Amos 5:12

Paleo Hebrew Niqqud

RBT Hebrew Interlinear:

כי כִּי

for

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

כי

kîy

Definition

(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed

Root

a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent;

Exhaustive

a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed; and, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + till, truly, + until, when, whether, while, whom, yea, yet.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3588

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

כִּי

masculine noun • Root כוה • Strongs / High • Page 690

A prick, mark, stigma; a brand.

כִּי

relative conjunction • Root כי • Strongs / High • Page 690

A pronominal root used as a relative conjunction. 1. usually a relative particle, that, quod, to denote the relation of the preceding to the following clause, such as in indirect and direct speech.

כִּי

particle / conjunction • Strongs / High • Page 691

A versatile particle with several primary meanings. 1. As a conjunction, it can introduce an exclamation, a question, or an emphatic confirmation, and is sometimes translated as 'that'. 2. As a relative particle of time, it means 'when', 'if', 'since', 'as', 'as often as'. 3. As a causal particle, it means 'because' or 'for'. 4. As a particle of consequence, it can mean 'so' or 'then'.

כִּי

conjunction • Strongs / High • Page 692

A relative conjunction with a wide range of meanings depending on context. Causal: 'for', 'because'. Adversative: 'but', 'nay but', 'nay for', 'no', 'but yes', 'but indeed', 'but yet'. Comparative: 'but now'. Concessive: 'although'. Consequential: 'for which reason'.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

כִּי

m. subst. • Root כוה • Page 314

I. a mark burnt in, a brand, stigma. Is. 3: 24.

כִּי

primitive particle • Page 314

II. Probably a relative pronoun, i. q. אֲשֶׁר (Gen. 4:25). Used as a conj.: 1. that (Gen. 1:4). 2. for, because (Gen. 3:14). 3. if (Ex. 3:21). 4. when (Hos. 11:1). 5. yet, although (Ps. 116:10). 6. but (Gen. 45:8). 7. yea rather (Ps. 44:23). 8. often used at the beginning of a proposition (Zech. 3:8). 9. at the beginning of the apodosis (Gen. 22:17).

Particle

LXX: ὅτι γὰρ ἐὰν διότι ---

LXX Usage Statistics

H3588a:

ὅτι 2030× (53.1%)

γὰρ 394× (10.3%)

ἐὰν 276× (7.0%)

διότι 259× (6.8%)

--- 158× (4.1%)

ἀλλ' 114× (2.9%)

'' 76× (1.7%)

ὅταν 55× (1.4%)

καὶ 49× (1.3%)

γάρ 44× (1.2%)

ידעתי יָדַעְתִּי

I have perceived

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ידע

yâdaʻ

Definition

to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.)

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.); acknowledge, acquaintance(-ted with), advise, answer, appoint, assuredly, be aware, (un-) awares, can(-not), certainly, comprehend, consider, [idiom] could they, cunning, declare, be diligent, (can, cause to) discern, discover, endued with, familiar friend, famous, feel, can have, be (ig-) norant, instruct, kinsfolk, kinsman, (cause to let, make) know, (come to give, have, take) knowledge, have (knowledge), (be, make, make to be, make self) known, [phrase] be learned, [phrase] lie by man, mark, perceive, privy to, [idiom] prognosticator, regard, have respect, skilful, shew, can (man of) skill, be sure, of a surety, teach, (can) tell, understand, have (understanding), [idiom] will be, wist, wit, wot.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3045

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

יָדַע

verb • Root ידע • Strongs / High • Page 583

To know, perceive, understand. It encompasses various meanings including: to perceive by the senses, to know carnally (euphemism), to understand mentally, to discover, to be skilled in, to have a clear consciousness of, to care for, and to have moral perception (to know good and evil).

יָדַע

verb • Root ידע • Strongs / High • Page 584

to know, of the different meanings of Kal, to see, be seen, perceived, observed; to be known, to appear i.e. to be recognised; to be well-known, celebrated.

