2 Samuel 22:4

Paleo Hebrew Niqqud

RBT Hebrew Interlinear:

מהלל מְהֻלָּל

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STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

הלל

hâlal

Definition

to be clear (orig. of sound, but usually of color); to shine; hence, to make ashow, to boast; and thus to be (clamorously) foolish; to rave; causatively, to celebrate; also to stultify

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; to be clear (orig. of sound, but usually of color); to shine; hence, to make ashow, to boast; and thus to be (clamorously) foolish; to rave; causatively, to celebrate; also to stultify; (make) boast (self), celebrate, commend, (deal, make), fool(-ish, -ly), glory, give (light), be (make, feign self) mad (against), give in marriage, (sing, be worthy of) praise, rage, renowned, shine.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H1984

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

הָלַל

verb • Root הלל • Strongs / High • Page 402

I. 1. to be clear, to be bright, to shine. 2. Figuratively: to be shining, splendid, to boast, to be proud.

הָלַל

verb • Root הלל • Strongs / High • Page 403

To resound, to sound; to shine clearly.

הָלַל

verb • Root הלל • Strongs / High • Page 403

To wander here and there, without aim or object; to rave, to indulge fancies, to be mad; to storm, to rage.

הָלַל

verb • Root הלל • Strongs / High • Page 404

To roll quickly, of chariots; figuratively, to be drunk, mad.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

הָלַל

verb • Root הלל • Page 188

1. to shine, give light (Job 29:3). 2. to shine, to glitter (Comp. Pi.). 3. to be haughty, arrogant (Ps. 75:5). 4. to be mad, foolish (Jer. 25:16). Pi.: to make to shine, give lustre; hence to praise, commend, celebrate (Gen. 12:15, Ps. 116:19). Pu.: to be praised or celebrated (Ezek. 26:17). Hithpa.: 1. to be praised (Prov. 31:30); 2. to glory, boast (1 K. 20:11). Po.: to make foolish, to deprive of reason (Ecc. 7:7, Job 12:17). Hithpo.: to be or become mad, foolish (Jer. 25:16, 51:7).

Verb Pual participle passive masculine singular absolute

LXX: αἰνεῖτε αλληλουια αἰνέσω αἰνεῖν καυχάσθω

LXX Usage Statistics

H1984b:

αἰνεῖτε 26× (16.8%)

αλληλουια 17× (11.0%)

αἰνέσω 7× (4.4%)

αἰνεῖν 6× (3.5%)

καυχάσθω 5× (3.2%)

αἰνεσάτωσαν 5× (3.2%)

αἰνετὸσ 5× (2.8%)

αἰνέσατε 3× (1.8%)

αἰνέσει 3× (1.8%)

αἰνέσουσιν 3× (1.7%)

אקרא אֶקְרָא

I am summoning/reading

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

קרא

qârâʼ

Definition

to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)

Root

a primitive root (rather identical with H7122 (קרא) through the idea of accosting a person met);

Exhaustive

a primitive root (rather identical with קרא through the idea of accosting a person met); to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications); bewray (self), that are bidden, call (for, forth, self, upon), cry (unto), (be) famous, guest, invite, mention, (give) name, preach, (make) proclaim(-ation), pronounce, publish, read, renowned, say.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H7121

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

קָרָא

verb • Root קרא • Strongs / High • Page 755

to call

קָרָא

verb • Root קרא • Strongs / High • Page 1292

To cry, raise the voice loud, call, cry out (intr.); to call upon, implore God; to proclaim, announce, preach; to praise, celebrate aloud; to name, assign a name (trans.).

קָרָא

verb • Root קרא • Strongs / High • Page 1293

To call (to name, to be named); to call together, to invite (to an assembly or feast); to summon (for defense or tribunal); to call forth, to appoint; to choose; to read aloud, to proclaim. (Nif'al: To be called, celebrated, named, read, or reckoned as belonging to someone).

קָרָא

verb • Root קרא • Strongs / High • Page 1293

(Pi'el: קֵרֵא) To strike upon or hit against a thing; hence to meet, to happen, to befall. (Nif'al: נִקְרָא) To go or come to one, to encounter a person (accidentally), to be met with, to meet by chance, to happen. (Hif'il: הִקְרִיאָ) To cause to happen or befall, misfortune.

קָרָא

verb • Strongs / High • Page 1294

To call, summon, invite; to proclaim, publish; to read; to name.

קָרָא

verb qal • Root קרא • Strongs / High • Page 1293

To call, call out, cry, proclaim; to call together, convoke; to invite; to summon (to tribunal); to call forth, appoint; to call into existence; to choose; to name or be called; to read aloud, declaim.

קָרָא

verb • Root קרא • Strongs / High • Page 1293

To be called, chosen, to be named.

