Exodus 19:14

Paleo Hebrew Niqqud

RBT Hebrew Interlinear:

וירד וַיֵּרֶד

and he is climbing down

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

ירד

yârad

Definition

to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications)

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications); [idiom] abundantly, bring down, carry down, cast down, (cause to) come(-ing) down, fall (down), get down, go(-ing) down(-ward), hang down, [idiom] indeed, let down, light (down), put down (off), (cause to, let) run down, sink, subdue, take down.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3381

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

יָרַד

verb • Root ירד • Strongs / High • Page 644

to fall from or down, to go down, descend, come down.

יָרַד

verb • Root ירד • Strongs / High • Page 645

To go down, descend. This verb has numerous applications, including: to be brought down, to fall down, to run downwards (like a boundary), to sink or perish, to descend (like a shadow on a sundial), to come down (as a manifestation of God), to rush down to battle, to enter a lower place (e.g., a ship or well), to walk down to a lower location, to travel to a lower country, to flow down (like a stream), or to fall (like rain or dew).

יָרַד

verb • Root ירד • Strongs / High • Page 755

to go down to

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

יָרַד

verb • Page 297

To go down, to descend. Used for journeys from higher to lower terrain, such as to Egypt (Gen. 12:10), Philistia (1 Sam. 13:20), or southwards (1 Sam. 25:1). Also refers to inanimate objects, such as a road leading down (Prov. 7:27) or streams flowing down (Deut. 9:21). Metaphorically, it means to fall in wealth or circumstances (Deut. 28:43). Hiphil form הוֹרִיד: to make to go down, to bring down, or to cast down (Gen. 37:25, Prov. 21:22). Hophal form הוּרַד is the passive of Hiphil (Gen. 39:1).

BDB

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon

H3381

I. יָרַד (approximate number of occurrences: 380) verb — come or go down, descend.

Cognates:

• Late Hebrew id.
• Moabite Inscription¹ וארד and רד
• Assyrian arâdu
• Arabic ورد *come to, arrive at*, also *descend*
• Ethiopic ወረደ *descend*
• Sabean ורד and הורד

— יָרַד Perfect Exodus 19:18 +; יְרַד Judges 5:13 (twice in verse) (but read יָרַד or יֵרֵד); רַד Judges 19:11 (read יָרַד), etc.; Imperfect יֵרֵד Genesis 42:38 +; וַיֵּ֫רֶד Genesis 11:5 +; וַיֵּרַ֑ד 2 Samuel 22:10 (2 times); 3 feminine singular תֵּ֫רֶד (+ אֵשׁ) 2 Kings 1:10, 12; תּרַד Jeremiah 13:17; Lamentations 3:48; תֵּדֵֿ֔ Isaiah 34:5; Isaiah 63:14; תֵּרֵ֑ד Ezekiel 26:11 (יוֺרִיד Vrss Co); וַתֵּ֫רֶד Genesis 24:16 (7 times); 2 masculine singular תֵּרֵד Genesis 26:2 (5 times) + 1 Samuel 20:19 (where read תִּמָּקֵד We Dr., compare ᵐ5 ᵑ6 ᵑ7); 1 singular אֵרֵד Genesis 37:35 (3 times); וָאֵרֵד Exodus 3:8 (3 times); cohortative אֵרְדָהנָֿא Genesis 18:21; יֵרְדוּ 1 Samuel 13:12 (4 times); וַיֵּרְדוּ Genesis 42:3 (19 times); 3 feminine plural תֵּרַדְנָה Jeremiah 14:17 (2 times); 1 plural נֵרֵד Genesis 43:5; cohortative נֵרְדָה Genesis 11:7 (2 times); וַנֵּ֫רֶד 2 Kings 10:13; Imperative רֵד Exodus 19:21 +; רְדָה Genesis 45:9; Ezekiel 32:19; רֵ֑דָה 2 Kings 1:9, 11; feminine singular רְדִי Jeremiah 48:18; Isaiah 47:1; masculine plural רְדוּ Genesis 42:2 (5 times); Infinitive absolute יָרֹד Genesis 43:20; construct רֶ֫דֶת Genesis 44:26 +; רְדָה Genesis 46:3; suffix רִדְתִּי Psalm 30:10, etc. (in Psalm 30:4 read Kethib מִיּוֺרְדֵי, so ᵐ5 ᵑ6 Cheyne, Baethgen); Participle יוֺרֵד Judges 9:36 +; feminine singular יֹרְדָה Lamentations 1:16; הַיֹּרֶ֫דֶת Ecclesiastes 3:21; 1 Samuel 25:30, etc.

1. Meanings and Uses

a. come or go down

• from (מִן) a mountain Exodus 19:14; Exodus 32:1, 15 (Elohist Source); Exodus 34:29 (twice in verse) (Jehovist-Elohist Source); Deuteronomy 9:15; Deuteronomy 10:5; Numbers 20:28 (Priests' Code) +
• absolute Exodus 19:21, 24 (Jehovist Source), Exodus 19:25 (Jehovist Source; with אֶל person)
• from the air, of birds, followed by עַל Genesis 15:11 (Jehovist-Elohist Source)

b. go down to battle

• (usually from mountain or hill-country into plain), absolute Judges 5:14; followed by לָעֵמֶק Judges 1:34; followed by לַשְּׁעָרִים Judges 5:11
• followed by אֶל Judges 5:10, 11; 1 Samuel 17:8 (followed by אֶל person); followed by לִקְרַאת Judges 7:24; followed by אַחֲרֵי person 1 Samuel 14:36
• followed by ב location Judges 7:9; בַּמִּלְחָמָה יֵרֵד וְנִסְמָּה 1 Samuel 26:10, compare 1 Samuel 29:4; 1 Samuel 30:24
• of single combat, וַיַּרֶד אֵלָיו בַּשָּׁ֑בֶט 2 Samuel 23:21 = 1 Chronicles 11:23

c. go down from or to a place

• to (accusative) threshing-floor, Ruth 3:3, 5
• (from David's palace) to Uriah's house (אֶל) 2 Samuel 11:9, 10 (twice in verse); 2 Samuel 11:13
• from temple to (accusative) king's house Jeremiah 36:12 (+ עַללִֿשְׁכַּת הַסֹּפֵר); רֵד בֵּיתמֶֿלֶךְ יְהוּדָה Jeremiah 22:1

d. go down from Palestine to Egypt

• absolute Genesis 42:3 (Elohist Source), Genesis 42:38 (Jehovist Source) + 6 times (Jehovist-Elohist Sources); followed by אֵלַי Genesis 45:9 (Elohist Source)
• followed by מִצְרַ֫יְמָה Genesis 46:3, 4 (Elohist Source), Genesis 12:10; Genesis 26:2 (both Jehovist Source), Numbers 20:15 (Jehovist-Elohist Source)
• followed by מִצְרֵיִם Joshua 24:4 (Elohist Source), Genesis 43:15 (Jehovist Source), Isaiah 30:2; Isaiah 31:1; Isaiah 52:4; followed by שָׁמָּה Genesis 42:2 (Elohist Source)
• to Philistine cities Judges 14:19; Judges 16:31; 1 Samuel 13:20; Amos 6:2

e. from Jerusalem

• absolute Judges 1:9; 1 Kings 1:25; Nehemiah 6:3; 2 Chronicles 20:16
• to Jezreel 2 Kings 8:21 = 2 Kings 9:26, 2 Chronicles 22:6; to Samaria 1 Kings 22:2, 2 Chronicles 18:2; (to Gihon) 1 Kings 1:38

f. from altar, chariot, ass, throne, ship, etc.

• from altar ירד מֵעֲשׂוֺת הַחַטָּאת Leviticus 9:22 (Priests' Code)
• from chariot, with מֵעַל Judges 4:15; from ass, with מֵעַל 1 Samuel 25:23
• from throne, with מֵעַל Ezekiel 26:16, absolute Isaiah 47:1, compare רְדִי מִכָּבוֺד Jeremiah 48:18
• from ships, with מִן Ezekiel 27:29; from bed, with מִן 2 Kings 1:4, 6, 16

g. go down to spring, sea, etc.

• to spring הָעַ֫יְנָה Genesis 24:16, 45 (Jehovist Source); followed by לִרְחֹץ עַל הַיְאֹר Exodus 2:5 (Elohist Source), compare (absolute) 2 Kings 5:14
• followed by accusative הַסֶּלַע 1 Samuel 23:25; יוֺרְדֵי הַיָּם Isaiah 42:10; יוֺרְדֵי הַיָּם בָּאֳנִיּוֺת Psalm 107:23
• absolute (into pit or well) 2 Samuel 23:20 = 1 Chronicles 11:22, followed by שָׁם (i.e. בְּאֵר) 2 Samuel 17:18

h. sink, opposed to rising

• in water יָָֽרְדוּ בִמְצוֺלוֺת כְּמוֺאָֿ֑בֶן Exodus 15:5 (Song in Elohist Source); לְקִצְבֵי הָרַים יָרַדְתִּי Jonah 2:7
• opposed to rising, יַעֲלוּ הָרִים יֵָֽרְדוּ בְקָעוֺת Psalm 104:8 *mountains rise, valleys sink*; יַעֲלוּ שָׁמַיִם יֵרְדוּ תְהוֺמוֺת Psalm 107:26

i. go down to Sheol

• followed by שְׁא֫וֺלָה Genesis 37:35 (Jehovist Source; + אֶלבְּֿנִי), Numbers 16:30, 33 (Jehovist-Elohist Source), Ezekiel 31:15, 17
• followed by שְׁאוֺל Ezekiel 32:27; Psalm 55:16; Job 7:6 (opposed to עלה); בַּדֵּי שְׁאֹל תֵּרַדְנָה Job 17:16
• absolute Isaiah 5:14; Ezekiel 32:19, 21, 30, Psalm 49:15; יָָֽרְדוּ עֲרֵלִים Ezekiel 32:24
• followed by שַׁחַת Job 33:24, אֶלשַֿׁחַת Psalm 30:10; followed by בּוֺר Psalm 30:4 (Qr); יוֺרְדֵי אֶלאַֿבְנֵיבֿוֺר Isaiah 14:19; יוֺרְדֵי בוֺר Psalm 28:1; Ezekiel 26:20 + etc.
• יוֺרְדֵי עָפָר Psalm 22:30; יוֺרְדֵי דוּמָה Psalm 115:17; רַגְלֶיהָ יֹרְדֹת מָ֑וֶת Proverbs 5:5, compare Proverbs 7:27

j. figurative uses

• יֹרֵד בַּבֶּ֑כִי Isaiah 15:3 *going down (dissolving) in tears*
• = *be prostrated*, absolute, of horses and riders Haggai 2:22, compare Isaiah 34:7, Jeremiah 48:15; Jeremiah 50:27
• of forest Isaiah 32:19; Zechariah 11:2; city Deuteronomy 20:20; Lamentations 1:9; wall Deuteronomy 28:52; nation תֵּרֵד מַ֫טָּה מָ֑טָּה Deuteronomy 28:43

