Exodus 17:6

Paleo Hebrew Niqqud

RBT Hebrew Interlinear:

הנני הִנְנִי

behold myself

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

הן

hên

Definition

lo!; also (as expressing surprise) if

Root

a primitive particle;

Exhaustive

a primitive particle; lo!; also (as expressing surprise) if; behold, if, lo, though.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H2005

ני

Definition

I, subject pronoun - subject: 1st person common singular

Root

Exhaustive

Personal subject pronoun - suffix for some adverbs and infinitives: 1st person singular

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H9040

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

הֵן

pronominal stem • Strongs / High • Page 398

they.

הֵן

personal pronoun • Strongs / High • Page 407

Personal pronoun of the 3rd person plural feminine, meaning 'they', often used with prepositions. Also used to mean 'themselves' or as a particle 'as much', 'as this'.

הֵן

interjection / demonstrative / conjunction • Strongs / High • Page 407

A pronominal stem used as: 1. An interjection: lo! there! see that! 2. A demonstrative base for הִנֵּה: this, here. 3. A conditional or interrogative conjunction: therefore, whether, if.

הֵן

pronominal stem (aramaic) • Strongs / High • Page 407

Aramaic pronominal stem, same as the Hebrew הֵן II. Used as an exclamation 'lo! ecce!' or a demonstrative particle 'this, that, there'.

הֵן

conjunction • Strongs / High • Page 408

A conjunction with multiple meanings based on context: on that account (propterea); interrogative, whether; conditional, if; after a negation, unless; when repeated, whether... or (sive... sive).

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

הֵן

interj. / conj. • Page 191

1. see! behold! 2. if. (Lev. 25:20; Jer. 3:1; Job 40:23; 2 Chr. 7:13). 3. whether. (Jer. 2:10).

הֵן

pronoun • Page 191

they. Used incorrectly in reference to men, Ruth 1:13.

הֵן

chald. conj. • Page 191

1. if. (Dan. 2:5, 6; 3:15). 2. whether. (Ezra 5:17). 3. whether...or. (Ezra 7:26). 4. for nonne? as a strong affirmation. (Dan. 3:17).

BDB

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon

H2005

II. הֵן (approximate number of occurrences: 100) demonstrative adverb or interjection — lo! behold (on etymology see הִנֵּה), less widely used than הִנֵּה, and in prose mostly confined to calling attention to some fact upon which action is to be taken, or a conclusion based.

— הֶןֿ Numbers 23:9, 24; Job 8:19, 20; Job 13:1; Job 26:14; Job 33:6, 12, 29; Job 36:5, 22, 26; הֵןֿ Job 13:15; Job 36:30; Job 41:1 + etc.

1. Meanings and Uses

a. Behold, lo

• Genesis 3:22 (הֵן הָאָדָם הָיָה behold the man is become as one of us)
• Genesis 4:14, Genesis 11:6, Genesis 15:3, Genesis 19:34, Genesis 27:11, Genesis 29:7, Genesis 30:34
• Exodus 5:5, Exodus 6:12, 30; Leviticus 10:18, 19; Numbers 17:27
• Deuteronomy 5:21 (in prose only in Pentateuch (23 times) and Ezekiel 18:4)
• In poetry: Numbers 23:9, 24; Isaiah 23:13; Isaiah 32:1; Isaiah 33:7; Psalm 51:7, 8, Psalm 68:34, Psalm 78:20, Psalm 139:4
• Proverbs 11:31 (premiss to אַף כִּי), Proverbs 24:12
• In Isaiah and Job: Isaiah 40:15; Isaiah 41:11, 24, 29; Isaiah 50:1, 2, 9, 11; Job 4:18, 15:15, 25:5 (before אַף or אַף כִּי), Job 9:1, 12

b. Hypothetical particle: if

Cognates:

• Late Hebrew הֵן
• Biblical Aramaic הֵן
• Mandean הין
• Palmyrene הן¹
• Syriac ܐܢ
• Palestinian Targum אִין
• Arabic إن

• Exodus 4:1 (וְהֵן לֹא יַאֲמִינוּ לִי and behold = suppose they will not believe me?)
• Leviticus 25:20 (הֵן לֹא נִזְרַע behold, we shall not sow = supposing we do not sow)
• Isaiah 54:15; Job 40:23; 2 Chronicles 7:13
• Stating ground for a question: Exodus 8:22, Jeremiah 3:1, Haggai 2:12 (compare Aramaic b)

c. If, whether (in an indirect question)

• Jeremiah 2:10 (רְאוּ הֵן הָֽיְתָה כָּזֹאת; Grätz⁵ suggests הֲנִהְיְתָה)
• Compare אִם 2b, and Aramaic 3

Aramaic

הֵן conjunction — if, whether (Biblical Hebrew הֵן).

Cognates:

• Zenjirli הן
• Egyptian Aramaic הן²
• Palmyrene הן
• Nabataean הן
• Mandean הין

1. if
   • Daniel 2:6; Daniel 3:15, 17; Daniel 4:24; Daniel 5:16
   • Ezra 4:13, 16; Ezra 5:17
   • הֵן לָא (if not): Daniel 2:5, 9; Daniel 3:15, 18
2. repeated, sive ... sive, whether ... or
   • Ezra 7:26 (compare אִם 1b)
3. in indirect question, whether
   • Ezra 5:17 (הֵן אִיתַי)

See also לָהֵן.

¹ Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft (ZMG), 1888, 404, 415.

² A. H. Sayce and A. E. Cowley, Aramaic Papyri Discovered at Assuan (S-C Pap.), 1906.

³ Gustaf Dalman, Aramäisch-neuhebräisches Handwörterbuch zu Targum, Talmud und Midrasch (D WB), 1897.

⁴ R. Payne Smith, Thesaurus Syriacus (PS).

⁵ Heinrich Grätz, Biblical scholar.

Particle interjection, Suffix pronominal first person both singular

LXX: ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ ἐὰν --- εἰ

LXX Usage Statistics

H2005:

ἰδοὺ 225× (47.0%)

ἐγὼ 142× (25.3%)

ἐὰν 12× (2.5%)

--- 11× (2.3%)

εἰ 11× (2.3%)

ἐγώ 11× (2.0%)

γὰρ 7× (1.5%)

ἰδού 7× (1.4%)

---% 5× (0.9%)

ἐὰν 5× (1.0%)

עמד עֹמֵד

he stood/stand

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

עמד

ʻâmad

Definition

to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive); abide (behind), appoint, arise, cease, confirm, continue, dwell, be employed, endure, establish, leave, make, ordain, be (over), place, (be) present (self), raise up, remain, repair, [phrase] serve, set (forth, over, -tle, up), (make to, make to be at a, with-) stand (by, fast, firm, still, up), (be at a) stay (up), tarry.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H5975

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

עָמַד

verb • Root עמד • Strongs / High • Page 1102

(Intransitive) To stand upright, be set up (of a pillar); to stand still, stop; to stand before (in service), serve, wait upon; to assist, protect. (Figurative) To stand firm, endure, persist, persevere; to hold good; to continue to live.

עָמַד

verb • Root עמד • Strongs / High • Page 1103

To stand, stand up, stand still, stop, endure, continue, abide, be calm, stay, remain (Kal); To be established, preserved, set (Niph.); To be placed, continue to stand upright (Hoph.); To set up, to erect, place, make firm, appoint, constitute, establish, impart, set forth for a law, to make stand (Hif.).

עָמַד

verb • Root עמד • Strongs / High • Page 1103

Intransitive: to waver (Kal not used); causative (Hif. הֶעֱמִיר): to make waver, to cause to shake; to make rigid, to lame. (Transposed from עָמַק.)

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

עִמָּד

preposition • Root עם • Page 513

Equivalent to עִם; a preposition found only with the suffix עִמָּדִי, meaning 'with'.

עָמַד

verb • Root עמד • Page 513

I. 1. To stand, stay (1 Sam. 20:38); to stand before someone as a servant (Gen. 41:46). 2. To stand firm, to abide (Ps. 33:11, 102:27). 3. To continue, stay (Ex. 9:28, Lev. 13:5). 4. To keep (a covenant) (Ezek. 17:14); to stand up, arise (Dan. 12:1, 8:23). 5. Passive of Hiphil: to be set, placed, appointed (Ezra 10:14).

עָמַד

verb • Root עמד • Page 513

Found only in Hiphil (Ezek. 29:7), by transposition for הַמְעַדְתָּ meaning 'thou causedst their loins to shake.'

BDB

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon

H5975

I. עָמַד (approximate number of occurrences: 520) — take one’s stand, stand.

Cognates:

• Late Hebrew idem
• Phoenician עמד
• Assyrian emêdu stand, set up
• Arabic عمد prop up, support
• Ethiopic ዐመደ pillar
• Targum עַמּוּדָא pillar
• Syriac ܥܡܘܕܐ
• Palmyrene עמודא
• Sabean עמד pillar¹, plural אעמדן²

— עָמַד Perfect Genesis 19:27 +; 3 feminine singular עָֽמְדָה 2 Kings 13:6 +; Imperfect יַעֲמֹד Exodus 21:21, יַעֲמוֺד Nahum 1:6 +, יַעֲמָדֿ 1 Samuel 16:22 +; 1 singular אֶעֱמֹ֑דָה Habakkuk 2:1, וָאֶעֱמֹד 2 Samuel 1:10; 3 masculine plural יַעַמְדוּ Jeremiah 32:14 +, יַעֲמֹ֑דוּ Ezekiel 1:21 +, 2 masculine plural וַתַּעַמְדוּן Deuteronomy 4:11; Imperative עֲמֹד 1 Samuel 9:27 +, עֲמָדֿ 2 Samuel 1:9; feminine singular עִמְדִי Isaiah 47:12, Jeremiah 48:19; Infinitive absolute עָמֹד Esther 9:16; construct עֲמֹד Exodus 18:23 +, suffix עָמְדִי Jeremiah 18:20, עֲמָדְךָ Obadiah 11; Participle עֹמֵד Isaiah 3:13 +, feminine עֹמֶ֫דֶת Haggai 2:5 +.

Qal

1. a. take one’s stand, and (especially participle) stand, be in a standing attitude

• with עַל by, 1 Samuel 26:13; 2 Samuel 2:25; 2 Kings 2:7; participle Genesis 18:8 (Jehovist Source), Genesis 41:1, 17 (Elohist Source)
• with עַל on, Exodus 3:5 (Elohist Source), Deuteronomy 27:12
• with ב location, Exodus 32:26; Numbers 22:24, 26 (Jehovist/Elohist Source)
• with אֶל location, 1 Kings 20:38 (+ לְ person), Jeremiah 48:19; Ezekiel 21:26; Ezekiel 27:29
• with אֶל person, 1 Samuel 17:51; 2 Kings 5:25
• with אֵצֶל, Genesis 41:3 (Elohist Source), Ezekiel 9:2; Ezekiel 10:6; Nehemiah 8:4
• with לִפְנֵי, Genesis 18:22; 1 Kings 3:16; 1 Kings 8:22
• before Yahweh, for intercession, Genesis 19:27 (Jehovist Source), Deuteronomy 4:10; Jeremiah 15:1; Jeremiah 18:20
• take one's stand and do a thing, 1 Samuel 17:8; 1 Kings 8:55; 2 Kings 18:28 = Isaiah 36:13

b. stand forth (to speak, etc.)

• 2 Kings 10:9

c. take a stand against (עַל), in opposition to

• Judges 6:31; Ezra 10:15 (but stand over, = have charge of³); Leviticus 19:16 (Holiness Code) עַל־דַּֿם against the blood of, i.e. seek one's blood; with יָ֑חַד Isaiah 50:8 together, i.e. against each other

d. present oneself before (לִפְנֵי)

• Genesis 43:15 (Jehovist Source), Exodus 9:10 (Elohist Source), Numbers 27:2, 21 (Priests' Code), 1 Samuel 16:21; before Yahweh (in sanctuary) Deuteronomy 19:17; Jeremiah 7:10; Leviticus 9:5 (Priests' Code); in heaven 1 Kings 22:21

e. attend upon, be(come) servant of

• with לִפְנֵי, 1 Samuel 16:22 (see Driver), 1 Kings 1:2; servant of Yahweh 1 Kings 17:1; Jeremiah 15:19; priests לִפְנֵי י׳ (לְשָֽׁרְתוֺׅ Deuteronomy 10:8; Judges 20:28; Ezekiel 44:15; of Levites, stand before congregation for menial duties Ezekiel 44:11; Numbers 16:9 (Priests' Code)

f. stand afar

• מֵרָחוֺק Exodus 20:18, 21 (Elohist Source), Isaiah 59:14; Psalm 38:12, בְּר׳ Psalm 10:1; stand aloof מִנֶֹּגֶד Obadiah 11

g. stand (silent)

• Job 32:16

h. stand (appealingly)

• Job 30:20 (but read עָמַדְתָּ, of God)

i. stand, subject רֶגֶל

• Zechariah 14:4 (on עַל); Psalm 122:2 (in ב); Psalm 26:12 (figurative)

j. stand, of water

• עַל־הָֿרִים Psalm 104:6

2. a. stand still, stop, cease moving

• of moon Joshua 10:13 (Jehovist/Elohist Source), sun Joshua 10:13, both Habakkuk 3:11; of person 1 Samuel 9:27; stop flowing (oil) 2 Kings 4:6; of eruption in skin = remain unchanged Leviticus 13:23, 28 (Priests' Code)

b. be inactive

• 2 Chronicles 20:17 (opposed to לְהִלָּחֵם)

c. be attentive

• Job 37:14

d. stop, cease doing a thing

• 2 Kings 13:18; with מִן, Genesis 29:35, Genesis 30:9 (Jehovist Source)

3. a. tarry, delay

• Genesis 45:9 (Elohist Source), Joshua 10:19 (Jehovist/Elohist Source)

b. remain

• with ב location, 2 Kings 15:20; Deuteronomy 10:10; with עִמָּדִי Deuteronomy 5:28

c. continue, abide

• Jeremiah 32:14; Isaiah 66:22; Psalm 102:27; dwell Exodus 8:18 (Jehovist Source); לָעַד Psalm 19:10; Ecclesiastes 1:4; of plan = be established Psalm 33:11; maintain itself Ecclesiastes 2:9

d. endure

• Exodus 18:23 (Elohist Source), Ezekiel 22:14

e. be steadfast

• Deuteronomy 25:8; Ruth 2:7

4. make a stand, hold one's ground

• Amos 2:15; 2 Kings 10:4; with לִפְנֵי, Judges 2:14; with עַל for one's life, Esther 8:11

5. a. remain upright

• 2 Kings 13:6; of house (endurance) Job 8:15; Proverbs 12:7

b. stand up (opposed to sit or prostrate)

• Nehemiah 8:5; Job 29:8; Ezekiel 2:1 (עַל־רַגְלֶיךָ); of revival after death Daniel 12:13

c. stand up, rise (water)

• Joshua 3:13 (Jehovist/Elohist Source)

d. be erect, upright (of boards)

• Exodus 26:15; Exodus 36:20 (Priests' Code)

6. a. arise, appear, come on the scene

• Ezra 2:63 = Nehemiah 7:65; Daniel 8:22; Daniel 11:2; of war 1 Chronicles 20:4

b. stand forth, appear = come into being

• Isaiah 48:13; Psalm 33:9

c. rise up as foe

• with עַל against, 1 Chronicles 21:1; Daniel 8:25; Daniel 11:14

Hiphil

— הֶעֱמִיד Perfect 1 Kings 12:32 +; 2 masculine singular הֶעֱמַדְתָּה Psalm 30:8, וְהַעֲמַדְתָּ֫ Numbers 3:6 +; Imperfect יַעֲמִיד Proverbs 29:4 +, וַיַּעֲמֵד 2 Kings 8:1; Imperative הַעֲמֵד Isaiah 21:6; Infinitive construct הַעֲמִיד 1 Kings 15:4.

1. station, set

• Judges 16:25 (with בֵּין); for duty Numbers 11:24 (Elohist Source); Nehemiah 13:11; with עַל against Nehemiah 4:3

2. cause to stand firm, maintain

• Psalm 18:34; Exodus 9:16 (Jehovist Source); 1 Kings 15:4

3. cause to stand up, set up, erect

• with עַל־רַגְלַי Ezekiel 2:2; temple Ezra 2:68; doors Nehemiah 3:1

4. present before (לִפְנֵי)

• Genesis 47:7 (Priests' Code); in sanctuary Leviticus 14:11 (Priests' Code); (goat) Leviticus 16:7

5. appoint, ordain, establish

• Nehemiah 7:3; with עַל over Nehemiah 13:9; establish covenant Psalm 105:10; fulfill vision Daniel 11:14

Hophal

— Imperfect 3 masculine singular יָעֳמַדֿ Leviticus 16:10 be presented; Participle הָיָה מָעֳמָד 1 Kings 22:35 he was propped up in his chariot.

¹ Corpus Inscriptionum Semiticarum (CIS), iv. 91.

² D. H. Müller, Epigraphische Denkmäler aus Abessinien, 80.

³ Abraham Kuenen, Gesammelte Abhandlungen (Kue Ges. Abh.), 247 f.

⁴ S. R. Driver, Introduction to the Literature of the Old Testament.

Verb Qal participle active masculine singular absolute

LXX: ἔστη ἔστησαν εἱστήκει στήσεται στήσονται

LXX Usage Statistics

H5975:

ἔστη 65× (11.6%)

ἔστησαν 56× (10.2%)

εἱστήκει 21× (4.2%)

στήσεται 18× (3.5%)

στήσονται 14× (2.7%)

ἔστησεν 14× (2.5%)

στῆθι 12× (2.4%)

--- 10× (2.0%)

στήσει 9× (1.6%)

στῆναι 9× (1.7%)

לפניך לְפָנֶיךָ

to the faces of yourself

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

פנים

pânîym

Definition

the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)

Root

plural (but always as singular) of an unused noun פנה; from H6437 (פנה));

Exhaustive

plural (but always as singular) of an unused noun פנה; from פנה); the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.); [phrase] accept, a-(be-) fore(-time), against, anger, [idiom] as (long as), at, [phrase] battle, [phrase] because (of), [phrase] beseech, countenance, edge, [phrase] employ, endure, [phrase] enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-part), form(-er time, -ward), from, front, heaviness, [idiom] him(-self), [phrase] honourable, [phrase] impudent, [phrase] in, it, look(-eth) (-s), [idiom] me, [phrase] meet, [idiom] more than, mouth, of, off, (of) old (time), [idiom] on, open, [phrase] out of, over against, the partial, person, [phrase] please, presence, propect, was purposed, by reason of, [phrase] regard, right forth, [phrase] serve, [idiom] shewbread, sight, state, straight, [phrase] street, [idiom] thee, [idiom] them(-selves), through ([phrase] -out), till, time(-s) past, (un-) to(-ward), [phrase] upon, upside ([phrase] down), with(-in, [phrase] -stand), [idiom] ye, [idiom] you.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H6440

ך

Definition

your, personal posessive - noun suffix: 2nd person masculine singular

Root

Exhaustive

Personal posessive pronoun - suffix for nouns, adjectives and passive participles: 2nd person masculine singular

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H9021

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

פָּנִים

m. pl. • Root פנה • Strongs / High • Page 1177

Properly the visible, external side. 1. The upper surface, superficies (of earth, water, covering); outside, aspect. 2. The face (the visible part, often as a collective idea).

