2 Chronicles 3:9

Paleo Hebrew Niqqud

RBT Hebrew Interlinear:

ומשקל וּמִשְׁקָל

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

משקל

mishqâl

Definition

weight (numerically estimated); hence, weighing (the act)

Root

from H8254 (שקל);

Exhaustive

from שקל; weight (numerically estimated); hence, weighing (the act); (full) weight.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H4948

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

מִשְׁקָל

masculine noun • Root שקל • Strongs / High • Page 924

Weight; sometimes a fixed weight, sometimes heaviness generally.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

מִשְׁקָל

m. verbal • Root שקל • Page 417

weight. Lev. 19:35. 1 Chr. 22:3 אֵין מִשְׁקָל so as not to be weighed. Verse 14.

Conjunction, Noun common both singular absolute

LXX: ὁλκὴ σταθμὸσ σταθμὸν σταθμῷ σταθμόσ

LXX Usage Statistics

H4948:

ὁλκὴ 16× (35.7%)

σταθμὸσ 10× (18.2%)

σταθμὸν 5× (10.3%)

σταθμῷ 5× (9.2%)

σταθμόσ 3× (6.4%)

'' 3× (5.7%)

ὁλκῆσ 2× (4.5%)

למסמרות לְמִסְמְרוֹת

None

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

מסמר

maçmêr

Definition

a peg (as bristling from the surface)

Root

or מסמר; also (feminine) מסמרה; or מסמרה; or even משמרה; (Ecclesiastes 12:11), from H5568 (סמר);

Exhaustive

or מסמר; also (feminine) מסמרה; or מסמרה; or even משמרה; (Ecclesiastes 12:11), from סמר; a peg (as bristling from the surface); nail.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H4548

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

מַסְמֵר

noun / masculine • Root סמר • Strongs / High • Page 877

A nail, a pin, for fastening something.

Preposition, Noun common feminine plural absolute

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H4548:

No stats available

לשקלים לִשְׁקָלים

None

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

שקל

sheqel

Definition

probably a weight; used as a commercial standard

Root

from H8254 (שקל);

Exhaustive

from שקל; probably a weight; used as a commercial standard; shekel.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H8255

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

שָׁקַל

verb • Root שקל • Consonantal / Low • Page 1476

Properly intransitive, to be heavy, weighty; but commonly transitive to heave, to lift up (a burden, load), to weigh, with accus. of the thing.

Matched after stripping common prefixes

שָׁקַל

verb • Root שקל • Consonantal / Low • Page 1477

to weigh, to weigh after, tribute; to pay, tribute; to weigh to the idol-maker; money for a sale. Figuratively: to try.

Matched after stripping common prefixes

שֶׁ֫קֶל

noun masculine • Root שקל • Consonantal / Low • Page 1477

properly a weight, burden, heavy thing, mostly a definite weight (of bread, hair, gold, silver, brass, iron). Frequently denotes definite pieces of silver passing current (a silver-coin/weight of about 270-274 Paris grains).

Matched after stripping common prefixes

Preposition, Noun common masculine plural absolute

LXX: σίκλων σίκλον δίδραχμα σίκλου σίκλοι

LXX Usage Statistics

H8255:

σίκλων 17× (20.1%)

σίκλον 16× (13.3%)

δίδραχμα 14× (16.6%)

σίκλου 9× (10.3%)

σίκλοι 8× (9.5%)

σίκλουσ 7× (8.3%)

διδράχμου 4× (4.0%)

t? 4× (3.8%)

δίδραχμον 3× (2.7%)

'' 2× (2.0%)

חמשים חֲמִשִּׁים

fifty

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

חמשים

chămishshîym

Definition

fifty

Root

multiple of H2568 (חמש);

Exhaustive

multiple of חמש; fifty; fifty.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H2572

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

חִמֵּשׁ

verb • Root חמש • Consonantal / Low • Page 501

To take the fifth part; to exact a fifth part as a tax.

