Deuteronomy 33:17

Paleo Hebrew Niqqud

RBT Hebrew Interlinear:

בכור בְּכוֹר

in the hand

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

בכור

bᵉkôwr

Definition

firstborn; hence, chief

Root

from H1069 (בכר);

Exhaustive

from בכר; firstborn; hence, chief; eldest (son), firstborn(-ling).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H1060

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

בְּכוֹר

noun masculine • Root בכר • Consonantal / Medium • Page 243

prop. abstract, the being matured; concrete first birth i.e. the first born, particularly the male, but in Scripture only with reference to the first begotten of the father.

Matched via consonantal key only

בִּכּוּר

noun masculine • Root בכר • Consonantal / Medium • Page 243

1. firstlings (of fruits, grain) which were offered in the temple. 2. Same as בַּכּוּרָה the early fig, which ripens at the beginning of summer.

Matched via consonantal key only

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

בְּכוֹר

noun masculine • Root בכר • Page 98

1. first-born, spoken of men and cattle (Ex. 11:5, 12:29). 2. figuratively, 'the first-born of the poor' (Is. 14:30), meaning the very poor; 'death's first-born' (Job 18:13), meaning a most awful death.

Noun common both singular construct

LXX: πρωτότοκον πρωτότοκοσ πρωτοτόκου πρωτότοκα πρωτοτόκῳ

LXX Usage Statistics

H1060:

πρωτότοκον 32× (27.6%)

πρωτότοκοσ 28× (22.8%)

πρωτοτόκου 18× (15.4%)

πρωτότοκα 13× (9.7%)

πρωτοτόκῳ 8× (6.2%)

πρωτοτόκων 8× (5.9%)

πρωτότοκόσ 4× (3.4%)

'' 2× (1.5%)

שורו שׁוֹר֜וֹ

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

שור

shôwr

Definition

a bullock (as a traveller)

Root

from H7788 (שור);

Exhaustive

from שור; a bullock (as a traveller); bull(-ock), cow, ox, wall (by mistake for שור).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H7794

הו

Definition

his, personal posessive - noun suffix: 3rd person masculine singular

Root

Exhaustive

Personal posessive pronoun - suffix for nouns, adjectives and passive participles: 3rd person masculine singular

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H9023

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

שׁוֹר

noun • Root שור • Strongs / High • Page 735

An ox. Mentioned as the proper word used in a parallel passage (Ez. 10:14) for one of the Cherub's faces.

שׁוֹר

noun masculine • Root שור • Strongs / High • Page 1401

A bullock or ox for ploughing; commonly one of neat cattle, without respect to age or sex; sometimes refers to a cow. (Sense I)

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

שׁוֹר

m. plur. שְׁוָרִים • Page 662

an ox, an animal of the ox kind, without respect to age or sex (Is. 1:3, Ex. 22:1, Lev. 22:23, 28, Num. 18:17, Deut. 14:4).

Noun common both singular construct, Suffix pronominal third person masculine singular

LXX: μόσχον μόσχου βοῦσ ταῦροσ μόσχοσ

LXX Usage Statistics

H7794:

μόσχον 22× (25.7%)

μόσχου 10× (11.4%)

βοῦσ 7× (8.0%)

ταῦροσ 6× (6.5%)

μόσχοσ 5× (6.0%)

ταῦρον 5× (5.8%)

ταύρου 4× (4.7%)

μόσχῳ 3× (3.4%)

μόσχουσ 3× (3.4%)

βοὸσ 3× (3.2%)

הדר הָדָר

majesty

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

הדר

hâdâr

Definition

magnificence, i.e. ornament or splendor

Root

from H1921 (הדר);

Exhaustive

from הדר; magnificence, i.e. ornament or splendor; beauty, comeliness, excellency, glorious, glory, goodly, honour, majesty.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H1926

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

הָדָר

noun masculine • Root הדר • Strongs / High • Page 391

1. Height, majesty, fame, pride. 2. Ornament, splendour, decoration of arms, beauty, ornament of dress.

הָדָר

noun masculine • Strongs / High • Page 394

Same as הוֹד 2; freshness, health; or in a figurative sense, renown, majesty, as an epithet of divine names.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

הָדָר

m. verbal from הָדַר • Root הדר • Page 181

1. ornament. Ezek. 16:14, Ps. 110:3. 2. pomp, splendour, majesty. Ps. 104:1, Job 40:5. 3. honour. Ps. 149:9.

