2 Chronicles 13:20

Paleo Hebrew Niqqud

RBT Hebrew Interlinear:

ולא וְלֹא־

and not

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

לא

lôʼ

Definition

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

Root

or לוא; or לה; (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle;

Exhaustive

or לוא; or לה; (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle; not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles; [idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as truly as, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] verily, for want, [phrase] whether, without.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3808

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

לֹא

negative particle • Root אל • Strongs / High • Page 759

A negative particle; not, no. It functions as an absolute negative, a negative answer to a question, or a refusal. Used with verbs in various tenses and moods to express negation or prohibition.

לֹא

particle • Strongs / High • Page 761

A K'ri reading for לוֹ.

לֹא

adverb / particle • Strongs / High • Page 760

Not; No; Nothing (substantive use); Before (cognate sense to טֶרֶם).

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

לֹא

adverb • Page 338

A primitive adverb of negation (more rarely לוֹא). 1. not. 2. no (Gen. 19:2). 3. nothing (Job 6:21). 4. without (1 Chr. 2:30). 5. interrogative, nonne? (Jon. 4:11). 6. lest, that not (Ex. 28:32). 7. In combination with adjectives/substantives it gives a negative signification (e.g., לֹא עֹז without strength).

Conjunction, Particle negative

LXX: οὐκ οὐ μὴ οὐδὲ οὐχ

LXX Usage Statistics

H3808:

οὐκ 1137× (34.5%)

οὐ 797× (24.2%)

μὴ 184× (5.6%)

οὐδὲ 150× (4.5%)

οὐχ 127× (3.9%)

οὐχὶ 120× (3.6%)

--- 98× (3.0%)

'' 94× (2.4%)

---% 62× (1.5%)

οὐκέτι 50× (1.4%)

עצר עָצַר

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

עצר

ʻâtsâr

Definition

to inclose; by analogy, to hold back; also to maintain, rule, assemble

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; to inclose; by analogy, to hold back; also to maintain, rule, assemble; [idiom] be able, close up, detain, fast, keep (self close, still), prevail, recover, refrain, [idiom] reign, restrain, retain, shut (up), slack, stay, stop, withhold (self).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H6113

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

מָעְצָר

noun masculine • Root עצר • Lemma_Lookup • Page 888

the same, restraint, hindrance.

עָצַר

infinitive construct • Lemma_Lookup • Page 1122

transitive: properly, to enclose, to bind about, to join, to bring together, to heap together; hence, to close, to shut up in, to incarcerate.

עָצַר

verb • Lemma_Lookup • Page 1123

To enclose, shut up, or bind; metaphorically: to hold back, hinder, restrain (rain); to hold together (have strength/courage); to be able to accomplish; to rule, prevail, tame, dominate; to suffer want, be needy; to confine, oppress.

עֹצֶר

noun masculine • Lemma_Lookup • Page 1123

1. A keeping off, debarring, hindering, deprivation, need. 2. A shutting up (of the womb), i.e., barrenness. 3. Constraint, oppression, suffering.

עֲצָרָה

noun feminine • Lemma_Lookup • Page 1123

(Only stat. absol.) commonly assembly, festive assembly, collection; an appointed day of fasting and repentance; a festival generally; an appointed, definite time.

עֲצֶרֶת

noun feminine • Lemma_Lookup • Page 1123

1. A feast-day, specifically the eighth day of the Feast of Tabernacles, or the seventh day of Passover (the closing feast). 2. A festival-sacrifice. 3. Covenant, league, statute, confederacy.

Verb Qal perfect third person masculine singular

LXX: συνεχόμενοσ συνέκλεισεν συνεχόμενον ἐκόπασεν συσχεθῆναι

LXX Usage Statistics

H6113:

συνεχόμενοσ 2× (4.6%)

συνέκλεισεν 2× (4.6%)

συνεχόμενον 2× (3.9%)

ἐκόπασεν 2× (3.9%)

συσχεθῆναι 2× (3.2%)

כח כֹּחַ־

power/strength

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

כח

kôach

Definition

vigor, literally (force, in a good or a bad sense) or figuratively (capacity, means, produce); also (from its hardiness) a large lizard

Root

or (Daniel 11:6) כוח; from an unused root meaning to be firm;

Exhaustive

or (Daniel 11:6) כוח; from an unused root meaning to be firm; vigor, literally (force, in a good or a bad sense) or figuratively (capacity, means, produce); also (from its hardiness) a large lizard; ability, able, chameleon, force, fruits, might, power(-ful), strength, substance, wealth.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3581

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

כֹּחַ

noun / masculine • Root כחח • Strongs / High • Page 688

1. Strength, power, force (of life, war, man, earth, animals, God); strength of understanding. 2. Exertion, substance, possessions, wealth, riches, violence; ability or power to do something.