יָדַע

verb • Root ידע • Strongs / High • Page 584

II. The original idea of the root: to distinguish, separate, divide, lay aside, remove. This meaning appears seldom in Scripture.

יָדַע

verb • Root ידע • Strongs / High • Page 585

To divide, separate, split, cut. Figuratively, to chastise, visit, or punish.

יָדַע

verb • Root ידע • Strongs / High • Page 585

A transposed form of יָדַע. The Kal form is not used.

יָדַע

verb • Root ידע • Strongs / High • Page 582

1. to see, to perceive by the organs of sight, to mark, to perceive; 2. to perceive by hearing, to know by the taste, to experience, to feel; 3. Metaphorically from this, to lie with (sexual intercourse).

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

יָדַע

verb • Root ידע • Page 272

1. To know, understand, know how (Job 32:22, 1 Sam. 16:16). 2. To know, be acquainted with, know by name (Gen. 29:5, Ex. 33:12). 3. To perceive, observe, discern (Gen. 19:33, Judg. 13:21). 4. To learn, be informed, learn by experience (Gen. 9:24, Lev. 5:3, Ex. 6:7). 5. To imagine, expect (Ps. 35:8, Job 9:5). 6. To concern one's self about, take care of (Gen. 39:6, Prov. 27:23); spoken of God's interest in man (Ps. 144:3). 7. Euphemistic expression for sexual intercourse (Gen. 4:17, 25; 1 Sam. 1:19).

Verb Qal perfect first person common singular

LXX: ἔγνω γνώσονται ἔγνωσαν ἔγνων οἶδα

LXX Usage Statistics

H3045:

ἔγνω 57× (5.6%)

γνώσονται 51× (4.5%)

ἔγνωσαν 37× (3.7%)

ἔγνων 37× (3.7%)

οἶδα 30× (3.1%)

γνώσῃ 27× (2.4%)

γνώσεσθε 26× (2.4%)

οἶδεν 25× (2.6%)

γνῶναι 24× (2.2%)

ἔγνωσ 21× (2.1%)

רבים רַבִּים

multitudes

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

רב

rab

Definition

abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)

Root

by contracted from H7231 (רבב);

Exhaustive

by contracted from רבב; abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality); (in) abound(-undance, -ant, -antly), captain, elder, enough, exceedingly, full, great(-ly, man, one), increase, long (enough, (time)), (do, have) many(-ifold, things, a time), (ship-)master, mighty, more, (too, very) much, multiply(-tude), officer, often(-times), plenteous, populous, prince, process (of time), suffice(-lent).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H7227

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

רַב

adjective / adv. / substantive • Root רבב • Strongs / High • Page 1313

Adjective meaning many, numerous; great, extended, wide, long (of time), violent, strong, or grievous. Also used as an adverb meaning much, in great number, enough, strongly, or richly. Used substantively meaning a great one, a mighty one, or oldest.

רַב

adjective / noun masculine • Strongs / High • Page 1314

great, large, numerous, much, abundant; also meaning chief, head, commander, captain, president, chamberlain, master; principal persons, judges, nobility; fullness, multitude, mass, quantity, totality. Used as adj. and sometimes adverbially.

רַב

aram. adj. m. (aramaic) • Root רבב • Strongs / High • Page 1314

Aramaic adjective (masc. and fem. רַבָּא) meaning great, in the widest sense, of kingdom, gold, stone, God; large.

רַב

noun masculine • Root רבב • Strongs / High • Page 1314

multitude, mass, plenty, great quantity, fullness, totality (singular collective noun). Plur. constr. רַבֵּי.

רַב

adjective • Root רבה • Strongs / High • Page 1315

Many, numerous; great, large. (Aramaic equivalent: רַבָּא).

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

רַב

verb • Root רבב • Page 604

1. Much, many, numerous (Num. 32:1). Also as adv. much, exceedingly, enough (Ps. 123:3, Gen. 33:9). 2. Great, mighty (Ps. 31:20, Is. 63:1). 3. Older, major natu (Gen. 25:23). 4. As a subst. a chief, captain, leader (2 K. 25:8, Dan. 1:3).