Noun common both singular absolute

LXX: δόξα δόξησ εὐπρέπειαν μεγαλοπρέπειαν

LXX Usage Statistics

H1926:

δόξα 3× (11.4%)

δόξησ 3× (6.3%)

εὐπρέπειαν 2× (6.5%)

μεγαλοπρέπειαν 2× (6.5%)

לו ל֗וֹ

to himself

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ל

lə

Definition

to, for

Root

A primitive particle; a prefix

Exhaustive

(lamed) — to / toward / for

Core value: orientation, directionality, belonging
ל is often mistranslated as purpose (“in order to”), but that smuggles in future-time. In reality, ל marks:
- movement toward,
- dedication unto,
- reference with respect to.
Aonically, ל is vectorial, not teleological.
not “for the sake of a future outcome”
but “oriented toward a locus or pole.”
This is why possession (“belongs to”) and motion (“toward”) use the same preposition: both indicate relational alignment, not time.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

ו

Definition

him, personal pronoun - verb/prep. 3rd person masculine singular

Root

Exhaustive

Personal object pronoun - suffix for propositions and verbs without an object: 3rd person masculine singular

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H9033

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

וְ

prefix • Root היה • Page 195

A prefix, as in וַיִּקְתֹּל (he killed). Usually called Vav conversivum futuri. It is most probably a contraction of the old form הָוָה or הָוֵי i. q. הָיָה.

וְ

conj. and prefix • Page 194

Vav copulativum. Signifies a nail, peg, hook. Used as: 1. merely connective (and, also); 2. adversative (but, yet - Gen. 17:21); 3. illative (since, wherefore - Gen. 26:27, Ruth 1:21); 4. causal (for - Gen. 20:3, Is. 39:1); 5. to express result/consequence (that - Num. 23:19).

Preposition -For/Into Art, Suffix pronominal third person masculine singular

וקרני וְקַרְנֵי

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

קרן

qeren

Definition

a horn (as projecting); by implication, a flask, cornet; by resemblance. an elephant's tooth (i.e. ivory), a corner (of the altar), a peak (of a mountain), a ray (of light); figuratively, power

Root

from H7160 (קרן);

Exhaustive

from קרן; a horn (as projecting); by implication, a flask, cornet; by resemblance. an elephant's tooth (i.e. ivory), a corner (of the altar), a peak (of a mountain), a ray (of light); figuratively, power; [idiom] hill, horn.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H7161

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

קֶרֶן

noun feminine • Root קרן • Strongs / High • Page 1299

What has sprouted forth, is projecting; commonly 1. A horn, of אַיִל, רְאֵם and שׁוֹר. Metaph. a) A point, of iron, put upon the head like a horn, for a symbolical purpose; b) horn, an instrument for blowing upon and giving signals; c) ivory (horn-like teeth, as in שֵׁן קַרְנוֹת Ez. 27, 15); d) projecting points, horn-like corners, of the altar; e) a peaked hill, the summit of a mountain. 2. Figurat. a) ray of lightning. b) might, strength, power; horns forming the strength of animals. Poet. for רֹאשׁ (head). Includes dual form קְרָנַיִם.

קֶרֶן

noun feminine • Strongs / High • Page 1300

Horn, projecting point of a sword or spear, summit of a mountain, corner, ray, power. Used symbolically for kingdoms (Persia and Media).

קֶרֶן

noun feminine • Root קרן • Strongs / High • Page 1299

Noun, feminine. What has sprouted forth, is projecting; commonly 1. A horn (of an animal, used symbolically, or as an instrument for blowing signals). 2. Ivory (horn-like teeth, e.g., elephant tusks). 3. Projecting points, horn-like corners (e.g., of the altar). 4. A peaked hill, summit of a mountain. 5. Figurat. A ray of lightning/light. 6. Might, strength, power. 7. Poetical term for the most prominent part of the human body (head/face).

