Exodus 2:6

Paleo Hebrew Niqqud

RBT Hebrew Interlinear:

ותפתח וַתִּפְתַּח

and she is opening up

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

פתח

pâthach

Definition

to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve; appear, break forth, draw (out), let go free, (en-) grave(-n), loose (self), (be, be set) open(-ing), put off, ungird, unstop, have vent.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H6605

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

פָּתַח

verb • Root פתח • Strongs / High • Page 1204

To part asunder, to open, to expand. Figuratively: to make wide, accessible, susceptible, hence to be open, susceptible, accessible to seduction, or to be fooled.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

פְּתַח

chald. verb • Root פתח • Page 559

To open. Dan. 6: 11. 7: 10.

פֵּתַח

m. verbal • Root פתח • Page 559

The opening or insight imparted by any thing. Ps. 119: 130.

פֶּתַח

noun masculine • Root פתח • Page 559

1. a door. Gen. 18:1, 10. 19: 11. 2. a gate. Is. 3: 26. Josh. 20: 4.

פָּתַח

verb • Page 558

1. To open (mouth, hand, ear, etc.). Ps. 39: 10; Deut. 15: 8; Is. 50: 5; Am. 8: 5. 2. To draw (the sword). Ps. 37: 14; Ezek. 21: 33. 3. To disclose, utter. Ps. 49: 5.

BDB

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon

H6605

I. פָּתַח verb — open (Late Hebrew id.; Phoenician פתח; Assyrian pitû, patû; Sabean פתח ¹; Arabic فتح; Ethiopic ፈትሐ; Aramaic מְּתַח, פְּתַח; Nabataean, Palmyrene פתח).

Cognates:

• Phoenician פתח
• Assyrian pitû, patû
• Sabean פתח
• Arabic فتح
• Ethiopic ፈትሐ
• Aramaic מְּתַח

— פָּתַח Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular פ׳ 2 Kings 15:16 + etc.; Imperfect 3 masculine singular יִפְתַּח Exodus 21:33 +; 3 masculine plural suffix יִפְתָּחוּם Nehemiah 13:19, etc.; Imperative masculine singular פְּתַח 2 Kings 13:17 +; feminine singular פִּתְחִי Song of Solomon 5:2; masculine plural פִּתְחוּ Joshua 10:22 +; Infinitive absolute פָּתֹחַ Deuteronomy 15:8 +; construct לִפְתֹחַ Ezekiel 21:27 +; Participle active פֹּתֵחַ Judges 3:25 +; passive פָּתוּחַ Jeremiah 5:16 +, etc.

1. Meanings and Uses

a. Physical objects

• Sack (שַׂק) Genesis 42:27 (Elohist Source)
• Hamper (תֵּבָה) Exodus 2:6 (Elohist Source)
• Pit (בּוֺר) Exodus 21:33 (Elohist Source; i.e. uncover it)
• Mouth of cave Joshua 10:22 (JE Source)
• Grave Ezekiel 37:12–13
• Open vessel כְּלִי פָתוּחַ Numbers 19:15 (Priests' Code)
• Door (דֶּלֶת) Judges 3:25, 1 Samuel 3:15
• Gates of heaven דַּלתֵי שָׁמַיִם Psalm 78:23
• Window (חַלּוֺן) 2 Kings 13:17

b. Figurative and Abstract

• Storehouse/Armoury Genesis 41:56, Jeremiah 50:25
• Womb (grant offspring) Genesis 29:31, Genesis 30:22 (Jehovist Source)
• Mouth (to speak/cry) Ezekiel 21:27, Job 3:1, Isaiah 53:7
• Ear Isaiah 50:5 (Assyrian uznâ puttû)
• Hand (in giving) Deuteronomy 15:8, 11
• Sword (draw it) Ezekiel 21:33, Psalm 37:14

— Niph`al Perfect 3 masculine singular נִפְתַּח Isaiah 5:27, etc.; Imperfect 3 masculine singular יִמָּתַח Ezekiel 24:27; Infinitive construct הִמָּתֵחַ Isaiah 51:14; Participle נִפְתָּח Zechariah 13:1 — be opened, be let loose.

