Amos 7:9

Paleo Hebrew Niqqud

RBT Hebrew Interlinear:

ונשמו וְנָשַׁמּוּ

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

שמם

shâmêm

Definition

to stun (or intransitively, grow numb), i.e. devastate or (figuratively) stupefy (both usually in a passive sense)

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; to stun (or intransitively, grow numb), i.e. devastate or (figuratively) stupefy (both usually in a passive sense); make amazed, be astonied, (be an) astonish(-ment), (be, bring into, unto, lay, lie, make) desolate(-ion, places), be destitute, destroy (self), (lay, lie, make) waste, wonder.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H8074

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

שְׁמַם

aram. intr. verb (aramaic) • Root שמם • Lemma_Lookup • Page 1449

(Pe. not used) Aramaic intransitive, same as Hebrew שׁוּם I (Root concept).

שָׁמַם

verb • Root שמם • Lemma_Lookup • Page 1448

I. (Kal) 1. To be astonished, confounded, filled with dread. 2. To be laid waste or made desolate. (Hif) To make astonished; To lay waste, destroy. (Hithp) To be surprised, amazed, or dispirited.

שָׁמַם

verb • Root שמם • Lemma_Lookup • Page 1448

II. Intransitive verb, same as שָׁאַף to snort, coupled with שָׁאַף to gasp for.

שָׁמַם

verb • Root שמם • Lemma_Lookup • Page 1448

III. Intransitive verb (not used) meaning to be poisonous.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

שְׁמָם

chald. ithpo. • Root שמם • Page 686

To be astonished, amazed (Dan. 4:16). Derived from Chald. Ithpo. אִשְׁתּוֹמַם.

שָׁמֵם

verb • Root ישם אשם • Page 685

1. to be laid waste, made desolate. Ezek. 33: 28. 35: 12, 15. Part. שׁוֹמֵם desolate, Lam. 1: 4. 3: 11. spoken of persons, faint, desponding, Lam. 1.

שָׁמֵם

m. verbal adj. • Root שמם • Page 686

Desolate, waste (Dan. 9:17).

conjunctive, Verb Niphal sequential perfect third person common plural

LXX: ἐρημώσεωσ ἠφανίσθησαν ἠφανίσθη αὐτῆσ ἠρεμάζων

LXX Usage Statistics

H8074:

ἐρημώσεωσ 6× (6.6%)

ἠφανίσθησαν 3× (3.7%)

ἠφανίσθη 3× (3.5%)

αὐτῆσ 3× (2.6%)

ἠρεμάζων 2× (2.5%)

ἐκστήσεται 2× (2.5%)

σκυθρωπάσει 2× (2.5%)

ἐξηρημωμένασ 2× (2.5%)

ἐκστήσονται 2× (2.5%)

ἀφανισθήσεται 2× (2.3%)

במות בָּמוֹת

high places/platforms

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

במה

bâmâh

Definition

an elevation

Root

from an unused root (meaning to be high);

Exhaustive

from an unused root (meaning to be high); an elevation; height, high place, wave.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H1116

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

מוֹת

noun masculine • Root מות • Consonantal / Low • Page 830

Aramaic word for death.

Matched after stripping common prefixes

מוּת

verb • Root מות • Consonantal / Low • Page 829

(Qal) To be stretched, extended, or stiffen, as the limbs of an expiring body; hence to die, of men or animals. Metaphorically, to decay, be waste, be destroyed, or disappear.

Matched after stripping common prefixes

מוּת

verb • Root מות • Consonantal / Low • Page 830

A verb root meaning to die, to expire. The lexicon provides extensive etymological background, connecting it to Arabic, Greek, Sanskrit, and other languages.

Matched after stripping common prefixes

מָוֶת

noun masculine • Root מות • Consonantal / Low • Page 830

1. death, the state of being dead, dying; punishment of death, a capital crime; something deadly like poison or pestilence. 2. the place of the dead, hades, the underworld. 3. a designation for the highest degree of fearfulness, sorrow, or vehemence.

