2 Chronicles 29:33

Paleo Hebrew Niqqud

RBT Hebrew Interlinear:

והקדשים וְהַקֳּדָשׁים

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

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

קדש

qôdesh

Definition

a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity

Root

from H6942 (קדש);

Exhaustive

from קדש; a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity; consecrated (thing), dedicated (thing), hallowed (thing), holiness, ([idiom] most) holy ([idiom] day, portion, thing), saint, sanctuary.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H6944

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

קֹדֶשׁ

noun masculine • Root קדש • Strongs / High • Page 1262

Sanctuary, seat of worship, like Heychal (temple).

קֹדֶשׁ

noun masculine • Root קדש • Strongs / High • Page 1263

1. Purity, by ablution; sinlessness; hence holiness. Dedicated to God, godly. 2. Holiness, as the highest attribute of God. 3. A consecrated or holy thing, sacred gifts. 4. The sanctuary; holy things (frankincense, sacred vessels, the altar, sacrifices, holy places).

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

קָדַשׁ and קָדֹשׁ

verb • Page 580

1. to be sacred or holy, Ex. 29: 37. 2. to be consecrated, to fall to the sanctuary. Deut. 22: 9. Niph. to be sanctified. Ex. 29: 43. 3. to show one's self holy or glorious.

קֹדֶשׁ

noun masculine • Root קדש • Page 581

1. Holiness (Ps. 89:36); often used as a genitive for 'holy' (e.g., שֵׁם קָדְשִׁי 'my holy name'). 2. A holy place or sanctuary, especially of the tabernacle or temple (Ex. 28:43, 1 K. 8:8). 3. What is holy or sacred (Lev. 12:4, Jer. 2:3). 4. Something consecrated or a sacred thing.

קֹדֶשׁ

noun masculine • Page 582

1. what is very holy, spoken e.g. of the altar and sacred utensils, Ex. 29: 37; of the sacred gifts, Lev. 21: 22. 2. the holy of holies in the temple, otherwise called דְּבִיר, Ex. 26: 33.

Conjunction, Particle definite article, Noun common masculine plural absolute

LXX: ἅγιον ἁγίων ἅγια ἁγίου ἁγίῳ

LXX Usage Statistics

H6944:

ἅγιον 86× (18.1%)

ἁγίων 85× (17.8%)

ἅγια 63× (13.3%)

ἁγίου 50× (10.4%)

ἁγίῳ 42× (8.4%)

ἁγία 23× (5.5%)

ἅγιόν 22× (4.8%)

ἁγίασμα 10× (2.3%)

ἁγίοισ 7× (1.3%)

ἅγιοι 6× (1.4%)

בקר בָּקָר

breaking forth

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

בקר

bâqâr

Definition

beef cattle or an animal of the ox family of either gender (as used for plowing); collectively, a herd

Root

from H1239 (בקר);

Exhaustive

from בקר; beef cattle or an animal of the ox family of either gender (as used for plowing); collectively, a herd; beeve, bull ([phrase] -ock), [phrase] calf, [phrase] cow, great (cattle), [phrase] heifer, herd, kine, ox.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H1241

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

בֹּקֶר

noun masculine • Root בקר • Consonantal / Medium • Page 272

Prop. breaking forth (of the morning-red), hence the dawn, the morning.

Matched via consonantal key only

בָּקַר

verb • Root בקר • Consonantal / Medium • Page 272

To split, to cut through, to break through; to plough, to cleave the soil; figuratively to break out, to break forth; to divide.

Matched via consonantal key only

בָּקַר

verb • Consonantal / Medium • Page 273

To appear every morning; a denominative verb.

Matched via consonantal key only

בָּקָר

noun masculine / noun feminine • Root בקר • Consonantal / Medium • Page 272

Cattle for the plough, a herd; collectively oxen, heifers, black cattle.

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בִּקֵּר

verb piel • Root בקר • Consonantal / Medium • Page 272

To divide; to search into, to examine; to judge of, consider; to review, look after, inspect; to weigh.

Matched via consonantal key only

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

בֹּקֶר

noun masculine • Page 112

1. the dawn, the morning. Gen. 1:5 ff. בֹּקֶר בֹּקֶר every morning, Ex. 30:7. 34:2. 2. i.q. מָחָר tomorrow, the morrow, cras. Ex. 16:7. Num. 16:5. לַבֹּקֶר on the morrow, i. e. soon, suddenly, Ps. 49:15. 90:14. 143:8.

בְּקַר

verb • Page 112

to seek, search. Ezra 4:15, 19. 5:17. and Ithpa. אִתְבַּקַר idem. Ezra 5:17.

בָּקַר

verb • Page 112

1. to see, behold, look; Ps. 27:4. 2. to look after, to search for any thing; Gen. 13:36. Lev. 27:33. 3. to think on, to reflect, meditate. Prov. 20:25. 2 K. 16:15. 4. to look after, to take care of any thing; Ezek. 34:11, 12.