2. Of divine manifestations

Descend, of יהוה in theophany:

• [על ההר֑] יָרַד עָלָיו בָּאֵשׁ יהוה Exodus 19:11, 18 (Elohist Source), Exodus 19:20 (Jehovist Source), compare Nehemiah 9:13
• יֵרֵד יהוה צְבָאוֺת לִצְבּאֹ עַלהַֿרצִֿיּוֺן Isaiah 31:4
• absolute Genesis 11:5, 7; Genesis 18:21; Exodus 3:8 (all Jehovist Source), Numbers 11:17 (Jehovist-Elohist Source), 2 Samuel 22:10 = Psalm 18:10, Micah 1:3; Isaiah 63:19; Isaiah 64:2
• of pillar of cloud Exodus 33:9 (Jehovist-Elohist Source); of angels עֹלִים וְיֹרְדִים בּוֺ Genesis 28:12 (Elohist Source)

3. Of inanimate things

a. hail, dew, rain, fire

• hail with עַל person Exodus 9:19 (Jehovist Source); dew with עַל location Numbers 11:9 (Jehovist-Elohist Source), Psalm 133:3
• rain, followed by מִן הַשָּׁמַיִם + על person Deuteronomy 28:24, in simile יֵרֵד כְּמָטָר עַלגֵּֿז Psalm 72:6
• fire from (מִן) heaven 2 Kings 1:10, 12, 14; 2 Chronicles 7:1, 3

b. waters flowing down, tears, etc.

• flowing waters הַנַּחַל הַיֹּרֵד מִןהָֿהָר Deuteronomy 9:21, compare Joshua 3:13, 16; Ezekiel 47:1, 8
• tears מַּלְגֵימַֿיִם יָָֽרְדוּ עֵינָ֑י Psalm 119:136; Lamentations 3:48; Lamentations 1:16; Jeremiah 9:17; Jeremiah 13:17; Jeremiah 14:17
• oil descending upon (על) beard Psalm 133:2; shadow on dial 2 Kings 20:11 = Isaiah 38:8
• boundary *going down* Joshua 16:3 (Jehovist-Elohist Source); elsewhere Priests' Code: Numbers 34:11, 12; Joshua 15:10; Joshua 16:7; Joshua 17:9; Joshua 18:13, 16
• figurative of pride Ezekiel 30:6; of calamity Micah 1:12; Psalm 7:17; of words of talebearer Proverbs 18:8 = Proverbs 26:22

Hiph`il

Perfect הוֺרִד 2 Kings 16:17; וְהוֺרִיד consecutive Amos 3:11; 2 masculine singular וְהוֺרַדְתָּ֫ 1 Kings 2:9; 2 feminine singular suffix הוֺרַדְתֵּנִי Joshua 2:18; הוֺרִידוּ 1 Samuel 6:15; Lamentations 2:10 etc.; Imperfect וַיּוֺרֶד Judges 7:5; suffix יוֺרִידֵנִי Obadiah 1:3; יוֺרִדֵהוּ 1 Samuel 30:16; 1 Kings 17:23; וַיִֹּדֵם 1 Kings 18:40; וְלֹא תּוֺרֵד 1 Kings 2:6; suffix תוֺרִדֵנִי 1 Samuel 30:15; תּוֺרִדֵם Psalm 55:24 etc.; Imperative הוֺרֵד Exodus 33:5; suffix הוֺרִדֵהוּ Ezekiel 32:18; הוֺרִידֵמוֺ Psalm 59:12; feminine singular הוֺרִידִי Lamentations 2:18; Infinitive construct לְהוֺרִיד Genesis 37:25; Participle מוֺרִיד 1 Samuel 2:6; מֹרִיד 2 Samuel 22:48.

1. cause to come or go down

• bring down (to Egypt) Genesis 39:1 (Jehovist Source); Genesis 45:13 (Elohist Source); Genesis 43:11; Genesis 37:25 (Jehovist Source)
• bring down to water Judges 7:4, 5; Deuteronomy 21:4; 1 Kings 18:40
• from Jerusalem to Gihon 1 Kings 1:33; from temple 2 Kings 11:19; from heaven Amos 9:2
• lay prostrate Amos 3:11; Proverbs 21:22; Isaiah 10:13; Psalm 56:8; Isaiah 63:6
• bring down to Sheol 1 Samuel 2:6; 1 Kings 2:6, 9; Genesis 42:38; Genesis 44:29 (all Jehovist Source)

2. take down

• from cart 1 Samuel 6:15; corpse from tree Joshua 8:29 (Jehovist-Elohist Source); the Tabernacle Numbers 1:51 (Priests' Code)

3. let down

• pitcher Genesis 24:18, 46; sacks Genesis 44:11 (Jehovist Source); person through window Joshua 2:15; 1 Samuel 19:12

Hoph`al

Perfect הוּרַד Genesis 39:1; וְהוּרַד consecutive Zechariah 10:11; 2 masculine singular וְהוּרַדְתָּ֫ Ezekiel 31:18; Imperfect 2 masculine singular תּוּרַד Isaiah 14:15.

1. be brought down
   • to Egypt Genesis 39:1 (Jehovist Source)
   • to Sheol Isaiah 14:11, 15; Ezekiel 31:18; of pride Zechariah 10:11
2. be taken down
   • of the Tabernacle Numbers 10:17 (Priests' Code)

¹ Mesha Inscription (Moabite Stone), line 32.

² Friedrich Delitzsch, Assyrisches Handwörterbuch (1896).

³ Friedrich Ernst Christoph König, Historisch-kritisches Lehrgebäude der hebräischen Sprache (1881–1897).

⁴ Julius Wellhausen; Samuel Rolles Driver, Notes on the Hebrew Text of the Books of Samuel (1890).

conjunctive, Verb Qal sequential imperfect third person masculine singular

LXX: κατέβη κατέβησαν καταβήσεται κατάβηθι καταβῆναι

LXX Usage Statistics

H3381:

κατέβη 76× (19.3%)

κατέβησαν 24× (6.1%)

καταβήσεται 23× (5.8%)

κατάβηθι 20× (5.3%)

καταβῆναι 9× (2.4%)

καταβαινόντων 9× (2.3%)

καταβήσονται 8× (2.0%)

καταβαίνοντεσ 7× (1.7%)

καταβήσῃ 7× (1.9%)

κατέβην 6× (1.6%)

משה מֹשֶׁה

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%)

מן מִן־

from out of

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

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

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

unknown • Root מן • Page 350

Out of, from. See the full form מִן.

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).

מִן

m. plur. מִנִּים • Page 383

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

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

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%)

ההר הָהָר

the Mountain

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

הר

har

Definition

a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)

Root

a shortened form of H2042 (הרר);

Exhaustive

a shortened form of הרר; a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively); hill (country), mount(-ain), [idiom] promotion.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H2022

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

הַר

noun / masculine • Root הרר • Strongs / High • Page 411

1. a mountain, a hill. 2. Figuratively, a great power, kingdom, or obstacle. 3. A mountain-district or hill country.

הַר

noun • Root הרר • Strongs / High • Page 412

A mountain, height. The noun comes from a stem meaning to be high or elevated. It is used to refer to mountainous districts and in combination with place names.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

הַר

noun masculine • Page 192

a mountain, often a chain of mountains, mountainous country (Gen. 14:10). Plural: הָרִים.

BDB

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon

H2022

[הוֺר], assumed by Thesaurus¹ and others as ancient form for הַר mountain, to explain הוֺרַי Genesis 49:26, read הוֺרֵי־עַד; but better הַרֲרֵי־עַד everlasting mountains, see הַר below הרר.

I. הַר (approximate number of occurrences: 558) noun masculine — mountain, hill, hill-country.

Cognates:

• Late Hebrew הָרִים, הֲרָרִים
• Phoenician הר
• Sabean suffix הרתהמו²

— הַר absolute Joshua 17:18 +; with article הָהָר Exodus 3:12 +; with locative הֶ֫רָה Genesis 14:10, הָהָ֫רָה Genesis 12:8 (12 times); construct הַר Genesis 10:30 +; suffix הַרֲרִי Psalm 30:8, הֲרָרִי Jeremiah 17:3, הַרְכֶם Psalm 11:1, הַרֲרָם Genesis 14:6; plural הָרִים Deuteronomy 11:11 +; with article הֶהָרִים Genesis 7:19 +; construct הָרֵי Genesis 8:4 (27 times); הַרֲרֵי Deuteronomy 33:15 (8 times, all poetry); suffix הָרַי Isaiah 14:25, Isaiah 49:11, Zechariah 14:5 + Ezekiel 38:21, הָרָ֑י Isaiah 65:9; הָרָיו Ezekiel 35:8, Malachi 1:3; הֲרָרֶיהָ Deuteronomy 8:9.

