Esther 1:6

Paleo Hebrew Niqqud

RBT Hebrew Interlinear:

חור׀ חוּר׀

bleached white

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

חור

chûwr

Definition

white linen

Root

from H2357 (חור);

Exhaustive

from חור; white linen; white.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H2353

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

חָוַר

verb • Root חור • Page 469

To be white.

חֹר

masculine noun • Root חרר חור • Page 523

Has multiple meanings: 1. (from root חָרַר) noble, free. 2. (from root חוּר) a hole, a breach, in a wall, a door; an eye-hole. 3. A proper name.

חוּר

masculine noun / proper name • Root חור • Strongs / High • Page 469

A masculine noun, also spelled חֹר. Meanings include: 1. A hole, a cavity, a prison. 2. White linen. 3. Nobility, immaculateness (used in proper names).

חוּר

verb • Strongs / High • Page 474

I. (not used) intr. prop. to turn, to wind about, hence return home; figur. to surround, to protect.

חוּר

verb • Strongs / High • Page 474

II. (not used) intr. to be condensed, strong, of the body.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

חוּר

verb • Page 219

To become white, to grow pale, spoken of the face. Is. 29:22. (Aram. חֲוַר idem.)

חוּר

noun masculine • Page 219

I. Fine white linen or cotton. Est. 1:6, 8:15. Sept. βύσσος. Arab. حَرِير white silk.

חוּר

m. dec. i. • Page 219

II. Hole, cavity. i.q. חוֹר no. II. Is. 11:8, 42:22.

Noun common both singular absolute

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H2353:

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כרפס כַּרְפַּס

cotton

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

כרפס

karpaç

Definition

byssus or fine vegetable wool

Root

of foreign origin;

Exhaustive

of foreign origin; byssus or fine vegetable wool; green.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3768

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

כַּרְפַּס

noun masculine • Strongs / High • Page 741

Cotton, cotton-stuff. From Persian.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

כַּרְפַּס

noun • Page 331

fine white linen or cotton cloth. Est. 1:6. (In Arab. and Pers. کرفس and كرباس; whence carbassus, a species of fine flax). Linked also to the Sanscrit language.

Noun common both singular absolute

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H3768:

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ותכלת וּתְכֵ֗לֶת

and blue

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

תכלת

tᵉkêleth

Definition

the cerulean mussel, i.e. the color (violet) obtained therefrom or stuff dyed therewith

Root

probably for H7827 (שחלת);

Exhaustive

probably for שחלת; the cerulean mussel, i.e. the color (violet) obtained therefrom or stuff dyed therewith; blue.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H8504

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

תְּכֵלֶת

f. prop. • Root תכל • Strongs / High • Page 1512

(from תָּכַל which see) f. prop.

תְּכֵלֶת

noun feminine • Root תכל • Strongs / High • Page 1512

f. bright red, clear blue or violet colour; hence violet purple, purple blue, spoken of yarn (Ex. 26, 4), stuff, threads (28, 28); coupled with אַרְגָּמָן (red purple), שָׁנִי (crimson). Also, violet pigment (Ez. 27, 24). The shell-fish from which this colour was got was called חֶלָּזוֹן.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

תְּכֵלֶת

noun feminine • Page 715

Bluish purple, also cloth or thread coloured therewith. Procured from the juice of a purple shell-fish (Ex. 26:4; Num. 4:6; Ezek. 23:6).

Conjunction, Noun common feminine singular absolute

LXX: ὑακίνθου pἐξ ὑάκινθον ὑακίνθινον ---

LXX Usage Statistics

H8504:

ὑακίνθου 18× (28.8%)

pἐξ 8× (15.1%)

ὑάκινθον 8× (13.9%)

ὑακίνθινον 6× (11.3%)

--- 5× (9.4%)

'' 4× (6.4%)

ὑακίνθῳ 3× (3.7%)

ὑακινθίνῳ 2× (3.8%)

אחוז אָחוּז

he who grasps

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

אחז

ʼâchaz

Definition

to seize (often with the accessory idea of holding in possession)

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; to seize (often with the accessory idea of holding in possession); [phrase] be affrighted, bar, (catch, lay, take) hold (back), come upon, fasten, handle, portion, (get, have or take) possess(-ion).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H270

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

אָחַז

verb • Root אחז • Strongs_Numbers • Page 99

1. to lay hold of, seize, take; 2. to hold together, to join, to fit (e.g., in architecture)

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

אָחַז

verb • Page 39

1. To seize, lay hold of (Judg. 12:6, Ex. 4:4). 2. To take, catch, in hunting or fishing (Cant. 2:15, Ecc. 9:12). 3. To hold (1 Chr. 13:9, 2 Chr. 25:5). 4. To bind, join, fasten (1 K. 6:6, Ezek. 41:6). 5. To close, bar (Neh. 7:3). 6. To bind beams together (1 K. 6:10). 7. To take out, particularly passively to be drawn out by lot (Num. 31:30, 1 Chr. 24:6).