פָּנִים

noun masculine • Strongs / High • Page 1178

Face, countenances, presence, visibility. Used idiomatically for proximity (without delay), the front (of a thing), direction, look, mien (serenity, sadness); also used reflexively for the personal pronoun ('I myself').

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

פָּנִים

noun masculine plural • Page 546

1. A face, countenance (Ezek. 1:6, Gen. 32:31). 2. Appearance, looks (1 Sam. 1:18, Job 9:27). 3. Surface, facies, superficies (Gen. 2:6, Is. 14:21, Job 38:30). 4. The front or forepart, as in an army (Joel 2:20, Ezek. 2:10, Deut. 2:10). 5. Equivalent to פֶּה a mouth or edge (Ecc. 10:10). 6. A person, personal presence (Ex. 33:14, 2 Sam. 17:11, Lam. 4:16). 7. Combined with prepositions, especially לִפְנֵי (before, in space or time, east of, or against).

BDB

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon

H6440

I. מָּנֶה (approximate number of occurrences: 2123) noun masculine¹ and feminine — face, also faces (as turned toward one).

— plural absolute מָּנִים Genesis 32:31 +; construct מְּנֵי 2 Samuel 14:32 +; suffix 1 singular מָּנַי Genesis 43:3 +; 3 masculine singular מָּנָיו Genesis 4:5 +, מָּנֵי֑מוֺ Psalm 11:7 (König²); 2 masculine plural מְּנֵיכֶם Genesis 40:7 +, etc.; — usually with verb plural, Genesis 4:5, 6; Exodus 33:14 +; with verb singular Lamentations 4:16 (through influence of intervening י׳, GKC³ § 146a).

1. Face, faces

a. Literally, of man

• Genesis 43:31; 2 Samuel 19:5; 1 Kings 19:13; Leviticus 13:14; Daniel 8:18; Daniel 10:9, 15 +
• Pale (from alarm) Isaiah 29:22; flushed Isaiah 13:8; tearful Isaiah 25:8
• Sad רעים פ׳ Genesis 40:7; רֹעַ פ׳ Ecclesiastes 7:8
• Fallen (in displeasure) נָָֽפְלוּ פָנֶיךָ Genesis 4:5, 6

b. Of God

• Exodus 33:20, compare Exodus 33:23

c. Face to face (seeing God)

• מָּנִים אֶל־מָּֿנִים Genesis 32:31; Judges 6:22
• בְּפ׳ פ׳ Deuteronomy 5:4; נִתְרֶאֶה פָנִים (meet in battle) 2 Kings 14:8, 11

d. Relations with God

• הֵרִים פ׳ (in worship) Ezra 9:6
• Spiritual sense Jeremiah 2:27; מָּנָה אֵלַי עֹרֶף וְלֹא פָנִים Jeremiah 32:33
• קְשֵׁי פָנִים Ezekiel 2:4

2. Presence, person

a. Of God

• Exodus 33:14, 15; בְּפָנָיו Deuteronomy 4:37; מַלְאַךְ מָּנָיו Isaiah 63:9
• לֶחֶם הַמָּנִים (showbread)

b. Appear before, in one’s presence

• King: Exodus 10:28–29 (Jehovist Source); 2 Samuel 14:24, 28, 32
• God: Job 33:26; Psalm 11:7; Psalm 17:15

3. Celestial and animal faces

• Seraphim Isaiah 6:2; Cherubim Exodus 25:20; Ezekiel 1:8, 11
• Animals: מְּנֵי הַצּאֹן Genesis 30:40; Ezekiel 1:10; מִּתְחֵי פ׳ (of crocodile) Job 41:6

4. Surface or Front

• Of ground (הָאֲדָמָה) Genesis 2:6; Genesis 4:14; Psalm 104:30
• Of earth (הָאָרֶץ) Genesis 1:29; Genesis 7:3; Genesis 11:4
• Of water Genesis 1:2; Genesis 7:18
• Of house / gate Ezekiel 41:14; Ezekiel 47:1; Ezekiel 40:6
• Battle-front מְּנֵי הַמִּלְחָמָה 2 Samuel 10:9
• Edge (front) of sword Ezekiel 21:21; of axe Ecclesiastes 10:10

5. Adverbial uses

• Location: מִמָּנִים וּמֵאָחוֺר (before and behind) 2 Samuel 10:9
• Temporal: לְפָנִים (formerly) Deuteronomy 2:12; Joshua 11:10; Judges 1:10
• From beforetime מִלְּפָנִים Isaiah 41:26

6. With Prepositions

1. אֶל־מְּנֵי
   • To the presence of Exodus 23:17; 2 Chronicles 19:2
   • To the front of Leviticus 6:7; Numbers 17:8
   • On to the surface of Leviticus 14:53; Ezekiel 16:5
2. אֶת־מְּנֵי
   • Presence of 1 Samuel 2:11; 1 Kings 12:6
   • Specifically of God Genesis 19:13; Exodus 34:23–24
   • In front of Genesis 33:18; Leviticus 4:6
3. בִּפְנֵי
   • In the face of (hostile) Numbers 12:14; Deuteronomy 7:24; Joshua 10:8
   • Against (evidence) Hosea 5:5; Job 16:8
4. לִפְנֵי (The most general word for before)
   • Under the eye of Deuteronomy 25:2; 1 Samuel 3:1
   • In view of Genesis 6:13; Lamentations 1:22
   • At disposal of Genesis 13:9; Genesis 47:6
   • In estimation of Genesis 7:1; Proverbs 14:12
   • Of time Amos 1:1; Genesis 29:26
5. מִלִּפְנֵי
   • From the presence of Genesis 41:46; Genesis 4:6
   • Source or cause (chiefly late) 1 Samuel 18:12; Ecclesiastes 3:14
6. מִמְּנֵי
   • Because of, for fear of Judges 9:21; 1 Samuel 23:26; Genesis 3:8
   • At the presence of Exodus 9:30; Psalm 68:3
7. עַל־מְּנֵי
   • In front of Psalm 18:43; Genesis 32:22
   • To one's face (defiantly) Job 1:11; Job 6:28
   • Localities (East of) 1 Kings 11:7; Genesis 16:12
   • Surface Genesis 1:2; Exodus 16:14
8. מֵעַל־מְּנֵי
   • From before the face of Genesis 23:3; 1 Kings 9:7
   • From off the surface of Genesis 4:14; Amos 9:8

¹ Proverbs 25:23.

² Friedrich Eduard König, Historisch-kritisches Lehrgebäude der hebräischen Sprache (1881-1897).

³ Gesenius' Hebrew Grammar, ed. E. Kautzsch, trans. A. E. Cowley, 2nd English ed., Oxford, 1910 (GKC).

⁴ Wilhelm Gesenius, Thesaurus philologicus criticus linguae hebraeae et chaldaeae Veteris Testamenti (1829-1858).

Preposition, Noun common masculine plural construct, Suffix pronominal second person masculine singular

LXX: προσώπου πρόσωπον ἐναντίον ἐνώπιον ἔναντι

LXX Usage Statistics

H6440:

προσώπου 450× (19.3%)

πρόσωπον 321× (14.0%)

ἐναντίον 190× (9.5%)

ἐνώπιον 176× (8.9%)

ἔναντι 157× (7.9%)

πρόσωπόν 105× (4.6%)

ἔμπροσθεν 82× (4.0%)

ἐνώπιόν 48× (2.4%)

--- 45× (2.3%)

'' 43× (1.8%)

שם׀ שָּׁם׀

there/name/he set

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

שם

shâm

Definition

there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence

Root

a primitive particle (rather from the relative pronoun, H834 (אשר));

Exhaustive

a primitive particle (rather from the relative pronoun, אשר); there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence; in it, [phrase] thence, there (-in, [phrase] of, [phrase] out), [phrase] thither, [phrase] whither.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H8033

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

שֵׁם

noun masculine • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1442

A sign, a memorial, a token, a mark, and therefore a name. (Includes usage regarding calling or inscribing a name).

Matched via consonantal key only

שֵׁם

noun masculine • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1442

Metaphor: The internal essence as outwardly revealed and known as operative; hence of God (the Divine Essence, Presence, Protection, or Power).

Matched via consonantal key only

שֵׁם

noun masculine • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1442

Fame, renown, fama, an honourable name. Also used to denote a good name, sweet scent (assonance), bad reputation, or posterity (name after death).

Matched via consonantal key only

שֵׁם

noun proper • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1442

Proper noun: The oldest son of Noah (Gen. 5, 32), progenitor of the Semites.

Matched via consonantal key only

שָׂם

verb (aramaic) • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1398

Same as Hebrew שׂוּם: to issue, to set forth, to give a name, to take consideration.

Matched via consonantal key only

שֵׁם

unknown • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1442

A sign (comp. the Ar.)

Matched via consonantal key only

שֵׁם

noun proper masculine • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1443

Sem, the eldest son of Noah, progenitor of the Semite peoples and territory.

Matched via consonantal key only

שֵׁם

noun masculine • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1443

A name; fame, renown. Used along with אֱלָהּ in the Targ.

Matched via consonantal key only

שָׁם

adverb • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1441

1. Of place: there, ibi, tum; there where. 2. Of time: then, at that time. 3. Of a thing: thence, from the place/time/thing.

Matched via consonantal key only

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

שֵׁם

m. constr. • Page 683

1. a name; a celebrated name, celebrity, renown. Gen. 6: 4, Num. 16: 2. 2. a rumour, report. Deut. 22: 14. 3. the name of Jehovah, particularly his praise or glory. Ps. 79: 9, Is. 48: 9.

שָׁם

adverb • Page 683

1. there. 2. thither (i.q. שָׁמָּה). 3. then (spoken of time). 4. thither/whither (with paragagic ה). Gen. 13: 3, 1 Sam. 2: 14, Ps. 14: 5, Gen. 19: 20.

שֻׁם

m. chald. • Page 684

A name. References: Dan. 4:5 [4:8]; Ezra 5:1. With suffix שֻׁמֵּהּ (from שֵׁם) Dan. 2:20, 26; 4:5 [4:8]; 5:12. Ezra 5:14: 'and they were given to Sheshbazzar, as his name was'.

BDB

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon

H8033

I. שָׁם adverb — there, thither.

Cognates:

• Arabic ثَمَّ (there), compare ثُمَّ (then)
• Biblical Aramaic תַּמָּה
• Egyptian Aramaic תמה
• Targum תַּמָּן
• Syriac ܬܡܢ
• Zenjirli¹ שם

1. Meanings and Uses

a. there

• Genesis 2:8, 12
• Genesis 11:2, 7, 31 + often
• Placed early in sentence for emphasis: Micah 4:10 שָׁם תִּנָּצֵ֑לִי, Nahum 3:15; Ezekiel 32:22, 24; Psalm 104:26 +
• With conjunction: וְשָׁם Genesis 41:12; Exodus 15:27; Numbers 13:22, 33 +
• Repeated: שָׁם ... וְשָׁם Exodus 15:25; Deuteronomy 12:14; Isaiah 27:10; Job 3:17 +
• With הִנֵּה: וְהִנֵּה שָׁם Genesis 29:2
• With כִּי: כִּי שָׁם Genesis 11:9; Genesis 21:31; Genesis 35:7; 2 Samuel 1:21; 2 Samuel 15:21 +
• Resuming "where": Job 39:30 בַּאֲשֶׁר חֲלָלִים שָׁם הוּא, Judges 5:27; Jeremiah 22:12; Ecclesiastes 11:3, compare 1:7
• Repeated שָׁם ... שָׁם (here ... there): Isaiah 28:10, 13

In poetry, pointing to a spot in which a scene is localized vividly in the imagination: Psalm 14:5 שׁם פחדו פחד there feared they a fear! Psalm 36:13, compare Psalm 48:7; 66:6; 132:17; Hosea 6:7; Zephaniah 1:14. — Habakkuk 3:4 read probably (Wellhausen³) שָׂם the flashes at his side made he the hiding of his power; Ecclesiastes 3:17 שָׁם = with God, in the Divine plan: but read perhaps שָׂם (Hitzig, Delitzsch⁴).

b. preceded by the relative

אֲשֶׁר שָׁם where:

• Genesis 2:11; Exodus 20:21; 1 Samuel 9:10 +, usually with words between, Genesis 13:3, 14; 19:27; Exodus 29:42; 2 Samuel 11:16; 2 Kings 23:27 +
• After בַּאֲשֶׁר: בַּאֲשֶׁר הוּא שָׁם Genesis 21:17
• With אשׁר omitted (indicated by construct²): Ezekiel 39:11 מְקוֺם שָׁם קֶבֶר ׳בְּיִשְׂר a place where a grave (may be) in Israel, but ᵐ5 ᵑ7 Cornill⁵ and others read שֵׁם a place of renown.

2. thither, after verbs of motion

(= שָׁ֫מָּה, see 3):

• Deuteronomy 1:37 לֹא תָבאֹ שָׁם, Judges 19:15; 21:10; 1 Samuel 2:14; 9:6
• אֲשֶׁר ... שָׁם whither: 1 Kings 18:10; 21:18; 2 Kings 1:4, 6, 16; Isaiah 20:6; more often in Jeremiah, Ezekiel: Jeremiah 8:3; 22:27; 23:3, 8; 45:5 +; Ezekiel 4:13; 12:16; 36:20, 22 +
• With שֶׁ: שֶׁשָּׁם Psalm 122:4

3. with locative, שָׁ֫מָּה

a. after verbs of motion, thither

• Genesis 19:20 לָנוּס שָׁ֫מָּה to flee thither, Genesis 19:22; 20:13; 24:6; 29:3; Deuteronomy 1:38 + often
• = into it, therein (of a basket, etc.): Exodus 16:33, 21:33 וְנָפַל שָׁמָּה, 30:18; Judges 8:25; 2 Kings 12:10
• Pregnantly, after verb implying motion: to bury, Genesis 23:13, 25:10; 49:31; 50:5 (all Priests' Code); to meet Exodus 29:42, 43; 30:6, 36; Numbers 17:19 (all Priests' Code); Joshua 2:16; 7:3; Jeremiah 13:7; Joel 4:7; Songs 8:5 (?)

b. whither / where

• אֲשֶׁר ... שָׁ֫מָּה whither Genesis 20:13; Numbers 33:54; Deuteronomy 4:5, 14 + often
• where 2 Kings 23:8; 1 Chronicles 4:41

c. more rarely, i. q. שָׁם there

• Genesis 43:30 וַיֵּבְךְ שָׁ֫מָּה
• Joshua 2:1; Judges 16:27; 2 Kings 4:11; 9:16; Hosea 2:17; Isaiah 22:18; 34:15; 65:9; Jeremiah 18:2; 27:22
• In Ezekiel: Ezekiel 23:3; 32:29, 30; 48:35 שָׁ֫מָּה ׳י
• Psalm 76:4; 122:5; Ecclesiastes 3:16

4. מִשָּׁם from there, thence

a. after verbs of departing, taking, etc.

• Genesis 2:10; Genesis 11:8, 9; 12:8; 18:16; 24:7; 42:2, etc.
• Numbers 13:23; 21:12; 22:41 וַיַּרְא מִשָּׁם
• Deuteronomy 4:29; 30:4; Jeremiah 37:12; Hosea 2:17; Amos 9:2, 3, 4; Job 39:29 +
• Peculiarly, Genesis 49:24 מִשָּׁם רֹעֶה אֶבֶן יִשְׂר ׳: (Gesenius) from there [from heaven], (from) the Shepherd, the Stone of Israel; (Ewald, Dillmann⁸) from there (where is) the Shepherd of the stone of Israel; but text dubious; Gunkel⁹ reads by the name (מִשֵּׁם).

b. whence

• אֲשֶׁר ... מִשָּׁם Genesis 24:5; Numbers 23:13 +

c. expressing origin

• Genesis 3:23 the ground אֲשֶׁר לֻקַּח מִשָּׁם
• Genesis 10:14 whence (= from whom) came the Philistines
• Judges 19:18 מִשָּׁם אָנֹכִי, 1 Samuel 10:12 אִישׁ מִשָּׁם, Isaiah 65:20

d. of the mass from which something is taken

• Genesis 27:9; 30:32
• Leviticus 2:2 וְקָמַץ מִשָּׁם זגו ׳ (from the meal of a מנחה)
• 1 Kings 17:13 אַךְ עֲשִׁי לִי מִשָּׁם עֻגָה קְטַנָּה
• 2 Kings 7:2, 19 וּמִשָּׁם לֹא תאֵֹ˜כל׃; Ezekiel 5:3

¹ G. A. Cooke, A Text-Book of North-Semitic Inscriptions (1903), p. 159.

² Gesenius' Hebrew Grammar, ed. E. Kautzsch, trans. A. E. Cowley (GKC), § 130 c, d.

³ Julius Wellhausen (We).

⁴ Ferdinand Hitzig (Hi), Franz Delitzsch (De).

⁵ C. H. Cornill (Co), C. von Orelli (Or).

⁶ Septuagint (LXX).

⁷ Targum.

⁸ Heinrich Ewald (Ew), August Dillmann (Di), Bernhard Stade (Sta).

⁹ Hermann Gunkel.