— Pi`el Perfect 3 masculine singular פִּתַּח Job 30:11; Imperfect 1 singular אֲפַתֵּחַ Isaiah 45:1; Infinitive absolute פַּתֵּחַ Isaiah 58:6; Participle מְפַתֵּחַ 1 Kings 20:11.

1. free, ungird, set free
   • Camels Genesis 24:32 (Jehovist Source)
   • Loins of kings Isaiah 45:1
   • Prisoners Psalm 105:20, Jeremiah 40:4
2. loosen, remove
   • Sackcloth Isaiah 20:2, Psalm 30:12
   • Bonds Job 12:18, Psalm 116:16
   • Ground (in tillage) Isaiah 28:24

— Hithpa`el Imperative masculine plural הִתְפַּתְּחוּ Isaiah 52:2 (Kt) loosen thee the fetters of thy neck.

II. [פָּתַח] verb Pi`el — engrave (Late Hebrew Pi`el id.; Assyrian patâhu, bore, penetrate; Arabic فتحة ring).

• On metal 1 Kings 7:36, Exodus 28:36
• On stone Exodus 28:9, 11 (Priests' Code), Zechariah 3:9

— Pu`al Participle feminine plural מְפֻתָּחֹת Exodus 39:6 (Priests' Code) stones engraved with the engravings of a signet.

Aramaic

[פְּתַח] verb — open (see Biblical Hebrew).

1. Pe`al Passive participle feminine plural פְּתִיחָן Daniel 6:11 opened (windows).
2. Pe'îl Perfect 3 masculine plural פְּתִיחוּ Daniel 7:10 books were opened.

¹ Os. (Osiander), Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft (ZMG), xix (1865), 197.

² Gr. (Graetz); Perles, Analekten zur Textkritik des Alten Testaments (1895).

³ Kit. (Kittel) in Di. (Dillmann's Commentary).

⁴ Vogelst. (Vogelstein), Die Landwirtschaft in Palästina (1894).

⁵ W. CG (Wright, Comparative Grammar of the Semitic Languages, 1890).

conjunctive, Verb Qal sequential imperfect third person feminine singular

LXX: ἤνοιξεν ἀνοίξω ἀνοίγων ἀνέῳξεν ἤνοιξα

LXX Usage Statistics

H6605a:

ἤνοιξεν 11× (6.7%)

ἀνοίξω 7× (4.8%)

ἀνοίγων 5× (3.2%)

ἀνέῳξεν 4× (2.7%)

ἤνοιξα 4× (2.7%)

ἀνοίξει 4× (2.6%)

ἀνοίγει 4× (2.4%)

ἀνοίξεισ 4× (2.7%)

ἀνοίξατε 3× (2.1%)

ἀνεῳγμένοι 3× (2.1%)

ותראהו וַתִּרְאֵהוּ

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

ראה

râʼâh

Definition

to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative); advise self, appear, approve, behold, [idiom] certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), mark, meet, [idiom] be near, perceive, present, provide, regard, (have) respect, (fore-, cause to, let) see(-r, -m, one another), shew (self), [idiom] sight of others, (e-) spy, stare, [idiom] surely, [idiom] think, view, visions.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H7200

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

רָאָה

verb • Root ראה • Strongs / High • Page 1308

To see, look, behold, or observe (physical act); to perceive, experience, or know (metaphorical); of prophets, to have revelations; to live/exist (to see light); to inspect, examine, try; to regard, consider, trust, or choose/appoint.

רָאָה

verb • Root ראה • Strongs / High • Page 1308

To be seen, but when used with a negative, to disappear, to be invisible (only 3 pl. fem. is attested as רָאֲתָה).