Verb Qal participle passive masculine singular absolute

LXX:

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H0270:

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בחבלי בְּחַבְלֵי־

in cords

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

חבל

chebel

Definition

a rope (as twisted), especially a measuring line; by implication, a district or inheritance (as measured); or a noose (as of cords); figuratively, a company (as if tied together); also a throe (especially of parturition); also ruin

Root

or חבל; from H2254 (חבל);

Exhaustive

or חבל; from חבל; a rope (as twisted), especially a measuring line; by implication, a district or inheritance (as measured); or a noose (as of cords); figuratively, a company (as if tied together); also a throe (especially of parturition); also ruin; band, coast, company, cord, country, destruction, line, lot, pain, pang, portion, region, rope, snare, sorrow, tackling.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H2256

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

חֲבַל

verb • Root חבל • Consonantal / Medium • Page 453

(not used) Aram. tr. same as Hebr. חָבַל II. to wound, to injure.

Matched via consonantal key only

חֲבָל

noun masculine • Consonantal / Medium • Page 453

Aram. m. hurt, damage.

Matched via consonantal key only

חֲבֹל

noun masculine • Consonantal / Medium • Page 453

1. a pledge. 2. perverseness, sinning.

Matched via consonantal key only

חִבֵּל

verb • Root חבל • Consonantal / Medium • Page 452

A denominative from חֵבֶל. The fundamental signification is of twisting and binding in the widest sense.

Matched via consonantal key only

חִבֵּל

verb • Root חבל • Consonantal / Medium • Page 452

To destroy; to cause corruption.

Matched via consonantal key only

חִבֵּל

verb • Root חבל • Consonantal / Medium • Page 453

Pih. to bring forth, with pain.

Matched via consonantal key only

חֵבֶל

noun / masculine • Root חבל • Consonantal / Medium • Page 452

A cord, rope, lace, chain, or leash. Figuratively: a band or net (of sin, misery, death); a measuring line, portion, lot, district, region; splendid bindings; a band of men; destruction.

Matched via consonantal key only

חֵבֶל

noun • Consonantal / Medium • Page 453

writhings, twistings, the pains of birth, tormenta.

Matched via consonantal key only

חַבֵּל

verb • Root חבל • Consonantal / Medium • Page 453

Pa. (inf. חַבָּלָה) to destroy, a house; to kill; to fell.

Matched via consonantal key only

חָבַל

verb • Root חבל • Consonantal / Medium • Page 451

1. to wind together, to bind together (e.g., a rope), hence to associate together. 2. Figuratively: to pledge, to take something as a pledge. 3. Figuratively: to act perversely, corruptly.

Matched via consonantal key only

חָבַל

verb • Root חבל • Consonantal / Medium • Page 452

To transgress, to sin. Figuratively: to twist, to bend from pain (e.g., childbirth); to conceive, to copulate.

Matched via consonantal key only

חָבַל

verb • Root חבל • Consonantal / Medium • Page 452

To wound, to injure. To cut into, to make a notch in; hence to damage, to corrupt, to destroy. (Kal not used).

Matched via consonantal key only

חָבַל

verb • Root חבל • Consonantal / Medium • Page 452

To conduct, to lead, to manage (e.g. people, war); to steer a ship. (Not used in Kal).

Matched via consonantal key only

חֹבֵל

noun masculine • Root חבל • Consonantal / Medium • Page 453

helm-work (from חבל III.), prop. a (ship's) steering, guiding, gubernaculum.

Matched via consonantal key only

חֹבֵל

noun masculine • Consonantal / Medium • Page 453

1. a steersman. 2. collect. sailors.

Matched via consonantal key only

חֻבַּל

verb • Root חבל • Consonantal / Medium • Page 452

To be broken; figuratively, to be destroyed (spoken of the spirit).