Adverb

LXX: ἐκεῖ ἐκεῖθεν --- '' ὄνομα

LXX Usage Statistics

H8033:

ἐκεῖ 553× (68.1%)

ἐκεῖθεν 109× (13.4%)

--- 44× (5.5%)

'' 23× (2.4%)

ὄνομα 13× (1.4%)

οὗ 10× (1.2%)

ἐπικληθῆναι 8× (1.0%)

ἦν 6× (0.6%)

ἔτι 4× (0.5%)

ἧσ 3× (0.3%)

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%)

הצור הָצּוּר

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ה

Definition

the

Root

Demonstrative primitive

Exhaustive

definite article, the, used for all numbers and genders; originally a pronoun demonstrative, this. interrogative particle in direct and indirect questions; in disjunctive questions: whether--or.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

צור

tsûwr

Definition

properly, a cliff (or sharp rock, as compressed); generally, a rock or boulder; figuratively, a refuge; also an edge (as precipitous)

Root

or צר; from H6696 (צור);

Exhaustive

or צר; from צור; properly, a cliff (or sharp rock, as compressed); generally, a rock or boulder; figuratively, a refuge; also an edge (as precipitous); edge, [idiom] (mighty) God (one), rock, [idiom] sharp, stone, [idiom] strength, [idiom] strong. See also בית צור.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H6697

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

צוּר

verb • Root צור • Strongs / High • Page 1222

(not used) tr. to form or fabricate, of sculpture, especially of artificial figures; applied generally to the trade of a goldsmith. Fundamental meaning is to cut, form, fashion.

צוּר

verb • Root צור • Strongs / High • Page 1224

II. tr. 1. (not used) to cut, secare. 2. to form, fabricate, make (with metaphoric transference, e.g., to form in metal, or a vessel).

צוּר

verb • Root צר • Strongs / High • Page 1225

To go, to wander; also existing in הָלַךְ, הַר. In its organic root צר is connected with סָר, יָר. I.

צוּר

verb • Strongs / High • Page 1225

Refers to derivatives relating to form or shape. II.

צוּר

noun masculine • Root צור • Strongs / High • Page 1225

1. A stone, a rock, so called from its hardness. Fig. of God as a rock which gives safety, protection, refuge (Deut. 32, 4).

צוּר

noun masculine • Root צור • Strongs / High • Page 1225

An edge, sharpness (of the sword). Also form, shape (from צוּר II).

צוּר

noun proper masculine • Root צור • Strongs / High • Page 1225

Proper name meaning 'A rock, i. e. God.'

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

צוּר

verb • Page 566

I. To press, straiten, hence to besiege (a city).

צוּר

verb • Root צרר • Page 566

II. i. q. צָרַר to bind together.

צוּר

verb • Root יצר • Page 566

III. i. q. יָצַר to form, make.

צוּר

m. dec. i. • Page 566

I. 1. a rock. 2. a stone.

צוּר

noun masculine • Root צור , • Page 566

II. sharpness, edge.

צוּר

m. dec. i. form. • Page 566

III. form.

BDB

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon

H6697

I. צוּר (approximate number of occurrences: 78) noun masculine¹ — rock, cliff.

— צוּר absolute Exodus 17:6 +; construct Deuteronomy 8:15 +; suffix צוּרִי 2 Samuel 22:3 etc.; plural צֻרִים Numbers 23:9 +, צוּרוֺת Job 28:10; construct צוּרֵי 1 Samuel 24:3 (Ginsburg, verse 2).

1. Meanings and Uses

a. Rocky wall, cliff

• Exodus 17:6 (twice in verse) (Elohist Source)
• Deuteronomy 8:15 (+ הַחַלָּמִישׁ)
• Isaiah 48:21 (twice in verse)
• Psalm 78:15, Psalm 78:20
• Psalm 105:41
• Psalm 114:8 ("" חַלָּמִישׁ)
• Isaiah 2:10 (בּוֺא בַצּוּר), Isaiah 2:19 (בִּמְעָרוֺת צֻרִים), Isaiah 2:21 (בְּנִקְרוֺת הַצּוּר)
• Exodus 33:21–22 (Jehovist/Yahwist Source)
• Psalm 81:17 (yielding honey; compare Deuteronomy 32:13; Perles² reads צוּף)
• Numbers 23:9 (as look-out; Jehovist Source)
• 1 Samuel 24:3 (home of goats)
• Jeremiah 18:14 (snow-covered)
• Deuteronomy 32:13 (+ חַלְמִישׁ), Job 29:6 (bearing oil)
• Job 24:8 (resort of homeless)
• Job 28:10 (pierced by miners)
• Job 22:24 (gold in the rock)
• Isaiah 51:1 (figurative of ancestor)
• 1 Chronicles 11:15 (place of security)
• Jeremiah 21:13 (צוּר הַמִּישׁוֺר of city)
• Psalm 27:5, Psalm 61:3 (figurative)
• Nahum 1:6, Job 14:18, Job 18:4 (symbol of firmness)
• Job 19:24 (enduring material)

b. Rock with flat surface

• 2 Samuel 21:10
• Proverbs 30:19

c. Block of stone, boulder

• Judges 6:21, Judges 13:19 (as altar)
• Isaiah 8:14 (צוּר מִכְשׁוֺל, "" נֶגֶף אֶבֶן)

d. Rock with specific name

• Judges 7:25, Isaiah 10:26 (צוּר עוֺרֵב)

2. Figurative meanings

a. Figurative of God

As support and defence of his people (33 t., often "" אֱלֹהִים, יהוה, etc.):

• Isaiah 17:10 (צוּר מָעֻזֵּךְ)
• Psalm 31:3 (צוּר מָעוֺז)
• Psalm 62:8 (צוּר עֻזִּי)
• Psalm 71:3 (צוּר מָעוֺן)
• Deuteronomy 32:15, Psalm 89:27, Psalm 95:1 (צוּר יְשֻׁעָתוֺ)
• Psalm 62:3, Psalm 62:7 (צוּר וִישׁוּעָתִי)
• Psalm 94:22 (צוּר מַחְסִי)
• Isaiah 30:29, 2 Samuel 23:3 (צוּר יִשְׂרָאֵל)
• Psalm 18:3, Psalm 18:47 = 2 Samuel 22:3, 47a, Psalm 19:15, Psalm 28:1, Psalm 92:16, Psalm 144:1 (צוּרִי)
• Psalm 73:26 (צוּר לְבָבִי)
• Deuteronomy 32:31 (צוּרֵנוּ)
• Deuteronomy 32:30, Psalm 78:35 (צוּרָם)
• Isaiah 26:4 (צוּר עוֺלָמִים)

As proper name of deity (the Rock):

• Deuteronomy 32:4, Deuteronomy 32:18 (צוּר יְלָֽדְךָ), Deuteronomy 32:37
• Habakkuk 1:12
• (perhaps) Psalm 75:6 (but see צַוָּאר)

b. Of a heathen god

• Deuteronomy 32:31, Isaiah 44:3
• 2 Samuel 22:32 "" Psalm 18:32, 1 Samuel 2:2

See also בֵּית צוּר and חֶלְקַת הַצֻּרִים. For Psalm 89:44 see צֹר under III. צרר; for Psalm 49:15 see צוּרָה under III. צור.

¹ Job 29:6.

² Felix Perles, Analekten zur Textkritik des Alten Testaments (1895), p. 34.

Particle definite article, Noun common both singular absolute

LXX: πέτρασ πέτραν θεόσ θεὸσ φύλαξ

LXX Usage Statistics

H6697:

πέτρασ 14× (13.7%)

πέτραν 10× (10.9%)

θεόσ 7× (7.8%)

θεὸσ 5× (5.2%)

φύλαξ 4× (4.5%)

θεὸν 4× (4.3%)

ὡσ 3× (3.3%)

πέτρᾳ 3× (2.9%)

πετρίνασ 2× (2.4%)

πέτρα 2× (2.2%)

בחרב בְּחֹרֵב֒

in the hand

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ב

bə

Definition

in, by

Root

A primitive particle; a prefix

Exhaustive

(beth) — in / within / by means of

Core value: interiority, enclosure, participation

ב does not primarily mean “in time” (“when”) or even “in space.” It marks being inside a domain, whether that domain is:
- spatial (house, land),
- conceptual (wisdom, covenant),
- modal (strength, fear),
- instrumental (by means of).
Aonically, ב marks immersion.
not “when X happened” but “within the state or field of X.”
This is why ב־יום does not need to mean “on the day (chronological)” but “within the day-realm / condition”.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

חרב

Chôrêb

Definition

Choreb, a (generic) name for the Sinaitic mountains

Root

from H2717 (חרב); desolate;

Exhaustive

from חרב; desolate; Choreb, a (generic) name for the Sinaitic mountains; Horeb.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H2722

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

חֹרֵב

noun proper • Root חרב • Strongs / High • Page 525

or חֹרֶב; waste, desert, mountain; a top of Sinai on which the Mosaic law was announced.

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.

BDB

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon

H2722

I. חֹרֵב, חוֺרֵב proper name, of a mountain — Horeb (waste, desert); ᵐ5 Χωρηβ (see Lag¹).

— אֶל־הַר הָאֱלֹהִים חֹרֵ֑בָה Exodus 3:1 (Elohist Source), compare עַד הַר הָאֱלֹהִים חֹרֵב 1 Kings 19:8; הַצּוּר בְּחֹרֵב Exodus 17:6, הַר חוֺרֵב Exodus 33:6 (both Elohist Source); מֵחֹרֵב, בְּחֹרֵב Deuteronomy 1:2, 6, 19; Deuteronomy 4:10, 15; Deuteronomy 5:2; Deuteronomy 9:8; Deuteronomy 18:16; Deuteronomy 28:69; 1 Kings 8:9; 2 Chronicles 5:10; Psalm 106:19; Malachi 3:22.

1. Identification and Geography

The sacred mountain of the wilderness, no geographical difference from סִינַי discoverable, but synonym of it in E (Elohist Source) and (especially) D (Deuteronomic Source) (except poem Deuteronomy 33:2; see סִינַי Priests' Code).

¹ Paul de Lagarde, Übersicht über die im Aramäischen, Arabischen und Hebräischen übliche Bildung der Nomina (1889), p. 85 (Lag^BN).

Preposition, Noun proper name

LXX: χωρηβ

LXX Usage Statistics

H2722:

χωρηβ 16× (100.0%)

והכית וְהִכִּיתָ

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

נכה

nâkâh

Definition

to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively); beat, cast forth, clap, give (wounds), [idiom] go forward, [idiom] indeed, kill, make (slaughter), murderer, punish, slaughter, slay(-er, -ing), smite(-r, -ing), strike, be stricken, (give) stripes, [idiom] surely, wound.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H5221

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

נָכָה

verb • Root נך • Strongs / High • Page 969

(Kal not used) tr. to strike, to hurt, to injure, hence to destroy, to kill; figurat. to strike down, to vex. Nif. (נִכָּה) to be smitten or slain. Pih. (נִכָּה) to smite, to make war upon. Puh. (נֻכָּה) to be smitten.

נָכָה

verb • Root נכה • Strongs / High • Page 970

To be smitten, to be beaten down. Hif. (הִכָּה): to strike, smite, chastise, torment, punish, kill, tear in pieces, destroy, afflict. Hof. (הֻכָּה, pass. of Hif.): to be beaten, chastised, punished, visited, killed, stormed, conquered.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

נָכָה

verb • Page 442

in Kal not used.

BDB

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon

H5221

I. נָכָה (approximate number of occurrences: 501) verb — smite (not in Qal).

Cognates:

• Late Hebrew Hiph`il idem
• Siloam Inscription<sup>1</sup> הכו
• Syriac laesit, nocuit, repugnavit; Aph`el laesit, vulneravit
• Ethiopic laesit, nocuit
• Arabic be defeated, the inflicting of injury on an enemy²

— Niph`al Perfect וְנִכָּה וָמֵת consecutive 2 Samuel 11:15 and he shall be smitten [struck by weapon in battle] and die.

— Pu`al Perfect 3 feminine singular נֻכָּ֑תָה Exodus 9:31; 3 plural נֻכּוּ Exodus 9:32 (Jehovist Source), both be smitten down by the hail.

— Hiph`il (482 times) Perfect 3 masculine singular הִכָּה Exodus 9:25 +; suffix וְהִכַּ֫נִי consecutive Genesis 32:12, הִכָּם Jeremiah 5:6; 2 masculine singular הִכִּ֫יתָ Exodus 17:5 +; 1 singular הִכֵּיתִי Judges 15:16 +, וְהִכֵּתִ֫י Exodus 3:20 +; 3 plural הִכּוּ Genesis 19:11 +; 2 masculine plural הִכִּיתֶם Jeremiah 37:10 3 times consecutive; Imperfect 3 masculine singular יַכֶּה Exodus 21:20 +, יַךְ Hosea 6:1 (read וַיַּךְ³); וְיַח Hosea 14:6; וַיַּכֶּה Joshua 10:40 +, usually וַיַּךְ Exodus 2:12 +; suffix 2 masculine singular יַכֶּ֫כָּה Jeremiah 40:15, 3 masculine singular וַיַּכּוֺ 2 Samuel 14:6 (read וַיַּךְ with Septuagint, Peshitta, Vulgate), יַכֶּ֫נּוּ 1 Samuel 17:25; usually וַיַּכֵּ֫הוּ Numbers 21:24 +; 3 feminine singular וַתַּךְ Jonah 4:7–8; 1 singular אַכֶּה 1 Samuel 18:11 +, וָאַךְ Exodus 9:15; 3 masculine plural יַכוּ Micah 4:14; usually וַיַּכּוּ Genesis 14:5 +; 1 plural נַכֶּהֿ Numbers 22:6; וַנַךְ Deuteronomy 2:33; Imperative הַכֵּה Ezekiel 6:11, הַךְ Amos 9:1 +; Infinitive absolute הַכֵּה Deuteronomy 3:16 +, הַכּוֺת 2 Kings 3:24⁴; construct הַכּוֺת Genesis 4:15 +; Participle מַכֶּה Exodus 2:11 +; construct מַכֵּה Exodus 21:12 +; plural מַכִּים 1 Samuel 4:8 + etc.

1. Meanings and Uses

a. Literally smite (single, non-fatal blow), strike

• ass Numbers 22:23, 25, 27 (+ בְּמַקֵּל), 28; 32 (Jehovist Source)
• man Exodus 21:15, 19 (Elohist Source)
• cheeks Job 16:10; Lamentations 3:30; Psalm 3:8
• rock Exodus 17:6 (Elohist Source), Numbers 20:11 (Priests' Code)
• figurative of regret וַיַּךְ לֵב דָּוִד אֹתוֺ 2 Samuel 24:10 and David's heart smote him
• hit with missile 1 Samuel 17:49; 1 Kings 22:34

b. Smite repeatedly, beat, scourge

• man Exodus 2:11, 13 (Elohist Source), Exodus 5:16 (Jehovist Source)
• scourge Jeremiah 20:2; Jeremiah 37:15; Deuteronomy 25:2–3 (+ מַכָּה רַבָּה)

c. Clapping hands (in applause or mockery)

• וַיַּכּוּ כַף 2 Kings 11:12
• כַּף אֶלכַּֿף Ezekiel 21:19, 22

2. Smite fatally

a. Kill, slay, man or beast

• man Exodus 21:12, 20 (Elohist Source); Joshua 10:26 (Jehovist / Elohist Source)
• וְהִכָּהוּ נֶפֶשׁ Deuteronomy 19:11 smite him in his life (mortally)
• slay firstborn Exodus 12:2 (Jehovist Source), 12:29; Numbers 3:13 (Priests' Code)
• לְפִיחֶֿרֶב Deuteronomy 13:16; Joshua 11:11 (Deuteronomic Source)

3. Attack and destroy

a. Attack and capture a city or army

• city Judges 1:8, 12 = Joshua 15:16 (Jehovist / Elohist Source)
• defeat king or army (approx. 95 times) Genesis 14:5, Numbers 21:24 (Jehovist / Elohist Source)
• conquer land Genesis 14:7; Joshua 10:40 (Deuteronomic Source)

4. Of God

a. Smite with a plague, disease

• blindness Genesis 19:11 (Jehovist Source)
• Egyptian plagues Exodus 3:20; 9:15 (Jehovist Source), 12:13 (Priests' Code)
• disease Deuteronomy 28:22; 1 Samuel 5:6; Job 2:7

b. Chastise or send judgment

• Isaiah 5:25; 30:31; Jeremiah 5:3
• punish for sin Leviticus 26:24 (Holiness Code)

— Hoph`al Perfect הֻכָּה Hosea 9:16, הוּכָּה Psalm 102:5; 1 singular הֻכֵּ֫יתִי Zechariah 13:6; 3 plural הֻכּוּ 1 Samuel 5:12; Imperfect 3 masculine plural וַיֻּכּוּ Exodus 5:14; Participle מֻכֶּה Numbers 25:14, construct מֻכֵּה Isaiah 53:4; — be smitten:

1. receive a blow
   • Isaiah 1:5 (Judah under figure of man)
2. be wounded
   • Zechariah 13:6
3. be beaten
   • Exodus 5:14, 16 (Jehovist Source)
4. be killed, slain
   • Exodus 22:1 (Elohist Source)
   • מֻכֵּיחֶֿרֶב Jeremiah 18:21
5. be attacked and captured
   • of city Ezekiel 33:21; 40:1
6. be smitten with disease
   • 1 Samuel 5:12; Isaiah 53:4
7. be blighted (of plant)
   • Hosea 9:16 (Ephraimitic source); Psalm 102:5

¹ Siloam Inscription (ca. 700 B.C.).

² Edward William Lane, Arabic-English Lexicon (1863-93).

³ Wellhausen, Nowack, G. A. Smith.

⁴ Gesenius' Hebrew Grammar, ed. E. Kautzsch, trans. A. E. Cowley (GKC) § 75ff.

conjunctive, Verb Hiphil sequential perfect second person masculine singular

LXX: ἐπάταξεν ἐπάταξαν αὐτοὺσ πατάξῃ πατάξω

LXX Usage Statistics

H5221:

ἐπάταξεν 157× (28.3%)

ἐπάταξαν 38× (6.9%)

αὐτοὺσ 29× (4.3%)

πατάξῃ 19× (3.4%)

πατάξω 18× (3.4%)

πατάξαι 17× (3.3%)

'' 14× (2.4%)

ἐπάταξα 11× (2.1%)

ἐπάταξασ 11× (2.2%)

πατάξεισ 10× (1.8%)

בצור בַצּ֗וּר

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ב

bə

Definition

in, by

Root

A primitive particle; a prefix

Exhaustive

(beth) — in / within / by means of

Core value: interiority, enclosure, participation

ב does not primarily mean “in time” (“when”) or even “in space.” It marks being inside a domain, whether that domain is:
- spatial (house, land),
- conceptual (wisdom, covenant),
- modal (strength, fear),
- instrumental (by means of).
Aonically, ב marks immersion.
not “when X happened” but “within the state or field of X.”
This is why ב־יום does not need to mean “on the day (chronological)” but “within the day-realm / condition”.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

צור

tsûwr

Definition

properly, a cliff (or sharp rock, as compressed); generally, a rock or boulder; figuratively, a refuge; also an edge (as precipitous)

Root

or צר; from H6696 (צור);

Exhaustive

or צר; from צור; properly, a cliff (or sharp rock, as compressed); generally, a rock or boulder; figuratively, a refuge; also an edge (as precipitous); edge, [idiom] (mighty) God (one), rock, [idiom] sharp, stone, [idiom] strength, [idiom] strong. See also בית צור.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H6697

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

צוּר

verb • Root צור • Strongs / High • Page 1222

(not used) tr. to form or fabricate, of sculpture, especially of artificial figures; applied generally to the trade of a goldsmith. Fundamental meaning is to cut, form, fashion.