[mapped corrected to F6547 on 2025-12-28 via maintenance]

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

כֹּחַ

noun • Page 313

strength, see כּוֹחַ.

Noun common both singular construct

LXX: ἰσχύι ἰσχὺσ ἰσχύσ ἰσχὺν ἰσχύοσ

LXX Usage Statistics

H3581b:

ἰσχύι 32× (21.9%)

ἰσχὺσ 23× (17.3%)

ἰσχύσ 17× (12.3%)

ἰσχὺν 11× (8.1%)

ἰσχύοσ 8× (5.5%)

ἰσχύν 6× (4.5%)

---% 4× (2.5%)

ἰσχύω 3× (2.2%)

κατίσχυσα 2× (1.6%)

ὡσαύτωσ 2× (1.6%)

ירבעם יָרָבְעָם

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ירבעם

Yârobʻâm

Definition

Jarobam, the name of two Israelite kings

Root

from H7378 (ריב) and H5971 (עם); (the) people will contend;

Exhaustive

from ריב and עם; (the) people will contend; Jarobam, the name of two Israelite kings; Jeroboam.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3379

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

יָרָבְעָם

noun proper • Root רבב, עם • Consonantal / Medium • Page 644

God is enlarger; proper name of the first king of the ten tribes.

Matched via consonantal key only

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

יָרָבְעָם

noun proper masculine • Root ירב עם • Page 296

Read Yarobeam, from יָרַב עַם 'the people are many'. 1. Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, first king of the ten tribes.

Noun proper name masculine

LXX: ιεροβοαμ '' [h] [m]

LXX Usage Statistics

H3379:

ιεροβοαμ 86× (82.4%)

'' 16× (13.5%)

[h] 2× (1.7%)

[m] 2× (1.4%)

עוד עוֹד

going around/he has testified

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

עוד

ʻôwd

Definition

properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, more

Root

or עד; from H5749 (עוד);

Exhaustive

or עד; from עוד; properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, more; again, [idiom] all life long, at all, besides, but, else, further(-more), henceforth, (any) longer, (any) more(-over), [idiom] once, since, (be) still, when, (good, the) while (having being), (as, because, whether, while) yet (within).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H5750

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

עוֹד

particle • Strongs / High • Page 1053

A particle similar to עַד, denoting continuance, with which עַד is sometimes interchanged.

עוֹד

noun / particle • Root עוד • Strongs / High • Page 1061

A noun on this account. Used adverbially or as a particle with suffix, meaning 'since' or 'as long as'.

עוֹד

aram. (aramaic) • Root עוד • Strongs / High • Page 1061

Aramaic word, same meaning as the related Hebrew particle.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

עוֹד

adverb • Root עוד • Page 494

Originally an infin. absol. from עוּד. 1. again, a second time (Gen. 4:25). 2. repeatedly, continually (Gen. 46:29; Ruth 1:14). 3. further, moreover (Ecc. 3:16). 4. yet, still; with a negative, 'no more' (Gen. 7:4; 8:10). Used with suffixes (e.g., עוֹדֶנִּי I am yet).

Noun common both singular absolute

LXX: ἔτι οὐκέτι --- ἕωσ ''

LXX Usage Statistics

H5750:

ἔτι 314× (64.0%)

οὐκέτι 58× (11.6%)

--- 33× (6.8%)

ἕωσ 8× (1.6%)

'' 7× (1.2%)

ἀλλ' 4× (0.8%)

ἦν 4× (0.8%)

πάλιν 3× (0.6%)

ἄλλοσ 3× (0.6%)

---% 3× (0.5%)

בימי בִּימֵי

within manifestations/days

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ב

bə

Definition

in, by

Root

A primitive particle; a prefix

Exhaustive

(beth) — in / within / by means of

Core value: interiority, enclosure, participation

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

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

יום

yôwm

Definition

a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)

Root

from an unused root meaning to be hot;

Exhaustive

from an unused root meaning to be hot; a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb); age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, [phrase] old, [phrase] outlived, [phrase] perpetually, presently, [phrase] remaineth, [idiom] required, season, [idiom] since, space, then, (process of) time, [phrase] as at other times, [phrase] in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), [idiom] whole ([phrase] age), (full) year(-ly), [phrase] younger.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3117

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

יוֹם

noun masculine • Root ימם • Strongs / High • Page 595

brightness, splendour, shining, light. hence 1. the day (the period of light), opposed to night; can also mean mid-day. 2. the civil day, including night.