Matched via consonantal key only

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

חֶבֶל

noun masculine • Root חבל • Page 212

1. line, rope, cord (Josh. 2:15, Ecc. 12:6). 2. especially a measuring-line (Am. 7:17, 2 Sam. 8:2). 3. a portion of land measured out and assigned to any one by lot (Josh. 17:14, 19:9, Ps. 16:6, Deut. 32:9). 4. a district of country, a region (Deut. 3:4, 13:14). 5. a snare, net (Ps. 140:6, Job 18:10, Ps. 18:5, 116:3). 6. a band or company of men (1 Sam. 10:5, 10).

חֲבָל

m. verbal from חָבַל no. ii • Root חבל • Page 212

a pawn, pledge. (Ezek. 18:12, 16, 33:15).

חֲבָל

m. chald. • Page 212

hurt, injury. (Dan. 3:25).

חֲבָל

m. chald. • Page 212

injury. (Ezra 4:22).

חִבֵּל

noun masculine • Root חבל • Page 212

found only Prov. 23:34. a part of a ship, probably the mast, so called from the ropes (חֶבֶל) by which it is made fast.

חֵבֶל

noun masculine • Root חבל • Page 211

Pains or throes of a woman in childbirth. Usually in the plural חֲבָלִים (Is. 13:8; 66:7; Jer. 13:21; 22:23). Verbal from חָבַל no. III. 2.

Preposition, Noun common masculine plural construct

LXX: σχοίνισμα ὠδῖνεσ σχοινία σχοινίοισ σχοινίον

LXX Usage Statistics

H2256a:

σχοίνισμα 9× (13.8%)

ὠδῖνεσ 8× (12.9%)

σχοινία 8× (11.9%)

σχοινίοισ 5× (7.2%)

σχοινίον 4× (6.6%)

σχοινίῳ 3× (4.2%)

---% 3× (3.4%)

ὠδῖνασ 2× (3.3%)

σχοινίσματα 2× (3.3%)

--- 2× (3.3%)

בוץ בוּץ

fine linen

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

בוץ

bûwts

Definition

probably cotton (of some sort)

Root

from an unused root (of the same form) meaning to bleach, i.e. (intransitive) be white;

Exhaustive

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H948

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

בּוּץ

verb • Strongs_Numbers • Page 228

(Not used in Kal) To shine, to be bright; metaphorically to be high.

בּוּץ

noun masculine • Strongs_Numbers • Page 229

byssus, a fine white cotton (different from בַּד linen) and the stuffs made from it; a product of Edom.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

בּוּץ

noun masculine • Root בוץ • Page 90

Byssus, the finest white cotton of the Egyptians, obtained from several species of the gossypium. Synonymous with שֵׁשׁ. 1 Chr. 15:27, 2 Chr. 2:12, Ezek. 27:16.

Noun common both singular absolute

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H0948:

No stats available

וארגמן וְאַרְגָּמָן

and purple

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

ארגמן

ʼargâmân

Definition

purple (the color or the dyed stuff)

Root

of foreign origin;

Exhaustive

of foreign origin; purple (the color or the dyed stuff); purple.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H713

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

אַרְגָּמָן

noun masculine • Root רגם • Lemma_Lookup • Page 185

purple-muscle, indigenous to the Phenician and Laconian coasts; red purple; stuffs coloured with red purple

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

אַרְגָּמָן

noun masculine • Page 70

reddish purple or anything coloured therewith (Ex. xxv.-xxvii.). Obtained from a shell-fish. Etymology uncertain; possibly from אֲרָם (Syrian colour).

Conjunction, Noun common both singular absolute

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H0713:

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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%)

גלילי גְּלִילֵי

circuits

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

גליל

gâlîyl

Definition

a valve of a folding door (as turning); also a ring (as round)

Root

from H1556 (גלל);

Exhaustive

from גלל; a valve of a folding door (as turning); also a ring (as round); folding, ring.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H1550

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

גָּלִיל

noun masculine • Root גלל • Strongs / High • Page 327

1. the folds of a door. 2. a cylinder. 3. a circle, district; whence Galilee (גְּלִיל הַגּוֹיִם, district of the nations), a region in northern Palestine.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

גָּלִיל

adjective / substantive / proper name • Root גלל • Page 141

1. as an adj. turning, that is easily turned, versatilis (1 K. 6:34, Ezek. 41:24). 2. as a subst. a ring (Est. 1:6, Cant. 5:14). 3. circuit, border, district, country; hence as a proper name, Galilee, the northernmost district of Palestine (1 K. 9:11, Josh. 20:7, Is. 8:23).