1. Mountain, hill

a. Specifically mountain, high elevation

• הַר סִינַי Mount Sinai: Exodus 19:11, 18, 20, 23; Exodus 24:16; Exodus 31:18; Exodus 34:2, 4, 29, 32; Leviticus 7:38; Leviticus 25:1; Leviticus 26:46; Leviticus 27:34; Numbers 3:1; Numbers 28:6; Nehemiah 9:13.
• הַר חוֺרֵב Mount Horeb: Exodus 33:6; Exodus 3:1; 1 Kings 19:8; Deuteronomy 4:11; Deuteronomy 5:4; Deuteronomy 9:9.
• הֹר הָהָר Mount Hor: Numbers 20:22; Deuteronomy 32:50.
• הַר נְבוֺ Mount Nebo: Deuteronomy 32:49; Deuteronomy 34:1.
• הַר גְּרִזִּים Mount Gerizim: Deuteronomy 11:29; Deuteronomy 27:12; Judges 9:7.
• הַר עֵיבָל Mount Ebal: Deuteronomy 11:29; Deuteronomy 27:4; Joshua 8:30.
• הַר חֶרְמוֺן Mount Hermon: Deuteronomy 3:8; Joshua 11:17; 1 Chronicles 5:23.
• הַר הַכַּרְמֶל Mount Carmel: 1 Kings 18:19; 2 Kings 2:25; 2 Kings 4:25.
• הַר הַזֵּיתִים Mount of Olives: Zechariah 14:4; Ezekiel 11:23.
• הַר צִיּוֺן Mount Zion: Isaiah 4:5; Isaiah 8:18; Micah 4:7; Psalm 48:3.

b. Mountain-range

• הַר בָּשָׁן Mount Bashan: Psalm 68:16.

c. Indefinite mountains (often figurative or in creation context)

• Covered by flood: Genesis 7:19–20; Genesis 8:5.
• Work of God in creation: Amos 4:13; Psalm 65:7; Proverbs 8:25.
• Melting at presence of Yahweh: Judges 5:5; Micah 1:4; Psalm 97:5.

d. High mountain (as symbol of strength)

• הַר גָּבֹהַּ: Isaiah 30:25; Ezekiel 40:2.

e. Opposite valley or plain

• Joshua 12:8; Genesis 19:17 (opposite כִּכָּר).

f. As hiding-places or place of cattle

• Hiding places: Judges 6:2; Jeremiah 16:16.
• Grazing: Psalm 50:10; Job 39:8.

2. Hill-country, mountain-region

a. In general (opposed to plain, etc.)

• Numbers 13:17, 29 (Promised Land).
• Deuteronomy 1:7; Joshua 11:2; Joshua 12:8.

b. Of a particular mountain-region

• הַר הָאֱמֹרִי (Amorites): Deuteronomy 1:7, 19.
• הַר אֶפְרַיִם (Ephraim): Joshua 17:15; Judges 3:27; 1 Samuel 1:1; Jeremiah 31:6.
• הָרֵי יְהוּדָה (Judah): Joshua 11:21; Joshua 15:48.
• הָרֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל (Israel): Ezekiel 6:2; Ezekiel 34:13.

¹ Gesenius, Thesaurus philologicus criticus linguae Hebraeae et Chaldaeae veteris Testamenti (1829–1858).

² David Heinrich Müller, Sabean Inscriptions, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft (ZMG), 1876.

³ Corpus Inscriptionum Semiticarum (CIS).

⁴ Friedrich Delitzsch, Wo lag das Paradies? (Pa), 1881; Cuneiform Inscriptions and the Old Testament (COT).

Particle definite article, Noun common both singular absolute

LXX: ὄροσ ὄρουσ ὄρει ὄρη ὀρέων

LXX Usage Statistics

H2022:

ὄροσ 157× (27.0%)

ὄρουσ 100× (17.5%)

ὄρει 92× (14.0%)

ὄρη 79× (14.2%)

ὀρέων 46× (8.1%)

ὄρεσιν 14× (2.2%)

--- 10× (2.0%)

ὀρεινὴν 7× (1.0%)

pεἰσ 6× (1.2%)

ὀρέων 5× (0.8%)

אל אֶל־

toward

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

אל

ʼêl

Definition

near, with or among; often in general, to

Root

(but only used in the shortened constructive form אל ); a primitive particle; properly, denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e.

Exhaustive

(but only used in the shortened constructive form אל ); a primitive particle; properly, denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e.; near, with or among; often in general, to; about, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H413

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

אֵל

pronominal stem • Strongs_Numbers • Page 127

Aramaic demonstrative pronoun, same as Hebrew II. in a variety of senses.

אֵל

noun masculine • Strongs_Numbers • Page 127

God (used in proper names like טָבְאֵל).

אֵל

noun • Strongs_Numbers • Page 127

Used as a groundform for אַלִי.

אֵל

pronoun demonstrative • Root אלה • Strongs_Numbers • Page 129

Pronominal stem abridged from 'ela, a demonstrative vocable. Demonstrative pronoun plural 'these'. A stronger form than 'ela, namely 'elle. Often found with the article הָאֵל (these).

אֵל

pronoun • Root אלה • Strongs_Numbers • Page 129

Aramaic equivalent to the Hebrew אֵל II. Found only in Ezr. 5, 15 K'ri, for which the K'tib has אֵלֶּה synonymous with the Targumic אִלֵּךְ.

אֵל

noun masculine • Root איל אול • Strongs_Numbers • Page 129

A very old Semitic name of the highest deity, which already appears in the pre-historic period: God. Stands both for the God of the Hebrews (Jehovah), gods of another nation, or idols. Also means 'strong' or 'mighty'.

אֵל

noun masculine • Strongs_Numbers • Page 130

God, Deity; applied to the true God, pagan gods, or in proper names. Also denotes strength, might, or power (e.g., in the phrase 'it is in the power of my hand').

אֵל

pronom. stem • Strongs_Numbers • Page 131

Collateral form of pronoun demonstrative אֵל (these).

אֵל

pronom. stem • Strongs_Numbers • Page 131

Construct of אֶל I. (preposition 'to', 'towards').

אֵל

abbreviation • Strongs_Numbers • Page 131

An abbreviation of God in proper names, e.g. אֶלְעָלָא, אֶלְזָבָד.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

אֶל

chald. • Page 49

Chald. idem. [to Hebrew אַל]. Dan. 2: 24.

אֶל

preposition • Page 50

Primary preposition meaning: 1. to (sign of the dative); 2. towards, even to (Num. 24:1); 3. at, on, near (1 K. 13:20); 4. about, concerning (Gen. 20:2); 5. in, into (Gen. 8:9); 6. among (1 Sam. 10:22); 7. through (Ezek. 44:7); 8. for, on account of (1 K. 14:5); 9. in combination with other prepositions implies direction.

אֵל

m. verbal / dec. i. a. • Root אול • Page 49

1. strong, mighty (Ezek. 31:11). 2. strength, power (Gen. 31:29; Prov. 3:27). 3. most frequently God, applied both to Jehovah and heathen gods (Is. 44:10).

אֵל

pronoun • Page 49

pronoun plural; i. q. אֵלֶּה [these]. Also appears in the form הָאֵל.

אֵל

chald. • Page 50

Chald. idem. Ezra 5:15 Keri.

BDB

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon

H413

אֵל (nearly always followed by maqqeph), in poetry אֱלֵי (compare עֲלֵי, עֲדֵי), but only in Job (1 Samuel 3:22; 1 Samuel 5:26; 1 Samuel 15:22; 1 Samuel 29:19), with suffix אֱלַי, אֵלֶיךָ, אֱלֶיךְ, etc. אֱלֵינוּ, אֲלֵיכֶם & (5 times) אֲלֵכֶם, אֲלֵיהֶם & אֲלֵהֶם (both very often); once אֱלֵימוֹ Psalm 2:5, אֲלֵיהֶן, once אֲלֵהֶן Exodus 1:19 (Assyrian ilî, Arabic عربي), preposition denoting motion to or direction towards (whether physical or mental).

Cognates:

• Assyrian ilî
• Arabic عربي

1. Motion to or unto a person or place

• Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:22; Genesis 3:19; Genesis 8:9; Genesis 14:22; Genesis 16:9 etc.
• After every kind of verb expressing motion (בּוֹא, הָלַךְ, יָצָא etc.) So with נָתַן to give (though לְ is here more common) Genesis 21:14; Genesis 35:4; Deuteronomy 13:2 +; מָכַר to sell Deuteronomy 37:36, etc.
• Metaphorical Jeremiah 2:19 וְלֹא פַּחַדְתִּי אֵלֶיךָ and that my fear (cometh) not unto thee (compare Job 31:23).
• Peculiarly Genesis 6:16 אֵל אַמָּה unto the length of a cubit, etc.
• And metaphor in the phrase אֵל (אֱלֵי) גִּיל unto exultation Hosea 9:11; Job 3:22.
• Once, exceptionally (si vera 1.) = even: Job 5:5 וְאֵל מִצִּגִּים יִקָּחֶהָ and even out of thorns he taketh it.
• Sometimes pregnant, as Isaiah 66:17; Jeremiah 41:7 זָנָה אֵל commit whoredom (by going) to Numbers 25:1; Ezekiel 16:26, Ezekiel 16:28, Ezekiel 16:29; דָּרַשׁ אֵל seek (by resorting) to Deuteronomy 18:11; Isaiah 8:19; Isaiah 11:10 +; חָבַר אֵל join together (& come) unto Genesis 14:3; הִשְׁכִּימוּ אֵל rise early (and go) to Genesis 19:27; Genesis 24:11 הִבְרִיךְ אֵל made to kneel down at; Genesis 47:18 תַּם אֵל i.e. has been made over to; מָחַד אֵל to come in fear to Hosea 3:5; Micah 7:17.
• Opposite is מִן, as מִן הַקָּצֶה אֵל הַקָּצֶה from end to end Exodus 26:28; מֵה אֵל מֵה Ezra 9:11 (synonym 2 Kings 21:16 מֵה לָפֶה).
• And of time (rare) מֵעֵת אֵל עֵת 1 Chronicles 9:25; מִיּוֹם אֵל יוֹם Numbers 30:15 (P) 1 Chronicles 16:23 (in the Psalm 96:2 מִיּוֹם לְיוֹם).