קֶרֶן

noun • Strongs / High • Page 1300

Horn (including symbolic uses for power, kings, territories, etc.); projecting point, summit, corner, ray, power; handle of a barrow, drinking-horn, capital, corner of a street, chief.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

קֶרֶן

noun masculine • Page 597

1. A horn (as a vessel 1 Sam. 16:1, 13; as a musical instrument Josh. 6:5; or as a symbol of strength Jer. 48:25, Ps. 132:17, Ps. 18:3, Job 16:15). 2. The top or summit of a mountain (Is. 5:1). 3. קַרְנוֹת הַמִּזְבֵּחַ horns of the altar, projecting points fixed on the four corners (Lev. 4:7, 18, 25, 30, 34). 4. A beam, ray, used in the dual for flashes of lightning (Hab. 3:4).

קֶרֶן

noun • Page 598

a horn. Dan. 3: 5 ff. 7: 8. Dual used also for the plural, Dan. 7: 8, 20, 24.

Conjunction, Noun common both dual construct

LXX: κέρατα κέρασ κεράτων '' σάλπιγγοσ

LXX Usage Statistics

H7161a:

κέρατα 32× (35.2%)

κέρασ 29× (32.6%)

κεράτων 11× (10.9%)

'' 4× (4.2%)

σάλπιγγοσ 4× (4.2%)

κέρατι 2× (1.9%)

κέρασιν 2× (1.7%)

ראם רְאֵם

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ראם

rᵉʼêm

Definition

a wild bull (from its conspicuousness)

Root

or ראיםlemma ראים second vowel, corrected to ראים; or רים; or רם; from H7213 (ראם);

Exhaustive

or ראיםlemma ראים second vowel, corrected to ראים; or רים; or רם; from ראם; a wild bull (from its conspicuousness); unicorn.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H7214

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

רְאֵם

m. prop. • Root ראם • Strongs / High • Page 1310

a roaring wild animal, the buffalo or wild ox, mentioned along with animals for sacrifice; described as untameable. Stands symbolically for enemies. Meaning unicorn or rhinoceros is rejected.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

רְאֵם

unknown • Page 602

see רֵאם.

רְאֵם

verb • Page 602

Zech. 14:10. i. q. רוּם to be high.

רְאֵם

noun masculine • Page 602

the wild buffalo. Num. 23:22, Deut. 33:17, Ps. 92:11, Job 39:9, 10, Ps. 29:6, Ps. 22:22.

Noun common both singular absolute

LXX: μονοκέρωτοσ μονοκερώτων

LXX Usage Statistics

H7214:

μονοκέρωτοσ 4× (39.7%)

μονοκερώτων 2× (20.6%)

קרניו קַרְנָיו

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

קרן

qeren

Definition

a horn (as projecting); by implication, a flask, cornet; by resemblance. an elephant's tooth (i.e. ivory), a corner (of the altar), a peak (of a mountain), a ray (of light); figuratively, power

Root

from H7160 (קרן);

Exhaustive

from קרן; a horn (as projecting); by implication, a flask, cornet; by resemblance. an elephant's tooth (i.e. ivory), a corner (of the altar), a peak (of a mountain), a ray (of light); figuratively, power; [idiom] hill, horn.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H7161

הו

Definition

his, personal posessive - noun suffix: 3rd person masculine singular

Root

Exhaustive

Personal posessive pronoun - suffix for nouns, adjectives and passive participles: 3rd person masculine singular

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H9023

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

קֶרֶן

noun feminine • Root קרן • Strongs / High • Page 1299

What has sprouted forth, is projecting; commonly 1. A horn, of אַיִל, רְאֵם and שׁוֹר. Metaph. a) A point, of iron, put upon the head like a horn, for a symbolical purpose; b) horn, an instrument for blowing upon and giving signals; c) ivory (horn-like teeth, as in שֵׁן קַרְנוֹת Ez. 27, 15); d) projecting points, horn-like corners, of the altar; e) a peaked hill, the summit of a mountain. 2. Figurat. a) ray of lightning. b) might, strength, power; horns forming the strength of animals. Poet. for רֹאשׁ (head). Includes dual form קְרָנַיִם.

קֶרֶן

noun feminine • Strongs / High • Page 1300

Horn, projecting point of a sword or spear, summit of a mountain, corner, ray, power. Used symbolically for kingdoms (Persia and Media).