Noun common masculine plural construct

LXX: στρεφόμενα

LXX Usage Statistics

H1550b:

στρεφόμενα 2× (50.0%)

כסף כֶסֶף

silver

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

כסף

keçeph

Definition

silver (from its pale color); by implication, money

Root

from H3700 (כסף);

Exhaustive

from כסף; silver (from its pale color); by implication, money; money, price, silver(-ling).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3701

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

כֶּסֶף

noun masculine • Strongs / High • Page 723

silver, so called from its whitish-grey, pale colour. It is used to denote silver as a metal, a shekel of silver, silver-ore, money, or what is bought for money.

כֶּסֶף

noun masculine • Strongs / High • Page 723

Aramaic word for silver, money.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

כֶּסֶף

noun masculine • Page 324

1. silver. Gen. 23: 15. 2. money generally. Gen. 23: 13. Deut. 23: 20.

כְּסַף

chald. • Page 324

Chald. idem. (equivalent to silver). Dan. 2: 35. 5: 2, 4, 23.

כָּסַף

verb • Page 324

1. to be greedy or long for any thing. Ps. 17: 12. 2. to have compassion. Job 14: 15. Niph. to long for; to blush or be ashamed. Gen. 31: 30. Zeph. 2: 1.

Noun common both singular absolute

LXX: ἀργύριον ἀργυρίου ἀργυρίῳ ἀργυρᾶν ἀργυρᾶ

LXX Usage Statistics

H3701:

ἀργύριον 156× (36.0%)

ἀργυρίου 104× (25.5%)

ἀργυρίῳ 18× (4.1%)

ἀργυρᾶν 15× (3.9%)

ἀργυρᾶ 11× (2.7%)

'' 11× (2.5%)

ἀργυροῦν 11× (2.8%)

ἀργυραῖ 9× (2.3%)

ἀργυρᾶσ 7× (1.8%)

--- 7× (1.8%)

ועמודי וְעַמּוּדֵי

and standing columns

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

עמוד

ʻammûwd

Definition

a column (as standing); also a stand, i.e. platform

Root

or עמד; from H5975 (עמד);

Exhaustive

or עמד; from עמד; a column (as standing); also a stand, i.e. platform; [idiom] apiece, pillar.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H5982

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

עַמּוּד

m. prop. • Root עמד • Strongs / High • Page 1104

Prop. what is extended, set up; hence 1. a pillar (figure of strength); 2. an elevated platform; mod. Hebrew a column.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

עַמּוּד

m. verbal noun • Root עמד • Page 514

1. A pillar, such as the pillar of cloud or fire (Judg. 16:25, 26; Ex. 33:9, 10). 2. A stage or pulpit (2 K. 11:14).

Conjunction, Noun common masculine plural construct

LXX: στύλουσ στῦλοι στύλων στύλῳ στῦλον

LXX Usage Statistics

H5982:

στύλουσ 28× (24.9%)

στῦλοι 21× (18.2%)

στύλων 17× (15.5%)

στύλῳ 11× (9.2%)

στῦλον 6× (5.1%)

στῦλοσ 6× (5.4%)

στύλου 5× (4.5%)

αὐτῆσ 5× (3.0%)

στύλοισ 4× (3.6%)

'' 4× (3.6%)

שש שֵׁשׁ

six

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

שש

shêsh

Definition

bleached stuff, i.e. white linen or (by analogy) marble

Root

or (for alliteration with H4897 (משי)) ששי; for H7893 (שיש);

Exhaustive

or (for alliteration with משי) ששי; for שיש; bleached stuff, i.e. white linen or (by analogy) marble; [idiom] blue, fine (twined) linen, marble, silk.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H8336

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

שֵׁשׁ

numeral • Strongs / High • Page 1041

Six (Comparative example for interchange with Ayin, corresponding to 'sex' in context)

שֵׁשׁ

numeral • Root שש • Strongs / High • Page 1488

(Numeral) Six. Includes feminine form (שִׁשָׁה), construct form (שֵׁשֶׁת), and denotes sixty (שִׁשִּׁים).

שֵׁשׁ

numeral • Strongs / High • Page 1489

six (numeral).