2. Where the limit is actually entered, into

• Genesis 6:18 and thou shalt enter into the ark Genesis 7:1; Genesis 19:3; Genesis 41:21; Genesis 42:17; & so after verbs of throwing, casting, putting Genesis 37:22 (הִשְׁלִיכוּ) Genesis 39:20 וַיִּתְּנֵהוּ אֵל בֵּית הַסֹּהַר put him into the prison house, Exodus 28:30 (Leviticus 8:8) Deuteronomy 23:25; so after קָבַר to bury Genesis 23:19; Genesis 25:9; Genesis 49:29; שָׁחַט to squeeze Genesis 40:11; מָחָה to blot out Numbers 5:23, etc.; metaphor Genesis 6:6 was pained into or unto his heart, שָׁם אֵל לֵב, הָשִׁיב to place, bring into ( = lay to ) heart Deuteronomy 4:39; 2 Samuel 19:20 and elsewhere In connection with a number or multitude into which something enters, in among: 1 Samuel 10:22 behold he had hid himself אֵל הַכְּלִים in among the baggage, Jeremiah 4:3 sow not אֵל קֹצִים in among thorns.

3. Of direction towards anything

• (a) Of physical acts or states, as Genesis 30:40 נָתַן מִנִּי הַצֹּאן אֵל, Genesis 39:7 נָשָׂא עֵינָיו אֵל, Exodus 25:20; Numbers 6:26, נָשָׂא פָּנָיו אֵל (2 Kings 9:32 differently), 2 Kings 24:1 שָׁת מִנִּיו אֵל, Joshua 8:18; Psalm 28:2; 1 Kings 8:29, 1 Kings 8:30 (to pray towards) 1 Kings 8:38; pregnantly חָרַד אֵל to tremble (turning) to Genesis 42:28, תָּמַהּ אֵל to wonder (turning) towards Genesis 43:33; Isaiah 13:8, מָחַד אֵל Jeremiah 36:16: without a verb מֵנִּים אֵל מֵנִּים face to face Genesis 32:31 +; מֵה אֵל מֵה Numbers 12:8; כִּאֲיִנֵּנוּ אֵלֶיךָ the face of Laban, that he is not toward me; כָּלוּ אֲלֵיהֶם failing (with longing) towards them, Lamentations 4:17; Isaiah 63:15; 2 Samuel 3:8; 1 Kings 14:13; Psalm 40:6; alone, as predicate, directed or disposed towards, Genesis 3:16; Genesis 4:7; 2 Kings 6:11 who of ours is towards (i.e. favours) the king of Syria? Hosea 3:3 וְגַם אֲנִי אֵלֶיךָ Ezekiel 36:9; Haggai 2:17; Jeremiah 15:1 (אֵין נַפְשִׁי אֵל).
• (b) With words such as אָמַר to say to Genesis 3:1 + often, דִּבֵּר Genesis 8:15 + often, קָרָא Genesis 19:5, הִגִּיד Genesis 20:17 etc., שָׁמַע to hearken to Genesis 16:11, הִלֵּל to praise to Genesis 12:15 (compare Ezekiel 13:19 חִלֵּל אֵל to profane to), הִזְכִּיר Ezekiel 40:14.
• (c) With words expressing the direction of the mind, as קָוָה to wait Psalm 27:14 +; יָחַל to hope Isaiah 51:5; נָשָׂא נֶפֶשׁ אֵל to lift up the soul (i.e. set the desire) towards Deuteronomy 24:15; Psalm 25:1; שָׁם לֵב אֵל, שִׁית to set the heart (mind) to Exodus 9:21 and elsewhere; לָמַד אֵל to accustom oneself to Jeremiah 10:2; חָרַד אֵל to shew fear towards 2 Kings 4:13; Genesis 43:30; Deuteronomy 28:32 and thy eyes כָּלוּ אֲלֵיהֶם failing (with longing) towards them, Lamentations 4:17; Isaiah 63:15; 2 Samuel 3:8; 1 Kings 14:13; Psalm 40:6; alone, as predicate, directed or disposed towards, Genesis 3:16; Genesis 4:7; 2 Kings 6:11 who of ours is towards (i.e. favours) the king of Syria? Hosea 3:3 וְגַם אֲנִי אֵלֶיךָ Ezekiel 36:9; Haggai 2:17; Jeremiah 15:1 (אֵין נַפְשִׁי אֵל).

4. Where the motion or direction implied appears from the context to be of a hostile character, against

• Genesis 4:8 אֵל הֶבֶל and Cain rose up against Abel (so 1 Samuel 24:8) 1 Samuel 22:12; Exodus 14:5; Numbers 32:14; with נִקַּם Joshua 10:6, הָלַךְ Judges 1:10; Judges 20:30; with בָּא of calamity, etc., coming to or upon any one Genesis 42:21; Judges 9:57; 1 Samuel 2:34; 1 Kings 14:10 +; Isaiah 2:4; Isaiah 3:8 their tongue and doings are אֵלִי Isaiah 32:6 (לְדַבֵּר אֵל) Hosea 7:15 (compare Nahum 1:9) Hosea 12:5 וַיָּשַׁר אֵל מַלְאָךְ and he strove against the angel. Here also belongs in particular the phrase הִנְנִי אֵל Behold I am against (thee, you, etc.) Nahum 2:14; Nahum 3:5; Jeremiah 21:13 (Jeremiah 23:30-32 עַל) Jeremiah 50:31; Jeremiah 51:25; Ezekiel 13:8, Ezekiel 13:20; Ezekiel 21:8; Ezekiel 29:10; Ezekiel 30:22; Ezekiel 34:10; Ezekiel 35:3; Ezekiel 38:3; Ezekiel 39:1 (Ezekiel 5:8; Ezekiel 26:3; Ezekiel 28:22; Ezekiel 29:3 עַל: on Ezekiel 36:9 see above)

5. Unto sometimes acquires from the context the sense of in addition to

• As Leviticus 18:18 thou shalt not take אִשָּׁה אֵל אֲחֹתָהּ a woman to, in addition to, her sister, Joshua 13:22 (Numbers 31:8 עַל); 1 Samuel 14:34 at eat אֵל הַחֹם together with the blood (1 Samuel 14:32 & Generally עַל); 1 Kings 10:7 הוֹסַף אֵל (generally עַל); Jeremiah 25:26; Ezekiel 7:26 שְׁמֻעָה אֵל שְׁמֻעָה (עַל); Ezekiel 44:7; Lamentations 3:41 let us lift up לְבָבֵנוּ אֵל כַּפֵּינוּ our hearts together with the hands (compare Arabic عربي, Qor 4:2; W AG ii. § 51 c).

6. Metaphor in regard to, concerning, on account of

• Thus הִתְאַבֵּל אֵל to mourn concerning 1 Samuel 15:35; הִנָּחֵם אֵל to repent as regards 2 Samuel 24:16; הִתְפַּלֵּל אֵל to pray with regard to 1 Samuel 1:27; 2 Kings 19:20; צָעַק אֵל to cry 2 Kings 8:3 (2 Kings 8:5 עַל); נֶעֱצַב אֵל be pained 1 Samuel 20:34; נִחַם אֵל to comfort 2 Samuel 10:2; more Generally 1 Kings 16:13; 1 Kings 21:22; אֵל נֶפֶשׁ on account of, for the sake of, one's life 1 Kings 19:3; 2 Kings 7:7 (Genesis 19:17 עַל). (עַל is more common in this sense.) And specially with verbs of saying, narrating, telling, etc. with regard to, as אָמַר אֵל Genesis 20:2; Isaiah 29:22; Isaiah 37:21, Isaiah 37:33 +; דִּבֵּר אֵל 2 Samuel 7:19; Jeremiah 40:16 b; סִמֵּר אֵל Psalm 2:7; Psalm 69:27; צָוָה אֵל Isaiah 23:11; שָׁמַע אֵל Ezekiel 19:4; הַשְׁמֻעָה אֵל the report regarding . . . 1 Samuel 4:19. (Not frequently, ext. in the case of אָמַר.)

7. Of rule or standard, according to (rare)

• אֵל מִצְוָה according to the command of, Joshua 15:13; Joshua 17:4; Joshua 21:3 (generally עַל מִצְוָה); אֵל נָבוֹן according to what is fixed = of a certainty 1 Samuel 23:23; 1 Samuel 26:4 (see Dr); perhaps Psalm 5:1; Psalm 80:1 (Psalm 45:1 עַל).

8. Expressing presence at a spot, against; at, by

• Not merely after verbs expressing or implying motion (compare 1), as Joshua 11:5 and they came and encamped together אֵל מֵי מְרוֹם at the waters of Merom, 1 Samuel 5:4 cut off (and fallen) on to the threshold, 2 Samuel 2:23 and elsewhere and smote him אֵל הַחֹמֶשׁ in or on the belly, Deuteronomy 33:28; Exodus 29:12; Leviticus 4:7; but also in other cases, as Joshua 5:3 and he circumcised the Israelites אֵל גִּבְעַת הָעֲרָלִים at the hill of the foreskins, Joshua 22:11 have built an altar אֵל גְּלִילוֹת הַיַּרְדֵּן by the districts of Jordan, Judges 12:6; 2 Samuel 3:32, 2 Samuel 14:30 & 2 Samuel 18:4 אֵל יַד at the side of (elsewhere לְיַד, עַל יַד), 1 Kings 13:20 as they were sitting אֵל הַשֻּׁלְחָן at the table, 2 Kings 11:14 אֵל הַמֶּלֶךְ by the king, Jeremiah 41:12 and found him by the great waters, etc., Jeremiah 46:10 אֵל נְהַר מְרָתַיִם by the Euphrates, Ezekiel 3:15; Ezekiel 11:11; Ezekiel 17:8; Ezekiel 31:7; Ezekiel 40:18; Ezekiel 43:3; Ezekiel 47:7; Ezekiel 48:12.