צוּר

verb • Root צור • Strongs / High • Page 1224

II. tr. 1. (not used) to cut, secare. 2. to form, fabricate, make (with metaphoric transference, e.g., to form in metal, or a vessel).

צוּר

verb • Root צר • Strongs / High • Page 1225

To go, to wander; also existing in הָלַךְ, הַר. In its organic root צר is connected with סָר, יָר. I.

צוּר

verb • Strongs / High • Page 1225

Refers to derivatives relating to form or shape. II.

צוּר

noun masculine • Root צור • Strongs / High • Page 1225

1. A stone, a rock, so called from its hardness. Fig. of God as a rock which gives safety, protection, refuge (Deut. 32, 4).

צוּר

noun masculine • Root צור • Strongs / High • Page 1225

An edge, sharpness (of the sword). Also form, shape (from צוּר II).

צוּר

noun proper masculine • Root צור • Strongs / High • Page 1225

Proper name meaning 'A rock, i. e. God.'

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

צוּר

noun masculine • Root צור , • Page 566

II. sharpness, edge.

צוּר

m. dec. i. form. • Page 566

III. form.

צוּר

verb • Page 566

I. To press, straiten, hence to besiege (a city).

צוּר

verb • Root צרר • Page 566

II. i. q. צָרַר to bind together.

צוּר

verb • Root יצר • Page 566

III. i. q. יָצַר to form, make.

צוּר

m. dec. i. • Page 566

I. 1. a rock. 2. a stone.

BDB

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon

H6697

I. צוּר (approximate number of occurrences: 78) noun masculine¹ — rock, cliff.

— צוּר absolute Exodus 17:6 +; construct Deuteronomy 8:15 +; suffix צוּרִי 2 Samuel 22:3 etc.; plural צֻרִים Numbers 23:9 +, צוּרוֺת Job 28:10; construct צוּרֵי 1 Samuel 24:3 (Ginsburg, verse 2).

1. Meanings and Uses

a. Rocky wall, cliff

• Exodus 17:6 (twice in verse) (Elohist Source)
• Deuteronomy 8:15 (+ הַחַלָּמִישׁ)
• Isaiah 48:21 (twice in verse)
• Psalm 78:15, Psalm 78:20
• Psalm 105:41
• Psalm 114:8 ("" חַלָּמִישׁ)
• Isaiah 2:10 (בּוֺא בַצּוּר), Isaiah 2:19 (בִּמְעָרוֺת צֻרִים), Isaiah 2:21 (בְּנִקְרוֺת הַצּוּר)
• Exodus 33:21–22 (Jehovist/Yahwist Source)
• Psalm 81:17 (yielding honey; compare Deuteronomy 32:13; Perles² reads צוּף)
• Numbers 23:9 (as look-out; Jehovist Source)
• 1 Samuel 24:3 (home of goats)
• Jeremiah 18:14 (snow-covered)
• Deuteronomy 32:13 (+ חַלְמִישׁ), Job 29:6 (bearing oil)
• Job 24:8 (resort of homeless)
• Job 28:10 (pierced by miners)
• Job 22:24 (gold in the rock)
• Isaiah 51:1 (figurative of ancestor)
• 1 Chronicles 11:15 (place of security)
• Jeremiah 21:13 (צוּר הַמִּישׁוֺר of city)
• Psalm 27:5, Psalm 61:3 (figurative)
• Nahum 1:6, Job 14:18, Job 18:4 (symbol of firmness)
• Job 19:24 (enduring material)

b. Rock with flat surface

• 2 Samuel 21:10
• Proverbs 30:19

c. Block of stone, boulder

• Judges 6:21, Judges 13:19 (as altar)
• Isaiah 8:14 (צוּר מִכְשׁוֺל, "" נֶגֶף אֶבֶן)

d. Rock with specific name

• Judges 7:25, Isaiah 10:26 (צוּר עוֺרֵב)

2. Figurative meanings

a. Figurative of God

As support and defence of his people (33 t., often "" אֱלֹהִים, יהוה, etc.):

• Isaiah 17:10 (צוּר מָעֻזֵּךְ)
• Psalm 31:3 (צוּר מָעוֺז)
• Psalm 62:8 (צוּר עֻזִּי)
• Psalm 71:3 (צוּר מָעוֺן)
• Deuteronomy 32:15, Psalm 89:27, Psalm 95:1 (צוּר יְשֻׁעָתוֺ)
• Psalm 62:3, Psalm 62:7 (צוּר וִישׁוּעָתִי)
• Psalm 94:22 (צוּר מַחְסִי)
• Isaiah 30:29, 2 Samuel 23:3 (צוּר יִשְׂרָאֵל)
• Psalm 18:3, Psalm 18:47 = 2 Samuel 22:3, 47a, Psalm 19:15, Psalm 28:1, Psalm 92:16, Psalm 144:1 (צוּרִי)
• Psalm 73:26 (צוּר לְבָבִי)
• Deuteronomy 32:31 (צוּרֵנוּ)
• Deuteronomy 32:30, Psalm 78:35 (צוּרָם)
• Isaiah 26:4 (צוּר עוֺלָמִים)

As proper name of deity (the Rock):

• Deuteronomy 32:4, Deuteronomy 32:18 (צוּר יְלָֽדְךָ), Deuteronomy 32:37
• Habakkuk 1:12
• (perhaps) Psalm 75:6 (but see צַוָּאר)

b. Of a heathen god

• Deuteronomy 32:31, Isaiah 44:3
• 2 Samuel 22:32 "" Psalm 18:32, 1 Samuel 2:2

See also בֵּית צוּר and חֶלְקַת הַצֻּרִים. For Psalm 89:44 see צֹר under III. צרר; for Psalm 49:15 see צוּרָה under III. צור.

¹ Job 29:6.

² Felix Perles, Analekten zur Textkritik des Alten Testaments (1895), p. 34.

Preposition -Within Art, Noun common both singular absolute

LXX: πέτρασ πέτραν θεόσ θεὸσ φύλαξ

LXX Usage Statistics

H6697:

πέτρασ 14× (13.7%)

πέτραν 10× (10.9%)

θεόσ 7× (7.8%)

θεὸσ 5× (5.2%)

φύλαξ 4× (4.5%)

θεὸν 4× (4.3%)

ὡσ 3× (3.3%)

πέτρᾳ 3× (2.9%)

πετρίνασ 2× (2.4%)

πέτρα 2× (2.2%)

ויצאו וְיָצְאוּ

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

יצא

yâtsâʼ

Definition

to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.; [idiom] after, appear, [idiom] assuredly, bear out, [idiom] begotten, break out, bring forth (out, up), carry out, come (abroad, out, thereat, without), [phrase] be condemned, depart(-ing, -ure), draw forth, in the end, escape, exact, fail, fall (out), fetch forth (out), get away (forth, hence, out), (able to, cause to, let) go abroad (forth, on, out), going out, grow, have forth (out), issue out, lay (lie) out, lead out, pluck out, proceed, pull out, put away, be risen, [idiom] scarce, send with commandment, shoot forth, spread, spring out, stand out, [idiom] still, [idiom] surely, take forth (out), at any time, [idiom] to (and fro), utter.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3318

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

יָצָא

verb • Root יצא • Strongs / High • Page 631

intransitive verb, 1. expressing self-activity, to go out, to go forth.

יָצָא

verb • Root יצא • Strongs / High • Page 632

To go out, go forth, come out, proceed. It has a wide range of applications including to walk, to go to war, to travel, to be freed, to be born, to sprout, to arise, to appear, to escape, to be published or issued.

יָצָא

verb • Root יצא • Strongs / High • Page 929

A root that interchanges with נָצָה, showing y/n interchange.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

יָצָא

verb • Page 292

To go out, to go forth. Gen. 44:4, Amos 4:3. Special meanings: (1) to arise (sun/stars) Gen. 19:23; (2) to spring up (plants) Job 5:6; (3) to be begotten or descended from Gen. 17:6; (4) to expire, be finished (time) Ex. 23:16; (5) to become free Ex. 21:2; (6) to be laid out or expended (money) 2 K. 12:13; (7) to escape Ecc. 7:18.

BDB

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon

H3318

I. יָצָא (approximate number of occurrences: 1068) verb — go or come out.

Cognates:

• Late Hebrew idem
• Aramaic יְעָא
• Ethiopic ወጽአ
• Assyrian âṣû¹
• Syriac יעא
• Phoenician יצא
• Sabean וצַא³
• Arabic وضأ²

— Perfect יָצָא Genesis 10:11 (92 times); 3 feminine singular יָָֽצְאָה Numbers 16:35 (13 times); יָצָ֑אָה Isaiah 28:29; 2 masculine singular יָצָאתָ Genesis 24:5 (7 times); 2 feminine singular וְיָצָאת Jeremiah 31:4; 2 masculine plural יְצָאתֶם Exodus 13:3, Deuteronomy 11:10; וִיצָאתֶם Judges 21:21, Malachi 3:20; 3 plural suffix יְצָאֻנִי Jeremiah 10:20; Imperfect יֵצֵא Genesis 15:4 (64 times); וַיֵּצֵא Genesis 4:16 (132 times); 3 feminine singular תֵּצֵא Exodus 21:7 (22 times); וַתֵּצֵא Genesis 30:16 (14 times); Imperative צֵא Genesis 8:16 (15 times); feminine singular צְאִי Song of Solomon 1:8; masculine plural צֵאוּ Genesis 19:14 (11 times); Infinitive absolute יָצוֺא Genesis 8:7; construct צֵאת Genesis 24:11 (31 times); Participle יֹצֵא (יוֺצֵא) Genesis 2:10 (62 times).

1. Qal: Go or come out or forth

a. From a place

• From a tent Genesis 31:33 (Elohist Source)
• From a house 2 Samuel 11:8; Joshua 2:19 (Jahwist-Elohist Source)
• From a city Genesis 19:14 (Jahwist Source); Genesis 12:4 (Priests' Code)
• From Egypt (the Exodus) Exodus 12:41 (Jahwist Source); Deuteronomy 4:45–46 (Deuteronomic Source)

b. From the presence of a person

• Exodus 8:26 (+ מֵעִם)
• Genesis 4:16 (Jahwist Source; + מִלִּפְנֵי)
• Job 1:12 (+ מֵעִם מְּנֵי)

c. In technical senses

• Of emancipation Exodus 21:2 (Jahwist-Elohist Source)
• Of the Jubilee release Leviticus 25:28 (Holiness Code)
• Of divorce Deuteronomy 24:2

d. Of flight, involving escape

• Genesis 39:12 (Jahwist Source; + הַחוּ֫צָה)
• Ecclesiastes 7:18 figurative

e. Of departure and expiration

• At death Genesis 35:18 (בְּצֵאת נַפְשָׁהּ)
• Failing of heart Genesis 42:28 (Elohist Source)
• End of the year Exodus 23:16 (Jahwist-Elohist Source)

f. Of inanimate things

• River from Eden Genesis 2:10 (Jahwist Source)
• Water from rock Exodus 17:6 (Elohist Source)
• Sunrise Judges 5:31; Genesis 19:23
• A lot proceeding Joshua 16:1 (Jahwist-Elohist Source); Numbers 33:54 (Priests' Code)

g. With emphasis on origin or source

• Providential arrangement Genesis 24:50 (Jahwist Source)
• Words from the mouth Numbers 30:3 (Priests' Code); Isaiah 55:11

h. Of children and birth

• From the loins 2 Samuel 7:12; Genesis 35:11 (Priests' Code)
• From the womb Numbers 12:12 (Jahwist-Elohist Source); Jeremiah 1:5

2. Movement and Purpose

a. Go forth to a place: Genesis 27:3 (Jahwist Source).

b. Purpose/Result: Army marching out 1 Samuel 17:20; God going before people Judges 4:14; Psalm 68:8.

3. Combinations

יצא ובא — to go out and come in (active undertakings): Numbers 27:17; Deuteronomy 31:2; Joshua 14:11.

Hiphil: Cause to go or come out, lead out

1. Of persons and animals

• Bringing out of Egypt Exodus 3:10 (Elohist Source); Exodus 20:2 (Elohist Source); Deuteronomy 5:6 (Deuteronomic Source); Exodus 6:6 (Priests' Code).
• Leading an army 2 Samuel 10:16.
• Putting away wives Ezra 10:3.
• Animals from the ark Genesis 8:17 (Priests' Code).

2. Figurative deliverance

• From distress Psalm 25:17; Psalm 142:8.

3. Inanimate objects

• Carry out vessels 2 Kings 24:13; Ezra 1:7.
• Produce or generate Genesis 1:12 (Priests' Code); Isaiah 61:11.
• Speak or publish report Numbers 13:32; Deuteronomy 22:14.

Hophal: Be brought forth

• Genesis 38:25 (Jahwist Source) Participle feminine singular מוּצֵאת.
• Jeremiah 38:22 plural מוּצָאוֺת.

¹ Friedrich Delitzsch, Assyrisches Handwörterbuch (1896).

² Theodor Nöldeke, Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft (ZDMG).

³ Mühlau & Volck, Gesenius' Handwörterbuch (MV).

⁴ SI: Siloam Inscription.

conjunctive, Verb Qal sequential perfect third person common plural

LXX: ἐξῆλθεν ἐξελεύσεται ἐξῆλθον ἐξήγαγεν ''

LXX Usage Statistics

H3318:

ἐξῆλθεν 178× (15.7%)

ἐξελεύσεται 78× (7.2%)

ἐξῆλθον 39× (3.4%)

ἐξήγαγεν 39× (3.5%)

'' 25× (2.1%)

ἐξελθεῖν 23× (1.9%)

αὐτοὺσ 23× (1.6%)

ἐξελεύσονται 22× (2.0%)

ἐκπορευόμενοσ 21× (1.7%)

ἐξήγαγον 19× (1.7%)

ממנו מִמֶּנּוּ

from out of him/us

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

מן

min

Definition

properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses

Root

or מני; or מני; (constructive plural) (Isaiah 30:11); for H4482 (מן);

Exhaustive

or מני; or מני; (constructive plural) (Isaiah 30:11); for מן; properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses; above, after, among, at, because of, by (reason of), from (among), in, [idiom] neither, [idiom] nor, (out) of, over, since, [idiom] then, through, [idiom] whether, with.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H4480

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

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

מִן

m. / preposition • Root מנן • Strongs / High • Page 865

A part, portion. Also used as a preposition: from, of, out of.

מִן

preposition • Strongs / High • Page 866

A preposition with the primary meaning 'from'. It denotes separation, removal from an object, motion from a thing in space and time, origin, or a part taken from a whole. Its meanings include 'from', 'out of', 'away from', and it is used to indicate source material, descent, and in comparisons ('than').

מִן

preposition • Strongs / High • Page 867

A preposition primarily meaning 'from' or 'out of'. Its various uses include indicating: source or origin (from, by); cause or means (through, by); separation, removal, or avoidance (away from, without); and forming the comparative degree with adjectives and verbs, equivalent to 'than' (e.g., better than, wiser than). It can also denote preference (more than, instead of).

מִן

preposition • Root מן • Strongs / High • Page 868

A preposition primarily signifying separation, 'from' or 'out of'. Its uses include: denoting removal from a place, origin, or cause; in comparisons, meaning 'than'; in a partitive sense, meaning 'some of', 'one of', or 'a part of'; and in a temporal sense, meaning 'from' or 'since' a particular time. It also appears in negative formulas like 'of nothing' or 'not any one'.

מִן

preposition • Strongs / High • Page 869

A primary preposition with a wide range of meanings including: from, out of, away from (separation); since, after (temporal); because of, on account of (causal); used in a negative sense 'that not', especially with verbs of hindering or preventing.

מִן

preposition • Strongs / High • Page 870

A preposition primarily meaning 'from,' denoting source, separation, or position. It can express concepts such as 'from the opposite side,' 'from below,' 'from above,' 'out of,' 'away from,' and 'from under.'

מִן

aram. prep. (aramaic) • Strongs / High • Page 870

Aramaic preposition, same as the Hebrew מִן. 1. from, denoting the source whence a thing comes or the cause by which. 2. expressing intensity or increase, meaning 'above' or 'more than'. 3. used in a partitive sense.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

מִן

m. plur. מִנִּים • Page 383

a string. Ps. 150:4. Perhaps also Ps. 45:9 מִנִּי as an uncommon plural form.

מִן

unknown • Root מן • Page 350

Out of, from. See the full form מִן.

מִן

prefix • Root מנן , • Page 383

1. from (denoting a part). Hence: from the womb (Judg. 16:17); on this side of (1 Sam. 20:21). Often partitive: 'some of' (Lev. 5:9). 2. of, out of (Ps. 45:14). 3. at, in, on, by, in specifications of time and place. 4. on account of, concerning, de (Lev. 6:11 [6:18]).

מִן

preposition • Page 384

A preposition with multiple uses on this page including: 5. towards, to (Gen. 13:11, Judg. 7:1); 6. against (Dan. 11:3, Deut. 33:7); 7. before, in presence of (Nah. 1:5, Num. 32:22); 8. more than (comparative) (Judg. 2:19, Jer. 5:3); 9. by, through (expressing cause) (Job 7:14, Cant. 3:10, Ecc. 12:11); 10. without (Job 11:15, 21:9); 11. before an infinitive expressing 'because', 'since', or 'so that... not' (Deut. 7:8, 2 Chr. 31:10, Gen. 27:1, Ex. 14:5); 12. before a future as a conjunction 'that not', 'lest' (Deut. 33:11); 13. [cut off] from being (Jer. 2:25, 48:2).