Matched after stripping common prefixes

Noun common feminine plural construct

LXX: ὑψηλὰ ὑψηλῶν ὑψηλοῖσ βαμα ὕψη

LXX Usage Statistics

H1116:

ὑψηλὰ 21× (19.0%)

ὑψηλῶν 17× (15.4%)

ὑψηλοῖσ 10× (7.8%)

βαμα 8× (7.0%)

ὕψη 5× (4.2%)

ὑψηλά 4× (3.5%)

στήλασ 3× (2.9%)

ὑψηλὸν 3× (2.6%)

βωμοὶ 2× (2.1%)

ἄλσοσ 2× (1.8%)

ישחק יִשְׂחָק

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

יצחק

Yitschâq

Definition

Jitschak (or Isaac), son of Abraham

Root

from H6711 (צחק); laughter (i.e. mochery);

Exhaustive

from צחק; laughter (i.e. mochery); Jitschak (or Isaac), son of Abraham; Isaac. Compare ישחק.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3327

ישחק

Yischâq

Definition

Jischak, the heir of Abraham

Root

from H7831 (שחצום); he will laugh;

Exhaustive

from שחצום; he will laugh; Jischak, the heir of Abraham; Isaac. Compare יצחק.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3446

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

יִצְחָק

proper noun / masculine • Root צחק • Strongs / High • Page 634

(mocker, laugher); proper name of the great progenitor Isaac.

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

יְשַׁחְקֵק

verb • Root חקק • Lemma_Lookup • Page 657

see חָקַק.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

יִצְחָק

proper name • Root צחק • Page 293

Proper name of the son of Abraham and Sarah (lit. 'he laughs'). Gen. xxi-xxviii. Synonymous with Israel (Am. 7:9).

Noun proper name masculine

LXX: ισαακ

LXX Usage Statistics

H3327:

ισαακ 106× (95.7%)

H3446:

No stats available

ומקדשי וּמִקְדְּשֵׁי

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

מקדש

miqdâsh

Definition

a consecrated thing or place, especially, a palace, sanctuary (whether of Jehovah or of idols) or asylum

Root

or מקדש; (Exodus 15:17), from H6942 (קדש);

Exhaustive

or מקדש; (Exodus 15:17), from קדש; a consecrated thing or place, especially, a palace, sanctuary (whether of Jehovah or of idols) or asylum; chapel, hallowed part, holy place, sanctuary.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H4720

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

מִקְדָּשׁ

noun masculine • Root קדש • Strongs / High • Page 898

1. A sanctuary, a hallowed place, house, or station; a temple. Can be applied to both Jehovistic and non-Jehovistic temples. Plural can mean holy spots, halls, or vessels. 2. What manifests itself as holy, applied to Jehovah or any object reckoned holy. 3. What is consecrated.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

מִקְדָּשׁ

noun masculine • Root קדש • Page 400

1. a holy place, a sanctuary, spoken of the tabernacle of the congregation and of the temple. Ex. 25:8. Lev. 12:4. Plur. מִקְדָּשִׁים sanctuaries. 2. something consecrated or to be consecrated. Num. 18:29.

Conjunction, Noun common masculine plural construct

LXX: ἁγίασμα ἁγίων ἅγιά ἅγια ἅγιον

LXX Usage Statistics

H4720:

ἁγίασμα 15× (20.1%)

ἁγίων 12× (14.0%)

ἅγιά 10× (12.8%)

ἅγια 7× (8.9%)

ἅγιον 6× (7.4%)

ἁγίοισ 5× (5.5%)

ἁγιάσματοσ 2× (2.8%)

ἡγιασμένον 2× (2.6%)

ἅγιόν 2× (2.6%)

ἁγιαστήριον 2× (2.6%)

ישראל יִשְׂרָאֵל

God-Contends

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ישראל

Yisrâʼêl

Definition

Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity

Root

from H8280 (שרה) and H410 (אל); he will rule as God;

Exhaustive

from שרה and אל; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity; Israel.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3478

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

יִשְׂרָאֵל

noun proper masculine • Root שרה • Strongs / High • Page 662

A proper name with multiple meanings: the patriarch Jacob; the Israelite people; an honorary title for the pious; the northern kingdom of Israel; the whole kingdom after the exile.

יִשְׂרָאֵל

noun proper masculine • Root ישר • Strongs / High • Page 662

A proper name, meaning 'El is a true, honest one.' Described as a ground-form to יְשַׂרְאֵלָה.