קֶרֶן

noun feminine • Root קרן • Strongs / High • Page 1299

Noun, feminine. What has sprouted forth, is projecting; commonly 1. A horn (of an animal, used symbolically, or as an instrument for blowing signals). 2. Ivory (horn-like teeth, e.g., elephant tusks). 3. Projecting points, horn-like corners (e.g., of the altar). 4. A peaked hill, summit of a mountain. 5. Figurat. A ray of lightning/light. 6. Might, strength, power. 7. Poetical term for the most prominent part of the human body (head/face).

קֶרֶן

noun • Strongs / High • Page 1300

Horn (including symbolic uses for power, kings, territories, etc.); projecting point, summit, corner, ray, power; handle of a barrow, drinking-horn, capital, corner of a street, chief.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

קֶרֶן

noun masculine • Page 597

1. A horn (as a vessel 1 Sam. 16:1, 13; as a musical instrument Josh. 6:5; or as a symbol of strength Jer. 48:25, Ps. 132:17, Ps. 18:3, Job 16:15). 2. The top or summit of a mountain (Is. 5:1). 3. קַרְנוֹת הַמִּזְבֵּחַ horns of the altar, projecting points fixed on the four corners (Lev. 4:7, 18, 25, 30, 34). 4. A beam, ray, used in the dual for flashes of lightning (Hab. 3:4).

קֶרֶן

noun • Page 598

a horn. Dan. 3: 5 ff. 7: 8. Dual used also for the plural, Dan. 7: 8, 20, 24.

Noun common both dual construct, Suffix pronominal third person masculine singular

LXX: κέρατα κέρασ κεράτων '' σάλπιγγοσ

LXX Usage Statistics

H7161a:

κέρατα 32× (35.2%)

κέρασ 29× (32.6%)

κεράτων 11× (10.9%)

'' 4× (4.2%)

σάλπιγγοσ 4× (4.2%)

κέρατι 2× (1.9%)

κέρασιν 2× (1.7%)

בהם בָּהֶ֗ם

within themselves

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

הם

Definition

them, personal pronoun - verb/prep. 3rd person masculine plural

Root

Exhaustive

Personal object pronoun - suffix for propositions and verbs without an object: 3rd person masculine plural

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H9038

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, Suffix pronominal third person masculine plural

עמים עַמִּים

peoples

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

עם

ʻam

Definition

a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock

Root

from H6004 (עמם);

Exhaustive

from עמם; a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock; folk, men, nation, people.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H5971

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

עַם

noun masculine • Strongs / High • Page 1100

Properly union, association, community, congregation, company. Hence: 1. A people (including the Israelite people, different nations, mankind, inhabitants of a city, countrymen, a tribe, kindred, or family-stock). 2. The mass of the people, the populace, or lower people (opposed to leaders/rich). 3. A troop of animals.

עַם

noun m. • Root עמם • Strongs / High • Page 1101

People, the community, the mass of the people. Used along with אֻמָּה and גּוֹי.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

עַם

com. gen. • Page 512

a people, i. e. my people or country. Applied to animals, Prov. 30: 25, 26. Ps. 74: 14. Plur. עַמִּים (rarely in Chaldaic form עַמְמִים). Denotes the Jews as opposed to other nations (gentiles). Sometimes plur. stands for singular as Lev. 19: 16. נֶאֱסַף אֶל־עַמָּיו to be gathered to his people, i. e. to die.

עַם

chald. n. • Page 512

idem. Plur. עַמְמִין, emph. עַמְמַיָּא, Dan. 3 : 4, 7, 31. 5 : 19. 6 : 26. 7 : 14.

Noun common masculine plural absolute

LXX: λαοῦ λαὸσ λαὸν λαῷ λαόν

LXX Usage Statistics

H5971a:

λαοῦ 347× (18.2%)

λαὸσ 338× (17.6%)

λαὸν 251× (13.2%)

λαῷ 173× (8.7%)

λαόν 170× (8.8%)

λαόσ 132× (6.8%)

ἐθνῶν 46× (2.5%)

'' 43× (2.2%)

--- 41× (2.5%)

ἔθνη 39× (2.2%)

ינגח יְנַגַּח

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

נגח

nâgach

Definition

to butt with the horns; figuratively, to war against

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; to butt with the horns; figuratively, to war against; gore, push (down, -ing).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H5055

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

נָגַח

verb • Root נגח • Strongs / High • Page 942

Transitive verb meaning to thrust, especially of horned beasts; figuratively, to thrust down.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

נָגַח

verb • Page 425

To push, spoken of horned animals (Ex. 21:28). Piel: to push (Ezek. 34:21), figuratively of a conqueror (Deut. 33:17). Hithpael: to push one's self, to carry on war against (Dan. 11:40).

