2 Chronicles 8:5

Paleo Hebrew Niqqud

RBT Hebrew Interlinear:

ויבן וַיִּ֜בֶן

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

בנה

bânâh

Definition

to build (literally and figuratively)

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; to build (literally and figuratively); (begin to) build(-er), obtain children, make, repair, set (up), [idiom] surely.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H1129

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

בָּנָה

verb • Root בנה • Strongs / High • Page 257

To set up, to place; 1. to build, to erect, establish, to raise (a house, palace, city, temple, etc.); to build up (what is destroyed), to rebuild; to fortify. 2. Figuratively: to establish family happiness, posterity; to set up a throne; to bestow prosperity or well-being; to establish.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

בָּנָה

verb • Page 105

1. To build, erect, or make (Gen. 8:20, 12:7; Gen. 2:22 regarding the rib). 2. To rebuild or build up what has been destroyed (Am. 9:14, Ps. 122:3). 3. Figuratively used for persons or nations, to build them up or make them prosperous (Jer. 24:6, 31:4).

בָּנָה

verb • Page 106

(Continued from previous page) 4. to raise up, or give posterity to any one (Gen. 16:2). Niph. 1. to be built, rebuilt (Deut. 13:17). 2. figuratively to be built up, to be made prosperous (Jer. 12:16, Mal. 3:15).

conjunctive, Verb Qal sequential imperfect third person masculine singular

LXX: ᾠκοδόμησεν οἰκοδομῆσαι ᾠκοδόμησαν οἰκοδομήσει οἰκοδομήσεισ

LXX Usage Statistics

H1129:

ᾠκοδόμησεν 94× (22.6%)

οἰκοδομῆσαι 36× (8.5%)

ᾠκοδόμησαν 26× (6.2%)

οἰκοδομήσει 16× (4.2%)

οἰκοδομήσεισ 16× (4.0%)

ᾠκοδόμησα 14× (3.5%)

οἰκοδομήσουσιν 9× (2.1%)

οἰκοδομεῖν 8× (1.9%)

οἰκοδομήσω 8× (1.9%)

--- 7× (1.8%)

את אֶת־

את-self eternal

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

את

ʼêth

Definition

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

Root

apparent contracted from H226 (אות) in the demonstrative sense of entity;

Exhaustive

apparent contracted from אות in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H853

את

ʼêth

Definition

a hoe or other digging implement

Root

of uncertain derivation;

Exhaustive

of uncertain derivation; a hoe or other digging implement; coulter, plowshare.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H855

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

אֵת

particle • Strongs_Numbers • Page 87

Particle used as a sign of the accusative, indicating the definite object of a verb; also used reflexively, or in designations of time and place. Occasionally interchangeable with other prepositions.

אֵת

substantive • Root אות • Strongs_Numbers • Page 208

I. Proper substance, being, essence, body, self, essential. It is used as the sign of an accusative, or to give prominence to a noun as subject.

אֵת

preposition • Root אנה • Strongs_Numbers • Page 208

II. With; expressing fellowship or accompaniment. Properly side, support, lean upon.

אֵת

noun masculine • Root אתה • Strongs_Numbers • Page 209

Mattock, coulter of a plough, hoe, prop. anything cutting into.

אֵת

noun masculine • Root אתה • Strongs_Numbers • Page 209

Equivalent to אֵת III., of which it is merely a collateral form.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

אוֹת or אֶת

sign of accusative case • Page 35

A sign of the accusative case.

אֶת

com. gen. chald. • Page 81

Equivalent to the Hebrew אוֹת (sign, miracle). Synonymous with תְּמַהּ. References: Dan. 3: 32, 33; 6: 28.

אַתְּ

pronoun • Page 81

Thou (masc.). Equivalent to אַתָּה. Note: Judg. 17: 2; 1 K. 14: 2.

אַתְּ

pronoun • Page 81

Thou (fem.). In pause אָתְּ. Found in Judg. 17: 2; 1 K. 14: 2. Also sometimes appears as a masculine form (Num. 11: 15; Ezek. 28: 14).