Noun proper name

LXX: ισραηλ '' --- ιακωβ

LXX Usage Statistics

H3478:

ισραηλ 2245× (92.9%)

'' 57× (2.1%)

--- 50× (2.2%)

ισραηλ 8× (0.3%)

ιακωβ 4× (0.2%)

t? 4× (0.1%)

ιερουσαλημ 4× (0.2%)

[b] 3× (0.1%)

ισραηλίτου 3× (0.1%)

ισραηλίτιδοσ 3× (0.1%)

יחרבו יֶחֱרָבוּ

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

חרב

chârab

Definition

to parch (through drought) i.e. (by analogy,) to desolate, destroy, kill

Root

or חרב; a primitive root;

Exhaustive

or חרב; a primitive root; to parch (through drought) i.e. (by analogy,) to desolate, destroy, kill; decay, (be) desolate, destroy(-er), (be) dry (up), slay, [idiom] surely, (lay, lie, make) waste.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H2717

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

חָרַב

verb • Root חרב • Strongs / High • Page 523

I. A verb with several meanings and forms: 1. (Qal) to fight, contend, tear in pieces, kill, slaughter. 2. (Niphal, נֶחֱרַב) to contend with one another, to be extirpated. 3. (Hophal, הָחֳרַב) to be subdued.

חָרַב

verb • Root חרב • Strongs / High • Page 523

II. (not used in biblical Hebrew) to be high, firm.

חָרַב

verb • Root חרב • Strongs / High • Page 524

To be desolate, laid waste, or to become so; to be destroyed.

חָרַב

verb • Root חרב • Strongs / High • Page 525

In Hophal (הָחֳרַב), to be laid waste, destroyed.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

חָרַב

verb • Root חרב • Page 246

1. to be dry, to be dried up (Gen. 8:13). 2. to be desolated or laid waste (Is. 34:10, Jer. 26:9). 3. actively to destroy (Jer. 50:21). 4. to be astonished, confounded (Jer. 2:12). Includes Niphal, Pual, Hiphil, and Hophal forms.

Verb Qal imperfect third person masculine plural

LXX: ἐξερημωθήσονται ἐξερημώσω ἐρημωθήσεται ἐξέλιπεν ἠρήμωσαν

LXX Usage Statistics

H2717b:

ἐξερημωθήσονται 3× (7.7%)

ἐξερημώσω 2× (5.1%)

ἐρημωθήσεται 2× (5.1%)

ἐξέλιπεν 2× (5.1%)

ἠρήμωσαν 2× (5.1%)

ἠρημωμένων 2× (5.1%)

וקמתי וְקַמְתִּי

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

קום

qûwm

Definition

to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative); abide, accomplish, [idiom] be clearer, confirm, continue, decree, [idiom] be dim, endure, [idiom] enemy, enjoin, get up, make good, help, hold, (help to) lift up (again), make, [idiom] but newly, ordain, perform, pitch, raise (up), rear (up), remain, (a-) rise (up) (again, against), rouse up, set (up), (e-) stablish, (make to) stand (up), stir up, strengthen, succeed, (as-, make) sure(-ly), (be) up(-hold, -rising).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H6965

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

קוּם

verb • Strongs / High • Page 1267

To be, to stand in a place, to stand fast, subsist, live, exist, rule (over a kingdom), endure, keep hold, remain, stand up, rise (from falling, kneeling, sitting, or generally), appear (as a witness or hostilely), succeed, prepare, or start up. Also metaphorically to be brought about (a plan, prediction, etc.) or to be firm/decided.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

קוּם

verb • Page 583

fut. יָקוּם. 1. to stand or get up, to rise, arise. Gen. 22: 3. Job 1: 20. With redundant dative קוּמִי לָךְ rise up, Cant. 2: 10. 2. to stand, in different relations; to last, endure. Job 15: 29. Amos 7: 2, 5. to continue, construed with לְ to a person, Lev. 25: 30. 3. to prosper, construed with בְּ. Job 22: 28. Is. 8: 10. 4. to come to pass, to be fulfilled, spoken of a prediction. Jer. 44: 28. 5. to be legal, valid; spoken e. g. of testimony, Deut. 19: 15; of a vow, Num. 30: 5 ff. 6. to stand by, assist, Ps. 94: 16. 7. to stand before, resist. Josh. 7: 13. 8. קָמוּ עֵינַיִם the eyes were fixed or set, 1 K. 14: 4. 9. pass. of Pi.