רַב

chald. • Root רבב • Page 604

1. Great (Dan. 2:10, 31). 2. Subst. a chief, head, captain (Dan. 5:11, 2:48). Plur. רַבְרְבִין (Dan. 3:33).

Adjective adjective masculine plural absolute

LXX: πολλὰ πολλῶν πολλοὶ πολὺ πολλοῖσ

LXX Usage Statistics

H7227a:

πολλὰ 37× (7.8%)

πολλῶν 30× (6.3%)

πολλοὶ 28× (5.7%)

πολὺ 18× (3.6%)

πολλοῖσ 17× (3.4%)

'' 17× (3.1%)

πλείουσ 15× (3.1%)

ἀρχιμάγειροσ 15× (2.7%)

πολὺσ 15× (3.1%)

--- 14× (3.0%)

פשעיכם פִּשְׁעֵיכם

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

פשע

peshaʻ

Definition

a revolt (national, moral or religious)

Root

from H6586 (פשע);

Exhaustive

from פשע; a revolt (national, moral or religious); rebellion, sin, transgression, trespass.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H6588

כם

Definition

your, personal posessive - noun suffix: 2nd person masculine plural

Root

Exhaustive

Personal posessive pronoun - suffix for nouns, adjectives and passive participles: 2nd person masculine plural

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H9026

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

פֶּשַׁע

noun masculine • Root פשע • Strongs / High • Page 1200

Folly, silliness, sin, metaphorically mischief.

Noun common masculine plural construct, Suffix pronominal second person masculine plural

LXX: ἀσεβείαισ ἀσεβείασ ἀνομίασ ἀδικίασ ἀσεβειῶν

LXX Usage Statistics

H6588:

ἀσεβείαισ 9× (10.1%)

ἀσεβείασ 9× (9.7%)

ἀνομίασ 9× (8.5%)

ἀδικίασ 4× (4.0%)

ἀσεβειῶν 4× (3.9%)

ἁμαρτίασ 3× (3.1%)

ἁμαρτίαν 3× (3.1%)

ἀνομία 3× (3.1%)

ἀνομίαι 3× (2.9%)

--- 2× (2.3%)

ועצמים וַעֲצֻמים

and a mighty throng

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

עצום

ʻâtsûwm

Definition

powerful (specifically, a paw); by implication, numerous

Root

or עצם; passive participle of H6105 (עצם);

Exhaustive

or עצם; passive participle of עצם; powerful (specifically, a paw); by implication, numerous; [phrase] feeble, great, mighty, must, strong.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H6099

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

עָצוּם

adjective • Root עצם • Strongs / High • Page 1120

adj. m. strong, powerful (of fire, water), mighty, extraordinary; numerous.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

עָצוּם

m. verbal from עָצַם • Root עצם • Page 521

1. strong, mighty. Num. 14:12. 2. numerous. Joel 1:6. Ps. 35:18. 3. the strong ones, claws. Ps. 10:10.

Conjunction, Adjective adjective masculine plural absolute

LXX: ἰσχυρὸν ἰσχυρότερα ἰσχυρὰ ἰσχυρόν πλῆθοσ

LXX Usage Statistics

H6099:

ἰσχυρὸν 3× (9.6%)

ἰσχυρότερα 3× (9.1%)

ἰσχυρὰ 2× (7.1%)

ἰσχυρόν 2× (7.1%)

πλῆθοσ 2× (6.6%)

ἰσχύει 2× (6.6%)

חטאתיכם חַטֹּאתֵיכֶם

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

חטאה

chaṭṭâʼâh

Definition

an offence (sometimes habitual sinfulness), and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also (concretely) an offender

Root

or חטאת; from H2398 (חטא);

Exhaustive

or חטאת; from חטא; an offence (sometimes habitual sinfulness), and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also (concretely) an offender; punishment (of sin), purifying(-fication for sin), sin(-ner, offering).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H2403

כם

Definition

your, personal posessive - noun suffix: 2nd person masculine plural

Root

Exhaustive

Personal posessive pronoun - suffix for nouns, adjectives and passive participles: 2nd person masculine plural

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H9026

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

חַטָּאת

noun feminine • Root חטא • Consonantal / Medium • Page 475

Sin; punishment for sin; sin-offering, sacrifice for sin; expiation for sin.