אֵת

ii. particle • Page 81

A primitive particle and sign of the accusative case (with Makk. -אֶת; with suffixes אֹתִי, אֹתָנוּ, etc.). Often denotes the definite direct object but can appear in circumstances where other languages employ the nominative (with passive verbs, neuter verbs, or before a nominative subject). References: Gen. 17: 5; Ex. 10: 8; 1 Sam. 17: 34.

אֵת

preposition • Page 82

1. with, together with (Gen. 4:1); 2. with, near by (Gen. 39:6); 3. in or on a place (1 Sam. 7:16); 4. besides (1 K. 11:25); 5. towards, erga (Ruth 2:20, 2 Sam. 16:17).

Direct object eternal self

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H0853:

No stats available

H0855:

No stats available

בית בֵּית

house

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

בית חורון

Bêyth Chôwrôwn

Definition

Beth-Choron, the name of two adjoining places in Palestine

Root

from H1004 (בית) and H2356 (חור); house of hollowness;

Exhaustive

from בית and חור; house of hollowness; Beth-Choron, the name of two adjoining places in Palestine; Beth-horon.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H1032

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

בִּית

verb • Root בית • Consonantal / Medium • Page 230

To pass the night.

Matched via consonantal key only

בַּיִת

noun masculine • Root בות • Consonantal / Medium • Page 237

house in the widest sense, consequently also tent, hut, tower, palace, temple

Matched via consonantal key only

בַּיִת

noun masculine (aramaic) • Consonantal / Medium • Page 239

The same [as Hebrew 'house']; king's house; temple; treasury; banquet-house.

Matched via consonantal key only

Noun proper name

LXX: βαιθωρων --- ωρωνιν [ia]

LXX Usage Statistics

H1032:

βαιθωρων 24× (81.2%)

--- 2× (7.4%)

ωρωνιν 2× (7.4%)

[ia] 2× (4.1%)

חורון חוֹרוֹן

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

בית חורון

Bêyth Chôwrôwn

Definition

Beth-Choron, the name of two adjoining places in Palestine

Root

from H1004 (בית) and H2356 (חור); house of hollowness;

Exhaustive

from בית and חור; house of hollowness; Beth-Choron, the name of two adjoining places in Palestine; Beth-horon.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H1032

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

בִּית

verb • Root בית • Consonantal / Medium • Page 230

To pass the night.

Matched via consonantal key only

בַּיִת

noun masculine • Root בות • Consonantal / Medium • Page 237

house in the widest sense, consequently also tent, hut, tower, palace, temple

Matched via consonantal key only

בַּיִת

noun masculine (aramaic) • Consonantal / Medium • Page 239

The same [as Hebrew 'house']; king's house; temple; treasury; banquet-house.

Matched via consonantal key only

Noun proper name

LXX: βαιθωρων --- ωρωνιν [ia]

LXX Usage Statistics

H1032:

βαιθωρων 24× (81.2%)

--- 2× (7.4%)

ωρωνιν 2× (7.4%)

[ia] 2× (4.1%)

העליון הָעֶלְיוֹן

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

עליון

ʻelyôwn

Definition

an elevation, i.e. (adj.) lofty (compar.); as title, the Supreme

Root

from H5927 (עלה);

Exhaustive

from עלה; an elevation, i.e. (adj.) lofty (compar.); as title, the Supreme; (Most, on) high(-er, -est), upper(-most).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H5945

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עֶלְיוֹן

adjective • Root עלה • Strongs / High • Page 1095

1. Of place: uppermost, upper; metaphor. of dignity and rank: elevated, renowned, eminent. 2. A substantive: the Highest, the High, the Exalted (God).

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

עֶלְיוֹן

verb • Root עלה • Page 510

1. upper, higher, the opposite of הַתַּחְתּוֹן (Gen. 40:17, 2 K. 18:17, Ezek. 42:5). 2. the Most High, i. e. God (Gen. 14:18, Ps. 7:18, 57:3, 9:3).