Verb Piel imperfect third person masculine singular

LXX: κερατιεῖσ κερατίσῃ ---

LXX Usage Statistics

H5055:

κερατιεῖσ 2× (18.2%)

κερατίσῃ 2× (18.2%)

--- 2× (18.2%)

יחדו יַחְדָּו

in union

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

יחד

yachad

Definition

properly, a unit, i.e. (adverb) unitedly

Root

from H3161 (יחד);

Exhaustive

from יחד; properly, a unit, i.e. (adverb) unitedly; alike, at all (once), both, likewise, only, (al-) together, withal.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3162

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

יַחְדָּו

adverb • Root יחד • Consonantal / Medium • Page 602

together, with one another; an old accusative form used adverbially to express united action.

Matched via consonantal key only

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

יַחַד

m. noun / adv. • Root יחד • Page 280

1. Union (1 Chr. 12:17). 2. As an adverb: together, with one another, in the same place (1 Sam. 11:11), or at the same time (2 Sam. 21:9). 3. Entirely (Job 10:8).

Adverb

LXX: ἅμα αὐτὸ αὐτό ὁμοθυμαδὸν ---

LXX Usage Statistics

H3162b:

ἅμα 45× (36.5%)

αὐτὸ 24× (13.5%)

αὐτό 23× (13.1%)

ὁμοθυμαδὸν 12× (9.8%)

--- 6× (4.9%)

ὁμοθυμαδόν 5× (3.7%)

---% 4× (2.8%)

ὡσαύτωσ 2× (1.6%)

μόνασ 2× (1.4%)

אפסי אַפְסֵי־

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

אפס

ʼepheç

Definition

cessation, i.e. an end (especially of the earth); often used adverb, no further; also the ankle (in the dual), as being the extremity of the leg or foot

Root

from H656 (אפס); (sometimes like H6466 (פעל))

Exhaustive

from אפס; (sometimes like פעל); cessation, i.e. an end (especially of the earth); often used adverb, no further; also the ankle (in the dual), as being the extremity of the leg or foot; ankle, but (only), end, howbeit, less than nothing, nevertheless (where), no, none (beside), not (any, -withstanding), thing of nought, save(-ing), there, uttermost part, want, without (cause).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H657

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

אֶפֶס

noun masculine / adv. • Root אפס • Strongs_Numbers • Page 176

Properly the disappearing, ceasing, coming to an end. 1. End, close of a thing, extreme limit (e.g., ends of the earth). 2. The condition of vanishing, nothingness, want; also used as a negative adverb: no more, no further, not, without, except, only. 3. (Dual) Ankles, or soles of the feet. 4. In the proper name of a city Ephes-dammim.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

אָפַס

verb • Root אפס • Page 66

to cease, fail, have an end. (Gen. 47: 15, 16; Ps. 77: 9; Is. 16: 4.)

אֶפֶס

m. verbal • Root אפס • Page 66

1. end, extreme boundary (Ps. 2: 8); 2. adv. not, without (2 Sam. 9: 3; Job 7: 6); 3. nothing (Is. 34: 12); 4. only (Num. 22: 35); 5. אֶפֶס כִּי only that, but, yet (Num. 13: 28).

Noun common masculine plural construct

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H0657a:

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ארץ אָרֶץ

earthly one

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ארץ

ʼerets

Definition

the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

Root

from an unused root probably meaning to be firm;

Exhaustive

from an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land); [idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H776

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

אֶרֶץ

verb • Strongs_Numbers • Page 193

(Not used) To be hard, firm, dense. (Root of the following noun)

אֶרֶץ

noun feminine • Strongs_Numbers • Page 193

Earth, as firm land i.e. a dense firm mass, in opposition to water. Includes meanings: a) the earth in opposition to heaven; b) earth as an element/material; c) the ground; d) piece of land/field; e) land of habitation or fatherland.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

אֶרֶץ

noun masculine • Page 73

Earth, land. (masc. rarely, Gen. 13: 6; Is. 9: 18).

