Deuteronomy 23:2

Paleo Hebrew Niqqud

RBT Hebrew Interlinear:

לא לֹא־

not

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

לא

lôʼ

Definition

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

Root

or לוא; or לה; (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle;

Exhaustive

or לוא; or לה; (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle; not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles; [idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as truly as, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] verily, for want, [phrase] whether, without.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3808

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

לֹא

negative particle • Root אל • Strongs / High • Page 759

A negative particle; not, no. It functions as an absolute negative, a negative answer to a question, or a refusal. Used with verbs in various tenses and moods to express negation or prohibition.

לֹא

particle • Strongs / High • Page 761

A K'ri reading for לוֹ.

לֹא

adverb / particle • Strongs / High • Page 760

Not; No; Nothing (substantive use); Before (cognate sense to טֶרֶם).

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

לֹא

adverb • Page 338

A primitive adverb of negation (more rarely לוֹא). 1. not. 2. no (Gen. 19:2). 3. nothing (Job 6:21). 4. without (1 Chr. 2:30). 5. interrogative, nonne? (Jon. 4:11). 6. lest, that not (Ex. 28:32). 7. In combination with adjectives/substantives it gives a negative signification (e.g., לֹא עֹז without strength).

Particle negative

LXX: οὐκ οὐ μὴ οὐδὲ οὐχ

LXX Usage Statistics

H3808:

οὐκ 1137× (34.5%)

οὐ 797× (24.2%)

μὴ 184× (5.6%)

οὐδὲ 150× (4.5%)

οὐχ 127× (3.9%)

οὐχὶ 120× (3.6%)

--- 98× (3.0%)

'' 94× (2.4%)

---% 62× (1.5%)

οὐκέτι 50× (1.4%)

יבא יָבֹא

he is coming

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

בוא

bôwʼ

Definition

to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H935

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

בּוֹא

verb • Strongs_Numbers • Page 224

1. To go, to wander; usually with announcing the limit of one's going. 2. To arrive, to come at (distinguished from הָלַךְ in expressing the limit of going). In this sense metaphorically: a) to be born, to appear; b) to reach to one, to be equal to him; c) to reach inanimate things; d) to come upon, to fall upon (suddenly), e.g., of an enemy or calamity; e) to come to pass, to be fulfilled (of wishes, promises); f) of inanimate things, to come near; g) applied to time; h) with the preposition בְּ, to come with somewhat, i.e., to bring.

בּוֹא

verb • Root בוא • Strongs_Numbers • Page 225

To go in, to enter, to come; to arrive; to go down (of the sun).

בּוֹא

verb • Root בוא • Strongs_Numbers • Page 755

to come to

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

בּוֹא

verb • Page 88

1. to go or come in, to enter. Gen. 6:18. Frequently opposed to יָצָא. 2. to lie with a woman, inire feminam. Gen. 16:2. 3. spoken of the sun, to set, go down (below the horizon). Gen. 15:17. 28:11.

בּוֹא

verb • Page 89

To go in, to enter, to come. Includes many specific idioms: to conduct oneself (Josh. 15:18); to come in as revenue (1 K. 10:14); to enter into a covenant (2 Chr. 15:12); to come upon someone or befall them (Lam. 1:10); to come to pass or be fulfilled (Prov. 13:12); to bring something (with ב, Ps. 66:13); to obtain (Ps. 69:28). Hiphil: to bring in, carry in, or lead (2 Sam. 9:10). Hophal: passive (Lev. 10:18).

Verb Qal imperfect third person masculine singular

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H0935:

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פצוע פְצוּעַ־

he who is emasculated

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

פצע

pâtsaʻ

Definition

to split, i.e. wound

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; to split, i.e. wound; wound.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H6481

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

פָּצַע

verb • Strongs / High • Page 1185

Prop. to cut, to cut in pieces, to cleave wood, then to wound or bruise, the testicles. Also, a wound.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

פָּצַע

verb • Page 550

to wound, mutilate. Cant. 5: 7; Deut. 23: 2.

Verb Qal participle passive masculine singular construct

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H6481:

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דכא דַּכָּא

a crushed one

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

דכה

dakkâh

Definition

mutilated

Root

from H1794 (דכה) like H1793 (דכא);

Exhaustive

from דכה like דכא; mutilated; [phrase] wounded.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H1795

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

דְּכָא

noun masculine • Root דכא • Consonantal / Medium • Page 367

A masculine noun assumed by some for לְדַכְּאוֹ in Isaiah 53, 10.

Matched via consonantal key only

דִּכָּא

verb • Root דכא • Consonantal / Medium • Page 367

Piel of דָּכָא: to tread down, to crush, to humble, to subject, to cause to suffer, to destroy, to grieve.

Matched via consonantal key only

דַּכָּא

noun / adjective • Root דך • Consonantal / Medium • Page 367

1. (f. subst.) a bruising, crushing; concrete, dust. 2. (m.) bowed, discouraged, crushed in spirit.

Matched via consonantal key only

דָּכָא

verb • Root דכא • Consonantal / Medium • Page 367

(Kal unused) intransitive. To be pressed together, figuratively to be bowed, oppressed, kept down, lessened.

Matched via consonantal key only

דָּכָא

verb • Root דכא • Consonantal / Medium • Page 368

1. (transitive) to bruise, break in pieces, crush; metaphorically to lessen, press down, despise. 2. (intransitive) to be bruised, figuratively to be wretched, dejected, mean.