עֶלְיוֹן

m. chald. plur. majest. • Root עלה • Page 510

The Most High (Dan. 7. 22, 25).

Particle definite article, Adjective adjective both singular absolute

LXX: ὑψίστου ὕψιστοσ ἄνω ὕψιστον ὑψίστῳ

LXX Usage Statistics

H5945a:

ὑψίστου 14× (24.9%)

ὕψιστοσ 10× (16.7%)

ἄνω 7× (11.4%)

ὕψιστον 5× (8.4%)

ὑψίστῳ 4× (6.4%)

ἐπάνω 3× (5.0%)

ὑπεράνω 2× (3.9%)

ὕψιστε 2× (3.9%)

ὑψηλόσ 2× (3.6%)

ואת וְאֶת־

and אֵת-self eternal

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

את

ʼêth

Definition

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

Root

apparent contracted from H226 (אות) in the demonstrative sense of entity;

Exhaustive

apparent contracted from אות in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H853

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

אֵת

particle • Strongs_Numbers • Page 87

Particle used as a sign of the accusative, indicating the definite object of a verb; also used reflexively, or in designations of time and place. Occasionally interchangeable with other prepositions.

אֵת

substantive • Root אות • Strongs_Numbers • Page 208

I. Proper substance, being, essence, body, self, essential. It is used as the sign of an accusative, or to give prominence to a noun as subject.

אֵת

preposition • Root אנה • Strongs_Numbers • Page 208

II. With; expressing fellowship or accompaniment. Properly side, support, lean upon.

אֵת

noun masculine • Root אתה • Strongs_Numbers • Page 209

Mattock, coulter of a plough, hoe, prop. anything cutting into.

אֵת

noun masculine • Root אתה • Strongs_Numbers • Page 209

Equivalent to אֵת III., of which it is merely a collateral form.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

אוֹת or אֶת

sign of accusative case • Page 35

A sign of the accusative case.

אֶת

com. gen. chald. • Page 81

Equivalent to the Hebrew אוֹת (sign, miracle). Synonymous with תְּמַהּ. References: Dan. 3: 32, 33; 6: 28.

אַתְּ

pronoun • Page 81

Thou (fem.). In pause אָתְּ. Found in Judg. 17: 2; 1 K. 14: 2. Also sometimes appears as a masculine form (Num. 11: 15; Ezek. 28: 14).

אַתְּ

pronoun • Page 81

Thou (masc.). Equivalent to אַתָּה. Note: Judg. 17: 2; 1 K. 14: 2.

אֵת

ii. particle • Page 81

A primitive particle and sign of the accusative case (with Makk. -אֶת; with suffixes אֹתִי, אֹתָנוּ, etc.). Often denotes the definite direct object but can appear in circumstances where other languages employ the nominative (with passive verbs, neuter verbs, or before a nominative subject). References: Gen. 17: 5; Ex. 10: 8; 1 Sam. 17: 34.

אֵת

i. m. subst. • Page 81

Ploughshare. Inflected in two ways as אֵתִים and אֵתִין. References: 1 Sam. 13: 20, 21; Is. 2: 4; Joel 4: 10 [3:10]. Its etymology is suggested to be related to the word מַחֲרֶשֶׁת.

Conjunction, Direct object eternal self

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H0853:

No stats available

בית בֵּית

house

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

בית חורון

Bêyth Chôwrôwn

Definition

Beth-Choron, the name of two adjoining places in Palestine

Root

from H1004 (בית) and H2356 (חור); house of hollowness;

Exhaustive

from בית and חור; house of hollowness; Beth-Choron, the name of two adjoining places in Palestine; Beth-horon.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H1032

Fürst

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בִּית

verb • Root בית • Consonantal / Medium • Page 230

To pass the night.