Matched via consonantal key only

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

חַטָּאת

noun feminine • Root חטא • Page 224

1. a fall, stumbling, misfortune. Prov. 10: 16. 2. a sin. Deut. 9: 21. 3. expiation, purification. Num. 8: 7. 4. a sin-offering. Lev. 6: 25, 30. 5. punishment. Zech. 14: 19.

Noun common feminine plural construct, Suffix pronominal second person masculine plural

LXX: ἁμαρτίασ ἁμαρτιῶν ἁμαρτίαισ ἁμαρτία ἁμαρτίαν

LXX Usage Statistics

H2403b:

ἁμαρτίασ 149× (47.7%)

ἁμαρτιῶν 30× (10.4%)

ἁμαρτίαισ 27× (8.7%)

ἁμαρτία 20× (7.2%)

ἁμαρτίαν 17× (5.5%)

ἁμαρτίαι 8× (2.7%)

'' 4× (1.4%)

ἀνομίασ 4× (1.4%)

--- 3× (1.3%)

ἁμάρτημά 3× (1.1%)

צררי צֹרְרֵי

those who narrowly-cramp me

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

צרר

tsârar

Definition

to cramp, literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; to cramp, literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive; adversary, (be in) afflict(-ion), beseige, bind (up), (be in, bring) distress, enemy, narrower, oppress, pangs, shut up, be in a strait (trouble), vex.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H6887

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

צָרַר

verb • Root צרר • Strongs / High • Page 1139

(II. not used) tr. same as צָרַר II. to surround, to encircle, a place.

צָרַר

verb • Root צרר • Strongs / High • Page 1224

I. tr. 1. to collect, to bring together, colligere. 2. to enclose, to close around, to straiten, to besiege, a city or persons. 3. to be hard, thick, firm (of the hoofs of horses, fortification, persons), or to attack, to hurt, to injure.

צָרַר

verb / intr. • Root צרר • Strongs / High • Page 1251

I. 1. (Tr.) To collect, to press together, to bring together; to drive together; to bind, to shut in, to keep, to fence in, to secure, to make solitary. 2. To straiten, to enclose, hence to press upon, to compass as an enemy, generally to persecute. 3. (Intr.) To be straitened, pressed, in distress or necessity; to be narrow.

צָרַר

verb • Strongs / High • Page 1252

To press upon, to persecute, with accusat. To oppress, to distress, to besiege, to have pains (of a woman in childbirth).

צָרַר

verb • Strongs / High • Page 1252

(Not used) To be firm, hard, of rocks.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

צָרַר

verb • Page 576

I. 1. To bind up or together (in a cloth or bundle). Ex. 12: 34, Job 26: 8, Prov. 30: 4. 2. To embrace or hold fast. Hos. 4: 19. 3. To shut up. 2 Sam. 20: 3.

צָרַר

verb • Page 576

II. 1. To be hostile to, to persecute. Num. 33: 55, Is. 11: 13. Hence צֹרֵר a persecutor, an enemy. 2. To be jealous, to be a rival. Lev. 18: 18.