בָּקָר

com. gen. • Page 112

collect. oxen, neat cattle, a herd of oxen, without distinction of age or sex. Gen. 12:16. 13:5. 18:7. 20:14. 21:27. Ex. 21:37 [22:1]. milch kine, cows, Gen. 33:13. a son of the herd, a calf, Gen. 18:7, 8.

Noun common both singular absolute

LXX: βοῶν μόσχουσ βόασ βόεσ δαμάλεισ

LXX Usage Statistics

H1241:

βοῶν 71× (38.1%)

μόσχουσ 19× (9.8%)

βόασ 18× (8.8%)

βόεσ 17× (8.5%)

δαμάλεισ 12× (7.2%)

μόσχων 7× (3.7%)

μόσχοι 5× (2.7%)

βουκόλια 5× (2.5%)

βουκολίων 5× (2.2%)

βουσὶν 4× (1.9%)

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%)

מאות מֵאוֹת

hundred

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

מאה

mêʼâh

Definition

a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction

Root

or מאיה; properly, a primitive numeral

Exhaustive

or מאיה; properly, a primitive numeral; a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction; hundred((-fold), -th), [phrase] sixscore.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3967

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

מֵאָה

f. noun • Root מאה • Strongs / High • Page 798

A multitude, a heap; then a hundred, either as a large round sum or a definite number. Its dual form מָאתַיִם means two hundred, and its plural מֵאוֹת means hundreds.

מֵאָה

numeral noun / f. • Strongs / High • Page 799

A hundred; a hundred-fold; the hundredth. Also used to denote extent or greatness, as in מִגְדַּל הַמֵּאָה (tower of extent, giant-tower).

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

מֵאָה

f. const. מְאַת / dec. xi. b. • Page 351

a hundred. Includes various forms like dual מָאתַיִם and plur. מֵאוֹות. (Gen. 17:17, 25:7; Prov. 17:10; Ecc. 8:12). Also prob. interest, usury (Neh. 5:11). Also proper name of a tower in Jerusalem (Neh. 3:1, 12:39).

Noun common feminine plural absolute

LXX: ἑκατὸν εἴκοσι πεντήκοντα τριάκοντα διακόσιοι

LXX Usage Statistics

H3967:

ἑκατὸν 146× (18.2%)

εἴκοσι 46× (5.0%)

πεντήκοντα 44× (4.5%)

τριάκοντα 39× (4.3%)

διακόσιοι 38× (4.8%)

ἑξακόσιοι 33× (4.1%)

πέντε 25× (2.1%)

ἑπτακόσιοι 23× (2.8%)

δύο 22× (1.9%)

τριακόσιοι 21× (2.7%)

וצאן וְצֹאן

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

צאן

tsôʼn

Definition

a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)

Root

or צאון; (Psalm 144:13), from an unused root meaning to migrate;

Exhaustive

or צאון; (Psalm 144:13), from an unused root meaning to migrate; a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men); (small) cattle, flock ([phrase] -s), lamb ([phrase] -s), sheep(-cote, -fold, -shearer, -herds).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H6629

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

צֹאן

noun feminine • Root יצק • Strongs / High • Page 1210

f. coll. properly a heap, a herd, a mass; hence 1. a troop of men; commonly 2. small cattle, sheep and goats (without a plural form).

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

צֹאן

noun feminine • Page 560

a collective noun denoting small cattle, i.e. sheep and goats. Gen. 27:9. Lev. 1:10. 22:21.

Conjunction, Noun common both singular absolute

LXX: πρόβατα προβάτων πρόβατά ὡσ ποίμνια

LXX Usage Statistics

H6629:

πρόβατα 113× (37.7%)

προβάτων 75× (24.6%)

πρόβατά 20× (6.4%)

ὡσ 18× (6.8%)

ποίμνια 8× (2.8%)

ποιμνίων 8× (2.6%)

κτήνη 6× (1.9%)

προβάτοισ 5× (1.3%)

--- 5× (1.9%)

ποίμνιον 4× (1.3%)

שלשת שְׁלֹשֶׁת

three

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

שלוש

shâlôwsh

Definition

three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multiple) thrice

Root

or שלש; masculine שלושה; or שלשה; a primitive number;

Exhaustive

or שלש; masculine שלושה; or שלשה; a primitive number; three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multiple) thrice; [phrase] fork, [phrase] often(-times), third, thir(-teen, -teenth), three, [phrase] thrice. Compare שליש.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H7969

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

שִׁלֵּשׁ

verb • Root שלש • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1440

Piel (Pih.) to divide (a land) into three parts, to separate in three, to do for the third time, to do the third day (denom. from שָׁלֹשׁ).