Matched via consonantal key only

בַּיִת

noun masculine • Root בות • Consonantal / Medium • Page 237

house in the widest sense, consequently also tent, hut, tower, palace, temple

Matched via consonantal key only

בַּיִת

noun masculine (aramaic) • Consonantal / Medium • Page 239

The same [as Hebrew 'house']; king's house; temple; treasury; banquet-house.

Matched via consonantal key only

Noun proper name

LXX: βαιθωρων --- ωρωνιν [ia]

LXX Usage Statistics

H1032:

βαιθωρων 24× (81.2%)

--- 2× (7.4%)

ωρωνιν 2× (7.4%)

[ia] 2× (4.1%)

חורון חוֹרוֹן

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

בית חורון

Bêyth Chôwrôwn

Definition

Beth-Choron, the name of two adjoining places in Palestine

Root

from H1004 (בית) and H2356 (חור); house of hollowness;

Exhaustive

from בית and חור; house of hollowness; Beth-Choron, the name of two adjoining places in Palestine; Beth-horon.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H1032

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

בִּית

verb • Root בית • Consonantal / Medium • Page 230

To pass the night.

Matched via consonantal key only

בַּיִת

noun masculine • Root בות • Consonantal / Medium • Page 237

house in the widest sense, consequently also tent, hut, tower, palace, temple

Matched via consonantal key only

בַּיִת

noun masculine (aramaic) • Consonantal / Medium • Page 239

The same [as Hebrew 'house']; king's house; temple; treasury; banquet-house.

Matched via consonantal key only

Noun proper name

LXX: βαιθωρων --- ωρωνιν [ia]

LXX Usage Statistics

H1032:

βαιθωρων 24× (81.2%)

--- 2× (7.4%)

ωρωνιν 2× (7.4%)

[ia] 2× (4.1%)

התחתון הַתַּחְתּוֹן

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

תחתון

tachtôwn

Definition

bottommost

Root

or תחתן; from H8478 (תחת);

Exhaustive

or תחתן; from תחת; bottommost; lower(-est), nether(-most).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H8481

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תַּחְתּוֹן

adjective • Root תחת • Lemma_Lookup • Page 1510

The lower, inferior, infimus. Used of locations, structure parts, etc. (Josh. 18, 13; 1 Kings 6, 6, 8; Is. 22, 9; Ez. 40, 18, 19; 41, 7). Opposite עֶלְיוֹן.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

תַּחְתּוֹן

adjective • Page 714

Lower. Josh. 18:13; 1 K. 6:6. Fem. form תַּחְתּוֹנָה.

Particle definite article, Adjective adjective both singular absolute

LXX: κάτω ὑποκάτωθεν ὑποκάτω

LXX Usage Statistics

H8481:

κάτω 4× (29.3%)

ὑποκάτωθεν 3× (20.7%)

ὑποκάτω 2× (14.7%)

ערי עָרֵי

cities

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

עיר

ʻîyr

Definition

a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)

Root

or (in the plural) ער; or עיר; (Judges 10:4), from H5782 (עור)

Exhaustive

or (in the plural) ער; or עיר; (Judges 10:4), from עור; a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post); Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H5892

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עִיר

noun proper masculine • Strongs / High • Page 1061

Proper name masculine meaning 'one setting up, strengthening'.

עִיר

noun feminine • Root עור • Strongs / High • Page 1083

1. An enclosed, fenced place, proceeding from the verb-idea 'to fence round, encircle, enclose'; hence town, city. 2. dwelling.

עִיר

noun feminine • Strongs / High • Page 1084

1. A tower, a castle, a tower of watch; 2. A city generally, also a village, hamlet, or encampment; 3. Part of a city; 4. Metaphor for the inhabitants of a city.

עִיר

noun masculine • Root עיר • Strongs / High • Page 1084

Heat, anger, wrath.

עִיר

noun proper masculine • Root עיר • Strongs / High • Page 1084

A proper name (a man mentioned in 1 Chr. 7, 12).