רָאָה

verb • Strongs / High • Page 1309

To see, look, perceive, appear; sometimes the object follows in a clause introduced by כִּי; to cause to look upon with a mischievous pleasure; to cause one to feel or experience, good or evil; to enjoy.

רָאָה

noun feminine • Strongs / High • Page 1309

The name of a bird of prey, probably named from its keen sight.

רָאָה

adjective • Strongs / High • Page 1309

Seeing.

רָאָה

verb • Root ראה • Strongs / High • Page 1307

1. Intransitive: to see, to look, to view. 2. Transitive: to see, with the accusative. Often meaning to perceive.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

רָאָה

verb • Root ראה • Page 601

To see, look. 1. to see, look (Ps. 64:6, Ex. 5:21, Mal. 3:18). 2. to view with interest or sympathy, to rejoice in a thing (Job 3:9, Ps. 22:18, Ps. 112:8). 3. to look on, to view (Lev. 13:3); specifically of God looking on to relieve affliction (Ex. 4:31, Ps. 9:14). 4. to look or see to a thing, to take care for it (Gen. 39:23, 1 K. 12:16). 5. to see, know, discern (Jer. 20:12, Ecc. 1:16). 6. to visit (2 Sam. 13:5, 2 K. 8:29). 7. to choose, select (Gen. 22:8); passive participle רָאוּי means select or chosen (Est. 2:9). 8. to see or experience good, evil, life, or death (Ps. 34:13, Ecc. 9:9, Ps. 89:49).

רָאָה

verb • Page 602

found only Deut. 14:13. prob. a corrupted reading for דַּיָּה, as in the parallel passage Lev. 11:14.

BDB

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon

H7200

I. רָאָה (approximate number of occurrences: 1315) verb — see.

Cognates:

• Late Hebrew id.
• Moabite (Mesha Inscription) וארא
• Sabean ראי see, expect
• Arabic رأى see
• Ethiopic ርእየ
• Aramaic רֵו, רֵיוָא appearance

— רָאָה absolute Genesis 29:10; suffix וְרָֽאֲךָ Exodus 4:14; רָֽאֲתָה feminine Genesis 38:14; יִרְאֶה Imperfect Genesis 22:8; יֵרֵא jussive Genesis 41:33; וַיַּרְא Genesis 18:2; רְאֵה Imperative Genesis 27:27; רָאֹה Infinitive absolute Exodus 3:7; רְאוֺת construct Exodus 10:28; רֹאֶה Participle active Ezekiel 13:15.

Qal

1. see
   • a. With subject eye: Isaiah 6:5, Isaiah 30:20; of seeing God Genesis 32:31 (face to face); of access to rank Genesis 43:3.
   • b. With accusative of thing: Joshua 24:7, 1 Samuel 24:11; receiving revelation Isaiah 30:10, Ezekiel 13:3; see the sun (the living) Ecclesiastes 7:11.
2. see, followed by clauses:
   • a. With כִּי (that): Genesis 6:2 (Jehovist Source), Exodus 2:2 (Elohist Source).
   • b. With adjective or participle: Genesis 7:1, Amos 9:1, 2 Samuel 18:10.
3. see, so as to learn or know:
   • Deuteronomy 33:9; have experience of Jeremiah 5:12, Psalm 89:49.
4. absolute, have power of vision:
   • Genesis 27:1; figurative of spiritual vision Isaiah 6:10, Ezekiel 12:2.
5. perceive:
   • Exodus 3:4; Genesis 2:19. Note: combined with ידע (know and see): 1 Samuel 24:12, 1 Samuel 12:17.
6. look at, see by direct volition:
   • a. Inspect or reconnoitre: Joshua 2:1, Leviticus 13:3.
   • b. Of God looking with favour: Psalm 138:6.
   • c. Look after, visit: Genesis 37:14, 1 Samuel 15:35.
   • d. Look out, find, select: 2 Kings 9:2, Genesis 41:33, 1 Samuel 16:1.
7. mental observation:
   • a. Consider, reflect: Genesis 31:50, Ecclesiastes 7:14.
   • b. Distinguish: Malachi 3:18.
8. with preposition ב:
   • a. Gaze at, inspect: 1 Samuel 6:19, Ezekiel 21:26.
   • b. Feast eyes upon, gloat over: Micah 7:10, Obadiah 1:12–13, Psalm 22:18.