צָרַר

verb • Page 576

III. i. q. צוּר no. I. but used intrans. to be narrow or straitened.

Verb Qal participle active masculine plural construct

LXX: ἐχθρῶν ἐπολέμησάν θλίβοντέσ

LXX Usage Statistics

H6887d:

ἐχθρῶν 4× (9.0%)

ἐπολέμησάν 2× (5.5%)

θλίβοντέσ 2× (4.7%)

צדיק צַדִּיק

a just one

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

צדיק

tsaddîyq

Definition

just

Root

from H6663 (צדק);

Exhaustive

from צדק; just; just, lawful, righteous (man).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H6662

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

צַדִּיק

noun masculine • Root צדק • Strongs / High • Page 1216

1. just, righteous, of a ruler, of God, reliable. 2. A truth-speaker, honest, right, pious, religious, keeping the divine laws. Rarely: a strong, powerful one, a tyrant.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

צַדִּיק

m. verbal adj. • Root צדק • Page 563

1. He that has a righteous cause. Ex. 9:27. 2. Just, righteous (spoken of God, a king, judge). Ps. 7:10. 3. Blameless, virtuous, pious. Gen. 6:9. 4. True, faithful. Neh. 9:8. 5. Perhaps victorious, a conqueror. Is. 49:24.

Adjective adjective both singular absolute

LXX: δίκαιοσ δίκαιον δικαίων δίκαιοι δικαίου

LXX Usage Statistics

H6662:

δίκαιοσ 59× (27.7%)

δίκαιον 32× (14.6%)

δικαίων 31× (14.8%)

δίκαιοι 22× (10.3%)

δικαίου 16× (7.7%)

δικαίῳ 7× (3.0%)

δικαίοισ 5× (2.4%)

δικαίουσ 5× (2.2%)

δίκαια 3× (1.5%)

εὐσεβῶν 3× (1.3%)

לקחי לֹקְחֵי

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

לקח

lâqach

Definition

to take (in the widest variety of applications)

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; to take (in the widest variety of applications); accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, [idiom] many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3947

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Fürst Lexicon

לָקַח

transitive verb • Root לקח • Strongs / High • Page 791

tr. to take, lay hold of, seize, with the hand; to catch; to take away from a thing.

לָקַח

verb • Root לקח • Strongs / High • Page 792

To take, take from; to take away, as prey, to kill; to conquer; to take along, lead; to procure, bring, fetch; to receive, accept, obtain; to undertake; to buy.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

לָקַח

verb • Page 348

1. to take (often pleonastically). Gen. 12:5. 2. to seize or lay hold of. Ezek. 8:3. 3. to take away. Gen. 4:12. 4. to take, capture, occupare. Num. 21:25. 5. to receive, obtain, acquire. Num. 23:20. 6. to admit, take up, receive. Prov. 2:1.

Verb Qal participle active masculine plural construct

LXX: ἔλαβεν λαβὲ λήμψῃ ἔλαβον λήμψεται

LXX Usage Statistics

H3947:

ἔλαβεν 254× (24.8%)

λαβὲ 73× (7.8%)

λήμψῃ 57× (5.7%)

ἔλαβον 57× (5.7%)

λήμψεται 50× (5.1%)

λαβεῖν 32× (3.4%)

λήμψονται 30× (3.0%)

λαβὼν 28× (2.7%)

λάβετε 25× (2.7%)

λήμψομαι 21× (2.1%)

כפר כֹפֶר

a cover/ransom

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

כפר

kôpher

Definition

properly, a cover, i.e. (literally) a village (as covered in); (specifically) bitumen (as used for coating), and the henna plant (as used for dyeing); figuratively, a redemption-price

Root

from H3722 (כפר);

Exhaustive

from כפר; properly, a cover, i.e. (literally) a village (as covered in); (specifically) bitumen (as used for coating), and the henna plant (as used for dyeing); figuratively, a redemption-price; bribe, camphire, pitch, ransom, satisfaction, sum of money, village.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3724

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

כֹּפֶר

noun masculine • Root כפר • Strongs / High • Page 729

1. propitiation, ransom, ransom-price, price of expiation, price of life. 2. hamlet, village. 3. a strong, firm, hard species of tree (like גֹּפֶר); resin of pine, pitch of pine. 4. cypress-plant, cypress-bush.