9. Prefixed to other preps. it combines with them the idea of motion or direction to

• Thus אֵל אַחֲרֵי 2 Samuel 5:23; 2 Kings 9:18, 2 Kings 9:19 סֹב אֵל אַחֲרֵי turn to behind me, Zechariah 6:5 (where אֵל is pleonastic, probably due to clerical error; note יָצָא אֵל before & after); אֵל בֵּין in between Ezekiel 31:10, Ezekiel 31:14; אֱל בֵּינֹת similarly Ezekiel 10:2; אֵל בֵּית to (the part) within (see below בַּיִת), in within Leviticus 16:15; 2 Kings 11:15 have her forth in within the ranks; אֵל מוּל see מוּל; אֵל מִנֶּגֶב to the south of Joshua 15:3; אֵל מִחוּץ to the outside of Leviticus 4:12, Leviticus 4:21 +; אֵל נֹכַח to the front of Numbers 19:4; אֵל תַּחַת Judges 6:19; 1 Kings 8:6 and elsewhere (see below תַּחַת).

Note I. — In Genesis 20:13 אֵל כָּל הַמָּקוֹם אֲשֶׁר נָבוֹא שָׁמָּה וְג׳; Numbers 33:54 אֵל אֲשֶׁר וְג׳; Proverbs 17:8 (compare Deuteronomy 16:6); — אֵל appears to be used by a species of attraction; the idea of motion involved in the relative clause influencing illogically the beginning of the sentence and causing אֵל to be used instead of בְּ. In Deuteronomy 31:14 אֱלֵיהֶם, as pointed, can only be from אֵל III or IV (q. v.); if the word be taken as the Pronoun with suffix (Hi Ke), אֲלֵיהֶם must be read.

Note 2. — There is a tendency in Hebrew, especially manifest in Samuel Kings Jeremiah Ezekiel, to use אֵל in the sense of עַל; sometimes אֵל being used exceptionally in a phrase or construction which regularly, and in accusative with analogy, has עַל; sometimes, the two prepositions interchanging, apparently without discrimination, in the same or parallel sentences. Thus (a) Joshua 5:14 וַיִּמָּל אֵל מָנָיִו; 1 Samuel 13:13 אַתְּמַמְלֵאתָּ אֵלִי שְׂרָאֵל; 1 Samuel 14:34 (see below 5); 1 Samuel 17:3 עֹמְדִים אֵל הָהָר (contracted עַל הָהָר Deuteronomy 11:29); Deuteronomy 19:16; 2 Samuel 6:3; 2 Samuel 20:23 (contracted 2 Samuel 8:16) 1 Kings 13:29; 1 Kings 18:46 (contracted 2 Kings 3:15 עַל) Jeremiah 35:15; Ezekiel 7:18. (b) Judges 6:37 and upon (עַל) all the earth let there be dryness, Judges 6:39 let there be dryness on (אֵל) the fleece; 1 Samuel 14:10 come up עָלֵינוּ, 1 Samuel 14:12 come up אֱלֵינוּ; 1 Samuel 16:23 & 1 Samuel 16:16 & 1 Samuel 18:10 צָלַח אֵל, 1 Samuel 10:6 and elsewhere צָלַח עַל; 1 Samuel 25:17 evil is determined אֵל אֲדֹנִינוּ וְעַל כָּל בֵּיתוֹ; 1 Samuel 25:25; 1 Samuel 27:10; 2 Samuel 2:9 וַיַּמְלֵךְ אֵל וְג׳ אֵל וְג׳ אֵל וְג׳ עַל וְג׳ עַל וְג׳ עַל וְג׳; 2 Samuel 3:29 יָחֻל עַל וְאֵל; 2 Kings 8:3 & 2 Kings 8:5; Jeremiah 19:15; Jeremiah 25:2; Jeremiah 26:15 ye lay innocent blood עֲלֵיכֶם וְאֵל הָעִיר הַזֹּאת; Jeremiah 27:19; Jeremiah 28:8; Jeremiah 33:14; Jeremiah 34:7; Jeremiah 36:31; Jeremiah 37:13, Jeremiah 37:14; Ezekiel 18:6, Ezekiel 18:11 & Ezekiel 18:15; Ezekiel 21:12 etc. Psalm 79:6 (Jeremiah 10:25 עַל twice). It is probably that this interchange, at least in many cases, is not original, but due to transcribers. Conversely, though not with the same frequency, עַל occurs where analogy would lead us to expect אֵל, or even in juxtaposition with אֵל, as 1 Samuel 1:10 הִתְפַּלֵּל עַל to pray to (1 Samuel 1:26 אֵל); 1 Samuel 1:13; 1 Samuel 25:25 אֵל עַל; 1 Kings 20:43 וַיֵּלֶךְ עַל בֵּיתוֹ (1 Kings 21:4 אֵל); Isaiah 22:15; Jeremiah 11:2; Jeremiah 23:35; Jeremiah 31:12. compare Dr Sm i. 13, 13; ii. 8, 7; 15, 4.

¹ If the word be taken as the Pronoun with suffix (Hi Ke), אֲלֵיהֶם must be read.

² There is a tendency in Hebrew, especially manifest in Samuel Kings Jeremiah Ezekiel, to use אֵל in the sense of עַל; sometimes אֵל being used exceptionally in a phrase or construction which regularly, and in accusative with analogy, has עַל; sometimes, the two prepositions interchanging, apparently without discrimination, in the same or parallel sentences.

³ It is probably that this interchange, at least in many cases, is not original, but due to transcribers.

⁴ Conversely, though not with the same frequency, עַל occurs where analogy would lead us to expect אֵל, or even in juxtaposition with אֵל.

⁵ Compare Driver, Samuel, i. 13, 13; ii. 8, 7; 15, 4.

Preposition

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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%)

ויקדש וַיְקַדֵּשׁ

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

קדש

qâdash

Definition

to be (causatively, make, pronounce or observe as) clean (ceremonially or morally)

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; to be (causatively, make, pronounce or observe as) clean (ceremonially or morally); appoint, bid, consecrate, dedicate, defile, hallow, (be, keep) holy(-er, place), keep, prepare, proclaim, purify, sanctify(-ied one, self), [idiom] wholly.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H6942

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

קָדַשׁ

verb • Strongs / High • Page 1261

Intransitively: prop. to be fresh, new, young, pure, shining, bright; hence commonly = to be holy, consecrated.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

קָדַשׁ

verb • Root קדש • Page 581

To be holy. Page continues with various stems: Pi'el (קִדֵּשׁ): 1. To make holy, consecrate, or sanctify (Ex. 28:41, Neh. 3:1). 2. To regard as holy (Lev. 21:8, Deut. 32:51). 3. To pronounce holy (Gen. 2:3). 4. To appoint, institute, or proclaim (Joel 1:14). 5. To separate as holy (Ex. 19:23). Pu'al (קֻדַּשׁ): Passive of Pi'el (Is. 13:3). Hiph'il (הִקְדִּישׁ): Similar to Pi'el meanings; also to set apart or appoint (Jer. 12:3). Hithpa'el (הִתְקַדֵּשׁ): 1. To sanctify or purify one's self (Ex. 19:22). 2. To show one's self holy (Ezek. 38:23). 3. To be kept or celebrated as a festival (Is. 30:29).

BDB

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon

H6942

I. קָּדַשׁ (compare Gerber¹ 238ff.) verb denominative — be set apart, consecrated.

Qal

— Perfect 3 masculine singular קָּדַשׁ Exodus 29:21; suffix קְדַשְׁתִּיךָ Isaiah 65:5; 3 masculine plural קָדֵ֑שׁוּ Numbers 17:2; Imperfect 3 masculine singular יִקְדַּשׁ 1 Samuel 21:6; יִקְדָּ֑שׁ Exodus 29:37 + etc.

1. be set apart, consecrated, hallowed
   • of shew-bread 1 Samuel 21:6 (dubious passage, but compare especially Robertson Smith², who proposes יְקֻדַּשׁ)
   • Aaron and his sons by blood Exodus 29:21 (Priests' Code)
   • other persons Isaiah 65:5 (Dillmann; but Pi`el according to Geiger, Robertson Smith, Cheyne, Duhm, Buhl)
2. be hallowed, by contact with sacred things, and so tabooed from profane use, or forfeited to sanctuary
   • Exodus 29:37; Exodus 30:29; Leviticus 6:11; Leviticus 6:20; Numbers 17:2–3 (Priests' Code); Haggai 2:12
3. consecrated, tabooed (as above)
   • Deuteronomy 22:9 (law against mixtures)

Niph`al

— Perfect 3 masculine singular נִקְדַּשׁ Isaiah 5:16; Exodus 29:43 etc.; Imperfect 3 masculine singular וַיִּקָּדֵשׁ Numbers 20:13; 1 singular אֶקָּדֵשׁ Leviticus 10:3; Infinitive construct suffix הִקָּֽדְשִׁי Ezekiel 36:23; Ezekiel 38:16.

1. shew oneself sacred, majestic
   • c. (+ בְּ) person, (+ לְעֵינֵי) Ezekiel 20:41; Ezekiel 28:25; Ezekiel 36:23; Ezekiel 38:16; Ezekiel 39:27
   • with בְּ Isaiah 5:16; Ezekiel 28:22; compare Numbers 20:13 (Priests' Code)
2. be honoured or treated as sacred
   • synonym נכבד Leviticus 10:3 (Priests' Code)
   • opposed to חלּלשׁם Leviticus 22:32 (Priests' Code)
3. be consecrated, dedicated
   • by כבוד י׳ Exodus 29:43 (Priests' Code)

Pi`el

— Perfect 3 masculine singular קִדַּשׁ Numbers 6:11; 1 Kings 8:64 etc.; Imperfect 3 masculine singular יְקַדֵּשׁ Genesis 2:3 + etc.; Imperative masculine singular קַדֵּשׁ Joshua 7:13; קַדֶּשֿׁ Exodus 13:2 etc.; Infinitive construct קַדֵּשׁ Exodus 29:1 + etc.; Participle מְקַדֵּשׁ Exodus 37:28; suffix מְקַדִּשְׁכֶם Exodus 31:13 + etc.