Niph`al

— נִרְאָה absolute Genesis 48:3; יֵרָאֶה Imperfect Genesis 22:14.

1. appear
   • a. Of God: Genesis 12:7, Exodus 6:3 (Priests' Code), 1 Kings 3:5.
   • b. Of man, present oneself: Genesis 46:29; appear before Jehovah Exodus 34:23, Psalm 42:3.
   • c. Of things: Genesis 1:9, Songs 2:12.
2. be seen: 1 Kings 10:12; be present Exodus 13:7.

Pu`al

— רֻוְּ plural Job 33:21 be seen, detected (perhaps corrupt).

Hithpa`el

— תִּתְרָאוּ Imperfect Genesis 42:1 look at each other.

• Met in combat: 2 Kings 14:8, 2 Kings 14:11.

Hiph`il

— הֶרְאָה Perfect Genesis 41:28; הַרְאֵנִי Imperative Exodus 33:18; הַרְאוֺת Infinitive Deuteronomy 3:24.

1. cause to see, shew:
   • a. Numbers 13:26, 2 Kings 20:13; of God shewing Genesis 12:1, Exodus 25:9.
   • b. Cause to experience: Habakkuk 1:3, Psalm 60:5.
2. cause to look intently at: Psalm 50:23; feast eyes upon enemies Psalm 59:11.

Hoph`al

— הָרְאֵיתָ Perfect Exodus 26:30; מָרְאֶה Participle Exodus 25:40 be caused to see, be shewn.

¹ Mesha Inscription (MI), line 4.

² Gesenius' Hebrew Grammar, ed. E. Kautzsch, trans. A. E. Cowley (GKC), § 75p.

³ D. H. Müller, Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft (ZMG) xxix, 1875.

⁴ S. R. Driver, Notes on the Hebrew Text of the Books of Samuel (Dr Sm).

conjunctive, Verb Qal sequential imperfect third person feminine singular, Suffix pronominal third person masculine singular

LXX: εἶδεν εἶδον ὄψεται ἰδεῖν ἴδετε

LXX Usage Statistics

H7200:

εἶδεν 159× (11.3%)

εἶδον 154× (11.3%)

ὄψεται 52× (3.8%)

ἰδεῖν 51× (3.6%)

ἴδετε 43× (3.1%)

ἰδὲ 42× (3.0%)

ἰδὼν 34× (2.5%)

ὄψονται 33× (2.5%)

ὤφθη 28× (2.1%)

ἰδοὺ 24× (1.9%)

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

H0853:

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H0855:

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הילד הָיּלֶד

the Boy

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

ילד

yeled

Definition

something born, i.e. a lad or offspring

Root

from H3205 (ילד);

Exhaustive

from ילד; something born, i.e. a lad or offspring; boy, child, fruit, son, young man (one).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3206

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

יֶלֶד

noun masculine • Strongs / High • Page 254

Child/Son (used in same sense as Ben in Is. 2,6)

יֶלֶד

noun / m. • Root ילד • Strongs / High • Page 608

That which is born; a son, a boy.

יֶלֶד

noun / masculine • Root ילד • Strongs / High • Page 609

What is born, natus; a child, without respect to sex. Also used for the young of animals.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

יֶלֶד

m. verbal • Root ילד • Page 284

A child, boy, youth (Gen. 21:8 ff.). Sometimes used for children of strangers (Is. 2:6) or transgressors (Is. 57:4). The plural is sometimes used of both sexes (1 Sam. 1:2, Ezra 10:1). Also refers to the young of animals (Is. 11:7).