מַן

chald. pron. • Page 383

1. who? what? Ezra 5:3, 9. Dan. 3:15. 2. מַן־דִּי whosoever, quicunque. Dan. 3:6, 11. 4:14. [4:17.]

BDB

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon

H4480

I. מִן (also מִּ, מִי, מֵ) preposition — out of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not.

Cognates:

• Phoenician מ
• Aramaic מִן
• Arabic مِنْ
• Ethiopic እም
• Sabean בן

— מִן before יְ (except Daniel 12:2; 2 Chronicles 20:11) contracted to מִי (as מִידֵי from מִיְּדֵי); before guttural and ר, mostly מֵ, occasionally מִ (Ges^{§ 102, l R.}; more fully Kö^{ii. 291ff}); in poetry also מִנִּי, with the old י of the Genitive (Ges^{§ 90.3a}) Judges 5:14, Isaiah 46:3, Psalm 44:11 +; and מִנֵּי (on analogue of עֲדֵי, עֲלֵי) Isaiah 30:11; suffix 1 singular מִמֶּנִּי, in poetry מִנִּי Isaiah 22:4, מֶ֫נִּי Psalm 18:23; 2 masculine singular מִמְּךָ, מִמֶּ֑ךָּ; 2 feminine singular מִמֵּךְ; 3 masculine singular מִמֶּ֫נּוּ (מֶ֫נְהוּ Job 4:12); 3 feminine singular מִמֶּ֫נָּה; 1 plural מִמֶּ֫נּוּ; 2 masculine plural מִכֶּם; 3 masculine plural מֵהֶם (מִנְּהֶם Job 11:20), מֵהֵ֫מָּה Jeremiah 10:2; 3 feminine plural מֵהֵ֫נָּה, מֵהֶן Ezekiel 16:47.

1. With verbs expressing separation or removal

Whether from a person, place, or direction, also from guilt, calamity, etc.:

a. Local separation and motion

• Exodus 19:14 (descend from a mountain)
• Deuteronomy 22:8 (fall from a roof)
• Isaiah 14:12 (from heaven)
• Joshua 10:7 (go up from a valley)
• With ברח (+ מפני) or חֲדַל מִמֶּנּוּ Exodus 14:2 (desist from us)
• figurative Psalm 18:22 (+ מאלהי) not did wickedly (turning) from my God
• Judges 7:17 ye shall see from me, i.e. learn by observing me

b. Away from, far from

• Proverbs 20:3 שֶׁכֶת מֵרִיב to sit away from strife
• Numbers 15:24 away from the eyes of the congregation
• Job 19:26 מִבְּשָׂרִי (probably) without my flesh shall I see God
• Jeremiah 48:45 without strength

c. Position: off, on the side of, on

• Genesis 2:8 מִקֶּדֶם off, on the east
• Joshua 11:3 מִצָּפוֺן on the north
• Psalm 91:7 מִימִינֶ֑ךָ on thy right
• Genesis 11:2 מִקֶּדֶם not from, but — on, the side of the east, virtually = eastwards

2. Out of (Greek ἐκ, Latin ex)

a. Of proceeding, expelling, or looking out of

• Genesis 3:23 (שִׁלַּח)
• Exodus 2:10 (draw out of water)
• Songs 2:9 look out מִן הַחַלֹּנוֺת from the windows
• Exodus 19:5 סְגֻלָּה מִכָּל הָעַמִּים a treasure (chosen) out of all peoples

b. Of the material out of which anything is formed

• Genesis 2:19 form מִן הָאֲדָמָה out of the soil
• Hosea 13:2 make images מִכַּסְמָּם
• Isaiah 40:17 מֵאַיִן as made of nought

c. Of source or origin

• Job 1:21 מִבֶּטֶן coming forth from the womb
• Judges 12:8 אבצן מבית לחם Ibzan from Bethlehem
• Numbers 16:28 לֹא מִלִּבִּי not from my own heart (self-devised)

d. Of the source or author of an action

• 1 Samuel 24:14 from the wicked proceedeth wickedness
• Genesis 24:50 the thing proceedeth from יהוה

e. Immediate or efficient cause

• Genesis 19:36 הָֽרְתָה מִן pregnant by
• Isaiah 6:4 shook מִקּוֺל הַקּוֺרֵא at the voice of him that cried
• Job 4:9 at the breath of God
• Psalm 27:1 (מָּחַד) fear of

f. feminine of the remoter cause, the ultimate ground

• Exodus 2:23 sighed מִן הָעֲבֹדָה on account of the bondage
• Isaiah 53:5 wounded מִמְּשָׁעֵינוּ on account of our transgressions
• Genesis 16:10 מֵרֹב for abundance

3. Partitively

a. One or some out of many

• Genesis 6:19 שְׁנַיִם מִכֹּל two out of all
• 1 Samuel 14:39 אֵין מִן there is not any

b. Indefinite: some of

• Exodus 16:27 there went out (some) of the people
• Genesis 4:3 brought of the fruit of the ground
• 1 Samuel 14:45 a single hair of his head

4. Of time

a. Terminus a quo: from, since

• Deuteronomy 9:24 מִיּוֺם דַּעְתִּי אֶתְכֶם from the day of my knowing you
• Judges 13:5 מִן הַבֶּטֶן from the womb
• Jeremiah 3:4 מֵעַתָּה henceforth

b. Marking the period succeeding the limit: after

• Genesis 38:24 after about three months
• Joshua 23:1 מִיָּמִים רַבִּים after many days
• Genesis 4:3 מִקֵּץ יָמִים after (at the end of) days

5. From ... to (even to)

• Genesis 10:19; Genesis 15:18 (מִן ... עַד)
• figurative Genesis 19:4 מִנַּעַר וְעַד זָקֵן both young and old
• Exodus 11:5 both man and beast
• Numbers 30:15 מִיּוֺם אֶל יוֺם from day to day

6. In comparisons (beyond, above, than)

a. Compared with another distinct object

• Judges 14:18 sweeter than honey
• Ezekiel 28:3 wiser than Daniel
• Genesis 29:10 better... than

b. Compared with a group: out of, above all

• Genesis 3:1 subtil above all beasts
• Judges 5:24 תְּבֹרַח מִנָּשִׁים blessed above women

c. Too much for: surpassing powers

• Genesis 18:14 too hard for יהוה
• Genesis 4:13 greater than I can bear
• 1 Kings 8:64 רַב מֵהָכִיל too great to contain

7. Prefixed to an infinitive

• a. Causal force: Deuteronomy 7:7 because J. loved you
• b. Negative consequence (restraint): Genesis 16:2 מִלֶּדֶת from bearing; Genesis 27:1 מֵרְאֹת so that he could not see; 1 Samuel 15:23 מִמֶּלֶךְ from (being) king.
• c. Temporal force: Numbers 24:23 after God's establishing him.

8. As a conjunction

Deuteronomy 33:11 מִן יְקוּמוּן that they rise not again.

9. In compounds

מֵאַחֲרֵי, מֵאֵת, מִבֵּין, מֵעַל, מִתַּחַת; especially לְמִן (with pleonastic לְ) Deuteronomy 4:32; Judges 20:1.

¹ Gesenius' Hebrew Grammar, ed. E. Kautzsch, trans. A. E. Cowley (GKC).

² Ed. König, Historisch-Kritisches Lehrgebäude der hebräischen Sprache (1881-1897).

³ Zerweck, Die Hebräische Präposition Min (1894).

Preposition Suffix pronominal third person masculine singular

LXX: ἀπὸ ἐκ ἀπ' ἐμοῦ ''

LXX Usage Statistics

H4480a:

ἀπὸ 252× (23.4%)

ἐκ 244× (22.7%)

ἀπ' 136× (12.6%)

ἐμοῦ 65× (5.0%)

'' 43× (3.4%)

αὐτῆσ 42× (3.3%)

--- 32× (3.0%)

ἀφ' 17× (1.6%)

παρὰ 16× (1.5%)

παρ' 14× (1.3%)

מים מַיִם

dual water

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

מים

mayim

Definition

water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen

Root

dual of a primitive noun (but used in a singular sense);

Exhaustive

dual of a primitive noun (but used in a singular sense); water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen; [phrase] piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H4325

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

מַיִם

m. noun • Root מיה • Strongs / High • Page 842

The flowing, pouring, running; hence water (collective noun). Figuratively: juice of a plant, seed, seminal flux, urine.

מַיִם

coll. m. • Strongs / High • Page 845

Water, in the widest sense and with the greatest variety of applications; used for the ocean, sea, lakes, clouds, rain-water, etc. Also used as a figure of multitude, fulness, abundance, numerous enemies, dangers, and fear.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

מַיִם

masc. plur. prim. irreg. • Page 372

1. Water or waters. (Gen. 26:19; Num. 5:17). 2. Seed (Is. 48:1).

BDB

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon

H4325

II. מַי (approximate number of occurrences: 580) noun masculine only plural מַ֫יִם — waters, water.

Cognates:

• Late Hebrew idem
• Moabite Inscription 23 [מן]י
• Siloam Inscription 5 המים
• Aramaic מַיָּא, מַיִּין
• Assyrian mû, plural mê, also mâmu¹
• Arabic ماء
• Ethiopic ማይ
• Sabean [מו], מום, plural מון
• Minaean [מה], plural מהן²

— מַ֫יִם (מָ֑יִם) Genesis 1:2 +; הַמַּ֫יְמָה Exodus 7:15, Exodus 8:16; construct מֵי Genesis 7:7 (71 times); מֵימֵי Exodus 4:9 (10 times) + Qr 2 Kings 18:27 = Isaiah 36:12; suffix מֵימַי Hosea 2:7 + 1 Samuel 25:11 (but read here יֵינִי); מֵימֶ֫יךָ Exodus 23:25; מֵימָיו Numbers 20:8; מֵימֶיהָ Jeremiah 6:7, Jeremiah 50:38; מֵימֵינוּ Lamentations 5:4; מֵימֵיהֶם Exodus 7:19.

Usually with plural adjective, pronoun, or verb; rarely with singular verb (Genesis 9:15; Numbers 19:13, 20).

1. Literal uses of water

a. Water of a spring or well

• Genesis 16:7; Genesis 24:11, 13, 43
• Exodus 15:27 (Jehovist Source)
• For drinking: Amos 4:8; Amos 8:11; Jonah 3:7
• Out of rock: Exodus 17:6 (Elohist Source); Numbers 20:8, 10–11 (Priests' Code)
• מֵי מְרִיבָה waters of Meribah: Numbers 20:13, 24; Deuteronomy 33:8; Psalm 81:8
• For washing: Genesis 18:4; Exodus 29:4; Leviticus 15:5 (Priests' Code)
• For purification: מֵי חַטָּאת Numbers 8:7; מֵי נִדָּה Numbers 19:9

b. Of a river, Nile

• Exodus 2:10; Exodus 4:9 (Jehovist Source)
• Jordan: Joshua 3:8, 15–16
• Euphrates: Isaiah 8:7 (figurative); Jeremiah 2:18

c. Of sea

• Amos 5:8; Amos 9:6
• Red Sea: Exodus 15:8; Exodus 14:21 (Priests' Code)

d. Of flood

• Genesis 7:7, 10 (Jehovist Source); Genesis 6:17 (Priests' Code)
• מֵי־נֹחַ waters of Noah: Isaiah 54:9

e. Other natural forms

• Subterranean: Exodus 20:4; Psalm 136:6
• In clouds: Jeremiah 10:13; Psalm 104:3
• Rain: Judges 5:4; Job 5:10 (+ מָטָר)
• Dew: Judges 6:38
• Primeval deep: Genesis 1:2, 6

2. With proper names of location

To denote springs, streams, or seas belonging to specific places:

• מֵימֵי מִצְרַיִם waters of Egypt Exodus 7:19
• מֵי מֵרוֺם waters of Merom Joshua 11:5
• מֵי יְרִיחוֺ waters of Jericho Joshua 16:1
• מֵי הַשִּׁלֹּחַ waters of Shiloah Isaiah 8:6

3. Special uses

• מֵי רַגְלַיִם water of the feet (urine) 2 Kings 18:27 = Isaiah 36:12
• מַיִם לַחַץ water of distress (drunk in prison) 1 Kings 22:27
• מַיִם קְדשִׁים holy water Numbers 5:17
• מֵי הַמָּרִים bitter water Numbers 5:18; Exodus 15:23
• מַיִם חַיִּים living (running) water Leviticus 14:5; (figurative) Zechariah 14:8; Jeremiah 2:13

4. Figurative uses

a. Of distress

• Isaiah 43:2; Psalm 66:12 (+ אֵשׁ)
• As "many waters": 2 Samuel 22:17; Psalm 18:17
• מֵי־רֹאשׁ water of gall: Jeremiah 8:14

b. Of what is impetuous, violent, overwhelming

• Isaiah 28:2, 17; Job 27:20
• Simile of impetuousness: מַּחַז כַּמַּיִם Genesis 49:4

c. Of psychological states

• Timidity (heart melting like water): Joshua 7:5; Psalm 22:16
• Transitoriness: Job 11:16; Psalm 58:8
• Refreshment: Isaiah 32:2; (spiritual) Isaiah 12:3
• Peace: מֵי מְנֻחוֺת Psalm 23:2

d. Other metaphors

• Reckless bloodshed: Psalm 79:3
• Conjugal enjoyment: Proverbs 5:15; Song of Songs 4:15
• Harlotry: מַיִם גְּנוּבִים stolen waters Proverbs 9:17
• Justice: Amos 5:24

¹ Friedrich Delitzsch, Assyrisches Handwörterbuch (Dl HWB 394).

² D. H. Müller, 6th Oriental Congress (Leiden) ii. 1, 451 f.

³ W. Robertson Smith, Religion of the Semites (RS).

Noun common masculine plural absolute

LXX: ὕδωρ ὕδατοσ ὕδατι ὕδατα ὑδάτων

LXX Usage Statistics

H4325:

ὕδωρ 255× (41.0%)

ὕδατοσ 96× (15.5%)

ὕδατι 65× (10.3%)

ὕδατα 45× (7.3%)

ὑδάτων 37× (6.2%)

ὡσ 17× (2.9%)

--- 17× (3.0%)

---% 7× (1.0%)

ὕδασιν 7× (0.9%)

'' 6× (0.9%)

ושתה וְשָׁתָה

and he drank

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

שתה

shâthâh

Definition

to imbibe (literally or figuratively)

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; to imbibe (literally or figuratively); [idiom] assuredly, banquet, [idiom] certainly, drink(-er, -ing), drunk ([idiom] -ard), surely. (Prop. intensive of שקה.)

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H8354

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

שָׁתָה

verb • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1490

to drink (participle, future, perfect conjugations mentioned).

Matched via consonantal key only

שָׁתָה

verb • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1490

I. Properly to swallow, to suck in, to draw in moisture, and so to drink (applied to men and beasts). Metaphor: to revel, to banquet.

Matched via consonantal key only

שָׁתָה

verb • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1491

I. Denotes properly to extend, spread out a carpet, couch, for a feast. Nif. נִשְׁתָּה to be drunk, of liquor (Lev. 11, 34).

Matched via consonantal key only

שָׁתָה

verb • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1491

II. (not used) trans. same as שָׁתַח II. to spin, to weave, to mix, to twist.

Matched via consonantal key only

שָׁתָה

verb • Root שית • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1491

III. (not used) trans. same as שִׁית I. to set, to erect, to place, to set up, of columns, pillars; modern Hebrew of bases, hence שִׁתָּה a base. Syr. foundation, root, basis, metaphor. buttock.

Matched via consonantal key only

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

שָׁתָה

verb • Page 703

1. to drink (Job 15:16, Prov. 26:6, Am. 6:6). 2. to sit at table, to banquet (Est. 7:1). Includes passive and Niph. forms.

שָׁתָה

verb • Page 703

to drink (Dan. 5:1, 2, 23). Also written שְׁתָא.

BDB

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon

H8354

I. שָׁתָה (approximate number of occurrences: 217) verb — drink.

Cognates:

• Late Hebrew idem
• Assyrian šatû
• Ethiopic ሰተየ
• Old Aramaic שתה
• Aramaic שְׁתָא, אִשְׁתִּי
• Sabean שתי¹

Qal

— Perfect 3 masculine singular שָׁתָה Exodus 34:28 +, 1 singular שָׁתִ֫יתִי 1 Samuel 1:15 +, etc.; Imperfect 3 masculine singular יִשְׁתֶּה Genesis 44:5 +, וַיִּשְׁתֶּה 1 Kings 19:8, usually וַיֵּשְׁתּ Genesis 9:21 +; jussive וְיֵשְׁתּ 1 Kings 13:18; 3 feminine singular וַתֵּשְׁתּ Numbers 20:11; 2 masculine singular with apocope תֵּשְׁתּ Judges 13:14 +, וַתֵּשְׁתּ 1 Kings 13:22; 1 singular וָאֵשְׁתּ Genesis 24:46; 3 masculine plural יִשְׁתָּי֑וּן Psalm 78:44, etc.; Imperative masculine singular שְׁתֵה Genesis 24:14 +, etc.; Infinitive absolute שָׁתֹה Isaiah 21:5; Jeremiah 49:12 (in 1 Samuel 1:9 anomalous³), שָׁתוֺ Jeremiah 25:28 +, שָׁתוֺת Isaiah 22:13; construct שְׁתוֺ Proverbs 31:4, שְׁתוֺת Jeremiah 35:8, 14, לִשְׁתֹּת Genesis 24:19 +, suffix שְׁתוֺתוֺ 1 Kings 13:33, לִשְׁתּוֺתָהּ Isaiah 51:22 etc.; Participle active שֹׁתֶה Isaiah 29:8 +, feminine שֹׁתָה Job 6:4, etc.

1. Meanings and Uses

a. Of man: drink water, wine, etc.