קוּם

verb • Page 584

1. to rise up. (Dan. 3:24). 2. to stand. (Dan. 3:3; 7:17).

conjunctive, Verb Qal sequential perfect first person common singular

LXX: ἀνέστη ἀνάστηθι ἀναστὰσ ἀνέστησαν ἀνάστα

LXX Usage Statistics

H6965b:

ἀνέστη 97× (13.4%)

ἀνάστηθι 38× (6.0%)

ἀναστὰσ 35× (5.2%)

ἀνέστησαν 25× (3.4%)

ἀνάστα 17× (2.7%)

ἀνάστητε 17× (2.7%)

ἔστησεν 16× (2.2%)

'' 15× (2.0%)

ἀναστήσω 15× (2.1%)

ἀναστήσονται 10× (1.6%)

על עַל־

upon/against/yoke

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

על

ʻal

Definition

above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications

Root

properly, the same as H5920 (על) used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following);

Exhaustive

properly, the same as על used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications; above, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of, (from) (off), (up-) on, over, than, through(-out), to, touching, [idiom] with.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H5921

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

עַל

adjective / noun • Root עלה • Strongs / High • Page 1088

Highest; same as עֶלְיוֹן. This form is abridged from עָלָה and derived from עָלַי (like יַד from יָדָה I.), serving as the construct form עֲלֵי (out of עֲלַאי).

עַל

preposition / adverb • Root עלה • Strongs / High • Page 1088

A preposition: upon, over, above, super, in the widest sense. It expresses protecting, covering, resting above upon (answering to 'where'); motion toward the upper surface (answering to 'whither?'); local direction to a more distant agency; or proximity/timing ('with, at'). Used figuratively as dat. commodi and incommodi, meaning a burden or duty upon one, or with certain verbs replacing the dative case. Also expresses motion down upon or up to, sometimes interchanging with אֶל.

עַל

preposition / adverb • Strongs / High • Page 1089

Preposition or Adverb meaning upon, over, at, above (denoting physical overtopping or mental superiority/dominion); expressing addition (to, reckoned to); proximity (by, around); suitability (according to); or occasionally used concessively (though, quanquam).

עַל

preposition / particle / conjunction • Strongs / High • Page 1090

Properly, over, upon, concerning, notwithstanding, against, towards, for the sake of, on account of. Used to express position, antithesis, or distance (away from). After certain verbs, signifies giving way, removing, or fleeing. Also forms various compound particles (e.g., עַל-מָה, עַל-כֵּן, עַל אֲשֶׁר).

עַל

preposition (aramaic) • Root אלא • Strongs / High • Page 1090

Aramaic equivalent of the Hebrew עַל. Means: Upon, over, on account of, unto, against, or dative. (Used with suffixes like עָלַי, עָלֵךְ, עֲלֵיהוֹן).

עַל

noun / prepos. • Root עלה • Strongs / High • Page 1092

Derivative of עָלָה, listed as a noun and a preposition.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

עַל

substantive / adverb / adjective • Root עלה • Page 507

Strictly a substantive meaning whatever is high or uppermost (Hos. 7:16, 11:7). Used as an adverb: (1.) 'above' (Gen. 27:39, 49:25; Ps. 50:4). Used as an adjective: (2.) 'high' (2 Sam. 23:1).

Preposition

LXX: ἐπὶ ἐπ' ἐφ' τοῦτο ''

LXX Usage Statistics

H5921a:

ἐπὶ 1722× (33.1%)

ἐπ' 701× (13.4%)

ἐφ' 195× (3.7%)

τοῦτο 116× (1.9%)

'' 116× (1.9%)

περὶ 113× (2.2%)

ἀπὸ 108× (2.1%)

--- 108× (2.1%)

αὐτοὺσ 95× (1.6%)

εἰσ 93× (1.8%)

בית בֵּית

house

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

בית

bayith

Definition

a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)

Root

probably from H1129 (בנה) abbreviated;

Exhaustive

probably from בנה abbreviated; a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.); court, daughter, door, [phrase] dungeon, family, [phrase] forth of, [idiom] great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter) house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, [phrase] prison, [phrase] steward, [phrase] tablet, temple, web, [phrase] within(-out).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H1004

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

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

בַּּיִת

noun • Page 97

A city of Moab, Is. 15:2. Elsewhere written more in full as בֵּית בַּעַל מְעוֹן.