BDB

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon

H3206

I. יֶ֫לֶד (approximate number of occurrences: 89) noun masculine^{Genesis 21:8} — child, son, boy, youth.

— יֶּ֫לֶד absolute Genesis 4:23 +; construct Jeremiah 31:20; יָ֫לֶד Genesis 21:16 +; plural יְלָדִים Genesis 33:1 +; construct יַלְדֵי Exodus 2:6 (2 times); יִלְדֵיֿ Isaiah 57:4; suffix יְלָדַי Genesis 30:26, 2 Kings 4:1; יַלְדֵיהֶם Job 21:11; יַלְדֵיהֶן Genesis 33:2 etc.

1. Meanings and Uses

a. Child, son, boy

• Genesis 21:8, 14, 15, 16 (Elohist Source)
• Genesis 37:30 (Elohist Source)
• Genesis 42:32 (Elohist Source)
• Genesis 32:23 (Dinah not included)
• Genesis 30:26
• Genesis 33:1, 2 (twice), 5 (twice), 6, 7, 13 (Jehovist Source)
• Genesis 37:14; Genesis 44:20 (Jehovist Source)
• Exodus 1:17, 18 (+ בֵּן Exodus 1:16)
• Exodus 2:3, 6 (twice), 7, 8, 9 (twice), 10 (Elohist Source)
• Exodus 21:4 (Elohist Source; app. = sons + daughters, but + בָּנָי֫ Exodus 21:5)
• plural = offspring Exodus 21:24 (Elohist Source)
• Ruth 1:5; Ruth 4:16
• 2 Samuel 12:15, 18 (4 times), 19 (twice), 21 (twice), 22 (twice)
• 1 Kings 3:25 (compare 1 Kings 3:20), 1 Kings 14:12
• 1 Kings 17:21 (twice), 17:22–23
• 2 Kings 4:1 (compare 2 Kings 4:5), 4:18, 4:26, 4:34 (twice)
• Isaiah 8:18; Isaiah 9:5 (+ בֵּן)
• Joel 4:3 (opposed to יַלְדָּה), Zechariah 8:5 (idem)
• Of young of raven Job 38:41; of wild goats and hinds Job 39:3; of cow and bear Isaiah 11:7

b. (Little) child, children

• 1 Samuel 1:2 (twice)
• 2 Samuel 6:23
• Ezra 10:1; Nehemiah 12:43
• Job 21:11 (+ עֲוִילִים)
• Hosea 1:2
• Lamentations 4:10; Isaiah 57:5

c. Descendants

• Isaiah 29:23
• יַלְדֵי נכרים (compare בֵּן) Isaiah 2:6

d. Youth

• Genesis 4:23 (Jehovist Source)
• 1 Kings 12:8, 10, 14
• 2 Chronicles 10:8, 10, 14
• Daniel 1:4, 10, 13, 15, 17
• compare 2 Kings 2:24 (+ נְעָרִים קְטַנִּים 2 Kings 2:23)
• Ecclesiastes 4:13, 15

e. Figurative

• figurative of apostate Israelites יִלְדֵי־פֶֿשַׁע Isaiah 57:4 (+ זֶרַע שָׁ֑קֶר)
• of Ephraim יֶלֶד שַׁעֲשׁוּעִים Jeremiah 31:20 (+ בֵּן יַקִּיר)

¹ Elohist Source.

² Jehovist (Yahwist) Source.

Particle definite article, Noun common both singular absolute

LXX: παιδίον παιδία παιδάριον τέκνα παιδαρίων

LXX Usage Statistics

H3206:

παιδίον 17× (19.6%)

παιδία 13× (12.7%)

παιδάριον 13× (14.4%)

τέκνα 8× (8.5%)

παιδαρίων 5× (5.7%)

αὐτῆσ 4× (3.3%)

παιδάρια 3× (3.3%)

παιδίου 3× (3.3%)

παιδαρίῳ 3× (3.3%)

νεανίσκουσ 2× (2.4%)

והנה וְהִנֵּה־

And behold!