שֵׁשׁ

noun masculine • Root שוש • Strongs / High • Page 1489

1. white marble, for pillars. 2. fine white linen, Egyptian byssus or cotton, used for priestly garments.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

שֵׁשׁ

m. 1. • Root שוש • Page 702

1. white marble. Est. 1: 6. Cant. 5: 15. elsewhere שַׁיִשׁ. 2. byssus, fine white Egyptian cotton, also cloth made of it. Gen. 41: 42. Ex. 26: 1. 27: 9, 18. 28: 39. Prov. 31: 22. The later name is בּוּץ q. v. Under each of them linen is sometimes included.

שֵׁשׁ

f. and שִׁשָּׁה / const. שֵׁשֶׁת / m. • Root שדש • Page 702

six, a contraction of שֶׁדֶשׁ (like לֶדֶת by contraction מִלֶּדֶת, to bring forth.) Plur. שִׁשִׁים com. gen. sixty.

Noun common both singular absolute

LXX: βύσσου pἐκ βύσσῳ βύσσον βύσσοσ

LXX Usage Statistics

H8336a:

βύσσου 24× (41.7%)

pἐκ 13× (26.7%)

βύσσῳ 3× (5.3%)

βύσσον 3× (5.0%)

βύσσοσ 2× (4.2%)

מטות׀ מִטּוֹת׀

a bed

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

מטה

miṭṭâh

Definition

a bed (as extended) forsleeping or eating; by analogy, a sofa, litter or bier

Root

from H5186 (נטה);

Exhaustive

from נטה; a bed (as extended) forsleeping or eating; by analogy, a sofa, litter or bier; bed(-chamber), bier.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H4296

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Fürst Lexicon

מִטָּה

noun feminine • Root נטה • Strongs / High • Page 841

That on which one leans or reclines, hence a bed, bolster, table-couch, sofa, litter, palanquin, bier, or a store-room.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

מִטָּה

noun feminine • Root נטה • Page 371

1. a bed (Gen. 47: 31). 2. a cushion to sit upon at meals (Est. 1: 6). 3. a portable bed, litter, sedan (Cant. 3: 7). 4. a bier (2 Sam. 3: 31).

Noun common feminine plural construct

LXX: κλίνησ κλίνην κλινῶν κλίνη

LXX Usage Statistics

H4296:

κλίνησ 9× (31.4%)

κλίνην 8× (28.5%)

κλινῶν 4× (14.5%)

κλίνη 4× (13.9%)

זהב זָהָב

gold

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

זהב

zâhâb

Definition

gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e. yellow), as oil, a clear sky

Root

from an unused root meaning to shimmer;

Exhaustive

from an unused root meaning to shimmer; gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e. yellow), as oil, a clear sky; gold(-en), fair weather.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H2091

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Fürst Lexicon

זָהָב

noun masculine • Root זהב • Strongs / High • Page 426

1. gold, as metal. 2. Figuratively, oil, so called from its shining colour; perhaps also the sun or the golden brightness of the sky.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

זָהָב

m. prim. • Page 198

1. gold (Gen. 24:22, 53. 36:39). 2. figuratively the golden splendour (of the firmament), Job 37:22; gold-coloured oil, Zech. 4:12.

Noun common both singular absolute

LXX: χρυσίον χρυσίου χρυσίῳ '' χρυσᾶ

LXX Usage Statistics

H2091:

χρυσίον 81× (17.4%)

χρυσίου 71× (16.5%)

χρυσίῳ 39× (9.3%)

'' 29× (6.3%)

χρυσᾶ 25× (6.0%)

χρυσοῦσ 22× (5.4%)

χρυσῶν 19× (4.6%)

χρυσοῦν 18× (4.3%)

χρυσᾶσ 14× (3.5%)

pἐκ 14× (3.6%)

וכסף וָכֶ֗סֶף

and silver

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

כסף

keçeph

Definition

silver (from its pale color); by implication, money

Root

from H3700 (כסף);

Exhaustive

from כסף; silver (from its pale color); by implication, money; money, price, silver(-ling).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3701

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כֶּסֶף

noun masculine • Strongs / High • Page 723

silver, so called from its whitish-grey, pale colour. It is used to denote silver as a metal, a shekel of silver, silver-ore, money, or what is bought for money.

כֶּסֶף

noun masculine • Strongs / High • Page 723

Aramaic word for silver, money.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

כֶּסֶף

noun masculine • Page 324

1. silver. Gen. 23: 15. 2. money generally. Gen. 23: 13. Deut. 23: 20.