1. set apart as sacred, consecrate, dedicate:

• a. places: Sinai Exodus 19:23 (Jehovist Source); altar, etc. Exodus 29:36–37; Exodus 30:29 (P); tabernacle, etc. Exodus 40:9, 10, 11; Leviticus 8:10, 11, 15; Numbers 7:1 (twice in verse) (P); tent of meeting Exodus 29:44 (P); place of sacrifice 1 Kings 8:64, 2 Chronicles 7:7; gate Nehemiah 3:1 (twice in verse); — Ezekiel 7:24 see מִקְדָּשׁ
• b. wave-offering Exodus 29:27 (Priests' Code)
• c. persons: priests Exodus 28:3, 41; Exodus 29:1, 33, 44; Exodus 30:30; Exodus 40:13; Leviticus 8:12, 30; firstborn Exodus 13:2 (P); keepers of ark 1 Samuel 7:1
• d. 7th day (by God) Genesis 2:3; Exodus 20:11 (P)

2. observe as holy, keep sacred:

• feasts, Sabbath Exodus 20:8 = Deuteronomy 5:12 (Decalogue), Jeremiah 17:22, 24, 27; Ezekiel 20:20; Ezekiel 44:24; Nehemiah 13:22
• fast Joel 1:14; Joel 2:15
• year of Jubilee Leviticus 25:10 (P); so (+ עצרה לבעל) 2 Kings 10:20

3. honour as sacred, hallow:

• a. God Deuteronomy 32:51, his name Ezekiel 36:23
• b. priest Leviticus 21:8 (Holiness Code)

4. consecrate by purification:

• a. places, house of י׳ 2 Chronicles 29:5, 17 (twice in verse), altar (+ מִטֻּמְאֹת), Leviticus 16:19
• b. people Joshua 7:13 (Jehovist Source), Ezekiel 44:10; Ezekiel 46:20; by washing Exodus 19:10, 14 (Elohist Source); קהל for fast Joel 2:16; Nazirite Numbers 6:11 (P), sons of Job Job 1:5; family for sacrifice 1 Samuel 16:5
• c. war, or warriors, from custom of opening campaign by sacrifice, (+ עַל מִלְחָמָה) Jeremiah 6:4; Joel 4:9; Micah 3:5; Jeremiah 22:7; Jeremiah 51:27, 28
• d. of God, keeping his people pure and sacred: (+ אני יהוה מְקַדֵּשׁ) Exodus 31:13; Leviticus 20:8; Leviticus 21:8, 15, 23; Leviticus 22:9, 16, 32 (Holiness Code), Ezekiel 20:12; Ezekiel 37:28

Pu`al

— Participle מְקֻדָּשׁ Ezekiel 48:11 etc. — consecrated, dedicated: priests 2 Chronicles 26:18; Ezekiel 48:11 (read plural); things 2 Chronicles 31:6; feasts Ezra 3:5; warriors Isaiah 13:3.

Hiph`il

— Perfect 3 masculine singular הִקְדִּישׁ Zephaniah 1:7 + etc.; Imperfect יַקְדּישׁ Leviticus 27:16 (4 times), יַקְדִּשׁ Leviticus 27:14 etc.; Imperative suffix הַקְדִּשֵׁם Jeremiah 12:3; Infinitive absolute הַקְדֵּשׁ Judges 17:3; Infinitive construct הַקְדִּישׁ 2 Chronicles 2:3 + etc.; Participle מַקְדִּישׁ Leviticus 27:15 + etc.

1. set apart, devote, consecrate:
   • a. places: temple 2 Chronicles 2:3, city Joshua 20:7 (P)
   • b. things: Exodus 28:28; Leviticus 22:2, 3 (P); 2 Kings 12:19; 1 Chronicles 23:13; 1 Chronicles 26:26, 27, 28 (twice in verse); Nehemiah 12:47 (twice in verse); money Judges 17:3 (twice in verse); spoil 2 Samuel 8:11 (twice in verse) = 1 Chronicles 18:11; field Leviticus 27:16, 17, 18, 19, 22 (H); house Leviticus 27:14, 15 (H); firstlings Deuteronomy 15:19 (D), Leviticus 27:26 (H)
   • c. of God: consecrate temple 1 Kings 9:3, 7; 2 Chronicles 7:16, 20; 30:8; 36:14; prophet Jeremiah 1:5; firstborn Numbers 3:13; 8:17 (P); devote wicked (as sheep) for sacrifice Jeremiah 12:3
2. regard, or treat, as sacred, hallow:
   • God Isaiah 8:13; Isaiah 29:23 (twice in verse); (+ לְעֵינֵי) person Numbers 20:12; Numbers 27:14
3. consecrate by purification:
   • vessels 2 Chronicles 29:19; persons for Passover 2 Chronicles 30:17; guests for sacrificial feast Zephaniah 1:7 (God subject)

Hithpa`el

— Perfect 1 singular הִתְקַדִּשְׁתִּי Ezekiel 38:23; 2 masculine plural (consecutive) הִתְקַדִּשְׁתֶּם Leviticus 11:44; Leviticus 20:7; 3 plural הִתְקַדָּ֑שׁוּ 2 Chronicles 5:11, 30:17 etc.; Imperfect 3 masculine singular יִתְקַדְּשׁוּ 2 Chronicles 29:34 +; יִתְקַדָּ֑שׁוּ Exodus 19:22; Imperative masculine plural הִתְקַדְּשׁוּ Numbers 11:18 +; הִתְקַדָּ֑שׁוּ Joshua 3:5; Infinitive construct הִתְקַדֵּשֹׁ 2 Chronicles 29:34; הִתְקַדֶּשֿׁ Isaiah 30:29; Participle feminine singular מִתְקַדֶּשֶׁת 2 Samuel 11:4; plural מִתְקַדְּשִׁים Isaiah 66:17.

1. keep oneself apart from unclean things
   • Leviticus 11:44; Leviticus 20:7 (P)
2. of God, cause himself to be hallowed
   • (+ לְעֵינֵי גּוֺיִם) Ezekiel 38:23
3. be observed as holy, of feast
   • Isaiah 30:29
4. consecrate oneself by purification
   • of priests and Levites Exodus 19:22 (J), 1 Chronicles 15:12, 14; 2 Chronicles 5:11; 29:5, 15, 34 (twice in verse); 30:3, 15, 24; 31:18; 35:6
   • of people Numbers 11:18; Joshua 3:5; Joshua 7:13 (J); 1 Samuel 16:5; 2 Chronicles 30:17; Isaiah 66:17
   • woman 2 Samuel 11:4 she having (just) purified herself (+ מִטֻּמְאָתָהּ)

¹ W. Gerber, Die hebräischen Verba denominativa (1896).

² W. Robertson Smith, Lectures on the Religion of the Semites (1889).

conjunctive, Verb Piel sequential imperfect third person masculine singular

LXX: ἡγίασεν ἁγιάσατε ἁγιάσεισ ἁγιασθήσομαι ἁγιάζων

LXX Usage Statistics

H6942:

ἡγίασεν 19× (10.4%)

ἁγιάσατε 9× (5.4%)

ἁγιάσεισ 9× (4.7%)

ἁγιασθήσομαι 8× (4.2%)

ἁγιάζων 8× (4.1%)

ἡγίασαν 6× (3.4%)

ἡγνίσθησαν 6× (3.3%)

ἁγιάζειν 6× (3.3%)

ἁγιάσαι 6× (3.5%)

ἁγιάσῃ 5× (3.0%)

את אֶת־

את-self eternal

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

את

ʼêth

Definition

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

Root

apparent contracted from H226 (אות) in the demonstrative sense of entity;

Exhaustive

apparent contracted from אות in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H853

את

ʼêth

Definition

a hoe or other digging implement

Root

of uncertain derivation;

Exhaustive

of uncertain derivation; a hoe or other digging implement; coulter, plowshare.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H855

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

אֵת

particle • Strongs_Numbers • Page 87

Particle used as a sign of the accusative, indicating the definite object of a verb; also used reflexively, or in designations of time and place. Occasionally interchangeable with other prepositions.

אֵת

substantive • Root אות • Strongs_Numbers • Page 208

I. Proper substance, being, essence, body, self, essential. It is used as the sign of an accusative, or to give prominence to a noun as subject.

אֵת

preposition • Root אנה • Strongs_Numbers • Page 208

II. With; expressing fellowship or accompaniment. Properly side, support, lean upon.

אֵת

noun masculine • Root אתה • Strongs_Numbers • Page 209

Mattock, coulter of a plough, hoe, prop. anything cutting into.

אֵת

noun masculine • Root אתה • Strongs_Numbers • Page 209

Equivalent to אֵת III., of which it is merely a collateral form.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

אוֹת or אֶת

sign of accusative case • Page 35

A sign of the accusative case.

אֶת

com. gen. chald. • Page 81

Equivalent to the Hebrew אוֹת (sign, miracle). Synonymous with תְּמַהּ. References: Dan. 3: 32, 33; 6: 28.

אַתְּ

pronoun • Page 81

Thou (masc.). Equivalent to אַתָּה. Note: Judg. 17: 2; 1 K. 14: 2.

אַתְּ

pronoun • Page 81

Thou (fem.). In pause אָתְּ. Found in Judg. 17: 2; 1 K. 14: 2. Also sometimes appears as a masculine form (Num. 11: 15; Ezek. 28: 14).

אֵת

ii. particle • Page 81

A primitive particle and sign of the accusative case (with Makk. -אֶת; with suffixes אֹתִי, אֹתָנוּ, etc.). Often denotes the definite direct object but can appear in circumstances where other languages employ the nominative (with passive verbs, neuter verbs, or before a nominative subject). References: Gen. 17: 5; Ex. 10: 8; 1 Sam. 17: 34.

אֵת

preposition • Page 82

1. with, together with (Gen. 4:1); 2. with, near by (Gen. 39:6); 3. in or on a place (1 Sam. 7:16); 4. besides (1 K. 11:25); 5. towards, erga (Ruth 2:20, 2 Sam. 16:17).

