefore a name. (Includes usage regarding calling or inscribing a name).

שֵׁם

noun masculine • Strongs / High • Page 1442

Metaphor: The internal essence as outwardly revealed and known as operative; hence of God (the Divine Essence, Presence, Protection, or Power).

שֵׁם

noun masculine • Strongs / High • Page 1442

Fame, renown, fama, an honourable name. Also used to denote a good name, sweet scent (assonance), bad reputation, or posterity (name after death).

שֵׁם

noun proper • Strongs / High • Page 1442

Proper noun: The oldest son of Noah (Gen. 5, 32), progenitor of the Semites.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

שֵׁם

m. constr. • Page 683

1. a name; a celebrated name, celebrity, renown. Gen. 6: 4, Num. 16: 2. 2. a rumour, report. Deut. 22: 14. 3. the name of Jehovah, particularly his praise or glory. Ps. 79: 9, Is. 48: 9.

שָׁם

adverb • Page 683

1. there. 2. thither (i.q. שָׁמָּה). 3. then (spoken of time). 4. thither/whither (with paragagic ה). Gen. 13: 3, 1 Sam. 2: 14, Ps. 14: 5, Gen. 19: 20.

שֻׁם

m. chald. • Page 684

A name. References: Dan. 4:5 [4:8]; Ezra 5:1. With suffix שֻׁמֵּהּ (from שֵׁם) Dan. 2:20, 26; 4:5 [4:8]; 5:12. Ezra 5:14: 'and they were given to Sheshbazzar, as his name was'.

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

LXX: ὄνομα ὄνομά ὀνόματι ὀνόματί ὀνόματα

LXX Usage Statistics

H8034:

ὄνομα 400× (45.4%)

ὄνομά 128× (14.3%)

ὀνόματι 86× (9.2%)

ὀνόματί 62× (6.4%)

ὀνόματα 50× (5.6%)

ὀνομάτων 22× (2.8%)

ὀνόματοσ 17× (1.8%)

ὀνόματόσ 15× (1.6%)

'' 15× (1.7%)

αὐτῆσ 10× (0.9%)

מגת מִגַּת

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

מ

mi / min

Definition

from

Root

Abbreviated from H4480

Exhaustive

(mem) — from / out of

Core value: emergence, separation, derivation
מ does not merely indicate origin in time (“after”). It marks boundary-crossing:
- source,
- differentiation,
- contrast,
- extraction.
Aonically, מ indicates transition between states.
not “after X” but “out from within X.”
This is why מ can signal both cause and contrast: both involve standing on the far side of a boundary.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

גת

Gath

Definition

Gath, a Philistine city

Root

the same as H1660 (גת);

Exhaustive

the same as גת; Gath, a Philistine city; Gath.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H1661

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

גַּת

noun proper • Root גנן • Consonantal / Medium • Page 344

A Philistine chief city, the principal of the five princely cities, and the birthplace of Goliath.

Matched via consonantal key only

גַּת

noun feminine • Root נגת • Consonantal / Medium • Page 344

A tub, hole, case, hence a wine-press; rarely a place where wheat was threshed.

Matched via consonantal key only

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

גַּת

noun feminine • Root גנן • Page 150

1. wine press, or rather the trough in which the grapes were trodden. Joel 4:13, Neh. 13:15, Lam. 1:15. 2. proper name of one of the five princely cities of the Philistines, the birth-place of Goliath. Josh. 13:3, 1 Sam. 6:17.

Prep-M, Noun proper name

LXX: γεθ t? pεἰσ γεθθαίου γεθθαῖον

LXX Usage Statistics

H1661:

γεθ 30× (59.1%)

t? 5× (7.8%)

pεἰσ 4× (9.0%)

γεθθαίου 4× (7.6%)

γεθθαῖον 2× (3.8%)

גבהו גָּבְה֕וֹ

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

גבה

gôbahh

Definition

elation, grandeur, arrogance

Root

from H1361 (גבה);

Exhaustive

from גבה; elation, grandeur, arrogance; excellency, haughty, height, high, loftiness, pride.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H1363

הו

Definition

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

Root

Exhaustive

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

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H9023

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

גָּבַהּ

verb • Root גבה • Consonantal / Medium • Page 294

To rise to a height, to shoot up high, to be high; to overtop. Figuratively, to be elevated, renowned; or in a bad sense, to be high-minded, proud, haughty, arrogant.