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ו

wə

Definition

and

Root

From H8505; a prefix

Exhaustive

The conjunctive ו is not merely a fixed coordinator with a stable semantic value (“and/but/or/then”). Its core function is linkage, not meaning. It binds units into a single discourse field—phrases, clauses, or whole scenes—while leaving the logical relation to be inferred from aspect, word order, genre, and context.

So the variability in translation (“and / but / or / even / then”) is not polyvalence in the particle; it is underspecification by design. The language expects the reader/hearer to perceive the relation rather than have it encoded.

Crucially, conjunctive ו does not imply temporal sequence. It implies continuity of attention. Think of it as:
- “this belongs with what precedes,”
- “remain within the same frame,”
“do not reset the discourse.”
This is why Hebrew can chain dozens of clauses with ו without subordination or explicit logic markers. The text advances by accumulation, not by branching syntactic trees. Meaning arises from the interaction:
- Aspect (qatal / yiqtol / participle),
- Position (fronted elements, resumptive nouns),
- Genre (law, narrative, oracle),
- Context (who speaks, to whom).
The ו simply keeps the circuit closed so these cues can operate together. Remove tense assumptions, and the system becomes coherent.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

הנה

hinnêh

Definition

lo!

Root

prolongation for H2005 (הן);

Exhaustive

prolongation for הן; lo!; behold, lo, see.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H2009

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

הִנֵּה

adverb / interjection / demonstrative pronoun • Root הן • Consonantal / Medium • Page 408

A demonstrative particle, functioning as an adverb or interjection. Its primary meanings are there, here, behold!, lo!. It points to a definite existence or presence (e.g., 'is there', 'was there'), and is frequently used with suffixes (הִנְנִי, behold me; הִנְךָ, behold you). Before participles, it adds demonstrative liveliness. It can also function as a mere exclamation or mean 'if'.

Matched via consonantal key only

הֵנָּה

personal pronoun • Consonantal / Medium • Page 408

They (feminine). A 3rd person plural feminine personal pronoun. Related to הֵן I.

Matched via consonantal key only

הֵנָּה

adverb • Root הן • Consonantal / Medium • Page 408

An adverb of place and time. 1. hither, to this place, often used after verbs of motion or to add the idea of motion. Can also mean 'thus far' or 'of time till now'. 2. here, in this place.

Matched via consonantal key only

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

הִנֵּה

interjection • Page 191

see! behold! Very frequent. (Gen. 19:2; Dan. 12:5; 1 K. 20:40).

BDB

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon

H2009

I. הִנֵּה (once הִנֶּהֿ Genesis 19:2) demonstrative particle — lo! behold!.

Cognates:

• Arabic إِنَّ (certainly, surely, literally lo!)

— with suffix (the pronoun being conceived as accusative¹) הִנְנִי Genesis 6:13 + often; (also הִנֶּ֣נִּי Genesis 22:7), הִנֵּ֑נִי Genesis 22:1, 11 +; (הִנֶּ֔נִּי Genesis 27:18); Isaiah 65:1 הִנֵּ֣נִי הִנֵּ֔נִי; but הִנֵּה אָנֹכִי is also said Genesis 24:13, 43; Genesis 25:32; Genesis 48:21; Exodus 4:23; Exodus 7:17 +; and, more rarely, הִנֵּה אֲנִי Ezekiel 37:5, 12, 19, 21; 2 Chronicles 2:3, compare 2 Kings 10:9; Jeremiah 32:27; הִנְּךָ Genesis 20:3 + (2 Kings 7:2 הִנְּכָה), הִנֶּ֑ךָּ Psalm 139:8; feminine הִנָּךָ Genesis 16:11 (6 times); הִנּוֺ Numbers 23:17; Job 2:6; 1 Chronicles 11:25; הִנֵּ֫הוּ Jeremiah 18:3 Kt (הִנֵּה הוּא is more usual, as Genesis 20:16; Genesis 42:27; 1 Samuel 10:22; Jeremiah 38:5; Ruth 3:2); 1 plural הִנְנוּ Joshua 9:25; 2 Samuel 5:1; Jeremiah 3:22; Ezra 9:15, הִנֶּ֫נּוּ Genesis 44:16; Genesis 50:18; Numbers 14:40, הִנֵּנ֑וּ Job 38:35; הִנְּכֶם Deuteronomy 1:10; Jeremiah 16:12; הִנָּם Genesis 40:5 + often (37 times) — lo! behold!