כְּסַף

chald. • Page 324

Chald. idem. (equivalent to silver). Dan. 2: 35. 5: 2, 4, 23.

כָּסַף

verb • Page 324

1. to be greedy or long for any thing. Ps. 17: 12. 2. to have compassion. Job 14: 15. Niph. to long for; to blush or be ashamed. Gen. 31: 30. Zeph. 2: 1.

Conjunction, Noun common both singular absolute

LXX: ἀργύριον ἀργυρίου ἀργυρίῳ ἀργυρᾶν ἀργυρᾶ

LXX Usage Statistics

H3701:

ἀργύριον 156× (36.0%)

ἀργυρίου 104× (25.5%)

ἀργυρίῳ 18× (4.1%)

ἀργυρᾶν 15× (3.9%)

ἀργυρᾶ 11× (2.7%)

'' 11× (2.5%)

ἀργυροῦν 11× (2.8%)

ἀργυραῖ 9× (2.3%)

ἀργυρᾶσ 7× (1.8%)

--- 7× (1.8%)

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

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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%)

רצפת רִצְפַת

tessellated pavement

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

רצפה

ritspâh

Definition

a hot stone; also a tessellated pavement

Root

feminine of H7529 (רצף);

Exhaustive

feminine of רצף; a hot stone; also a tessellated pavement; live coal, pavement.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H7531

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

רִצְפָּה

noun feminine • Root רצף • Page 1356

1. A stone pavement. 2. Coal. 3. Arrangement, order, variegated dress.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

רִצְפָּה

com. gen. • Root רצף • Page 629

1. i.q. רֶצֶף a hot stone (Is. 6:6). 2. A pavement (Est. 1:6, 2 Chr. 7:3, Ezek. 40:17, 18). Verbal from רָצַף.

Noun common feminine singular construct

LXX: περίστυλα

LXX Usage Statistics

H7531a:

περίστυλα 2× (21.4%)

בהט בַּהַט־

alabaster

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

בהט

bahaṭ

Definition

white marble or perhaps alabaster

Root

from an unused root (probably meaning to glisten);

Exhaustive

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H923

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

בַּהַט

noun masculine • Lemma_Lookup • Page 222

m. a kind of white marble (Ibn G'anâch), alabaster.

בָּהַט

verb • Lemma_Lookup • Page 222

(not used) intr. to shine, glisten, to be pure.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

בַּהַט

noun masculine • Page 87

probably a species of marble, perhaps meant the green antique porphyritic marble of Egypt. Est. 1: 6.

Noun common both singular absolute

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H0923:

No stats available

ושש וָשֵׁשׁ

and six/marble

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

שש

shêsh

Definition

bleached stuff, i.e. white linen or (by analogy) marble

Root

or (for alliteration with H4897 (משי)) ששי; for H7893 (שיש);

Exhaustive

or (for alliteration with משי) ששי; for שיש; bleached stuff, i.e. white linen or (by analogy) marble; [idiom] blue, fine (twined) linen, marble, silk.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H8336

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שֵׁשׁ

numeral • Strongs / High • Page 1041

Six (Comparative example for interchange with Ayin, corresponding to 'sex' in context)

שֵׁשׁ

numeral • Root שש • Strongs / High • Page 1488

(Numeral) Six. Includes feminine form (שִׁשָׁה), construct form (שֵׁשֶׁת), and denotes sixty (שִׁשִּׁים).

שֵׁשׁ

numeral • Strongs / High • Page 1489

six (numeral).

שֵׁשׁ

noun masculine • Root שוש • Strongs / High • Page 1489

1. white marble, for pillars. 2. fine white linen, Egyptian byssus or cotton, used for priestly garments.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

שֵׁשׁ

m. 1. • Root שוש • Page 702

1. white marble. Est. 1: 6. Cant. 5: 15. elsewhere שַׁיִשׁ. 2. byssus, fine white Egyptian cotton, also cloth made of it. Gen. 41: 42. Ex. 26: 1. 27: 9, 18. 28: 39. Prov. 31: 22. The later name is בּוּץ q. v. Under each of them linen is sometimes included.

שֵׁשׁ

f. and שִׁשָּׁה / const. שֵׁשֶׁת / m. • Root שדש • Page 702

six, a contraction of שֶׁדֶשׁ (like לֶדֶת by contraction מִלֶּדֶת, to bring forth.) Plur. שִׁשִׁים com. gen. sixty.