Matched via consonantal key only

גֹּבַהּ

noun / masculine • Root גבה • Consonantal / Medium • Page 294

1. Height, of cedars, stature, trees, heaven. 2. Figuratively, height, elevation, majesty; or in a bad sense, haughtiness, pride, arrogance.

Matched via consonantal key only

גָּבָה

verb / transitive • Root גבא • Consonantal / Medium • Page 294

(Not used) Transitive verb with the same meaning as גָּבָא: to collect, gather in, as applied to collecting tribute.

Matched via consonantal key only

גָּבֹהַּ

adjective / masculine • Root גבה • Consonantal / Medium • Page 294

1. High, of stature, tower, mountain, etc. 2. Haughty, proud, arrogant. Also used as a substantive meaning a high place, a hill, or a mountain.

Matched via consonantal key only

גַּבָּה

noun / feminine • Root גבב • Consonantal / Medium • Page 294

1. The arch of the eye, the black of the eye. 2. A felloe (of a wheel). 3. A hill.

Matched via consonantal key only

גַּבָּה

noun • Consonantal / Medium • Page 294

A ground-form to the proper name גַּבְהֵן.

Matched via consonantal key only

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

גָּבַהּ

verb • Page 177

To be high.

גֹּבַהּ

noun masculine • Root גבה • Page 125

1. height. Job 22:12. 2. exaltation, majesty. Job 40:10. 3. arrogance. Jer. 48: 29. also with the addition of אַף Ps. 10: 4, of לֵב 2 Chr. 32:26, of רוּחַ Prov. 16: 18.

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

LXX: ὕψοσ

LXX Usage Statistics

H1363:

ὕψοσ 6× (37.4%)

שש שֵׁשׁ

six

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

שש

shêsh

Definition

six (as an overplus beyond five or the fingers of the hand); as ord. sixth

Root

masculine ששה; a primitive number; compare H7797 (שוש)

Exhaustive

masculine ששה; a primitive number; compare שוש; six (as an overplus beyond five or the fingers of the hand); as ord. sixth; six(-teen, -teenth), sixth.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H8337

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

שֵׁשׁ

numeral • Strongs / High • Page 1041

Six (Comparative example for interchange with Ayin, corresponding to 'sex' in context)

שֵׁשׁ

numeral • Root שש • Strongs / High • Page 1488

(Numeral) Six. Includes feminine form (שִׁשָׁה), construct form (שֵׁשֶׁת), and denotes sixty (שִׁשִּׁים).

שֵׁשׁ

numeral • Strongs / High • Page 1489

six (numeral).

שֵׁשׁ

noun masculine • Root שוש • Strongs / High • Page 1489

1. white marble, for pillars. 2. fine white linen, Egyptian byssus or cotton, used for priestly garments.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

שֵׁשׁ

m. 1. • Root שוש • Page 702

1. white marble. Est. 1: 6. Cant. 5: 15. elsewhere שַׁיִשׁ. 2. byssus, fine white Egyptian cotton, also cloth made of it. Gen. 41: 42. Ex. 26: 1. 27: 9, 18. 28: 39. Prov. 31: 22. The later name is בּוּץ q. v. Under each of them linen is sometimes included.

שֵׁשׁ

f. and שִׁשָּׁה / const. שֵׁשֶׁת / m. • Root שדש • Page 702

six, a contraction of שֶׁדֶשׁ (like לֶדֶת by contraction מִלֶּדֶת, to bring forth.) Plur. שִׁשִׁים com. gen. sixty.

Noun common both singular absolute

LXX: ἓξ ἑξακόσιοι δέκα ἑξακόσια ''

LXX Usage Statistics

H8337:

ἓξ 45× (21.8%)

ἑξακόσιοι 36× (16.3%)

δέκα 10× (4.2%)

ἑξακόσια 8× (3.9%)

'' 7× (2.9%)

τριάκοντα 7× (2.8%)

ἑκκαίδεκα 7× (3.2%)

πεντήκοντα 7× (2.7%)

εἴκοσι 6× (2.6%)

ἑξήκοντα 6× (2.3%)

אמות אַמּוֹת

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

אמה

ʼammâh

Definition

properly, a mother (i.e. unit of measure, or the fore-arm (below the elbow), i.e. a cubit; also a door-base (as a bond of the entrance)

Root

prolonged from H517 (אם);

Exhaustive

prolonged from אם; properly, a mother (i.e. unit of measure, or the fore-arm (below the elbow), i.e. a cubit; also a door-base (as a bond of the entrance); cubit, [phrase] hundred (by exchange for מאה), measure, post.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H520

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

אֲמָה

noun feminine • Lemma_Lookup • Page 150

Perhaps the singular of אֲמָהוֹת (maid-servants/handmaids); see אָמִים.