Matched via consonantal key only

שִׁלֵּשׁ

noun • Root שלש • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1440

A descendant in the third generation, i.e. a grandchild (only plur. שִׁלְּשִׁים attested in this sense).

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שִׁלֵּשׁ

noun proper masculine • Root שלש • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1441

(From שֶׁלֶשׁ; might, heroism) Proper name of a man.

Matched via consonantal key only

שֶׁלֶשׁ

unknown • Root שלש • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1441

Three; times, threefold, i. e. often; sometimes of three kinds (Law, Prophets, Hagiographa).

Matched via consonantal key only

שַׁלֵּשׁ

adverb • Root שלש • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1440

for the third time; on the third day (used adverbially).

Matched via consonantal key only

שָׁלַשׁ

verb intransitive • Root שלש • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1439

(not used) intrans. to be stout, firm, strong, of warriors and heroes.

Matched via consonantal key only

שָׁלֹשׁ

numeral cardinal • Root שלש • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1439

num. card. feminine (שְׁלֹשׁ, constr. שְׁלֹשֶׁת) and masculine (שְׁלֹשָׁה, constr. שְׁלֹשֶׁת).

Matched via consonantal key only

שָׁלֹשׁ

numeral • Root שלש • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1440

three (feminine form); sometimes prefixed to nouns (e.g., three years), sometimes put after nouns like adjectives; also stands for a neuter (three things, three days).

Matched via consonantal key only

שֶׁלֶשׁ

noun • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1439

(plur. שְׁלָשִׁים) see שָׁלֵשׁ.

Matched via consonantal key only

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

שָׁלוֹשׁ

numeral • Root שלש • Page 676

three, see שָׁלֹשׁ

שָׁלוֹשׁ

adjective / numeral • Page 682

Three. (Variant of שָׁלֹשׁ).

שָׁלַשׁ

pi. denom. • Root שלוש • Page 683

1. to divide into three parts. Deut. 19:3. 2. to repeat the third time. 1 K. 18:34. 3. to do on the third day. 1 Sam. 20:19. Also in Pu.: 1. to be triple, three-fold. Ecc. 4:12. 2. to be three years old. Gen. 15:9.

שָׁלֹשׁ

adjective / numeral • Page 682

Three. Ex. 21: 11. Josh. 21: 32.

Noun common feminine singular construct

LXX: τρεῖσ τρία τριῶν τριακόσιοι τρισὶν

LXX Usage Statistics

H7969:

τρεῖσ 169× (33.3%)

τρία 45× (9.1%)

τριῶν 34× (6.6%)

τριακόσιοι 22× (4.6%)

τρισὶν 17× (3.0%)

εἴκοσι 13× (2.5%)

τρισχίλιοι 11× (2.1%)

'' 10× (1.8%)

τριάκοντα 10× (2.0%)

τριακοσίουσ 10× (2.1%)

אלפים אֲלָפִים׃

thousands

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

אלף

ʼeleph

Definition

hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand

Root

prop, the same as H504 (אלף);

Exhaustive

prop, the same as אלף; hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand; thousand.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H505

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

אֶלֶף

noun masculine • Strongs_Numbers • Page 143

Oxen, heifers, cattle for the yoke; tame house-animals; the name of the first letter of the alphabet.

אֶלֶף

numeral / noun masculine • Root אלף • Strongs_Numbers • Page 144

As a numeral, a thousand; properly the union of many individuals, a mass; then fixed to a definite number.

אֶלֶף

noun masculine • Root אלף • Strongs_Numbers • Page 144

Properly a union of family members, therefore association of the members of a family or tribe, larger communities into which every race was divided; a smaller division of a tribe or race.

אֶלֶף

noun proper • Root אלף • Strongs_Numbers • Page 144

A city in Benjamin's territory (Josh. 18, 28).

אֶלֶף

unknown • Strongs_Numbers • Page 145

see אַלּוּף

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

אֶלֶף

masc. epicene / dec. vi. b. • Root אלף • Page 54

I. ox, animal of the ox kind. Deut. 7: 13. 28: 4. Ps. 8: 8. Perhaps denoting literally tame cattle.

אֶלֶף

m. prim. dec. vi. b. • Page 54

II. 1. thousand. Dual אַלְפַּיִם. Plur. אֲלָפִים. 2. family, subdivision of a tribe, originally of a thousand, i. q. מִשְׁפָּחָה. Judg. 6: 15. 1 Sam. 10: 19. 23: 23.

Noun common masculine plural absolute

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H0505:

No stats available

RBT Translation:

No verse found

RBT Paraphrase:
No verse found

Julia Smith Literal 1876 Translation:
And the consecrated things, six hundred oxen and three thousand sheep.

LITV Translation:
And the dedicated things were six hundred oxen and three thousand sheep.

Brenton Septuagint Translation:
And the consecrated calves were six hundred, and the sheep three thousand.