קָרָא

verb qal • Root קרא • Strongs / High • Page 1293

II. Properly to strike upon or hit against a thing; hence to meet, to happen, to befall (with a double accusative).

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

קָרָא

verb • Page 593

I. to call. Subordinate significations include: (1) to call a person or thing; (2) to call out to any one (Is. 6:3); (3) to call on for help (Ps. 4:4); (4) to call together, an assembly (Joel 1:14); (5) to invite, bid (1 Sam. 9:13); (6) to announce, proclaim (Joel 4:9); (7) to celebrate, praise (Prov. 20:6); (8) to call, choose, appoint (Is. 42:6); (9) to invoke or praise the name of Jehovah (Gen. 4:26).

קָרָא

verb • Page 594

Continuation of previous entry: 2. to name; construed with an accus. of the name and a dative of the person or thing (Gen. 1:5, 4:26). 3. to read (Ex. 24:7, Deut. 17:19). Niph: 1. to be called (Jer. 44:26); 2. to be named (Gen. 2:23, 1 Sam. 9:9). Pu: 1. to be called (Ezek. 10:13); 2. to be named (Is. 48:12, 65:1).

קָרָא

verb • Root קרה • Page 594

II. i.q. קָרָה to meet or befal a person, spoken of an event or destiny (Gen. 49:1, 42:4). Infinitive לִקְרַאת used as a preposition meaning to meet (Gen. 46:29, Ex. 4:27) or over against (Gen. 15:10). Niph: to meet, spoken of persons (Ex. 5:3) or things (Deut. 22:6). Hiph: to cause to happen (Jer. 32:23).

Verb Qal imperfect first person common singular

LXX: ἐκάλεσεν ἐπωνόμασεν ἐβόησεν ἀνέγνω ἐκλήθη

LXX Usage Statistics

H7121:

ἐκάλεσεν 170× (21.5%)

ἐπωνόμασεν 23× (2.9%)

ἐβόησεν 17× (2.0%)

ἀνέγνω 16× (2.0%)

ἐκλήθη 16× (2.1%)

κληθήσεται 15× (2.0%)

καλέσαι 14× (1.9%)

ἐκάλεσα 14× (1.9%)

ἐκέκραξα 12× (1.7%)

ἐκάλεσαν 12× (1.5%)

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%)

ומאיבי וּמֵאֹיְבַי

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

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

איב

ʼôyêb

Definition

hating; an adversary

Root

or (fully) אויב; active participle of H340 (איב);

Exhaustive

or (fully) אויב; active participle of איב; hating; an adversary; enemy, foe.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H341

י

Definition

my, personal posessive - noun suffix: 1st person common singular

Root

Exhaustive

Personal posessive pronoun - suffix for nouns, adjectives and passive participles: 1st person singular

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H9020

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

אֹיֵב

noun masculine • Strongs_Numbers • Page 110

enemy, hater, opposer in the widest sense

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

אֹיֵב

particle • Root איב • Page 43

Part. enemy, adversary, Gen. 22: 17. 49: 8. Fem. אֹיֶבֶת female adversary, Mic. 7: 8, 10.

Conjunction, Preposition, Verb Qal participle active masculine plural construct, Suffix pronominal first person both singular

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H0341:

No stats available

אושע אִוָּשֵׁעַ׃

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ישע

yâshaʻ

Definition

properly, to be open, wide or free, i.e. (by implication) to be safe; causatively, to free or succor

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; properly, to be open, wide or free, i.e. (by implication) to be safe; causatively, to free or succor; [idiom] at all, avenging, defend, deliver(-er), help, preserve, rescue, be safe, bring (having) salvation, save(-iour), get victory.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3467

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

יָשַׁע

verb • Root ישע • Strongs / High • Page 660

To be wide, spacious; metaphorically, to be free, fortunate, unrestrained, delivered from oppression.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

יֶשַׁע and יֵשַׁע

verb / dec. vi. • Root ישע • Page 303

1. help, salvation, deliverance (Ps. 13:6, 50:23). 2. prosperity, happiness (Job 5:4, Ps. 132:17, Is. 61:10).

Verb Niphal imperfect first person common singular

LXX: ἔσωσεν σώσει σῶσόν σῶσον ἡμᾶσ

LXX Usage Statistics

H3467:

ἔσωσεν 20× (8.6%)

σώσει 18× (7.6%)

σῶσόν 15× (6.9%)

σῶσον 14× (6.5%)

ἡμᾶσ 13× (5.0%)

σώσω 11× (4.8%)

αὐτοὺσ 11× (3.8%)

σῶσαι 10× (4.0%)

σῴζων 10× (4.2%)

σώσεισ 8× (3.6%)

RBT Translation:

No verse found

RBT Paraphrase:
No verse found

Julia Smith Literal 1876 Translation:
Praising, I will call Jehovah and shall be saved from mine enemies.

LITV Translation:
I call on Jehovah, the One to be praised; and I shall be saved from my enemies.

Brenton Septuagint Translation:
I will call upon the Lord who is worthy to be praised, And I shall be saved from my enemies.