Matched via prefix/suffix stripped stem

חָמֵשׁ

numeral / cardinal / feminine • Root חמש • Consonantal / Low • Page 501

Five (feminine cardinal number).

Matched via prefix/suffix stripped stem

חָמַשׁ

transitive verb • Root חמש • Consonantal / Low • Page 500

(not used) A transitive verb stem assumed for the numeral five (חָמֵשׁ), in the sense of 'to comprehend' or 'to pack together'.

Matched via prefix/suffix stripped stem

חָמַשׁ

intransitive verb • Root חמש • Consonantal / Low • Page 500

(not used) 1. To be thick, fat (of the paunch or abdomen). 2. Figuratively, to be firm, strong, powerful, vigorous.

Matched via prefix/suffix stripped stem

חָמֻשׁ

adjective • Root חמש • Consonantal / Low • Page 501

Armed, girt, equipped for battle. An adjective form suggested from the plural חֲמֻשִּׁים, used to describe an army on the march.

Matched via prefix/suffix stripped stem

חֹמֶשׁ

masculine noun • Root חמש • Consonantal / Low • Page 501

1. A fifth, the fifth part of a thing, often as tribute. 2. Paunch, abdomen.

Matched via prefix/suffix stripped stem

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

חֲמֻשִׁים

adjective • Page 236

armed, in battle-array, spoken of an army. Ex. 13:18. Josh. 1:14. 4:12. Judg. 7:11.

Noun common masculine plural absolute

LXX: πεντήκοντα διακόσιοι δύο τέσσαρεσ πεντηκονταετοῦσ

LXX Usage Statistics

H2572:

πεντήκοντα 126× (53.1%)

διακόσιοι 10× (4.6%)

δύο 10× (3.6%)

τέσσαρεσ 7× (2.7%)

πεντηκονταετοῦσ 7× (3.2%)

'' 6× (2.5%)

ἑκατὸν 6× (2.8%)

πεντηκόνταρχον 6× (2.3%)

πεντηκοντάρχουσ 4× (1.6%)

ἑξακόσιοι 4× (1.9%)

זהב זָהָב

gold

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

זהב

zâhâb

Definition

gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e. yellow), as oil, a clear sky

Root

from an unused root meaning to shimmer;

Exhaustive

from an unused root meaning to shimmer; gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e. yellow), as oil, a clear sky; gold(-en), fair weather.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H2091

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

זָהָב

noun masculine • Root זהב • Strongs / High • Page 426

1. gold, as metal. 2. Figuratively, oil, so called from its shining colour; perhaps also the sun or the golden brightness of the sky.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

זָהָב

m. prim. • Page 198

1. gold (Gen. 24:22, 53. 36:39). 2. figuratively the golden splendour (of the firmament), Job 37:22; gold-coloured oil, Zech. 4:12.

Noun common both singular absolute

LXX: χρυσίον χρυσίου χρυσίῳ '' χρυσᾶ

LXX Usage Statistics

H2091:

χρυσίον 81× (17.4%)

χρυσίου 71× (16.5%)

χρυσίῳ 39× (9.3%)

'' 29× (6.3%)

χρυσᾶ 25× (6.0%)

χρυσοῦσ 22× (5.4%)

χρυσῶν 19× (4.6%)

χρυσοῦν 18× (4.3%)

χρυσᾶσ 14× (3.5%)

pἐκ 14× (3.6%)

והעליות וְהָעֲלִיּוֹת

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

עליה

ʻălîyâh

Definition

something lofty, i.e. a stair-way; also a second-story room (or even one on the roof); figuratively, the sky

Root

feminine from H5927 (עלה);

Exhaustive

feminine from עלה; something lofty, i.e. a stair-way; also a second-story room (or even one on the roof); figuratively, the sky; ascent, (upper) chamber, going up, loft, parlour.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H5944

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

עֲלִיָּה

unknown • Root עלה • Strongs / High • Page 1092

Derivative of עָלָה.