אַמָּה

noun feminine • Root אמם • Lemma_Lookup • Page 149

1. Mother-city, metropolis (tantamount to אֵם). 2. Fore-arm, prop. joint of the hand, elbow-joint; hence ell, cubit (measure).

אָמָה

verb • Lemma_Lookup • Page 149

(not used) An assumed stem meaning to bind, tie together, spoken of family association.

אָמָה

noun feminine • Lemma_Lookup • Page 149

1. A maidservant, handmaid, female slave; properly the one that belongs to the family. 2. Secondary wife, concubine. 3. Figuratively as an expression of humility.

אָמָּה

adverb • Lemma_Lookup • Page 929

Example of a word where Nun is absorbed, from an older form אַנְמְנָה.

אֻמָּה

noun feminine • Lemma_Lookup • Page 150

Equivalent to אֵם mother.

אֻמָּה

noun feminine • Root אמם • Lemma_Lookup • Page 150

A tribe, race, spoken of smaller communities of people.

אֻמָּה

noun feminine • Lemma_Lookup • Page 150

Tantamount to the Hebrew אֻמָּה (tribe, people, nation). It is distinguished from עַם which means the whole people, and לִשָּׁן which expresses the idea of one language.

גִּבְעַת אַמָּה

noun proper • Lemma_Lookup • Page 150

Proper name of a hill; Ammah.

גִּבְעַת הָאַמָּה

noun proper • Root גבע • Lemma_Lookup • Page 299

(hill of the waterfall) A proper name of a hill.

רָאמָה

noun feminine • Lemma_Lookup • Page 1309

Pearl or coral. Also n. p. f.

רָאֲמָה

noun feminine • Root ראם • Lemma_Lookup • Page 1310

1. (From RÂ'AM I.) Fig. something high, unreachable, commonly a height, hill; hence, the name of several cities/places (Râ'mâh, Râmôth, Râ'math Negev). 2. (From RÂ'AM III.) red coral.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

אַמָּה

f. dec. x. • Root אם • Page 55

1. Lower part of the arm from the elbow to the wrist, cubitus (Deut. 3:11). 2. A cubit, a measure (Ex. 26:8). 3. Mother city, metropolis (2 Sam. 8:1).

אַמָּה

noun feminine • Page 56

Chald. cubit, as in Heb. Dan. 3:1. Ezra 6:3.

Noun common feminine plural absolute

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H0520a:

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וזרת וָזָרֶת׃

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

זרת

zereth

Definition

the spread of the fingers, i.e. a span

Root

from H2219 (זרה);

Exhaustive

from זרה; the spread of the fingers, i.e. a span; span.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H2239

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

זֶרֶת

noun feminine • Root זרה • Strongs / High • Page 448

The little finger; a span, i.e., the distance from the thumb to the little finger; extended to a larger measure, traditionally half an ell.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

זֶרֶת

noun feminine • Root זרה • Page 210

A span. Ex. 28:16. 39:9. 1 Sam. 17:4. (Aram. זַרְתָּא, זִיל, זִל idem.) Prob. from זָרָה which signifies to spread out.

Conjunction, Noun common feminine singular absolute

LXX: σπιθαμῆσ

LXX Usage Statistics

H2239:

σπιθαμῆσ 6× (84.7%)

RBT Translation:

No verse found

RBT Paraphrase:
No verse found

Julia Smith Literal 1876 Translation:
And there went forth a man of the sons of the camp of the rovers, Goliah his name, from Gath; his height six cubits and a span.

LITV Translation:
And a champion came out from the armies of the Philistines, Goliath was his name, from Gath; his height was six cubits and a span.

Brenton Septuagint Translation:
And there went forth a mighty man out of the army of the Philistines, Goliath by name, out of Gath, his height was four cubits and a span.