Deuteronomy 3:29

Paleo Hebrew Niqqud

RBT Hebrew Interlinear:

ונשב וַנֵּשֶׁב

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

ישב

yâshab

Definition

properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry; (make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, [idiom] fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, [idiom] marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, return, seat, set(-tle), (down-) sit(-down, still, -ting down, -ting (place) -uate), take, tarry.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3427

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

יָשַׁב

verb • Root ישב • Strongs / High • Page 656

To sit, remain, dwell. The fundamental meaning is to keep firmly in a place, to hold it firmly, to possess it, and therefore to sit. Piel (יִשֵּׁב): to pitch a dwelling. Hifil (הוֹשִׁיב): to cause to sit, to cause to dwell, to cause to be inhabited. Hophal (הוּשַׁב): to be inhabited, to be made to dwell, to be settled in.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

יָשַׁב

verb • Root ישב • Page 301

1. To seat one's self, to sit (Ps. 9:8, Ps. 80:2, Is. 37:16). Includes sitting as a judge (Ps. 9:8) or lying in wait (Ps. 10:8). 2. To continue (Gen. 24:55, 29:19, Hos. 3:3). 3. To dwell (Gen. 13:6, Gen. 4:20, Ps. 22:4). 4. Passive: to be inhabited or habitable (Is. 13:20, Jer. 17:6). Niph. נוֹשַׁב to be inhabited (Ex. 16:35).

conjunctive, Verb Qal sequential imperfect first person common plural

LXX: κατοικοῦντασ κατοικοῦντεσ ἐκάθισεν ἐκάθισαν κατῴκησεν

LXX Usage Statistics

H3427:

κατοικοῦντασ 88× (7.4%)

κατοικοῦντεσ 80× (6.4%)

ἐκάθισεν 61× (5.4%)

ἐκάθισαν 37× (3.4%)

κατῴκησεν 34× (3.1%)

ἐκάθητο 29× (2.8%)

κατῴκησαν 28× (2.6%)

κατῴκει 24× (2.3%)

κατοικοῦσιν 23× (2.0%)

κατοικεῖν 23× (2.2%)

בגיא בַּגָּיְא

within a valley

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

גיא

gayʼ

Definition

a gorge (from its lofty sides; hence, narrow, but not a gully or winter-torrent)

Root

or (shortened) גי; probably (by transmutation) from the same root as H1466 (גוה) (abbreviated);

Exhaustive

or (shortened) גי; probably (by transmutation) from the same root as גוה (abbreviated); a gorge (from its lofty sides; hence, narrow, but not a gully or winter-torrent); valley.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H1516

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

גֵּיא

noun feminine • Root גאה • Consonantal / Medium • Page 321

Contracted from גַּאֲוָה, meaning pride or majesty. It appears only in Zechariah 14:4 and more frequently in its plural form גֵּיאוֹת.

Matched via consonantal key only

גֵּיא

noun feminine • Root גאה • Consonantal / Medium • Page 321

An abridged form of גֵּיא, meaning a valley. Found in Isaiah 40:4.

Matched via consonantal key only

גַּיְא

noun • Root גאה • Consonantal / Medium • Page 320

A morass or lowland; a valley, a low place. Often used in designations of places, such as גֵּיא־הִנֹּם (valley of Hinnom), גֵּיא הַחֲרָשִׁים (valley of craftsmanship), גֵּיא־הַמֶּלַח (valley of salt), and others.

Matched via consonantal key only

גַּיְא

noun • Root גוה • Consonantal / Medium • Page 320

for גֵּוָה, and only in the pl. גֵּיאוֹת.

Matched via consonantal key only

גַּיְא / גֵּיא

noun feminine • Root גאה • Consonantal / Medium • Page 321

a valley. It is used to refer to specific places, such as the valley of Hinnom (Jer. 2:23), and figuratively, as in 'the valley of the shadow of death' (Ps. 23:4).

Matched via consonantal key only

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

בְּ

preposition • Page 84

A preposition with various meanings: 4. by (swearing, Gen. 22:16); 5. through (Num. 12:2); 6. upon (Num. 14:10); 7. to a place or thing (Judg. 6:35); 8. against (Gen. 16:12); 9. concerning (after 'to speak'); 10. out of, from (Gen. 44:5); 11. among; 12. before (Gen. 23:18); 13. for (Deut. 19:21); 14. on account of (Gen. 18:28); 15. after, according to (Gen. 1:26); 16. as (Job 34:36); 17. used with verbs of sense; 18. Beth essentiae (Jehovah is among my helpers, Ps. 118:7); 19. before an infinitive: when, while, after, since (Gen. 2:4).