יוֹם

noun masculine • Root יום • Strongs / High • Page 596

Day; also used metaphorically for a specific time or event, such as birth-day, day of punishment, day of death, the present time, or the end of life.

יוֹם

noun masculine (aramaic) • Root יום • Strongs / High • Page 596

Aramaic (Chaldee) word for 'day', with the same variety of senses as the Hebrew.

יוֹם

noun / masculine • Root ימם • Strongs / High • Page 612

1. clearness, light. 2. day (including the night). The plural form יָמִים can also mean a short time, an indefinite time, or a long time.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

יוֹם

m. prim. dec. i. • Page 277

1. day. Phrases: הַיּוֹם (this day; to-day, 1 Sam. 12:17); בְּיוֹם (on the day when, Gen 2:17); כְּיוֹם (now, Gen. 25:31); יוֹם יוֹם (daily, Neh. 8:18); מִיּוֹם (from the day on, Ex. 10:6). Special uses: a day of misfortune (Obad. 12), a day of prosperity or festival (Hos. 7:5), and the day of Jehovah/judgment (Joel 1:15). 2. time generally (Gen. 39: 11).

יוֹם

noun masculine • Page 278

Day. (1) Specially days of one's life (Gen. 6:3, Gen. 43:9, Sam. 25:28). (2) Time generally (Gen. 47:8, Ex. 2:11, Judg. 18:1). (3) Some or several days (Neh. 1:4, Dan. 8:27, Gen. 40:4). (4) A year (Lev. 25:29, Judg. 17:10, 1 Sam. 2:19).

יוֹם

m. chald. • Page 278

Day, as in Heb. Plural יוֹמִין, emphatic יוֹמַיָּא. (Ezra 4:15, 19).

Preposition, Noun common masculine plural construct

LXX: ἡμέρᾳ ἡμέρασ σήμερον ἡμέραν ἡμερῶν

LXX Usage Statistics

H3117:

ἡμέρᾳ 574× (20.2%)

ἡμέρασ 571× (23.8%)

σήμερον 204× (9.1%)

ἡμέραν 171× (6.9%)

ἡμερῶν 153× (6.4%)

ἡμέρα 135× (5.4%)

ἡμέραισ 133× (4.6%)

ἡμέραι 116× (4.7%)

--- 51× (2.4%)

'' 46× (1.8%)

אביהו אֲבִיָּהוּ

father of himself

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

אביה

ʼĂbîyâh

Definition

Abijah, the name of several Israelite men and two Israelitesses

Root

or prolonged אביהו ; from H1 (אב) and H3050 (יה); father (i.e. worshipper) of Jah;

Exhaustive

or prolonged אביהו ; from אב and יה; father (i.e. worshipper) of Jah; Abijah, the name of several Israelite men and two Israelitesses; Abiah, Abijah.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H29

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

אֲבִיָה

noun proper masculine / noun proper feminine • Lemma_Lookup • Page 49

'Ab is Jah; proper name masculine (various biblical figures); proper name feminine.

אֲבִיָהוּ

noun proper masculine • Lemma_Lookup • Page 50

Father is Jahu (Proper noun, variant of Abijah)

אֲבִיהוּא

noun proper masculine • Lemma_Lookup • Page 50

He (God) is my father; God is he (Proper noun)

אֲבִיהוּד

noun proper masculine • Lemma_Lookup • Page 50

Father is renown (Proper noun)

מוֹאָבִיָה

gentilic noun / feminine • Root מואב • Lemma_Lookup • Page 820

A Moabitess, a Moabite woman.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

אֲבִיָּה

noun masculine • Page 19

Proper name of a king of Judah ('will of Jehovah'), son of Rehoboam. 2 Chr. 13:20, 21; 11:22; 1 K 14:31. Also called אֲבִיָּם.

Noun proper name masculine

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H0029:

No stats available

ויגפהו וַיִּגְּפֵהוּ

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

נגף

nâgaph

Definition

to push, gore, defeat, stub (the toe), inflict (a disease)

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; to push, gore, defeat, stub (the toe), inflict (a disease); beat, dash, hurt, plague, slay, smite (down), strike, stumble, [idiom] surely, put to the worse.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H5062

ו

Definition

him, personal pronoun - verb/prep. 3rd person masculine singular

Root

Exhaustive

Personal object pronoun - suffix for propositions and verbs without an object: 3rd person masculine singular

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H9033

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

נָגַף

verb • Root נגף • Strongs / High • Page 944

(Kal) to smite, to push, as a bull; to hurt; particularly of God, to smite with sickness, to chastise, to destroy suddenly; to inflict a disease, to send a plague.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