Conjunction, Noun common both singular absolute

LXX: βύσσου pἐκ βύσσῳ βύσσον βύσσοσ

LXX Usage Statistics

H8336a:

βύσσου 24× (41.7%)

pἐκ 13× (26.7%)

βύσσῳ 3× (5.3%)

βύσσον 3× (5.0%)

βύσσοσ 2× (4.2%)

ודר וְדַר

and a generation

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

דר

dar

Definition

properly, a pearl (from its sheen as rapidly turned); by analogy, pearl-stone, i.e. mother-of-pearl or alabaster

Root

apparently from the same as H1865 (דרור);

Exhaustive

apparently from the same as דרור; properly, a pearl (from its sheen as rapidly turned); by analogy, pearl-stone, i.e. mother-of-pearl or alabaster; [idiom] white.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H1858

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דּוֹר

masculine noun • Root דור • Page 362

1. An age, a period of time, a generation; also used for 'ever and ever' or 'eternity'. 2. Men of a definite time, a race. 3. A dwelling, habitation, either from the circular form of a nomad-tent or from the root דּוּר; figuratively, the grave or the body. 4. A circle of houses together, a city; also the proper name of a Phenician royal city, Dor.

דַּר

noun masculine • Root דרר • Consonantal / Low • Page 376

Masculine noun; a pearl, pearl-stone, or mother of pearl.

Matched after stripping common prefixes

דָּר

noun • Root דור • Consonantal / Low • Page 376

Aramaic noun; same as Hebrew דוֹר, meaning time of a race, a generation, for ever.

Matched after stripping common prefixes

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

דּוֹר

noun masculine • Root דור • Page 160

1. age, generation. 2. a race or class of men. 3. dwelling. Used in phrases like 'generation of generations' (eternity). Ps. 14:5, 32:5, Is. 38:12, Ps. 49:20.

Conjunction, Noun common both singular absolute

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H1858:

No stats available

וסחרת וְסֹחָרֶת׃

a market

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

סחרת

çôchêreth

Definition

probably a (black) tile (or tessara) forlaying borders with

Root

similar to H5507 (סחרה);

Exhaustive

similar to סחרה; probably a (black) tile (or tessara) forlaying borders with; black marble.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H5508

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סְחֹרַת

noun masculine • Root סחר • Consonantal / Low • Page 1016

1. commercial goods, commercial customership. 2. (From סָחַר III) A sort of precious red marble for laying out pavements; black marble.

Matched after stripping common prefixes

סֹחֶרֶת

particle • Root סחר • Consonantal / Low • Page 1016

A female customer or purchaser; generally to have intercourse with one.

Matched after stripping common prefixes

Conjunction, Noun common feminine singular absolute

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H5508:

No stats available

RBT Translation:

bleached white cotton and blue he who grasps in cords fine linen and purple upon/against/yoke circuits silver and standing columns six a bed gold and silver upon/against/yoke tessellated pavement alabaster and six/marble and a generation a market

RBT Paraphrase:
Bleached white cotton and blue gripped by cords of fine linen and purple upon circuits of silver and six standing columns, a bed of gold and silver upon tessellated pavement of alabaster and marble, and a generation,⁴ and a market.⁵

Julia Smith Literal 1876 Translation:
Splendid fine white linen, and cerulean purple, made fast with cords of byssus and purple, upon rings of silver and pillars of marble: couches of gold and silver upon a tesselated pavement of marble, and marble and pearl and spotted marble.

LITV Translation:
There was overlaying with white linen and violet, with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of white marble. The couches were of gold and silver, on a red and white and pearl and black marble pavement.

Brenton Septuagint Translation:
which was adorned with hangings of fine linen and flax on cords of fine linen and purple, fastened to golden and silver studs, on pillars of parian marble and stone: there were golden and silver couches on a pavement of emerald stone, and of pearl, and of parian stone, and open-worked coverings variously flowered, having roses worked round about;

Footnotes

Est. 1:6

Est. 1:6

Strong's #1752 דור, דר revolution of time, generation.

Est. 1:6

Est. 1:6

The root of this is סחר meaning traveling around trading, marketing, advertising, peddling, traffic merchandise 

See Strong's #5506 market:

"abundant coastlands are the market [סחרת] of the hand of yourself..." (Eze. 27:15)