1. Pointing to persons or things

a. General usage

• Genesis 12:19 and now הִנֵּה אִשְׁתְּךָ behold thy wife!
• Genesis 18:9 הִנֵּה בָאֹהֶל behold (she is) in the tent (the suffix being not unfrequently omitted when the noun has immediately preceded, Genesis 16:14; compare Driver² § 135. 6, 2), Genesis 30:3; Genesis 31:51; Exodus 24:8 etc.

b. In response to a call ("Here I am!")

• Genesis 22:1, 7, 11; Genesis 27:1, 18; Genesis 31:11; Genesis 37:13; Genesis 46:2; Exodus 3:4; 1 Samuel 3:4, 5, 6, 8, 16; 1 Samuel 22:12; 2 Samuel 1:7; Isaiah 6:8.
• 1 Samuel 12:3 הִנְנִי עֲנוּ בִי here I am, answer against me; 1 Samuel 14:43; 2 Samuel 15:26 (in resignation: compare Genesis 44:16; Genesis 50:18; Joshua 9:25; Ezra 9:15).
• Of God: Isaiah 52:6; Isaiah 58:9; Isaiah 65:1.
• Plural: Numbers 14:40; Jeremiah 3:22; Job 38:35.
• Emphatic: הִנְנִי אָ֕נִי Ezekiel 34:11, 20, compare Ezekiel 6:3.

2. Introducing clauses involving predication

a. Reference to the past or present

Pointing to some truth either newly asserted or recognized:

• Genesis 1:29 behold! I have given to you all herbs etc. Genesis 17:20; Genesis 27:6; 1 Samuel 14:33.
• In proposals or entreaties using הִנֵּהנָֿא: Genesis 12:11; Genesis 16:2; Genesis 18:7; 1 Kings 20:31; 1 Kings 22:13.

b. Reference to the future

Introducing a solemn declaration or prediction, especially with the participle (futuram instans³):

• Genesis 20:3 הִנְּךָ מֵת behold thou art about to die.
• Exodus 4:23; Exodus 7:17; Exodus 9:3; Deuteronomy 31:17; 1 Samuel 3:11; Isaiah 3:1; Isaiah 10:33; Isaiah 17:1; Isaiah 19:1.
• Phrase הנה ימים באים: 1 Samuel 2:31; 2 Kings 20:17; Amos 4:2; Amos 8:11; Amos 9:13 + Jeremiah 15:1 etc.
• With 1sg הִנְנִי מֵבִיא: Genesis 6:17; Exodus 10:4; Isaiah 13:17; Isaiah 29:14; Isaiah 43:19; Jeremiah 8:17; Jeremiah 11:22 (הִנְנִי פֹקֵד); Jeremiah 16:16; Jeremiah 20:4.
• Anomalously with change of person: Isaiah 28:16 הִנְנִי יִסַּד behold me, one who has founded; Isaiah 29:14 הִנְנִי יוֺסִף behold me, one who will add (so Isaiah 38:5).

3. Use in historical style (וְהִנֵּה)

Frequently after verbs of seeing or discovering, making narrative graphic:

• Genesis 1:31 and behold, it was very good, Genesis 6:12; Genesis 8:13; Genesis 15:12; Genesis 18:2; Genesis 37:29; Exodus 2:6; Deuteronomy 9:13.
• In descriptions of dreams or visions: Genesis 37:7, 9; Genesis 40:9, 16; Genesis 41:1–3; Isaiah 29:8; Amos 7:1, 4; Amos 8:1.
• With a participle (past context): Genesis 24:30; Genesis 37:15; Judges 9:43; Judges 11:34; 1 Kings 19:5, 11.