אֶרֶץ

noun feminine • Page 74

1. earth; also inhabitants of the earth, Gen. 6:11. 11:1. 2. land; e.g. אֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם the land of Egypt. Sometimes Palestine, Joel 1:2. 3. jurisdiction of a city. Josh. 8:1. Plur. אֲרָצוֹת lands.

Noun common both singular absolute

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H0776:

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והם וְהֵם

and themselves

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

הם

hêm

Definition

they (only used when emphatic)

Root

or (prolonged) המה; masculine plural from H1981 (הלך);

Exhaustive

or (prolonged) המה; masculine plural from הלך; they (only used when emphatic); it, like, [idiom] (how, so) many (soever, more as) they (be), (the) same, [idiom] so, [idiom] such, their, them, these, they, those, which, who, whom, withal, ye.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H1992

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

הֵם

pronoun • Strongs / High • Page 404

Personal pronoun, third person masculine plural: they.

הֵם

pronoun • Strongs / High • Page 405

Pronoun of the 3rd person plural masculine, they. Can also be used to express the verb 'to be' or with the article הָהֵם for emphasis, 'they themselves'.

Conjunction, Pronoun personal third person masculine plural

LXX: αὐτοὶ οὗτοι εἰσιν ταῦτα ἐκείναισ

LXX Usage Statistics

H1992:

αὐτοὶ 173× (27.9%)

οὗτοι 54× (8.8%)

εἰσιν 48× (7.8%)

ταῦτα 36× (6.1%)

ἐκείναισ 34× (5.8%)

ἐστιν 25× (4.1%)

--- 20× (3.4%)

αὐτῶν 12× (2.0%)

ἦσαν 11× (1.7%)

εἰσίν 11× (1.9%)

רבבות רִבְבוֹת

myriads

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

רבבה

rᵉbâbâh

Definition

abundance (in number), i.e. (specifically) a myriad (whether definite or indefinite)

Root

from H7231 (רבב);

Exhaustive

from רבב; abundance (in number), i.e. (specifically) a myriad (whether definite or indefinite); many, million, [idiom] multiply, ten thousand.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H7233

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

רִבְבָה

noun • Root רבב • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1315

Multitude, manifoldness, a very high number, ten thousand, a myriad.

Matched via consonantal key only

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

רְבָבָה

f. verbal • Root רבב • Page 605

A myriad, ten thousand (Judg. 20:10, Ps. 3:7, 91:7, Deut. 33:17).

Noun common feminine plural construct

LXX: μυριάσιν μυριάδασ μυριάδων

LXX Usage Statistics

H7233:

μυριάσιν 4× (25.7%)

μυριάδασ 3× (20.7%)

μυριάδων 3× (19.6%)

אפרים אֶפְרַיִם

Dual Fruit ("Ephraim")

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

אפרים

ʼEphrayim

Definition

Ephrajim, a son of Joseph; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory

Root

dual of masculine form of H672 (אפרת); double fruit;

Exhaustive

dual of masculine form of אפרת; double fruit; Ephrajim, a son of Joseph; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory; Ephraim, Ephraimites.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H669

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

אֶפְרַיִם

noun proper • Root פרה • Strongs_Numbers • Page 178

Ephraim: 1. Proper name of the second son of Joseph. 2. The tribe named after him. 3. The kingdom of the ten tribes. 4. Proper name of a city.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

אֶפְרַיִם

proper name. • Page 67

1. Joseph's second son, the tribe descended from him, or their territory. Jos. 16:5—10. 2. the whole kingdom of Israel. Hos. 12:1, etc. Note: As the name of a country, it is of the fem. gen. Hos. 5:9.

Noun proper name masculine

LXX:

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H0669:

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והם וְהֵם

and themselves

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

הם

hêm

Definition

they (only used when emphatic)

Root

or (prolonged) המה; masculine plural from H1981 (הלך);

Exhaustive

or (prolonged) המה; masculine plural from הלך; they (only used when emphatic); it, like, [idiom] (how, so) many (soever, more as) they (be), (the) same, [idiom] so, [idiom] such, their, them, these, they, those, which, who, whom, withal, ye.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H1992

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

הֵם

pronoun • Strongs / High • Page 404

Personal pronoun, third person masculine plural: they.