כֹּפֶר

noun • Root כפר • Strongs / High • Page 730

The cypress plant, said to be named from the bright red capsules of its fruits or the greyish white colour of its blossom. Related to the Greek and Latin names for cypress and the island Cyprus.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

כֹּפֶר

noun masculine • Page 327

I. idem (as village). 1 Sam. 6:18.

כֹּפֶר

m. verbal • Root כפר • Page 327

II. 1. pitch. Gen. 6:14. 2. a ransom. Ex. 21:30. 30:12. Is. 43:3.

כֹּפֶר

m. dec. vi. p. • Page 327

III. the alhenna of the Arabians (Lawsonia inermis); a plant resembling privet with clustering, whitish, fragrant flowers. Cant. 1:14, 4:13.

כָּפַר

verb • Page 326

To cover; overlay (Gen. 6:14). Pi. (כִּפֶּר): 1. to pardon, forgive, literally to cover an offence; 2. causat. to effect or procure forgiveness, to expiate, to make an atonement, to purify, to pacify (Gen. 32:21; Lev. 4:35; Ex. 32:30; Prov. 16:14; Is. 47:11). Pu. (כֻּפַּר): 1. to be blotted out, obliterated; 2. to be expiated, spoken of an offence; 3. to be purified (Is. 28:18; 6:7; 22:14; 27:9; Ex. 29:33). Hithpa. and Nithpa.: to be expiated (1 Sam. 3:14; Deut. 21:8).

כְּפָר

m. dec. iv. a. • Page 327

a village. Cant. 7:12. 1 Chr. 27:25. Neh. 6:2.

Noun common both singular absolute

LXX: λύτρα ἐξίλασμα

LXX Usage Statistics

H3724a:

λύτρα 4× (24.4%)

ἐξίλασμα 2× (12.2%)

ואביונים וְאֶבְיוֹנים

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

אביון

ʼebyôwn

Definition

destitute

Root

from H14 (אבה), in the sense of want (especially in feeling);

Exhaustive

from אבה, in the sense of want (especially in feeling); destitute; beggar, needy, poor (man).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H34

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

אֶבְיוֹן

adjective / noun masculine • Root אביון • Strongs_Numbers • Page 50

Bowed, oppressed; needy, poor

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

אֶבְיוֹן

verb • Root אבה • Page 19

1. Poor, needy (Deut. 15:4, 7, 11; Ps. 72:4). 2. Unhappy, afflicted, distressed.

Conjunction, Adjective adjective masculine plural absolute

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H0034:

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בשער בַּשַּׁעַר

None

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

שער

shaʻar

Definition

an opening, i.e. door or gate

Root

from H8176 (שער) in its original sense;

Exhaustive

from שער in its original sense; an opening, i.e. door or gate; city, door, gate, port ([idiom] -er).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H8179

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

שַׁעַר

noun masculine • Root שער • Strongs / High • Page 1466

1. Prop. cleft, aperture, a gate (of a city, camp, temple, palace, etc.). Often refers to a gate-building, a place of public resort or forum where trials were held and business transacted. Figuratively used for entrances (of heaven, deep, rivers). 2. A measure, hundredfold.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

שֹׁעֵר

adjective • Page 694

vile, mean, detestable, spoken of figs. Jer. 29: 17.

שַׁעַר

verb • Root שער • Page 693

to think, estimate. Once Prov. 23:7. (Chald. שַׁעַר to measure. Arab. שער to fix a price.)

שַׁעַר

m. verbal • Root שער • Page 693

I. a measure. Once Gen. 26:12. מֵאָה שְׁעָרִים an hundred measures, i. e. an hundred fold.

שַׁעַר

com. gen. prim. • Root שער • Page 693

II. a gate, porta. In the gate the orientals have their market and their courts of judgment (Prov. 22:22, Amos 5:10). Thither the people assemble to pass away time (Gen. 19:1, Ps. 69:13). Lists various gates of Jerusalem including: the fountain-gate (Neh. 2:14), the dung-gate (Neh. 2:13), the valley-gate (Neh. 2:13), the corner-gate (Is. 31:38), the gate of Ephraim (Neh. 8:16), the old gate (Neh. 3:6), the first gate (Zech. 14:10), the fish-gate (Neh. 3:3), the sheep-gate (Neh. 3:1), the review-gate (Neh. 3:31), the horse-gate (Neh. 3:28), the water-gate (Neh. 3:26), and the prison-gate (Neh. 12:39).