בּ

prefix • Page 83

A prefix preposition with various meanings: 1. In or into a place/subject. 2. With, denoting an instrument, aid, or concomitance. 3. On, at, or near.

Preposition -Within Art, Noun common both singular absolute

LXX: φάραγγοσ φάραγγι φάραγξ γαι πολυάνδριον

LXX Usage Statistics

H1516:

φάραγγοσ 7× (11.3%)

φάραγγι 6× (8.9%)

φάραγξ 5× (8.7%)

γαι 5× (7.7%)

πολυάνδριον 5× (7.3%)

--- 3× (5.4%)

pεἰσ 2× (3.6%)

χάοσ 2× (3.3%)

'' 2× (3.1%)

ὄρουσ 2× (3.1%)

מול מוּל

facing

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

מול

mûwl

Definition

properly, abrupt, i.e. a precipice; by implication, the front; used only adverbially (with prepositional prefix) opposite

Root

or מול; (Deuteronomy 1:1), or מואל; (Nehemiah 12:38), or מל; (Numbers 22:5), from H4135 (מול);

Exhaustive

or מול; (Deuteronomy 1:1), or מואל; (Nehemiah 12:38), or מל; (Numbers 22:5), from מול; properly, abrupt, i.e. a precipice; by implication, the front; used only adverbially (with prepositional prefix) opposite; (over) against, before, (fore-) front, from, (God-) ward, toward, with.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H4136

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

מוּל

verb • Root מול • Strongs / High • Page 822

To divide, to cut off, to cut away; specifically, to circumcise. Used figuratively for dedication and purification.

מוּל

preposition • Root מול • Strongs / High • Page 822

A preposition: 1. before (expressing motion and rest), in front of, close before, at, beside. 2. over against, before a thing at a certain distance.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

מוּל

verb • Page 361

To circumcise (the foreskin). Gen. 21: 4, Ex. 12: 44. Metaphorically used for the heart (Deut. 10: 16, 30: 6). includes Niph. pass., Hiph. (to destroy), and Hithpal. (to be cut off, blunted).

מוֹל

preposition • Page 361

Before, coram (Ex. 18: 19); over against (Deut. 3: 29). Occurs in combinations like אֶל מוֹל (towards) or מִמּוּל (from over against). Deut. 1: 1.

Noun common both singular construct

LXX: πλησίον πρόσωπον ἐγγὺσ '' ἐρχομένῳ

LXX Usage Statistics

H4136:

πλησίον 7× (19.6%)

πρόσωπον 6× (11.5%)

ἐγγὺσ 3× (8.4%)

'' 3× (7.1%)

ἐρχομένῳ 2× (5.6%)

κατέναντι 2× (5.6%)

ἐναντίασ 2× (4.8%)

[d] 2× (4.8%)

μέρουσ 2× (3.9%)

בית בֵּית

house

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

בית פעור

Bêyth Pᵉʻôwr

Definition

Beth-Peor, a place East of the Jordan

Root

from H1004 (בית) and H6465 (פעור); house of Peor;

Exhaustive

from בית and פעור; house of Peor; Beth-Peor, a place East of the Jordan; Bethpeor.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H1047

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

בֵּית פְּעוֹר

noun • Page 97

A city of Moab, not far from Jordan, celebrated for the worship of Baal-Peor. Deut. 3:29. 34:6.

Noun proper name

LXX: οἴκου φογωρ

LXX Usage Statistics

H1047:

οἴκου 5× (45.7%)

φογωρ 5× (38.8%)

פעורפ פְּעוֹר׃פ

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

בית פעור

Bêyth Pᵉʻôwr

Definition

Beth-Peor, a place East of the Jordan

Root

from H1004 (בית) and H6465 (פעור); house of Peor;

Exhaustive

from בית and פעור; house of Peor; Beth-Peor, a place East of the Jordan; Bethpeor.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H1047

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

בֵּית פְּעוֹר

noun • Page 97

A city of Moab, not far from Jordan, celebrated for the worship of Baal-Peor. Deut. 3:29. 34:6.

Noun proper name

LXX: οἴκου φογωρ

LXX Usage Statistics

H1047:

οἴκου 5× (45.7%)

φογωρ 5× (38.8%)

RBT Translation:

No verse found

RBT Paraphrase:
No verse found

Julia Smith Literal 1876 Translation:
None

LITV Translation:
So we stayed in the valley across from Bethpeor.

Brenton Septuagint Translation:
And we abode in the valley near the house of Peor.