עִיר

noun masculine (aramaic) • Root עיר • Strongs / High • Page 1084

A watcher (Aram.), referring to archangels, good angels, or fallen ones.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

הֵעִיר

verb • Root עור • Page 498

1. To awaken from sleep. Zech. 4:1. 2. To stir up (e.g., the leviathan). Job 41:2; Deut. 32:11. 3. intrans. to awake. Ps. 35:23; Job 8:6.

עִיר

noun feminine • Page 505

I. a city. References include city of God (Ps. 46: 5), the holy city (Neh. 11: 1), and several proper names like city of salt and city of palms (Jericho).

עִיר

noun • Page 505

II. perhaps anger, hostile attack. Jer. 15:8; Hos. 11:9. Comp. Arab. med. Vav to attack, assault.

עִיר

m. chald. • Page 505

a watcher, a name of angels in the later Jewish demonology, so called because they watch over the souls of men. Dan. 4: 10, 14, 20.

Noun common masculine plural construct

LXX: πόλεισ πόλιν πόλεωσ πόλει πόλισ

LXX Usage Statistics

H5892b:

πόλεισ 250× (22.9%)

πόλιν 200× (17.5%)

πόλεωσ 192× (17.0%)

πόλει 120× (9.9%)

πόλισ 83× (7.5%)

πόλεσιν 76× (6.1%)

πόλεων 50× (4.4%)

'' 35× (3.1%)

--- 26× (2.7%)

pεἰσ 16× (1.7%)

מצור מָצוֹר

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

מצור

mâtsôwr

Definition

something hemming in, i.e. (objectively) a mound (of besiegers), (abstractly) a siege, (figuratively) distress; or (subjectively) a fastness

Root

or מצור; from H6696 (צור);

Exhaustive

or מצור; from צור; something hemming in, i.e. (objectively) a mound (of besiegers), (abstractly) a siege, (figuratively) distress; or (subjectively) a fastness; besieged, bulwark, defence, fenced, fortress, siege, strong (hold), tower.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H4692

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מָצוֹר

noun masculine • Root צור • Strongs / High • Page 895

1. straitness, inclosure, hence a state of siege. 2. a wall, a bulwark. 3. Figuratively: straitness, distress, oppression, suffering. 4. a steep rock, a fortress. 5. n. p. of Egypt, poetically used for מִצְרַיִם.

מָצוֹר

noun masculine • Strongs / High • Page 895

siege, same as the first sense of the preceding entry.

Noun common both singular absolute

LXX: περιοχῇ περιοχῆσ στενοχωρίᾳ συνοχὴν συγκλεισμοῦ

LXX Usage Statistics

H4692:

περιοχῇ 4× (14.7%)

περιοχῆσ 3× (14.2%)

στενοχωρίᾳ 3× (9.9%)

συνοχὴν 2× (8.7%)

συγκλεισμοῦ 2× (8.0%)

חומות חוֹמוֹת

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

חומה

chôwmâh

Definition

a wall of protection

Root

feminine active participle of an unused root apparently meaning to join;

Exhaustive

feminine active participle of an unused root apparently meaning to join; a wall of protection; wall, walled.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H2346

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חוֹמָה

noun feminine • Root חמה • Strongs / High • Page 467

prop. enclosing, protecting round about, i.e. a wall, circular wall; usually spoken of the wall of a city.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

חוֹמָה

noun feminine • Root חמה • Page 218

A wall (Ex. 14:22, 29. Deut. 3:5. 28:52). i.q. Arab. حَمَا to surround, protect. Plur. חוֹמוֹת; Dual חוֹמוֹתַיִם (between the two walls, 2 K. 25:4).