• Exodus 34:28 (Jehovist-Elohist Source)
• Exodus 15:24 (Jehovist Source)
• 1 Samuel 30:12
• Amos 2:8; Amos 4:8; Amos 5:11
• Isaiah 5:22; Isaiah 62:8–9
• milk Ezekiel 25:4; Songs 5:1
• blood 1 Chronicles 11:19 (figurative of water gained by hazard)
• figurative חֲמָתָם שֹׁתָה רוּחִי Job 6:4 whose venom [of arrows of Yahweh] my spirit drinks up
• accusative + מִן of source Exodus 7:18 (Jehovist Source), Exodus 7:21 (Elohist Source), Exodus 15:23 (Jehovist Source), Proverbs 5:15 (figurative)
• with בְּ of vessel Amos 6:6, compare Genesis 44:5; Proverbs 9:5

b. Participle as substantive

• שֹׁתֵי מַיִם Ezekiel 31:14, 16
• שֹׁתֵי יַיִן Joel 1:5
• שׁוֺתֵי שֵׁכָר Psalm 69:13

c. Partitive with מִן

• Genesis 9:21
• Exodus 7:24
• Ruth 2:9
• figurative Jeremiah 51:7

d. Drink in sacrificial feast

• Deuteronomy 32:38 (poem)
• blood of sacrificial victim Psalm 50:13 (figurative of Yahweh)

e. Subject animals

• Numbers 20:19
• Jonah 3:7
• figurative Ezekiel 34:18, 19
• Genesis 24:19, 22; Genesis 30:38

f. Figurative of drinking cup of Yahweh's wrath

• אֶת־כּוֹס חֲמָתוֹ Isaiah 51:17, 22
• Ezekiel 23:32, 34
• Jeremiah 25:16, 26, 27
• Habakkuk 2:16
• Obadiah 1:16
• מֵחֲמַת שַׁדַּי Job 21:20

g. Drink blood, figurative of slaughter

• Numbers 23:24 (Jehovist-Elohist Source; of lion, metaphor of Israel)
• Zechariah 9:15 (reading דָּמָם for הָמוּ)
• Ezekiel 39:17, 18, 19

h. Figurative of wicked deeds

• יֵין חֲמָסִים יִשְׁתּוּ Proverbs 4:17
• Job 15:16; Job 34:7
• Proverbs 26:6 (apparently = suffers violence)

2. Late usage

= feast:

• Esther 3:15
• Esther 7:1 (compare מִשְׁתֶּה)

Niphal

Imperfect 3 masculine singular יִשָּׁתֶה Leviticus 11:34 (Priests' Code) all which is (may be) drunk, with בְּ of vessel.

— נִשְׁתָּ֑וָה Proverbs 27:15 see I. שׁוה. For cause, give, to drink see שׁקה.

¹ DHM (D.H. Müller) ZMG xxxvii (1883), 403; Hom (F. Hommel) Chr 124.

² Gesenius' Hebrew Grammar, ed. E. Kautzsch, trans. A. E. Cowley, 2nd English ed., Oxford, 1910 (GKC).

³ Gesenius § 113e; omitted by ᵐ5 (Septuagint), Th (Thenius), We (Wellhausen), Dr (S.R. Driver).

⁴ Gesenius § 75n.

conjunctive, Verb Qal sequential perfect third person masculine singular

LXX: πιεῖν ἔπιον πίονται ἔπιεν πίεται

LXX Usage Statistics

H8354:

πιεῖν 34× (14.4%)

ἔπιον 19× (8.1%)

πίονται 12× (5.3%)

ἔπιεν 12× (4.9%)

πίεται 11× (4.8%)

πίεσαι 9× (4.1%)

πίνοντεσ 9× (3.6%)

πίεσθε 8× (3.4%)

πίνων 8× (3.7%)

πίε 7× (3.1%)

העם הָעָם

the People

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ה

Definition

the

Root

Demonstrative primitive

Exhaustive

definite article, the, used for all numbers and genders; originally a pronoun demonstrative, this. interrogative particle in direct and indirect questions; in disjunctive questions: whether--or.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

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.

BDB

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon

H5971

I. עַם, עָם (approximate number of occurrences: 1840) noun masculine^{Genesis 11:6} — people.

Cognates:

• Late Hebrew עַם (idem, plebeian)
• Aramaic עַמָּא people (plural peoples, tribes)
• Syriac ܥܡܐ
• Arabic عم (original meaning probably those united, connected, related¹)

— עַם absolute Genesis 11:6 +; עָם Judges 9:36 +; הָעָם Joshua 8:11 +; construct עַם Numbers 21:29 +; suffix עַמִּי Exodus 3:7 +, עַמְּךָ Exodus 22:27 +; plural עַמִּים Isaiah 2:3 +; עֲמָמִים Nehemiah 9:22; construct עַמֵּי 1 Kings 8:43 +, עַמְמֵי Nehemiah 9:24.

(Thesaurus cites following as feminine: וְחָטָאת עַמֶּ֑ךָ Exodus 5:16 [but corrupt; read וְחַטָאתָ לְעַ, so Septuagint, Peshitta]; Judges 18:7 [but agrees with lost word city]; Jeremiah 8:5 [but read שׁוֺבַב]).

1. A people, nation

Collective noun (sometimes parallel גּוֺי):

• עַם אֶחָד (all mankind) Genesis 11:6 (Jehovist Source)
• Peoples in General: Genesis 27:29 (Jehovist Source; parallel לְאֻמִּים), Exodus 19:5 (Elohist Source), Deuteronomy 2:25, Deuteronomy 4:6, Nehemiah 13:24
• קְהַל עַמִּים assembly of peoples Genesis 28:3 (Priests' Code), Genesis 48:4 (Priests' Code), Ezekiel 23:24
• Particular peoples: Egypt Genesis 41:40 (Elohist Source); עַם־אֲרָם Amos 1:5; Moab (עַם־כְּמוֺשׁ) Numbers 21:29 (Jehovist-Elohist Source)
• Especially Israel: Exodus 1:20 (Elohist Source); עַם בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל Exodus 1:9 (Jehovist Source); עַם יהוה Numbers 11:29 (Elohist Source), 1 Samuel 2:24
• Figurative of ants Proverbs 30:25, rock-rabbits Proverbs 30:26, locusts Joel 2:2

2. Smaller units

a. Inhabitants of a city

• Genesis 19:4 (Jehovist Source)
• 1 Samuel 9:12, 13
• Jeremiah 29:16, 25

b. Inhabitants of a locality

• Jeremiah 37:12

c. Retainers, followers

• Genesis 14:16
• Genesis 32:8
• Genesis 33:15
• 2 Samuel 15:17

d. People bearing arms

• 1 Samuel 11:11
• עַם כָּבֵד (powerful force) Numbers 20:20 (Jehovist-Elohist Source)
• עַם הַצָּבָא Numbers 31:32 (Priests' Code)
• עַם הַמִּלְחָמָה Joshua 8:1, 3, 11 (Jehovist-Elohist Source)

3. Common people

• Jeremiah 21:7, 22:4
• Leviticus 4:27 (opposed to ruler)
• Nehemiah 5:1, 7:5 (opposed to rulers)

4. Persons in general

• Genesis 50:20 (Elohist Source)
• Exodus 33:16 (Jehovist Source)
• עַם עוֺלָם (people of long ago in Sheol) Ezekiel 26:20

5. Common phrases

a. Compatriots

• בְּנֵי עַמּוֺ Numbers 22:5 (Elohist Source), Genesis 23:11 (Priests' Code), Leviticus 19:18 (Holiness Code)

b. Common people

• בְּנֵי הָעָם 2 Kings 23:6, 26:23

c. People of the land

• עַם הָאָרֶץ 2 Kings 11:14, Jeremiah 37:2, Genesis 23:7 (Priests' Code)

d. Designations of Israel

• עַם קָדוֺשׁ (holy people) Deuteronomy 7:6
• עַם סְגֻלָּה (treasured people) Deuteronomy 7:6, 26:18

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II. [עַם] noun masculine — kinsman (later development of I. עַם²).

Cognates:

• Arabic عم paternal uncle
• Nabataean עם ancestor³

— suffix עַמִּי in בֶּן־עַמִּי; plural suffix עַמֶּיךָ Numbers 27:13, Numbers 31:2; עַמָּיו Genesis 25:8 +; עַמֶּיהָ Genesis 17:14 +.

1. father's kinsmen (especially of joining them in Sheol)
   • וַיֵּאָסֵף אֶל־עַמָּיו Genesis 25:8, 25:17, 35:29, 49:33 (all Priests' Code)
2. severed from kinsmen (excision)
   • וְנִכְרְתָה הַנֶּפֶשׁ מֵעַמֶּיהָ Genesis 17:14, Leviticus 7:20, Exodus 31:14 (Holiness Code)

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Aramaic

עַם (compare Biblical Hebrew I. עַם) noun masculine — people.

• absolute Daniel 2:44, 3:29; Ezra 6:12
• construct Daniel 7:27
• emphatic עַמָּא Ezra 7:13, עַמָּה Ezra 5:12
• plural emphatic עַמֲמַיָּא Daniel 3:4, 3:7, 5:19, 7:14

¹ Julius Wellhausen, Grundriss der Geschichte Israels und Judas (GGN 1893, 480).

² W. Robertson Smith, Kinship and Marriage in Early Arabia, 2nd ed., p. 72.

³ Mark Lidzbarski, Handbuch der nordsemitischen Epigraphik (1898), pp. 151, 499.

Particle definite article, Noun common both singular 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%)

ויעש וַיַּעַשׂ

and he is making

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

עשה

ʻâsâh

Definition

to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application; accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, [idiom] certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, [phrase] displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, [phrase] feast, (fight-) ing man, [phrase] finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, [phrase] hinder, hold (a feast), [idiom] indeed, [phrase] be industrious, [phrase] journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, [phrase] officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, [idiom] sacrifice, serve, set, shew, [idiom] sin, spend, [idiom] surely, take, [idiom] thoroughly, trim, [idiom] very, [phrase] vex, be (warr-) ior, work(-man), yield, use.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H6213

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

עָשָׂה

verb • Root עשה • Strongs / High • Page 755

to make for

עָשָׂה

verb • Root עשה • Strongs / High • Page 1140

1. To do, to make, to form, to construct (e.g., an ark, altar, garments); to build up, to establish, to create. 2. To acquire (by labor); to make or procure a name (fame); to make money; to bring, to make (i.e., to be of use). Also, to prepare (food, sacrifice); to offer; to appoint, constitute to an office. 3. Metaphorically, to keep, to celebrate (a feast, e.g., Sabbath, Passover); to live through or spend the time of life; to perform, to practise, observe, to consider. 4. To do, generally without an object (good or evil); to deal with, execute upon. 5. Altogether generally to act, the interpretation being drawn from the context; to act considerately or falsely.

עָשָׂה

verb • Strongs / High • Page 1141

To do, to make, to prepare, to work, to act, to perform, to effect. Also: to bring forth, to beget; to give milk; to bear fruit; to put forth shoots; to be made, created, sacrificed, executed; to be committed (a crime); to be celebrated (a festival); to happen, to become. (Includes Nif. passive, Pih. to press/squeeze, Puh. to be made/created).

עָשָׂה

verb • Strongs / High • Page 1141

(unused) intr. to be shaggy, rough, rough-haired, of men; probably also of a rough, rugged forest-mountain.

עָשָׂה

verb • Strongs / High • Page 1139

(I) tr. 1. To feel, to touch. 2. To labour = to do; to work; to create (of God); to accomplish; to execute (a vow or wrath); to make, to form, fabricari.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

עָשַׂה

ii. in kal • Page 531

to press, squeeze, (the breast.) Ezekiel 23:21. (Chald. עֲשָׁא idem.)

עָשָׂה

verb • Root עשה • Page 530

To make, do, act. Extensive entry covering various nuances: 1. to make/do (Gen. 1:7); 2. to labour (Ex. 5:9); 3. to execute or accomplish (Ps. 37:5); 4. to prepare or dress food (Gen. 18:7); 5. to make or acquire riches (Gen. 31:1); 6. to pass or spend time (Ecc. 6:12); 7. to keep one's self or abide (Ruth 2:19); 8. to produce or bear fruit (Gen. 1:11); 9. to offer or present (Ex. 10:25); 10. to appoint to an office (1 Sam. 12:6); 11. to celebrate or keep a festival (Ex. 12:48).

עָשָׂה

verb • Page 532

1. to labour, fabricari. 2. to be made smooth or polished, to be bright, to shine. Jer. 5: 28. Hithpa. to think or be mindful of any one. Jon. 1: 6.

BDB

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon

H6213

I. עָשָׂה (approximate number of occurrences: 2622) verb — do, make.

Cognates:

• Late Hebrew idem
• Moabite עשתי
• Proper names עשיו, אלעשה, מעשיהו

— עָשָׂה 3 masculine singular Perfect Genesis 3:1 +; suffix עָשָׂהוּ Hosea 8:6 +; 3 feminine singular עָֽשְׂתָה Deuteronomy 22:21 +, וְעָשָׂת Leviticus 25:21; 2 masculine singular עָשִׂיתָ Genesis 3:14 +; Imperfect 3 masculine singular יַעֲשֶׂה Genesis 18:25 +, וַיַּעֲשֶׂה 1 Kings 16:25, וַיַּעַשׂ Isaiah 5:2 +; jussive תַּעַשׂ Genesis 22:12 +; 1 singular אֶעֱשֶׂה Genesis 2:18 +, וָאַעַשׂ Deuteronomy 10:3; Infinitive absolute עָשׂה Jeremiah 44:17 +; construct עֲשׂוֺת Genesis 2:4 +; Participle active עשֶֹׁה Isaiah 5:5 +; passive עָשׂוּי Exodus 3:16 +.

1. Meanings and Uses: Do

a. General usage

• With accusative Genesis 3:14 (Jehovist Source), Genesis 20:10 (Elohist Source)
• Do right in eyes of יהוה 2 Kings 12:3; evil 2 Kings 8:18
• Do commands Deuteronomy 16:12, Numbers 15:39 (Priests' Code)
• Perform a work (מַעֲשֶׂה) Exodus 18:20, (מְלָאכָה) Genesis 2:2

b. To or with someone

• To someone (ל) Genesis 20:9 (Elohist Source)
• Against reflexive (עַל) Jeremiah 26:19
• With someone (אֵת / עִם) Deuteronomy 1:30, Ruth 2:11
• Maintain cause (מִשְׁמַּט) 1 Kings 8:45

c. Kindness and Goodness

• Do kindness (חֶסֶד) Genesis 19:19, 2 Samuel 2:5
• Kindness and truth (חֶסֶד וֶאֱמֶת) Joshua 2:14 (Jehovist/Elohist Source)
• Do good (טוֺב) Genesis 26:29

2. Meanings and Uses: Make

a. Create or produce

• Ark Genesis 8:6; idols Judges 18:24
• Of God's creation Genesis 1:7, 1:25 (Priests' Code), Nehemiah 9:6
• Produce fruit or grain Hosea 8:7, Genesis 1:11

b. Transform or Appoint

• Make something out of material Exodus 25:18, Deuteronomy 10:3
• Make into something Hosea 8:4, Psalm 104:4
• Appoint priests or feasts 1 Kings 12:31–32

c. Ritual and Celebration

• Prepare sacrifice 1 Kings 18:23, Judges 6:19
• Make offering (עוֺלָה) Judges 13:16, Leviticus 16:24
• Observe/celebrate Passover Exodus 12:48, Sabbath Exodus 31:16

d. Other uses

• Acquire property Genesis 12:5, Deuteronomy 8:17
• Make war Genesis 14:2, peace Joshua 9:15
• Spend or pass days Ecclesiastes 6:12

3. Passive and Reflexive Forms

Niphal — be done, be made.

• Be done (of work) Judges 16:11, (of offence) Deuteronomy 13:15
• Be executed (of decree) Esther 9:1
• Be made (of objects) 1 Kings 10:20, Jeremiah 3:16
• Be observed (of festival) 2 Kings 24:22

Pual — be made.

• עֻשֵּׂיתִי Psalm 139:15 I was made.

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II. עָשָׂה verb Pi`el — press, squeeze.

Cognates:

• Late Hebrew עִשָּׂה
• Aramaic עַסִּי
• Arabic عص

• 3 plural עִשּׂוּ דַּדֵּי בְּתוּלִים Ezekiel 23:3, 23:8
• Infinitive construct בְּעַשּׂוֺת Ezekiel 23:21 (read as Pi`el)

¹ Mesha Inscription (MI), l. 23, 26.

² Gesenius' Hebrew Grammar, ed. E. Kautzsch, trans. A. E. Cowley, 2nd English ed., Oxford, 1910 (GKC).

³ David Heinrich Müller, SB Berl. Akkadian 1886.

conjunctive, Verb Qal sequential imperfect third person masculine singular

LXX: ἐποίησεν ποιήσεισ ἐποίησαν ποιῆσαι ποιήσω

LXX Usage Statistics

H6213a:

ἐποίησεν 538× (20.3%)

ποιήσεισ 196× (7.3%)

ἐποίησαν 191× (7.2%)

ποιῆσαι 141× (5.2%)

ποιήσω 113× (4.3%)

ποιήσει 111× (4.2%)

'' 86× (2.9%)

ἐποίησασ 82× (3.2%)

ποιεῖν 79× (2.9%)

ποιήσετε 76× (2.9%)

כן כֵּן

an upright one/stand/thus

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

כן

kên

Definition

properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner, time and relation; often with other particles)

Root

from H3559 (כון);

Exhaustive

from כון; properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner, time and relation; often with other particles); [phrase] after that (this, -ward, -wards), as... as, [phrase] (for-) asmuch as yet, [phrase] be (for which) cause, [phrase] following, howbeit, in (the) like (manner, -wise), [idiom] the more, right, (even) so, state, straightway, such (thing), surely, [phrase] there (where) -fore, this, thus, true, well, [idiom] you.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3651

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

כֵּן

adverb • Strongs / High • Page 681

Same as כֹּה, is only met with in the compound אֵי־כֵן (which see), 2 KINGS 6, 13 K‘ri.

כֵּן

noun / adjective / particle • Root כון • Strongs / High • Page 683

A word derived from the root כּוּן, used as a noun, adjective, and particle.

כֵּן

masculine noun / substantive / adverb / particle • Root כון • Strongs / High • Page 708

Properly, standing upright, standing firm. Figuratively: upright, honest. As a substantive or adverb: right, honestly. Also a particle of comparing and confirming: so, thus, just so; of such a nature, of such kind; so much, in such number; referring to time: so long, immediately, forthwith; with confirmation power: certainly, surely, yea; limiting: however, but, yet.

כֵּן

coll. f. • Root כנן • Strongs / High • Page 711

A collective feminine noun, same as כִּנִּים (lice, gnats). The text discusses the proper vocalization based on its defective spelling.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

כֵּן

noun • Root כון • Page 320

II. 1. a place. Gen. 40: 13, 41: 13, Dan. 11: 20, 21, 38. 2. a frame, stand, basis. Is. 33: 23, Ex. 30: 18, 28, Lev. 8: 11, 1 K. 7: 31.