Matched via consonantal key only

דֻּכָּא

verb • Root דכא • Consonantal / Medium • Page 367

Pual of דָּכָא: passive of Piel, to be crushed, bruised.

Matched via consonantal key only

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

דָּכָא

verb • Page 165

To be bruised. Pi.: 1. to bruise, break in pieces (Ps. 72:4, Job 6:9, 19:2). 2. to tread down, to trample under foot, to oppress (Lam. 3:34, Is. 3:15, Ps. 94:5). Niph. part.: depressed, humble, contrite (Is. 57:15). Pu.: 1. to be broken in pieces (Job 22:9). 2. to be bruised, smitten (Is. 53:5). 3. to be afflicted, humbled (Jer. 44:10). Hithpa.: pass. of Kal (Job 5:4).

דַּכָּא

verb • Root דכא • Page 165

1. broken in pieces (Ps. 90:3). 2. broken, contrite, humble (Is. 57:15, Ps. 34:19).

Noun common feminine singular absolute

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H1795:

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וכרות וּכְרוּת

and he who is cut down

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

כרת

kârath

Definition

to cut (off, down or asunder); by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant (i.e. make an alliance or bargain, originally by cutting flesh and passing between the pieces)

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; to cut (off, down or asunder); by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant (i.e. make an alliance or bargain, originally by cutting flesh and passing between the pieces); be chewed, be con-(feder-) ate, covenant, cut (down, off), destroy, fail, feller, be freed, hew (down), make a league (covenant), [idiom] lose, perish, [idiom] utterly, [idiom] want.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3772

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

כָּרַת

verb • Root כרת • Strongs / High • Page 742

To cut off, to hew, to fell; to cut up; to destroy or root out. A very common expression is 'כָּרַת בְּרִית' (karath berith) meaning 'to make a covenant', literally to slaughter an animal at the making of a covenant.

Conjunction, Verb Qal participle passive masculine singular construct

LXX: διέθετο ἐξολεθρεύσω ἐξολεθρευθήσεται διαθήσομαι ἀπολῶ

LXX Usage Statistics

H3772:

διέθετο 28× (9.9%)

ἐξολεθρεύσω 18× (6.1%)

ἐξολεθρευθήσεται 16× (5.9%)

διαθήσομαι 11× (3.7%)

ἀπολῶ 8× (2.5%)

ἐξολεθρευθήσονται 7× (2.6%)

'' 7× (2.1%)

ἐξολεθρεῦσαι 7× (2.2%)

ἐξαρῶ 7× (2.2%)

διεθέμην 6× (2.2%)

שפכה שָׁפְכָה

she has poured out

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

שפכה

shophkâh

Definition

a pipe (for pouring forth, e.g. wine), i.e. the penis

Root

feminine of a derivative from H8210 (שפך);

Exhaustive

feminine of a derivative from שפך; a pipe (for pouring forth, e.g. wine), i.e. the penis; privy member.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H8212

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

שְׁפַכָה

noun feminine • Root שפך • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1471

fem. urethra, through which the urine is poured off. Figuratively, possibly testicle in context.

Matched via consonantal key only

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

שָׁפְכָה

f. verbal • Root שפך • Page 695

The privy member, the penis. Deut. 23: 2.

Noun common feminine singular absolute

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H8212:

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בקהל בִּקְהַל

in the congregation

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

קהל

qâhâl

Definition

assemblage (usually concretely)

Root

from H6950 (קהל);

Exhaustive

from קהל; assemblage (usually concretely); assembly, company, congregation, multitude.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H6951

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

קָהָל

noun masculine • Root קהל • Strongs / High • Page 1264

1. A festive convocation; an assembly or congregation. 2. The act of assembling.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

קָהָל

noun masculine • Root קהל • Page 582

An assembly, congregation; particularly of the Israelitish people. Lev. 4: 13. Used for a multitude of nations. Gen. 28: 3.

Preposition, Noun common both singular construct

LXX: ἐκκλησία ἐκκλησίᾳ ἐκκλησίασ ἐκκλησίαν συναγωγῆσ

LXX Usage Statistics

H6951:

ἐκκλησία 24× (18.9%)

ἐκκλησίᾳ 19× (14.3%)

ἐκκλησίασ 17× (13.8%)

ἐκκλησίαν 12× (9.5%)

συναγωγῆσ 10× (8.0%)

συναγωγὴ 8× (6.4%)

συναγωγὴν 6× (4.6%)

συναγωγήν 3× (2.4%)

συναγωγὰσ 3× (2.4%)

συναγωγή 3× (2.3%)

יהוהס יְהוָה׃ס

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%)

RBT Translation:

not he is coming he who is emasculated a crushed one and he who is cut down she has poured out in the congregation He Is

RBT Paraphrase:
He who is emasculated, a crushed one, is not entering. And he who is cut down, she has poured out within the congregation of He Who Is.

Julia Smith Literal 1876 Translation:
The corrupted shall not come in to the gathering of Jehovah; also the tenth generation to him shall not come into the gathering of Jehovah.

LITV Translation:
An illegitimate child shall not enter into the assembly of Jehovah, even to the tenth generation none of his shall enter into the assembly of Jehovah.

Brenton Septuagint Translation:
He that is fractured or mutilated in his private parts shall not enter into the assembly of the Lord.