בַּיִת

noun masculine • Root בות • Page 96

1. House, dwelling (Gen. 15:3, Ecc. 2:7). 2. Tent (Gen. 33:17, 2 K. 23:7). 3. Palace, temple (Gen. 12:15, 1 Sam. 5:2, 1 K. 4:6, Is. 14:18). 4. Applied to part of a house or palace, e.g., banqueting-hall (Est. 7:8) or harem (Est. 2:3). 5. Repository, place, or container of any thing, e.g., smelling bottles (Is. 3:20), places for staves (Ex. 26:29), spider's web (Job 8:14), trench (1 K. 18:32), or tomb (Neh. 2:3). 6. The inner part, within (Ex. 28:26, Gen. 6:14). 7. Figuratively: family, kindred, tribe, people (Ex. 12:4, Gen. 7:1, Hos. 8:1). 8. Particularly posterity (Ruth 4:11, 2 Sam. 7:27). 9. Strictly one's father's house (Gen. 24:23, 46:31, Num. 1:2).

Noun common both singular construct

LXX: οἶκον οἴκου οἴκῳ οἶκοσ pεἰσ

LXX Usage Statistics

H1004b:

οἶκον 503× (20.8%)

οἴκου 413× (18.3%)

οἴκῳ 323× (12.8%)

οἶκοσ 163× (7.1%)

pεἰσ 92× (4.6%)

οἴκουσ 89× (3.7%)

οἰκίαν 75× (3.1%)

pἐν 70× (3.4%)

--- 57× (2.8%)

'' 54× (2.3%)

ירבעם יָרָבְעָם

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ירבעם

Yârobʻâm

Definition

Jarobam, the name of two Israelite kings

Root

from H7378 (ריב) and H5971 (עם); (the) people will contend;

Exhaustive

from ריב and עם; (the) people will contend; Jarobam, the name of two Israelite kings; Jeroboam.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3379

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

יָרָבְעָם

noun proper • Root רבב, עם • Consonantal / Medium • Page 644

God is enlarger; proper name of the first king of the ten tribes.

Matched via consonantal key only

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

יָרָבְעָם

noun proper masculine • Root ירב עם • Page 296

Read Yarobeam, from יָרַב עַם 'the people are many'. 1. Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, first king of the ten tribes.

Noun proper name masculine

LXX: ιεροβοαμ '' [h] [m]

LXX Usage Statistics

H3379:

ιεροβοαμ 86× (82.4%)

'' 16× (13.5%)

[h] 2× (1.7%)

[m] 2× (1.4%)

בחרבפ בֶּחָרֶב׃פ

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

חרב

chereb

Definition

drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement

Root

from H2717 (חרב);

Exhaustive

from חרב; drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement; axe, dagger, knife, mattock, sword, tool.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H2719

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

חֶרֶב

noun / feminine • Root חרב • Strongs / High • Page 524

1. a sword; any sharp instrument like a knife, razor, axe, or chisel. 2. war. 3. dryness or consumption as a disease. 4. grave or mausoleum.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

חֶרֶב

f. verbal • Root חרב • Page 246

1. a sword (Deut. 13:16, 20:13, Josh. 6:21). 2. other cutting instruments like a knife for circumcising (Josh. 5:2), a razor (Ezek. 5:1), a pickaxe (Ex. 20:25), or a battering ram (Ezek. 26:9). 3. dryness, drought (Deut. 28:22).

Preposition -Within Art, Noun common both singular absolute

LXX: ῥομφαίᾳ ῥομφαίαν μάχαιραν μαχαίρᾳ ῥομφαία

LXX Usage Statistics

H2719:

ῥομφαίᾳ 62× (13.7%)

ῥομφαίαν 60× (14.4%)

μάχαιραν 39× (9.4%)

μαχαίρᾳ 35× (8.8%)

ῥομφαία 34× (8.4%)

μαχαίρασ 33× (8.2%)

ῥομφαίασ 28× (7.0%)

μάχαιρα 24× (5.9%)

'' 19× (4.3%)

μαχαίραισ 10× (2.4%)

RBT Translation:

No verse found

RBT Paraphrase:
No verse found

Julia Smith Literal 1876 Translation:
And the heights of Isaak were made desolate, and the holy places of Israel shall be laid waste; and I rose up against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.

LITV Translation:
And the high places of Isaac shall be desolated, and the holy places of Israel shall be laid waste; and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.

Brenton Septuagint Translation:
And the joyful altars shall be abolished, and the sacrifices of Israel shall be set aside; and I will rise up against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.