הֵם

pronoun • Strongs / High • Page 405

Pronoun of the 3rd person plural masculine, they. Can also be used to express the verb 'to be' or with the article הָהֵם for emphasis, 'they themselves'.

Conjunction, Pronoun personal third person masculine plural

LXX: αὐτοὶ οὗτοι εἰσιν ταῦτα ἐκείναισ

LXX Usage Statistics

H1992:

αὐτοὶ 173× (27.9%)

οὗτοι 54× (8.8%)

εἰσιν 48× (7.8%)

ταῦτα 36× (6.1%)

ἐκείναισ 34× (5.8%)

ἐστιν 25× (4.1%)

--- 20× (3.4%)

αὐτῶν 12× (2.0%)

ἦσαν 11× (1.7%)

εἰσίν 11× (1.9%)

אלפי אַלְפֵי

learners/thousands/families

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

אלף

ʼeleph

Definition

hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand

Root

prop, the same as H504 (אלף);

Exhaustive

prop, the same as אלף; hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand; thousand.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H505

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

אֶלֶף

noun masculine • Strongs_Numbers • Page 143

Oxen, heifers, cattle for the yoke; tame house-animals; the name of the first letter of the alphabet.

אֶלֶף

numeral / noun masculine • Root אלף • Strongs_Numbers • Page 144

As a numeral, a thousand; properly the union of many individuals, a mass; then fixed to a definite number.

אֶלֶף

noun masculine • Root אלף • Strongs_Numbers • Page 144

Properly a union of family members, therefore association of the members of a family or tribe, larger communities into which every race was divided; a smaller division of a tribe or race.

אֶלֶף

noun proper • Root אלף • Strongs_Numbers • Page 144

A city in Benjamin's territory (Josh. 18, 28).

אֶלֶף

unknown • Strongs_Numbers • Page 145

see אַלּוּף

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

אֶלֶף

masc. epicene / dec. vi. b. • Root אלף • Page 54

I. ox, animal of the ox kind. Deut. 7: 13. 28: 4. Ps. 8: 8. Perhaps denoting literally tame cattle.

אֶלֶף

m. prim. dec. vi. b. • Page 54

II. 1. thousand. Dual אַלְפַּיִם. Plur. אֲלָפִים. 2. family, subdivision of a tribe, originally of a thousand, i. q. מִשְׁפָּחָה. Judg. 6: 15. 1 Sam. 10: 19. 23: 23.

Noun common masculine plural construct

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מנשהס מְנַשֶּׁה׃ס

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

מנשה

Mᵉnashsheh

Definition

Menashsheh, a grandson of Jacob, also the tribe descended from him, and its territory

Root

from H5382 (נשה); causing to forget;

Exhaustive

from נשה; causing to forget; Menashsheh, a grandson of Jacob, also the tribe descended from him, and its territory; Manasseh.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H4519

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

מְנַשֶּׁה

noun proper masculine • Root נשה • Strongs / High • Page 875

A son of Joseph, adopted by Jacob, and the tribe named after him; also the land assigned to the tribe. Also used as a proper name elsewhere.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

מְנַשֶּׁה

noun masculine • Page 387

(causing to forget, see Gen. 42:51.) Manasseh, the son of Joseph, who, being adopted by his grandfather, inherited equally with the sons of Jacob. Gen. 48:1 ff.

Noun proper name masculine

LXX: μανασση μανασσησ '' ---

LXX Usage Statistics

H4519:

μανασση 108× (73.9%)

μανασσησ 19× (13.6%)

'' 5× (3.0%)

--- 4× (2.9%)

μανασση 4× (2.5%)

εφραιμ 2× (1.4%)

RBT Translation:

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RBT Paraphrase:
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Julia Smith Literal 1876 Translation:
The honor to him the first-born of the bullock, his horns the horns of the unicorn: with them he will thrust the peoples together to the extremity of the earth: these the ten thousands of Ephraim, and these the thousands of Manasseh

LITV Translation:
His glory is as the first-born of his ox, and the horns of the wild ox are his horns; with them he shall butt the peoples together to the ends of the earth. And they are the myriads of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh.

Brenton Septuagint Translation:
His beauty is as the firstling of his bull, His horns are the horns of a unicorn; With them he shall thrust the nations at once, even from the end of the earth: These are the ten thousands of Ephraim, And these are the thousands of Manasseh.