נָגַף

verb • Root נגף • Page 426

1. To smite, particularly of Jehovah (2 Chr. 21:18, Ex. 7:27). 2. To push or thrust, spoken of a man or horned cattle (Ex. 21:22, 35). 3. To stumble or knock against (Prov. 3:23, Ps. 91:12). Includes Niph. (to be smitten) and Hithpa. (to stumble).

conjunctive, Verb Qal sequential imperfect third person masculine singular, Suffix pronominal third person masculine singular

LXX: ἐπάταξεν ἔπταισεν πατάξει πατάξαι ἔπταισαν

LXX Usage Statistics

H5062:

ἐπάταξεν 8× (14.7%)

ἔπταισεν 6× (11.2%)

πατάξει 3× (5.9%)

πατάξαι 2× (4.1%)

ἔπταισαν 2× (3.8%)

πεσεῖσθε 2× (3.8%)

יהוה יְהוָה

He Is

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

יהוה

Yᵉhôvâh

Definition

Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

Root

from H1961 (היה); (the) self-Existent or Eternal;

Exhaustive

from היה; (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God; Jehovah, the Lord. Compare יה, יהוה.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3068

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

יְהֹוָה

noun masculine • Root יהה • Strongs / High • Page 590

A pre-Mosaic old Semitic name of the supreme God, which was specially revealed for the older אֵל at the establishment of the Mosaic religion, as an abstract of all divine greatness and holiness.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

יְהֹוָה

proper name • Page 275

The proper name of the deity among the ancient Hebrews. Interpreted as 'the eternal, unchangeable, true' or 'he who is as he shall be.' The text discusses various ancient pronunciations (IAΩ, IABE, IETΩ) and its derivation from the future of הָיָה.

Noun proper name

LXX: κύριοσ κυρίου κυρίῳ κύριον κύριε

LXX Usage Statistics

H3068:

κύριοσ 2605× (41.8%)

κυρίου 1742× (27.8%)

κυρίῳ 598× (8.8%)

κύριον 473× (7.1%)

κύριε 336× (5.4%)

--- 129× (2.1%)

'' 95× (1.3%)

θεὸσ 76× (1.0%)

θεοῦ 69× (0.9%)

θεῷ 28× (0.4%)

וימתפ וַיָּמֹת׃פ

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

מות

mûwth

Definition

to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill; [idiom] at all, [idiom] crying, (be) dead (body, man, one), (put to, worthy of) death, destroy(-er), (cause to, be like to, must) die, kill, necro(-mancer), [idiom] must needs, slay, [idiom] surely, [idiom] very suddenly, [idiom] in (no) wise.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H4191

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

מוּת

verb • Root מות • Strongs / High • Page 829

(Qal) To be stretched, extended, or stiffen, as the limbs of an expiring body; hence to die, of men or animals. Metaphorically, to decay, be waste, be destroyed, or disappear.

מוּת

verb • Root מות • Strongs / High • Page 830

A verb root meaning to die, to expire. The lexicon provides extensive etymological background, connecting it to Arabic, Greek, Sanskrit, and other languages.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

מוּת

verb • Page 365

1. to die (1 Sam. 25: 37; Gen. 45: 27). 2. to perish, be destroyed; spoken of a state (Am. 2: 2), or to become wretched (Prov. 15: 10). Pil. and Hiph. to kill, slay (1 Sam. 14: 13). Hoph. to be killed (Deut. 21: 22).

conjunctive, Verb Qal sequential imperfect third person masculine singular

LXX: ἀπέθανεν θανάτῳ ἀποθανεῖται ἀποθάνῃ ἀποθανοῦνται

LXX Usage Statistics

H4191:

ἀπέθανεν 120× (13.8%)

θανάτῳ 54× (6.7%)

ἀποθανεῖται 48× (6.0%)

ἀποθάνῃ 35× (4.2%)

ἀποθανοῦνται 23× (2.9%)

θανατῶσαι 22× (2.6%)

τέθνηκεν 21× (2.6%)

ἐθανάτωσεν 20× (2.3%)

ἀποθανῇ 18× (2.3%)

ἐτελεύτησεν 15× (1.7%)

RBT Translation:

No verse found

RBT Paraphrase:
No verse found

Julia Smith Literal 1876 Translation:
And Jeroboam retained no more strength in the days of Abijah: and Jehovah will smite him and he will die.

LITV Translation:
And Jeroboam did not regain power any more in Abijah's days. And Jehovah struck him, and he died.

Brenton Septuagint Translation:
And Jeroboam did not recover strength again all the days of Abijah: and the Lord smote him, and he died.