עֲלִיָּה

noun feminine • Root עלה • Strongs / High • Page 1095

Feminine form of 'uppermost' or 'high place' (used for place and rank, plural עֲלִיּוֹת).

עֲלִיָּה

noun feminine • Root עלה עללעלא • Strongs / High • Page 1096

an upper room, loft.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

עֲלִיָּה

f. dec. x. • Page 509

1. A loft, an upper chamber, or a flat roof area. Judg. 3: 23; 1 K. 17: 19; Ps. 104: 3. 2. A step or ascent. 2 Chr. 9: 4.

Conjunction, Particle definite article, Noun common feminine plural absolute

LXX: ὑπερῴου ὑπερῷον ὑπερῷα ἀναβάσεωσ ὑπερῴων

LXX Usage Statistics

H5944:

ὑπερῴου 5× (25.7%)

ὑπερῷον 5× (25.7%)

ὑπερῷα 3× (15.4%)

ἀναβάσεωσ 2× (12.1%)

ὑπερῴων 2× (8.5%)

ὑπερῴῳ 2× (8.5%)

חפה חִפָּה

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

חפה

châphâh

Definition

to cover; by implication, to veil, to encase, protect

Root

a primitive root (compare H2644 (חפא), H2653 (חפף));

Exhaustive

a primitive root (compare חפא, חפף); to cover; by implication, to veil, to encase, protect; ceil, cover, overlay.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H2645

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

חָפָה

verb • Root חפה • Strongs / High • Page 511

1. To cover, to veil, as a sign of mourning. 2. Figuratively, to protect, to screen. Niphal: to be covered. Piel: to overlay, to cover. Pual: to be veiled, covered, protected.

חָפָה

verb transitive • Root חפה • Strongs / High • Page 512

I. To cover, to overlay, to protect, to screen.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

חָפָה

verb • Page 240

to cover (the head, face). 2 Sam. 15:30. Pi. to overlay with gold, silver, or wood. 2 Chr. 3:5. Niph. pass. of Pi. Ps. 68:14.

Verb Piel perfect third person masculine singular

LXX: ἐχρύσωσεν κατεχρύσωσεν

LXX Usage Statistics

H2645:

ἐχρύσωσεν 2× (17.8%)

κατεχρύσωσεν 2× (16.3%)

זהב זָהָב׃

gold

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

זהב

zâhâb

Definition

gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e. yellow), as oil, a clear sky

Root

from an unused root meaning to shimmer;

Exhaustive

from an unused root meaning to shimmer; gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e. yellow), as oil, a clear sky; gold(-en), fair weather.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H2091

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

זָהָב

noun masculine • Root זהב • Strongs / High • Page 426

1. gold, as metal. 2. Figuratively, oil, so called from its shining colour; perhaps also the sun or the golden brightness of the sky.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

זָהָב

m. prim. • Page 198

1. gold (Gen. 24:22, 53. 36:39). 2. figuratively the golden splendour (of the firmament), Job 37:22; gold-coloured oil, Zech. 4:12.

Noun common both singular absolute

LXX: χρυσίον χρυσίου χρυσίῳ '' χρυσᾶ

LXX Usage Statistics

H2091:

χρυσίον 81× (17.4%)

χρυσίου 71× (16.5%)

χρυσίῳ 39× (9.3%)

'' 29× (6.3%)

χρυσᾶ 25× (6.0%)

χρυσοῦσ 22× (5.4%)

χρυσῶν 19× (4.6%)

χρυσοῦν 18× (4.3%)

χρυσᾶσ 14× (3.5%)

pἐκ 14× (3.6%)

RBT Translation:

No verse found

RBT Paraphrase:
No verse found

Julia Smith Literal 1876 Translation:
And the weight to the nails to fifty shekels of gold. And the upper chambers he covered with gold.

LITV Translation:
and the weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold, and he covered the upper rooms with gold.

Brenton Septuagint Translation:
And the weight of the nails, even the weight of each was fifty shekels of gold: and he gilded the upper chamber with gold.