כֵּן

unknown • Page 320

III. Is. 51: 6. prob. the sing. of כִּנִּים (q.v.). Others render it 'just so, in like manner'.

כֵּן

participle / adv. • Root כון • Page 319

1. Strictly a participle from כּוּן. Metaphorically: upright, honest, sincere (Gen. 42:11, 19, 31). As an adverb: right, rightly, recte (Num. 27:7, 36:5). 2. As an adverb: (1.) thus, so (Gen. 29:26, Josh. 2:21). (2.) then, therefore (Ps. 48:6).

BDB

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon

H3651

I. כֵּן adjective — right, veritable, honest (properly firm, upright).

Cognates:

• Syriac recte¹

— כֵּן absolute Exodus 10:29 +; plural כֵּנִים Genesis 42:11, 19, 31, 33, 34.

1. Right

a. Usually indeclinable, often as substantive "a right thing"

• Exodus 10:29 (Jehovist Source) (+ כֵּן דִּבַּרְתָּ)
• Numbers 27:7 (+ כֵּן דֹּבְרֹת) (Priests' Code)
• Numbers 36:5 (Priests' Code)
• Proverbs 28:2 (the) right (i.e. order and justice)
• Judges 12:6 (adverb, aright, of pronunciation)
• Ecclesiastes 8:10 (with verb agendi)
• Psalm 65:10 (right well)

b. With לֹא, as adjective, "not right"

• 2 Kings 17:9 (+ דְּבָרִים אֲשֶׁר לֹא־כֵן)
• Proverbs 15:7 (of heart of a fool)
• Jeremiah 23:10
• Jeremiah 8:6 (as substantive)
• 2 Kings 7:9 (+ לֹא־כֵן)

2. Veritable, true

• Proverbs 11:19 (+ כֵּן־צְדָקָה) true righteousness
• Isaiah 16:6 (= Jeremiah 48:30a)
• Joshua 2:4 (in assent, Right! Correct!)

3. Plural concrete, "honest" (men)

• Genesis 42:11, 19, 31, 33, 34 (Elohist Source)

I. כֵּן (approximate number of occurrences: 741) adverb — so (i.e. usually, as has been described or commanded).

Cognates:

• Phoenician כן
• Late Hebrew כן
• Targum כֵּן
• Syriac ken (then)
• Arabic أكن, لكن (but)

— כֶּן־הוּא Genesis 44:10 (4 times).

1. Uses and Phrases

a. General usage (manner, quantity, quality)

• Judges 5:31 (+ כֵּן יֹאבְדוּ)
• Numbers 13:33 (+ וְכֵן הָיִינוּ בְּעֵינֵיהֶם)
• Exodus 10:14 (twice; of quantity)
• 1 Kings 6:26, Ezekiel 41:7

b. Force elicited from context

• 1 Kings 2:7 (with kindness as enjoined)
• Psalm 63:3 (+ חֲזִיתִךָ כֵּן בַּקֹּדֶשׁ)
• Psalm 127:2 (as abundantly)

c. Particular phrases

• וַיְהִי־כֵן and it was so: Genesis 1:7, 9, 11 +
• וַיַּעַשׂ כֵּן and he did so: Genesis 29:28, Genesis 42:20 +
• אִם־כֵּן if it be so: Genesis 25:22, Genesis 43:11
• לֹא־כֵן not so: Numbers 12:7, 2 Samuel 20:21, Psalm 1:4

2. In comparison and agreement

a. כְּ... כֵּן (According to... so)

• Genesis 44:10, Joshua 2:21 (+ כְּדִבְרֵיכֶם כֶּן־הוּא)
• Psalm 103:15 (in similes)

b. כַּאֲשֶׁר... כֵּן (As... so)

• Exodus 7:6, Exodus 12:28 (Priests' Code)
• Exodus 1:12 (the more... the more)

3. With prepositions

a. אַחַר כֵּן / אַחֲרֵי כֵן

Afterwards (see אַחַר).

b. בְּכֵן

Thereupon, then (Late Hebrew): Ecclesiastes 8:10, Esther 4:16.

c. לָכֵן

Therefore (introduces divine declaration): Numbers 16:11, Amos 4:12, Isaiah 7:14 +.

d. עַל־כֵּן

Therefore (regularly assigning origin of name or custom): Genesis 2:24, Genesis 11:9, Exodus 20:11 +.

¹ R. Payne Smith, Thesaurus Syriacus, Oxford, 1879-1901 (PS).

² Friedrich Eduard König, Historisch-Kritisches Lehrgebäude der hebräischen Sprache (Kö).

Aramaic

I. כֵּן adverb thus, as follows (Biblical Hebrew כֵּן).

1. usually with verb of saying
   • וְכֵן אֲמַר לֵהּ Daniel 2:24
   • Daniel 2:25, Daniel 4:11, Daniel 6:7, Daniel 7:5, 23
   • Ezra 5:3
   • וְכֵן כְּתִיב בְּגַוַּהּ Ezra 6:2

¹ Corpus Inscriptionum Semiticarum (CIS).

² Répertoire d’Épigraphie Sémitique (RÉS).

Adverb

LXX: οὕτωσ τοῦτο ταῦτα --- ''

LXX Usage Statistics

H3651c:

οὕτωσ 299× (40.5%)

τοῦτο 278× (32.8%)

ταῦτα 44× (5.0%)

--- 29× (4.0%)

'' 19× (2.2%)

τούτου 15× (1.8%)

ἕνεκεν 11× (1.5%)

οὕτω 8× (1.1%)

ὡσαύτωσ 8× (1.1%)

εἵνεκεν 6× (0.8%)

משה מֹשׁה

Drawn Out ("Moses")

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

משה

Môsheh

Definition

Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver

Root

from H4871 (משה); drawing out (of the water), i.e. rescued;

Exhaustive

from משה; drawing out (of the water), i.e. rescued; Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver; Moses.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H4872

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

מֹשֶׁה

noun proper • Root משה • Strongs / High • Page 915

Proper name of the great Jewish law-giver and leader, Moses, meaning 'drawer out' or 'deliverer'.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

מַשֶּׁה

noun masculine • Root נשה • Page 411

A debt. Deut. 15: 2. Verbal from נָשָׁה.

מָשָׁה

verb • Root משה • Page 411

To draw, to draw out. Ex. 2: 10, 2 Sam. 22: 17, Ps. 18: 17.

מֹשֶׁה

m. proper name • Root משה • Page 411

Moses, the great leader and lawgiver. Etymology discussed as Hebrew 'drawing out' or Egyptian 'drawn out of the water'. Ex. 2: 10.

BDB

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon

H4872

I. מֹשֶׁה (approximate number of occurrences: 767) proper name, masculine — Moses, the great Hebrew leader, prophet and lawgiver.

Cognates:

• Egyptian mes, mesu (child, son; compare Di¹, Eb²)

— מֹשֶׁה Exodus 2:10 +; מֹשֶׁה Exodus 2:15 +; name occurs 706 times in Hexateuch (Exodus 290 times, Leviticus 86 times, Numbers 233 times, Deuteronomy 38 times, Joshua 59 times); Judges 4:1 + 4 times; Judges 18:30 (where read משֶׁה for מְנַשֶּׁה, compare GFM⁶); 1 Samuel 12:6, 8; Kings 10 times; Micah 6:4; Jeremiah 15:1; Isaiah 63:11–12; Malachi 3:22; Psalm 77:21 (7 times); Chronicles 3 times; Daniel 9:11, 13.

1. Family and Roles

a. Parentage and tribe

• Son of Amram and Jochebed Exodus 6:20 (Priests' Code); Numbers 26:59 (Priests' Code); 1 Chronicles 5:29; 1 Chronicles 23:13
• Of tribe of Levi Exodus 2:1 (Elohist Source)
• Brother of Aaron Exodus 4:14 (Yahwist Source); Exodus 7:1, 2, 7 (Priests' Code)
• Brother of Miriam Numbers 26:59 (Priests' Code); 1 Chronicles 5:29 (compare Exodus 15:20 Elohist Source)

b. Offices and Ministry

• Prophet Deuteronomy 18:15, 18; Deuteronomy 34:10
• Agent of the Law Exodus 20:19–22 (Elohist Source); Exodus 39:1 (+ often in Priests' Code)
• Lawgiver Deuteronomy 33:4; Joshua 1:7, 13 (Deuteronomic Source)
• Priest מֹשֶׁה וְאַהֲרֹן בְּכִהֲנָיו Psalm 99:6

2. Characteristic Phrases

a. Servant of God

• עֶבֶד יְהוָה מֹשֶׁה Exodus 14:31 (Yahwist Source); Numbers 12:7 (Elohist Source); Deuteronomy 34:5 (Jehovist Source); Joshua 1:1 (Deuteronomic Source) + 15 times in Joshua; 1 Kings 8:53, 56; 2 Kings 18:12; 2 Kings 21:8; Malachi 3:22; 2 Chronicles 1:3; 24:6; Nehemiah 1:8; Nehemiah 9:14; Psalm 105:26
• עֶבֶד הָאֱלֹהִים מֹשֶׁה 1 Chronicles 6:34; 1 Chronicles 24:9; Nehemiah 10:30; Daniel 9:11
• אִישׁ הָאֱלֹהִים מֹשֶׁה Ezra 3:2; Psalm 90:1

b. The Law and Books of Moses

• תּוֹרַת מֹשֶׁה Joshua 8:32 (Deuteronomic Source); 1 Kings 2:3; 2 Kings 23:25; Malachi 3:22; 2 Chronicles 23:18; 30:16; Ezra 3:2; Ezra 7:6; Daniel 9:11, 13
• סֵפֶר מֹשֶׁה 2 Chronicles 25:4; 35:12; Nehemiah 13:1
• סֵפֶר תּוֹרַת מֹשֶׁה Joshua 8:13 (Deuteronomic Source); Joshua 23:6 (Deuteronomic Source); 2 Kings 14:6; Nehemiah 8:1

Aramaic

[מֹשֶׁה] proper name, masculine Moses (Biblical Hebrew id.).

1. proper name
   • סְפַר מֹשֶׁה Ezra 6:18

¹ August Dillmann, Commentary on Exodus (Die Bücher Exodus und Leviticus), 1880.

² Georg Ebers, Durch Gosen zum Sinai (GS), 1872.

³ Priests' Code / Narrative (P).

⁴ Elohist Source (E).

⁵ Yahwist (Jehovist) Source (J/JE).

⁶ George Foot Moore, Critical and Exegetical Commentary on Judges, 1895.

Noun proper name masculine

LXX: μωυσῆσ μωυσῆν μωυσῇ μωυσῆ ---

LXX Usage Statistics

H4872:

μωυσῆσ 326× (44.6%)

μωυσῆν 222× (30.3%)

μωυσῇ 78× (9.4%)

μωυσῆ 77× (10.4%)

--- 13× (1.8%)

μωυσεῖ 6× (0.8%)

'' 4× (0.5%)

μωσῆ 2× (0.3%)

ἐκεῖ 2× (0.3%)

[b] 2× (0.2%)

לעיני לְעֵינֵי

to the dual eyes

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

עין

ʻayin

Definition

an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)

Root

probably a primitive word;

Exhaustive

probably a primitive word; an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape); affliction, outward appearance, [phrase] before, [phrase] think best, colour, conceit, [phrase] be content, countenance, [phrase] displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, [phrase] favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), [idiom] him, [phrase] humble, knowledge, look, ([phrase] well), [idiom] me, open(-ly), [phrase] (not) please, presence, [phrase] regard, resemblance, sight, [idiom] thee, [idiom] them, [phrase] think, [idiom] us, well, [idiom] you(-rselves).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H5869

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

עַיִן

noun feminine • Root עין • Strongs / High • Page 1081

1. The eye, oculus, as the organ of sight; used figuratively for perception, attention, favorable/unfavorable views, and expression of emotion (e.g., proud, humble, joyous look). It also denotes the middle of the forehead (between the eyes), or proximity ('in the eyes of one'). 2. The eye as a fountain of tears. 3. A look or gaze (e.g., piercingly, enviously). 4. What presents itself to the sight: a phenomenon, appearance, sight, or prospect.

עַיִן

noun feminine • Strongs / High • Page 1082

The eye, bead or pearl, of wine.

עַיִן

noun feminine • Strongs / High • Page 1082

A fountain (constr. עֵין), pl. עֲיָנֹת.

עַיִן

noun proper • Strongs / High • Page 1082

Proper name of a city of Simeon/Levitical city within Judah (7a), or a locality in the north-east of Palestine (7b).

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

עַיִן

com. gen. • Page 503

1. an eye (Ezek. 12: 12). 2. 'before the eyes of any one' (Gen. 23: 11, 18). 3. 'in the eyes', i.e. in the judgment.

עַיִן

m. denom. • Root עין • Page 505

looking askance, envious. Found in 1 Sam. 18:9 Keri.

עַיִן

noun • Page 504

1. Ment or opinion, often conveying the idea of seeming or appearing (Gen. 19:14, 2 Sam. 10:3). 2. A bead or bubble in wine (Prov. 23:31). 3. Perhaps a look (Cant. 4:9). 4. Face, countenance, like פָנִים (Ps. 6:8, Num. 14:14). 5. The surface (Ex. 10:5, Num. 22:5). 6. Appearance, form (Num. 11:7, Lev. 13:5, Ezek. 1:4). 7. A spring, fountain, with plural עֵינוֹת (Gen. 16:7). The eye is figuratively considered a fountain of tears.

BDB

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon

H5869

I. עַ֫יִן (approximate number of occurrences: 859) noun feminine^{Genesis 3:7} and (Zechariah 3:9; 4:10 Albr¹) masculine — eye.

Cognates:

• Phoenician ען
• Aramaic עֵינָא, עַיְינָא
• Palmyrene עינא
• Syriac ܥܰܝܢܳܐ
• Assyrian ênu, enu
• Arabic عَيْن
• Ethiopic ዐይን

— עַ֫יִן absolute Exodus 21:4 +; construct עֵין Exodus 21:26 +; suffix עֵינִי Genesis 44:21 +; suffix 3 masculine plural עֵינָם Isaiah 13:18, עֵינֵמוֺ Psalm 73:7; usually dual עֵינַיִם Genesis 20:16 +; construct עֵינֵי Genesis 3:7 +, עֵנֵי Isaiah 3:8; suffix עֵינַי Genesis 31:10 +, עֵינֶיךָ Judges 6:17 + etc.

1. Literally as physical organ

a. of man

• Exodus 21:6 (Elohist Source)
• Genesis 3:6 (Jehovist Source)
• Leviticus 26:16 (Holiness Code)
• Deuteronomy 34:4, 7 (Priests' Code / Narrative)
• Judges 16:28 (+ שְׁתֵּי)

b. anthropomorphically of God

• Psalm 33:18
• Psalm 34:16

c. of idols

• Psalm 115:5
• Psalm 135:16

d. of beasts

• Genesis 30:41 (Jehovist Source)
• Job 40:24 (hippopotamus)
• Job 41:10 (crocodile)
• Job 28:7 (bird)

e. in visions (of wheels, stones)

• Ezekiel 1:18
• Ezekiel 10:12
• Zechariah 3:9

f. subject of seeing

• Genesis 45:12 (Elohist Source)
• Deuteronomy 3:27 (with ראה)
• Genesis 13:10 (+ נָשָׂא lift up)
• Leviticus 13:12 (מַרְאֵה עֵינֵי as far as one can see)

2. Eyes as showing mental qualities

a. Arrogance and Humility

• arrogance: Isaiah 2:11; Isaiah 5:15; Psalm 101:5; Proverbs 6:17
• humility: Job 22:29 (שַׁח עַיִן)
• pity: Deuteronomy 7:16 (לֹא תָחֹס עֵינְךָ not have pity)

3. Figurative of mental and spiritual faculties

a. Enlightenment and Vision

• Genesis 3:5, 7 (Jehovist Source)
• Numbers 24:4, 16 (גְּלּוּי עַיִן opened of eye)
• Psalm 123:2 (looking to God)

b. In the view/opinion of (בְּעֵינֵי)

• Genesis 16:4, 5 (Jehovist Source)
• Genesis 21:11 (Elohist Source)
• Deuteronomy 12:8 (הַיָּשָׁר בְּעֵינָיו right in his own eyes)

4. Transferred meanings

a. Surface and Appearance

• surface of earth: Exodus 10:5, 15 (Jehovist Source)
• appearance: Leviticus 13:5; Numbers 11:7
• gleam/sparkle: Ezekiel 1:4; Proverbs 23:31 (of wine)

5. Other phrases

• eye for an eye: עַיִן תַּחַת עַיִן Exodus 21:24; Leviticus 24:20
• eye to eye: עַיִן בְּעַיִן Numbers 14:14; Isaiah 52:8
• in the presence of: לְעֵינֵי Genesis 42:24; Exodus 4:30
• between the eyes (forehead): בֵּין עֵינַיִם Exodus 13:9; Deuteronomy 6:8

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II. עַ֫יִן (approximate number of occurrences: 23) noun feminine — spring (of water).

Cognates:

• Phoenician ען
• Assyrian ênu, înu
• Arabic عَيْن
• Ethiopic ዐይን
• Syriac ܥܰܝܢܳܐ
• Aramaic עֵינָא

— עַ֫יִן absolute 1 Samuel 29:1 +, עָ֑יִן Genesis 49:22; construct עֵין Genesis 24:13 +; plural עֲיָנֹת Deuteronomy 8:7, construct עֵינוֺת Exodus 15:27.

a. Particular springs

• עֵין חֲרֹד (En-harod) Judges 7:1
• עֵין הַקּוֺרֵא (En-hakkore) Judges 15:19
• עֵין רֹגֵּל (En-rogel) 2 Samuel 17:17; Joshua 15:7
• עֵין הַתַּנִּין (Dragon-spring) Nehemiah 2:13

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Aramaic

I. [עַיִן] noun feminine^{Ezra 5:5} — eye (Biblical Hebrew עַיִן).

1. literally eye
   • construct עֵין Ezra 5:5 (of God)
   • plural עַיְנִין Daniel 7:8, Daniel 7:20 (of a horn)
   • dual construct עַיְנֵי Daniel 7:8 (of man)
   • suffix עַיְנַי Daniel 4:31

¹ Karl Albrecht, "Das Geschlecht der Hebräischen Hauptwörter," Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft (ZAW) 16 (1896): 75.

² Elohist Source.

³ Jehovist (Yahwist) Source.

⁴ Holiness Code.

⁵ Priests' Code / Narrative.