BDB

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon

H853

I. אֵת — the mark of the accusative, prefixed as a rule only to nouns that are definite (Moabite idem, Phoenician אית i.e. אִיַּת (Schröd p. 213 f.); Aramaic יָת frequently in Targum Onkelos; Syriac very rare as mark of accusative (for which is preferred), but used often in the sense of substance οὐσία, also in that of self, e.g. ܐܠܗܐ per se, reapse, ܐܠܗܐ sibi ipsi, PS 1640f., Samaritan ܢܡ; Arabic لله, only used with suffix, when it is desired to emphasize the pronoun, e.g. Qor 1:4 W AG i. § 189. [Ethiopic uses ܐܠܗܐ k£y¹ similarly, Di § 150 a; but it is dubious if this is etymologically akin.] The primitive form will have been ʾiwyaṯ, originally a substantive with following Genitive, Ol p. 432; whether ultimately a parallel development with אוּת sign from √ אוָה is uncertain: Ol W AG i. § 188 Lag M i. 226 affirm, Nö ZMG 1886, 738 doubts. In Hebrew the ground-form is אוּת; the forms with אֵת, אֶת being abbreviated. In post-Biblical Hebrew, used in combination with another preposition: thus בְּאוּתוֹ הַיּוֹם = Biblical Hebrew בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא, בְּאוּתָהּ הַשָּׁעָה; or as a nomin., e.g. אוּתוֹ הָאִישׁ = Biblical Hebrew הָאִישׁ הַהוּא).

Cognates:

• Moabite idem
• Phoenician אית i.e. אִיַּת (Schröd p. 213 f.)
• Aramaic יָת frequently in Targum Onkelos
• Syriac very rare as mark of accusative (for which is preferred), but used often in the sense of substance οὐσία, also in that of self, e.g. ܐܠܗܐ per se, reapse, ܐܠܗܐ sibi ipsi, PS 1640f.
• Samaritan ܢܡ
• Arabic لله, only used with suffix, when it is desired to emphasize the pronoun, e.g. Qor 1:4 W AG i. § 189
• Ethiopic uses ܐܠܗܐ k£y¹ similarly, Di § 150 a; but it is dubious if this is etymologically akin

1. As mark of the accusative prefixed to substantives defined either by the article (or כָּל), or by a Genitive or pronominal affix, or in virtue of being proper names

• a. With transitive verbs:
  • Genesis 1:1, 16, 29, 30; Genesis 2:11; Genesis 4:1, 2; Genesis 9:3 (אֶת־כָּל) etc.
  • Similarly אֶת־מִי whom (in particular), Joshua 24:15; 1 Samuel 12:3; 1 Samuel 28:11; Isaiah 6:8 and elsewhere (but never אֶת־מָה); also with זֶה Genesis 29:33; Genesis 44:29; 1 Samuel 21:16; 1 Kings 22:27 +, זֹאת Genesis 29:27; 2 Samuel 13:27 +, אַחֲלֶה Genesis 46:18; Leviticus 11:18; Isaiah 49:21 +.
  • So pretty uniformly in prose; but in poetry אֵת is commonly dispensed with.
  • By the use of אֵת with the pronominal affix, a pronoun can at once, if required, be placed in a position of emphasis; let the order of words from this point of view be carefully noticed in the following passages: Genesis 7:1; Genesis 24:14; Genesis 37:4; Leviticus 10:17; Leviticus 11:33; Numbers 22:32 thee I had slain, and her I had kept alive, Deuteronomy 4:14; Deuteronomy 6:13, 23; Deuteronomy 13:5; Judges 14:3 אוּתָהּ קַח־לִי take for me her, 1 Samuel 14:35; 1 Samuel 15:1; 1 Samuel 18:17; 1 Samuel 21:10 אִם־אֶת־הָהִיא תִּקַּח־לְךָ קַח if thou wilt take that, take it, 1 Kings 1:35; 1 Kings 14:9; Isaiah 43:22; Isaiah 57:11; Jeremiah 9:2.
  • So הָאוּתִי Jeremiah 5:22; Jeremiah 7:19.
  • It also sometimes enables the reflexive sense to be expressed (elsewhere נַפְשָׁם) Jeremiah 7:19; Ezekiel 34:2.
  • Rarely with a substantive which is undefined (Ew § 277 d 2 Ges § 117, 1, R. 2), as Exodus 21:28; Numbers 21:9; Leviticus 20:14; 1 Samuel 24:6 (but see Dr) 2 Samuel 4:11; 2 Samuel 18:18; 2 Samuel 23:21; or which, though definite, is without the article, Genesis 21:30; 2 Samuel 15:16; Leviticus 26:5; 1 Samuel 9:3 (so Numbers 16:15) Isaiah 33:19; Isaiah 41:7; Ezekiel 43:10 (for further examples see Ew 1.c.).
• b. With a passive verb (Ges § 121. 1 Ew § 295 b) conceived as expressing neutrally the action in question, and construed accordingly with an accusative of that which is its real object: examples occur with tolerable frequency from Genesis 4:18 (J) וַיִּוָּלֵד לַחֲנוֹךְ אֶת־עִירָד, Genesis 17:5 (P), לֹא יִקָּרֵא עוֹד אֶת־שִׁמְךָ אַבְרָם there shall not be called (=one shall not call) thy name Abram, Genesis 21:5 (E), Genesis 27:42; 2 Samuel 21:11; 1 Kings 18:13; Hosea 10:6 etc., to Jeremiah 35:18; Jeremiah 38:4; Jeremiah 50:20; Ezekiel 16:4, 5; Esther 2:13 (compare Dr JPh xi. 227 f.): also with passive verbs of filling (Ew § 281 b), as Exodus 1:7 +.
• c. With neuter verbs or expressions, especially such as involve the idea of regarding, or treating, appy. by a construction κατά σύνεσιν (rare): Joshua 22:17; 2 Samuel 11:25; Nehemiah 9:32 (compare 1 Samuel 20:13 Dr). Once after אֵין, Haggai 2:17; אֵין אֶתְכֶם אֲלֵי.
• d. Poet. (si vera lectio), after an abstract noun used with a verbal force: Habakkuk 3:13 (Amos 4:11; Isaiah 13:19; Jeremiah 50:40 מַהֲפֵּכָה exerts a verbal force, like the Arabic nom. verbi [see W AG i. § 196, 43]; and Numbers 10:2; Ezekiel 17:9 לְמַסַּע, לְמַשְׁאוֹת are Aramaizing infinitives: compare Ew § 239 a).

2. אֵת marks an accusative in other relations than that of direct object to a verb

• a. With verbs of motion (very rare): Numbers 13:17; Deuteronomy 1:19; Deuteronomy 2:7 (to 'walk the wilderness'); denoting the goal Judges 19:18; Ezekiel 21:25 (Ew § 281 d, n., 282 a 1).
• b. Denoting time (duration), also very rare: Exodus 13:7; Leviticus 25:22; Deuteronomy 9:25.
• c. Expressing the accus. of limitation (rare): Genesis 17:11, 14; 1 Kings 15:23.

3. Chiefly in an inferior or later style, אֵת (or וְאֵת) is used irregularly, partly (α), as it would seem, to give greater definiteness (so especially וְאֵת) at the mention of a new subject (when it may sometimes be rendered as regards), or through the influence of a neighbouring verb (a construct κατά σύνεσιν), or by an anacoluthon, partly (β) as resuming loosely some other preposition

• Thus (α): Exodus 1:14; Numbers 3:26, 46; Numbers 5:10 (with הָיָה: so Ezekiel 35:10) Numbers 18:21 b Deuteronomy 11:2 (anacoluthon), Deuteronomy 14:13; Joshua 17:11; Judges 20:44, 46 (contr. Judges 20:25; Judges 20:35) 1 Samuel 17:34 (see Dr) 1 Samuel 26:16; 2 Samuel 21:22; 2 Kings 6:5; Isaiah 53:8 (probably), Isaiah 57:12; Jeremiah 23:33 (but read rather with LXX Targum אֶתֶּם הַמַּשָּׂא) Jeremiah 27:8; Jeremiah 36:22; Jeremiah 38:16 Kt, Jeremiah 45:4 b Ezekiel 16:22; Ezekiel 17:21; Ezekiel 20:16; Ezekiel 29:4; b Ezekiel 43:7 (LXX Co prefix הָרְאִיתָ) Ezekiel 44:3; Zechariah 8:17; Ecclesiastes 4:3; Daniel 9:13; Nehemiah 9:19, 34; 1 Chronicles 2:9; 2 Chronicles 31:17.
• In 1 Samuel 30:23; Haggai 2:5 probably some such word as remember is to be understood.
• (β): Jeremiah 38:9; Ezekiel 14:22; b Ezekiel 37:19 b Zechariah 12:10; סָבִיב אֵת 1 Kings 6:5; Ezekiel 43:17 strangely (in 1 Kings LXX omits the clause: so Sta ZAW 1883, 135).
• — In 1 Kings 11:1 וְ is merely and also, and especially (see וְ); 1 Kings 11:25 is corrupt (read with LXX זֹאת הָרָעָה אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה הֲדַד); Ezekiel 47:17, 18, 19 read similarly for וְאֵת, זֹאת: see Ezekiel 47:20.

— For some particulars as to the use of אֵת, see A. M. Wilson Hebraica. vi. 139 ff. 212 ff. (who, however, confuses it sometimes with II. אֵת). For denoting the pronominal object of a verb, אֵת with suffix preponderates relatively much above the verbal affix in P, as compared with J E Deuteronomy Judges Samuel Kings (see Gie ZAW 1881, 258 f.), — partly, probably, on account of the greater distinctness and precision which P loves.

יָת mark of accusative (= Biblical Hebrew I. אֵת; Palmyrene ית; Zinjirli Had. 28 with suffix ותה; Nabataean, Palmyrene with suffix יתו (Lzb 263 Cooke 170; compare RÉS 468); Targum Onkelos Samaritan יָת; Syriac ܒܪ (rare)); — Daniel 3:12 דִּי מְנִיּתָ יָתְהוֹן whom thou hast appointed.