Preposition -Within Art, Noun common both singular absolute

LXX: πύλησ πύλην πύλαισ πύλῃ πύλη

LXX Usage Statistics

H8179:

πύλησ 104× (27.0%)

πύλην 43× (10.8%)

πύλαισ 27× (6.6%)

πύλῃ 26× (5.9%)

πύλη 24× (6.3%)

πύλαι 21× (5.4%)

'' 19× (4.9%)

πύλασ 18× (4.7%)

πόλεσίν 16× (3.6%)

πυλῶν 16× (3.8%)

הטו הִטּוּ׃

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

נטה

nâṭâh

Definition

to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application; [phrase] afternoon, apply, bow (down, -ing), carry aside, decline, deliver, extend, go down, be gone, incline, intend, lay, let down, offer, outstretched, overthrown, pervert, pitch, prolong, put away, shew, spread (out), stretch (forth, out), take (aside), turn (aside, away), wrest, cause to yield.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H5186

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

נָטָה

verb • Root נטה • Strongs / High • Page 964

To stretch, to extend, to spread, to bend. Specifically: 1. to stretch out (one's hand); of God, to punish, or to attack and strike. Its organic root is נ-ט.

נָטָה

verb • Root נטה • Strongs / High • Page 965

Kal stem: 1. to stretch, to stretch out, to extend, to elongate. 2. to spread out, to expand (e.g. a tent, the heavens). 3. to bow down, to incline, to turn to, to bestow. 4. intransitively: to decline (of the day), to turn, to go away, to depart.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

נָטָה

verb • Root נטה • Page 440

(Continued from previous page) 4. trans. to turn away (Jer. 5:25, Num. 22:23); to lead astray (Job 24:4); to lead aside (2 Sam. 3:27); to put away (Ps. 27:9). Intrans. to depart (Job 23:11, Is. 30:11, Ps. 125:5). 5. to bend, pervert; particularly in the phrase הִטָּה מִשְׁפָּט (1 Sam. 8:3, Ex. 23:6, Deut. 27:19, Lam. 3:35). Hoph. part. מֻטֶּה (Is. 8:8, Ezek. 9:9).

נָטָה

verb • Root נטה • Page 439

1. to stretch out (e.g. hand, measuring line). 2. to spread out (e.g. tent, heavens). 3. to incline, bend down (e.g. ear, heart, wall). 4. to turn, lead. 5. to go away, depart. (Niph.) to be stretched out. (Hiph.) to stretch out, spread out, incline, bend down, or show favour.

Verb Hiphil perfect third person common plural

LXX: ἐκτενῶ ὑψηλῷ ἐξέτεινεν κλῖνον ἐξέκλινεν

LXX Usage Statistics

H5186:

ἐκτενῶ 12× (5.2%)

ὑψηλῷ 12× (5.6%)

ἐξέτεινεν 11× (5.2%)

κλῖνον 10× (4.8%)

ἐξέκλινεν 10× (4.6%)

ἔκλινεν 10× (4.3%)

ἔκτεινον 9× (4.3%)

ἔπηξεν 7× (3.2%)

ἐκκλῖναι 6× (2.6%)

ἐξέκλιναν 6× (2.7%)

RBT Translation:

No verse found

RBT Paraphrase:
No verse found

Julia Smith Literal 1876 Translation:
For I knew your many transgressions, and your strong sins: pressing upon the just, taking a ransom, and they turned away the needy in the gate.

LITV Translation:
For I know your many transgressions, and your many sins: afflicting the just, taking of a bribe, and turning aside the poor in the gate.

Brenton Septuagint Translation:
For I know your many transgressions, and your sins are great, trampling on the just, taking bribes, and turning aside the judgment of the poor in the gates.