Preposition, Noun common both dual construct

LXX: ὀφθαλμοῖσ ἐναντίον ἐνώπιον ὀφθαλμοὺσ ὀφθαλμοὶ

LXX Usage Statistics

H5869a:

ὀφθαλμοῖσ 134× (13.0%)

ἐναντίον 111× (12.6%)

ἐνώπιον 87× (10.0%)

ὀφθαλμοὺσ 80× (7.8%)

ὀφθαλμοὶ 74× (6.9%)

ὀφθαλμοί 58× (5.6%)

ὀφθαλμῶν 54× (5.6%)

ὀφθαλμούσ 38× (3.8%)

κατ' 28× (3.2%)

ὀφθαλμόσ 27× (2.5%)

זקני זִקְנֵי

elders

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

זקן

zâqên

Definition

old

Root

from H2204 (זקן);

Exhaustive

from זקן; old; aged, ancient (man), elder(-est), old (man, men and...women), senator.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H2205

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

זָקֵן

verb • Root זקן • Strongs / High • Page 441

II. intransitive. to be old, of persons.

זָקֵן

adjective / substantive / masculine • Root זקן • Strongs / High • Page 442

As an adjective: old, grey, with age. As a substantive: an old man. Figuratively: a ruler of the people, a principal man, a grandee, an elder.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

זָקֵן

verb • Page 207

to be old (Gen. 18:12). Hiph. to wax old (Prov. 22:6, Job 14:8).

זָקֵן

noun masculine • Root זקן • Page 207

an old man (Gen. 24:2); elders, specifically of Israel, Egypt, or cities (Ex. 3:16, Deut. 19:12).

BDB

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon

H2205

I. זָקֵן (approximate number of occurrences: 171) adjective — old.

— זָקֵן absolute Genesis 19:4 (30 times) (on distinction from verb see above); construct זְקַן Genesis 24:2; plural זְקֵנִים Genesis 18:11 (44 times); זְקֵנוֺת Zechariah 8:4; construct זִקְנֵי Genesis 50:7 (85 times); suffix זְקֵנַי Lamentations 1:19, זְקֵנֶיךָ Deuteronomy 21:2, Deuteronomy 32:7, זְקֵנָיו Joshua 8:33 (3 times), זְקֵנֶיהָ Judges 8:14, זְקֵנֵינוּ Exodus 10:9, Joshua 9:11, זִקְנֵיכֶם Deuteronomy 5:20 (2 times).

1. Old, of human beings

a. As adjective predicate

• Genesis 18:11 (Jehovist Source)
• Job 32:4 (+ זָקֵן מִמֶּנּוּ לְיָמִים in comparison)

b. As attributive

• אָב זָקֵן Genesis 44:20 (Jehovist Source)
• אִישׁ זָקֵן Judges 19:16, 17, 20, 22
• נָבִיא זָקֵן 1 Kings 13:11, 25, 29
• מֶלֶךְ זָקֵן Ecclesiastes 4:13
• Probably also זָקֵן וּשְׂבַע ימים: Genesis 35:29 (Priests' Code), Job 42:17 and Genesis 25:8 (Priests' Code) according to Septuagint,³ Samaritan,⁴ and Dillmann;⁵ compare also Ezra 3:12

2. As substantive

Usually as substantive:

a. Old man (or woman)

• Genesis 43:27 (Jehovist Source)
• Leviticus 19:32 (Holiness Code)
• Deuteronomy 28:50; Deuteronomy 32:7 (parallel אָב)
• 1 Samuel 2:31–32; 1 Samuel 28:14; Isaiah 47:6; Job 12:20; Job 32:9; Proverbs 17:6; Proverbs 20:29; Psalm 119:100; Joel 1:2
• old men and old women Zechariah 8:4 (twice in verse)
• זְקַן בֵּיתוֺ Genesis 24:2 (Jehovist Source), זִקְנֵי בֵיתוֺ 2 Samuel 12:17
• Opposed to נַעַר: Exodus 10:9 (Elohist Source), Isaiah 3:5; Isaiah 20:4; Jeremiah 51:22; Lamentations 2:21; Psalm 148:12; and in phrase מִנַּעַר וְעַד זָקֵן Genesis 19:4 (Jehovist Source), Joshua 6:21 (Jehovist-Elohist Source), Esther 3:13
• Opposed to ילדים: 1 Kings 12:6, 8, 13, 2 Chronicles 10:6, 8, 13
• Opposed to בַּחוּרִים: Jeremiah 31:13; Ezekiel 9:6; Joel 3:1, compare 2 Chronicles 36:17 (+ יָשֵׁשׁ) and Jeremiah 6:11 (+ מְלֵא ימים)
• Opposed to עוּל ימים: Isaiah 65:20
• Opposed to יונקי שׁדים and עוללים: Joel 2:16

b. Elder (authority)

Usually plural elders, as having authority, technical term (100 times +);

• Elders of a people, especially Israel: Exodus 3:16, 18; Exodus 12:21 (all Jehovist Source), Exodus 17:5, 6; Exodus 18:12; Exodus 19:7; Exodus 24:1, 9, 14; Joshua 24:1 (all Elohist Source), Numbers 11:16 (twice), Numbers 11:24; 25; 30; Numbers 16:25; Joshua 7:6; Joshua 8:10; Joshua 9:11 (all Jehovist-Elohist Source), Deuteronomy 5:20 (parallel רָאשֵׁי שִׁבְטֵיכֶם), Deuteronomy 27:1; Deuteronomy 29:9 (parallel ראשׁי שׁבטיכם, שֹׁטְרֵיכֶם), Deuteronomy 31:9, 28; Joshua 8:33 (parallel שֹׁטְרִים וְשֹׁפְטָיו), Joshua 23:2 (parallel רָאשׁיו, שֹׁפְטָיו, שֹׁטְרָיו); compare also Joshua 24:31 = Judges 2:7 (all Deuteronomic Source); Leviticus 9:1, compare זִקְנֵי הָעֵדָה Leviticus 4:15 (both Priests' Code), Judges 21:16; see also 1 Samuel 4:3; 1 Samuel 8:4; 1 Samuel 15:30; 2 Samuel 3:17; 2 Samuel 5:3 = 1 Chronicles 11:3; 2 Samuel 17:4, 15; 1 Kings 8:1, 3 = 2 Chronicles 5:2, 4, also 1 Chronicles 15:25; 1 Chronicles 21:16; compare Isaiah 3:2 (שֹׁוֺפֵט וְנָבִיא וְקֹסֵם וְזָקֵן), Isaiah 9:14 (parallel נְשׂוּא פָֿנִים)
• Elders of one tribe (Judah): 1 Samuel 30:26; 2 Samuel 19:12; of Gilead Judges 11:5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
• Northern Israel: זִקְנֵי הָאָרֶץ 1 Kings 20:7, 8, also 2 Kings 6:32 (twice); 2 Kings 10:1 (parallel שָׂרִים) compare 2 Kings 10:5
• Under Josiah: זִקְנֵי יְהוּדָה 2 Kings 23:1 = 2 Chronicles 34:29; see also זִקְנֵי הָאָרֶץ Jeremiah 26:17, Proverbs 31:23, Lamentations 1:19; 2:10; 4:16; 5:12, 14 (parallel שָׂרִים)
• In Ezekiel: Ezekiel 7:26 (parallel כהן), of Judah Ezekiel 8:1, of Israel Ezekiel 8:11, 12; Ezekiel 14:1; Ezekiel 20:1, 3, also Ezekiel 9:6
• Exilic: זִקְנֵי הַגּוֺלָה Jeremiah 29:1 (parallel הכהנים, הנביאים); post-exilic Ezra 10:8 (parallel שׂרים), Joel 1:14
• Elders of other peoples: Midian Numbers 22:4, 7, Moab Numbers 22:7 (Elohist Source), Egypt Psalm 105:22 (parallel שׂרים), Gebal Ezekiel 27:9
• Elders of a city (sitting in the gate to judge): Deuteronomy 19:12; Deuteronomy 21:2 (+ שֹׁפְטֶיךָ), 3, 4, 6, 19 (+ שַׁעַר מְֿקֹמוֺ), 20; Deuteronomy 22:15 (+ הַשָּׁ֑עְרָה), 16, 17, 18; Deuteronomy 25:7 (+ הַשַּׁ֫עֲרָה), 8, 9 (all in Deuteronomic Code), Ruth 4:2, 4, 9, 11; מוֺשַׁב זְקֵנִים Psalm 107:32 (parallel קְהַל עָֿ֑ם); Judges 8:14 (parallel שׂרים), 16; 1 Samuel 11:3; 1 Samuel 16:4; 1 Kings 21:8, 11; Ezra 10:14

¹ Jehovist (Yahwist) Source.

² Priests' Code / Narrative.

³ Septuagint (LXX).

⁴ Samaritan Pentateuch.

⁵ August Dillmann, Old Testament commentator.

⁶ Elohist Source.

⁷ Holiness Code.

⁸ Deuteronomic Source.

Adjective adjective masculine plural construct

LXX: πρεσβύτεροι πρεσβυτέρων πρεσβυτέρουσ γερουσία πρεσβύτησ

LXX Usage Statistics

H2205:

πρεσβύτεροι 40× (21.7%)

πρεσβυτέρων 29× (15.2%)

πρεσβυτέρουσ 28× (15.0%)

γερουσία 13× (6.7%)

πρεσβύτησ 9× (5.3%)

γερουσίαν 8× (4.3%)

πρεσβυτέροισ 8× (4.0%)

πρεσβύτεροσ 5× (3.1%)

'' 4× (2.2%)

πρεσβύτερον 3× (1.8%)

ישראל יִשְׂרָאֵל׃

God-Contends

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ישראל

Yisrâʼêl

Definition

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

Root

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

Exhaustive

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

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3478

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

יִשְׂרָאֵל

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

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

יִשְׂרָאֵל

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

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

BDB

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon

H3478

I. יִשְׂרָאֵל (approximate number of occurrences: 2507) proper name masculine and of a people — Israel (El persisteth, persevereth (or jussive Let El persist) [usually contendeth¹ or Let El contend², but see Dr³]; on vocalization see Lag⁴, Kit⁵; see derivatives under I. שׂרה).

Comparative:

• Moabite ישראל (MI⁶)
• Egyptian Y-si-r-’l⁷
• Assyrian Sir-’-lai (= יִשְׂרְאֵלִי)⁸
• Greek Ισραηλ

— On a possible relation to proper name שָׂרַי, שָׂרָה see RS⁹; compare שְׂרָיָה, שְׂרָיָהוּ.

1. Proper name, masculine

Second name of Jacob:

• Genesis 32:29 (28 times Genesis, Jehovist-Elohist Source)
• Exodus 32:13 (Jehovist-Elohist Source)
• Hosea 12:13
• Judges 18:29
• Exodus 6:14; Numbers 1:20; Numbers 26:5 (all Priests' Code)
• 2 Kings 17:34
• 1 Chronicles 1:34 (8 times Chronicles)
• Psalm 105:23
• בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל Ruth 4:11
• בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל (literal) Genesis 42:5 (3 times Elohist Source, 2 times Priests' Code) + Exodus 1:7 (Priests' Code; transition to wider use)
• 1 Kings 18:31; 1 Chronicles 2:1 +
• = 12 tribes Exodus 28:9 (7 times Priests' Code)
• אֱלֹהֵי אַבְרָהָם יִצְחָק וְיִשְׂרָאֵל 1 Kings 18:36; 1 Chronicles 29:18; 2 Chronicles 30:6

2. Proper name, of a people

(usually masculine Judges 11:17 f. but feminine 1 Samuel 17:21; 2 Samuel 24:9). Name of Hebrew nation; usually derived from 1, but יִשְׂרָאֵל more common in early usage than בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל:

a. Israel

• (1) undivided kingdom; יִשְׂרָאֵל Genesis 47:27 (Jehovist Source), Genesis 49:7 (poem in Jehovist Source) + 108 times Jehovist-Elohist Source, Deuteronomy 1:1; Deuteronomy 18:6; Deuteronomy 33:10 (poem) + 76 times Deuteronomic Source, Genesis 34:7; Exodus 12:15 (42 times Priests' Code); Judges 5:2, 7 (twice) + 104 times Judges; often 1 and 2 Samuel; 1 Kings 1–12; כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵל of whole people 2 Samuel 8:15 +, of whole army 2 Samuel 11:1 +, opposed to Judah 2 Samuel 2:9 +.
• (2) יִשְׂרָאֵל = Northern tribes, distinguished from Judah, even before disruption, 2 Samuel 2:9, compare 2:10; 3:10; 4:1; 5:5; 12:7; 20:1; 1 Kings 1:35; 4:20; 5:5 +; so at disruption 1 Kings 12:16 (3 times), 12:18, 19; then usually of Northern kingdom, till its fall, 1 Kings 12:28; 14:7; 10 + very often Kings, Amos 1:1; 2:6; 3:14 +, Hosea 1:5; 4:15 (twice); 5:3 (twice); 5:5 +, Micah 1:13, etc.
• (3) יִשְׂרָאֵל of Southern kingdom, Judah, rarely before fall of Samaria Isaiah 1:3; 8:18; Micah 1:14, 15, so בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל 1 Kings 12:17; after fall of Samaria, יִשְׂרָאֵל (less often בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל) occurs of entire people, in reference to past or future 2 Kings 21:8; 23:22; Isaiah 17:9; Psalm 103:7; Jeremiah 2:3; 50:17, 19 +; יִשְׂרָאֵל also = Judah Jeremiah 2:14, 31; 4:1 +, Ezekiel 13:2, 4, 16; 14:1, 7, 9 +, Isaiah 40:27; 41:8; 42:24 +, Ezra 2:59 = Nehemiah 7:61; Ezra 2:70; Ezra 3:11 +, Nehemiah 10:34; 10:3 +, Psalm 14:7 (twice) = Psalm 53:7 (twice), Psalm 147:2; Psalm 149:2 +, etc.
• (4) usage in Chronicles: יִשְׂרָאֵל of whole people 1 Chronicles 2:7 (110 times), of Northern kingdom 2 Chronicles 11:1 (16 times), of Judah 2 Chronicles 12:6; 19:8 (9 times).
• (5) יִשְׂרָאֵל personified as עֶבֶד יהוה, Isaiah 44:1, 21; Isaiah 49:3.

b. בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל

• (1) of undivided people Exodus 1:12 (Jehovist Source), Exodus 3:9 (Elohist Source) + 72 times Jehovist-Elohist Source, Deuteronomy 3:18; Deuteronomy 10:6 (25 times Deuteronomic Source), Genesis 32:33 (327 times Priests' Code); Judges 1:1 (60 times Judges); seldom 1 and 2 Samuel, 1 Kings 1–12; in 1 Kings 13–2 Kings 25 passive in reference to older history (rarely otherwise).
• (2) seldom of Northern kingdom Amos 2:11 (9 times Amos, Hosea); 2 Chronicles 13:12 (7 times Chronicles).
• (3) of Judah (late) Ezekiel 2:3; Nehemiah 1:6 (twice); Ezra 3:1; Joel 4:16 +, 2 Chronicles 31:5.

c. בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל

• Exodus 16:31; Exodus 40:38 (142 times); 81 times Ezekiel, where = Judah (see especially Exodus 37:16); שְׁנֵי בָֽתֵּי יִשְׂרָאֵל Isaiah 8:14.

d. Other phrases

See sub אִישׁ, אֶרֶץ, בַּת, בְּתוּלָה, גְּבוּל, הַר, כִּסֵּא, מֶלֶךְ, מַטֶּה, עֵדָה, עַם, שֵׁבֶט; also (in epithet of יהוה) below אָבִיר, אוֺר, אֱלֹחִים, גָּוֺאל, מֶלֶךְ, מִקְוֶה, צוּר, קָדוֺשׁ, רָעָה.

e. The laity

Opposed to priests, etc. (late):

• Ezra 10:25; Nehemiah 11:3; 1 Chronicles 9:2
• כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵל Ezra 2:70; Ezra 10:5
• הָעָם יִשְׂרָאֵל Ezra 9:1
• בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל Nehemiah 10:40, compare שְׁאָר יִשְׂרָאֵל Nehemiah 11:20

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Aramaic

I. יִשְׂרָאֵל proper name of a people Israel (Biblical Hebrew id., √ שָׂרָה).

• אֱלַהּ יִשְׂרָאֵל Ezra 5:1; Ezra 6:14; Ezra 7:15
• מֶלֶךְ לְיִשְׂרָאֵל Ezra 5:11
• בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל Ezra 6:16
• עַמָּא יִשְׂרָאֵל Ezra 7:13

¹ Eberhard Nestle, *Die israelitischen Eigennamen* (1876), 60 ff.

² G. B. Gray, *Studies in Hebrew Proper Names* (1896), 218.

³ S. R. Driver in Hastings' *Dictionary of the Bible*, article "Jacob," 530.

⁴ Paul de Lagarde, *Uebersicht über die Bildung der Nomina* (1889), 131 f.

⁵ Rudolf Kittel, *The Books of the Chronicles* (1895), on 1 Chronicles 4:16.

⁶ Mesha Inscription (Moabite Stone), line 5.

⁷ Georg Steindorff, *Zeitschrift für die Alttestamentliche Wissenschaft* xvi (1896), 331.

⁸ Eberhard Schrader, *Keilinschriften und Geschichtsforschung*, 356 ff.

⁹ W. Robertson Smith, *Kinship and Marriage in Early Arabia*, 257 (2nd ed. 34).

Noun proper name

LXX: ισραηλ '' --- ιακωβ

LXX Usage Statistics

H3478:

ισραηλ 2245× (92.9%)

'' 57× (2.1%)

--- 50× (2.2%)

ισραηλ 8× (0.3%)

ιακωβ 4× (0.2%)

t? 4× (0.1%)

ιερουσαλημ 4× (0.2%)

[b] 3× (0.1%)

ισραηλίτου 3× (0.1%)

ισραηλίτιδοσ 3× (0.1%)

RBT Translation:

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RBT Paraphrase:
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Julia Smith Literal 1876 Translation:
And behold, I stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and strike upon the rock, and waters shall come forth from it, and the people drank. And Moses will do so before the eyes of the old men of Israel.

LITV Translation:
Behold, I will stand before you there on the rock in Horeb. And you shall smite the rock, and water will come out of it; and the people will drink. And Moses did so before the eyes of the elders of Israel.

Brenton Septuagint Translation:
Behold, I stand there before thou come, on the rock in Horeb, and thou shalt smite the rock, and water shall come out from it, and the people shall drink. And Moses did so before the sons of Israel.