Noun common feminine plural absolute

LXX: τεῖχοσ τείχουσ τείχη τείχει ''

LXX Usage Statistics

H2346:

τεῖχοσ 41× (29.5%)

τείχουσ 28× (19.6%)

τείχη 26× (17.5%)

τείχει 12× (7.1%)

'' 8× (5.6%)

τειχέων 7× (4.6%)

αὐτῆσ 4× (2.1%)

ὡσ 2× (1.5%)

דלתים דְּלָתַיִם

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

דלת

deleth

Definition

something swinging, i.e. the valve of adoor

Root

from H1802 (דלה);

Exhaustive

from דלה; something swinging, i.e. the valve of adoor; door (two-leaved), gate, leaf, lid. (Psalm 141:3).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H1817

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Fürst Lexicon

דֶּלֶת

noun • Root דלת • Strongs / High • Page 345

The name of the letter ד (Daleth), signifies door.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

דֶּלֶת

noun feminine • Root דל • Page 167

A door, gate (Cant. 8:9). Figuratively used for 'doors of my mother's womb' (Job 3:10) or 'doors of his face' (Job 41:5). Dual: דְּלָתַיִם double doors, folding doors (Deut. 3:5). Plur: דְּלָתוֹת doors, gates (Judg. 3:23-25; 1 K. 6:31; Ezek. 41:24).

דָּלֶת

noun • Page 150

The name of the fourth letter of the alphabet, i.q. דֶּלֶת a door, refers probably to the common square form of this letter.

דֶּלֶת

noun feminine • Page 166

A door. Is. 26: 20 Keri.

Noun common both dual absolute

LXX: θύρασ θύραν αὐτῆσ πύλασ θύρα

LXX Usage Statistics

H1817c:

θύρασ 27× (28.2%)

θύραν 17× (16.3%)

αὐτῆσ 8× (7.5%)

πύλασ 7× (7.5%)

θύρα 6× (5.8%)

θυρώματα 6× (6.4%)

θύραι 5× (5.4%)

θυρῶν 4× (3.8%)

θύραισ 3× (2.8%)

πύλαι 2× (2.4%)

ובריח וּבְרִיחַ׃

and a lock

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

בריח

bᵉrîyach

Definition

a bolt

Root

from H1272 (ברח);

Exhaustive

from ברח; a bolt; bar, fugitive.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H1280

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

בְּרִיחַ

noun masculine • Lemma_Lookup • Page 278

Bar, prop. the bar of wood that passes across to close doors; crossbar; fugitive.

בָּרִיחַ

adjective / noun proper masculine • Root ברח • Lemma_Lookup • Page 278

Fleet, hastening forward (of the serpent); ringed, twisted (designation of the crocodile/dragon); (as a proper name) Bariah.

הִבְרִיחַ

verb • Root ברח • Lemma_Lookup • Page 278

To make flee, to put to flight; to drive away; to reach across with a bar (from one end to the other).

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

בְּרִיחַ

m. verbal • Root ברח • Page 115

A bar; particularly (1.) a cross-bar for fastening gates (Deut. 3: 5, Neh. 3: 3). (2.) a cross-piece for binding boards in the tabernacle (Ex. 26: 26 ff., 36: 31 ff.).

בָּרִיחַ

m. verbal adj. • Root ברח • Page 115

1. flying, fugitive, runaway (Is. 15: 5, 43: 14). 2. as an epithet of the serpent (Is. 27: 1), and a constellation (Job 26: 13).

Conjunction, Noun common both singular absolute

LXX: μοχλοὺσ '' αὐτῆσ μοχλοί μοχλοὶ

LXX Usage Statistics

H1280:

μοχλοὺσ 16× (36.5%)

'' 6× (13.5%)

αὐτῆσ 6× (10.8%)

μοχλοί 4× (8.6%)

μοχλοὶ 3× (6.8%)

μοχλούσ 2× (4.5%)

RBT Translation:

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RBT Paraphrase:
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Julia Smith Literal 1876 Translation:
And he will build the house of the hollow the high, and the house of the hollow the low, fortified cities, the walls, doors, and bar:

LITV Translation:
And he built Beth-horon the upper, and Beth-horon the lower, as fortified cities, with walls, two leaved doors, and bars;

Brenton Septuagint Translation:
And he built Beth-horon the upper, and Beth-horon the lower, strong cities—they had walls, gates, and bars;