¹ Schröd: Paul Schröder, Die phönizische Sprache, Halle, 1869.

² Lag: Paul de Lagarde, works on Semitic languages.

³ Nö: Theodor Nöldeke, Orientalische Skizzen, Berlin, 1892.

⁴ Ol: Julius Olshausen, Lehrbuch der hebräischen Sprache, Braunschweig, 1861.

⁵ W AG: Wilhelm Gesenius, Thesaurus Linguae Hebraeae, ed. by E. Rödiger, Leipzig, 1835-1858.

⁶ Di: August Dillmann, Ethiopic Grammar, Leipzig, 1857.

⁷ Targ: Targum.

⁸ PS: Payne Smith, Syriac Dictionary.

⁹ Qor: Quran.

¹⁰ Ew: Heinrich Ewald, Ausführliches Lehrbuch der hebräischen Sprache, Göttingen, 1870.

¹¹ Ges: Wilhelm Gesenius, Hebrew Grammar, ed. E. Kautzsch, trans. A. E. Cowley, 2nd English ed., Oxford, 1910 (GKC).

¹² Dr: Samuel Rolles Driver, works on Hebrew.

¹³ JPh: Journal of Philology.

¹⁴ LXX: Septuagint.

¹⁵ Targum: Targum.

¹⁶ Sta: Bernhard Stade, Geschichte des Volkes Israel, Berlin, 1887.

¹⁷ ZAW: Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft.

¹⁸ Gie: Friedrich Giesebrecht, works on Hebrew.

¹⁹ Lzb: Mark Lidzbarski, Handbuch der nordsemitischen Epigraphik, Weimar, 1898.

²⁰ Cooke: George Albert Cooke, North-Semitic Inscriptions, Oxford, 1903.

²¹ RÉS: Revue des Études Sémitiques.

H855

III. [אֵת] noun [masculine] a cutting instrument of iron usually translated as ploughshare.

— singular suffix אֵתוֹ 1 Samuel 13:20; plural אֵתִּים 1 Samuel 13:21, אִתִּים Isaiah 2:4 = Micah 4:3; suffix אִתֵּיכֶם Joel 4:10; according to Klo¹ and others also 2 Kings 6:5 אֵת הַבַּרְזֶל, that is, the axe of iron.

¹ A. Klostermann.

Direct object eternal self

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

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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%)

ויכבסו וַיְכַבְּסוּ

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

כבס

kâbaç

Definition

to trample; hence, to wash (properly, by stamping with the feet), whether literal (including the fulling process) or figurative

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; to trample; hence, to wash (properly, by stamping with the feet), whether literal (including the fulling process) or figurative; fuller, wash(-ing).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3526

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

כָּבַס

verb / transitive • Root כבס • Strongs / High • Page 674

(in Kal only part. m. כֹּבֵס) To tread (with the feet), to stamp upon clothes (in order to clean them); hence to full, to wash.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

כָּבַס

verb • Page 308

*to wash, cleanse*, namely, clothes. In Kal only part. כּוֹבֵס Is. 7:3. Pi. metaphorically *to purify the heart*. Ps. 51:4, 9. Jer. 4:14. Pu. pass. Lev. 13:58. Hothpa. pass. Lev. 13:55, 56.

BDB

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon

H3526

I. כָּבַס (approximate number of occurrences: 51) verb — (tread), wash.

Cognates:

• Late Hebrew id.
• Phoenician כבס (as participle)
• Assyrian kabâsu, tread (down), subjugate, kibšu, step, path¹

— Qal Participle only מְסִלַּת שְׂדֵה כוֺבֵס highway of fuller's (= treader's, washer's) field Isaiah 7:3; Isaiah 36:2 = 2 Kings 18:17.

— Pi`el Perfect וְכִּבֶּס consecutive Leviticus 13:6 (11 times); כִּבֵּס Genesis 49:11; 2 Samuel 19:25, etc.; Imperfect יְכַבֵּס Leviticus 11:25 (16 times); 2 masculine singular suffix תְּכַבְּסֵנִי Psalm 51:9, etc.; Imperative suffix כַּבְּסֵנִי Psalm 51:4; feminine singular כַּבְּסִי Jeremiah 4:14; Participle plural מְכַבְּסִים Malachi 3:2.

1. Meanings and Uses

a. Wash garments (i.e. by treading)

• Exodus 19:10, 14 (Elohist Source)
• 2 Samuel 19:25
• figurative of Judah Genesis 49:11
• Elsewhere chiefly in Priestly Code: Leviticus 6:20; Leviticus 11:25, 28; Leviticus 13:6, 34; Leviticus 15:11; Numbers 8:9 +
• Parallel with רָחץ (which = wash person) Leviticus 14:8–9; Leviticus 15:5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11 +
• כָּבַס in Leviticus 27, parallel with רָחץ 15 times; in Numbers 8, parallel with רָחץ 3 times.
• Participle = fuller (compare Qal), only בֹּרִית מְכַבְּסִים Malachi 3:2.

b. Wash person (poetry and figurative)

• אִם תְּכַבְּסִי בַּנֶּתֶר Jeremiah 2:22
• כַּבְּסִי מֵרָעָה לִבֵךְ Jeremiah 4:14
• with suffix Psalm 51:4 (parallel טהר; + מֵעָוֺן)
• Psalm 51:9 (parallel חִטֵּא)

2. Passive Stems

a. Pu`al

• Perfect וְכֻבַּס consecutive Leviticus 13:58; Leviticus 15:17 be washed, of garment.

b. Hothpa`al

• (Compare GKC² §54.3) Infinitive אַחֲרֵי הֻכַּבֵּס אֶת־הַנֶּגַע Leviticus 13:55 after the plague is washed out, so Leviticus 13:56.

¹ Friedrich Delitzsch, Assyrisches Handwörterbuch (HWB), Leipzig, 1896.

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

conjunctive, Verb Piel sequential imperfect third person masculine plural

LXX: πλυνεῖ πλυθήσεται γναφέωσ πλυνάμενοσ πλυθῆναι

LXX Usage Statistics

H3526:

πλυνεῖ 28× (55.4%)

πλυθήσεται 4× (7.6%)

γναφέωσ 3× (5.3%)

πλυνάμενοσ 2× (3.5%)

πλυθῆναι 2× (3.5%)

שמלתם שִׂמְלֹתָם׃

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

שמלה

simlâh

Definition

a dress, especially a mantle

Root

perhaps by permutation for the feminine of H5566 (סמל) (through the idea of a cover assuming the shape of the object beneath);

Exhaustive

perhaps by permutation for the feminine of סמל (through the idea of a cover assuming the shape of the object beneath); a dress, especially a mantle; apparel, cloth(-es, -ing), garment, raiment. Compare שלמה.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H8071

הם

Definition

their, personal posessive - noun suffix: 3rd person masculine plural

Root

Exhaustive

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

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H9028

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

שִׂמְלָה

noun feminine • Root שמל • Strongs / High • Page 1438

1. A garment, dress, especially an upper garment; a splendid garment. 2. (strength) Proper name masculine.

BDB

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon

H8071

I. שִׂמְלָה noun feminine — wrapper, mantle.

— שִׂמְלָה absolute Genesis 9:23 +; construct שִׂמְלַת Deuteronomy 21:13, Deuteronomy 22:5; suffix שִׂמְלָֽתְךָ Deuteronomy 8:4, etc.; plural שְׂמָלֹת Genesis 45:22 (twice in verse) +, suffix שִׂמְלֹתָם Genesis 44:13 +, etc.

1. Wrapper or mantle

a. Usually square piece of cloth worn as outer garment (of man or woman)

• Genesis 35:2
• Exodus 22:26 (Elohist Source)
• Deuteronomy 8:4
• Deuteronomy 10:18
• Deuteronomy 21:13
• Deuteronomy 22:3
• Isaiah 3:6, 7
• Isaiah 9:4
• 2 Samuel 12:20 (Kethibh)
• Ruth 3:3 (Kethibh; of woman)

2. Particular usages

a. As covering in sleep or bed-covering

• Genesis 9:23 (Jehovist Source; compare Exodus 22:26)
• Deuteronomy 22:17

b. As covering or receptacle for articles

• Exodus 12:34 (Elohist Source)
• Judges 8:25
• 1 Samuel 21:10
• Proverbs 30:4

3. General garments or clothes

• Deuteronomy 22:5
• Genesis 37:34
• Genesis 44:13 (Jehovist Source)
• Genesis 41:14
• Exodus 19:10, 14 (Elohist Source)
• Joshua 7:6 (Jehovist-Elohist Source)

a. As costly gifts

• Genesis 45:22 (twice in verse) (Elohist Source)
• Exodus 3:22 (Elohist Source)
• Exodus 12:35 (Elohist Source)

¹ G. M. Mackie, "Dress," in Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible, i. 625 (Hast. DB).

² I. Benzinger, "Dress," in Encyclopaedia Biblica, iii. 2932 (Ency. Bib.).

³ Elohist Source.

⁴ Jehovist (Yahwist) Source.

⁵ Jehovist-Elohist Source.

Noun common feminine plural construct, Suffix pronominal third person masculine plural

LXX: ἱμάτιον ἱμάτια ἱματισμόν στολάσ στολὴν

LXX Usage Statistics

H8071:

ἱμάτιον 8× (29.3%)

ἱμάτια 8× (27.4%)

ἱματισμόν 3× (10.5%)

στολάσ 2× (8.2%)

στολὴν 2× (7.6%)

ἱματίῳ 2× (7.0%)

RBT Translation:

No verse found

RBT Paraphrase:
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Julia Smith Literal 1876 Translation:
And Moses will come down from the mount to the people, and he will consecrate the people; and they will wash their garments.

LITV Translation:
And Moses went from the mountain to the people. And he sanctified the people, and they washed their clothes.

Brenton Septuagint Translation:
And Moses went down from the mountain to the people, and sanctified them, and they washed their clothes.