4. As conditional particle (if)

Rare usage, nearly equivalent to II. הֵן:

• Leviticus 13:5, 6, 7, 8; Deuteronomy 13:15.
• Deuteronomy 17:4 וְהִנֵּה אֱמֶת and behold it is true = and if it be true; Deuteronomy 19:18; 1 Samuel 20:12; 1 Samuel 9:7; 2 Samuel 18:11; Hosea 9:6.

¹ Ewald's Hebrew Grammar, ed. E. Kautzsch, § 262 c (Ew).

² S. R. Driver, A Treatise on the Use of the Tenses in Hebrew, § 135. 6, 2.

³ S. R. Driver, A Treatise on the Use of the Tenses in Hebrew, § 135. 3.

Conjunction, Particle interjection

LXX: ἰδοὺ --- ἰδού '' ἦν

LXX Usage Statistics

H2009:

ἰδοὺ 634× (73.5%)

--- 25× (3.1%)

ἰδού 14× (1.6%)

'' 12× (1.3%)

ἦν 9× (0.9%)

ἐστιν 8× (0.8%)

ὅτι 7× (0.9%)

ἰδου 7× (0.8%)

νῦν 6× (0.7%)

ὧδε 6× (0.7%)

נער נַעַר

a boy

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

נער

naʻar

Definition

(concretely) a boy (as active), from the age of infancy to adolescence; by implication, a servant; also (by interch. of sex), a girl (of similar latitude in age)

Root

from H5287 (נער);

Exhaustive

from נער; (concretely) a boy (as active), from the age of infancy to adolescence; by implication, a servant; also (by interch. of sex), a girl (of similar latitude in age); babe, boy, child, damsel (from the margin), lad, servant, young (man).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H5288

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

נֵעוֹר

nif. • Root עור • Consonantal / Low • Page 1070

To be bared, of a bow, by its being taken out of its case.

Matched after stripping common prefixes

נַ֫עַר

noun / masculine • Root נער • Consonantal / Low • Page 978

A newly born one, child, boy, youth, young man, servant, soldier; also used for a maiden. Can also mean one who is driven about or wandering (from נָעַר II).

Matched after stripping common prefixes

נֹ֫עַר

noun / masculine • Root נער • Consonantal / Low • Page 978

Youth.

Matched after stripping common prefixes

נִעֵר

verb • Root נער • Consonantal / Low • Page 978

To drive about, to push about, to make restless; to thrust out, to drive out.

Matched after stripping common prefixes

נָעַר

verb / intransitive • Root נער • Consonantal / Low • Page 977

To roar, to growl, of the lion.

Matched after stripping common prefixes

נָעַר

verb • Root נער • Consonantal / Low • Page 978

To move to and fro, to shake, to cast, hence to thrust away, to displace; to shake off; to shake out; to drive or chase away.

Matched after stripping common prefixes

נָעַר

root • Root נער • Consonantal / Low • Page 978

A stem for נַ֫עַר and its derivatives, whose fundamental meaning is not clear. Suggested connections include roots meaning 'to sprout' or 'to grow'.

Matched after stripping common prefixes

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

נַעַר

m. dec. vi. c. prim. • Page 448

I. 1. a child, even a suckling. Ex. 2:6. Judg. 13:5, 7. 2. a young man, spoken e.g. of Joseph, Solomon, and four hundred young men. Gen. 37:2, 1 K. 3:7, 1 Sam. 30:17. 3. a servant, like παῖς, puer. 2 K. 5:20, 1 K. 20:15. Note: In the pentateuch, by a peculiar idiom, it is used for both puer and puella, hence instead of נַעֲרָה.

נַעַר

m. verbal from נָעַר no. i. • Root נער • Page 448

II. the wandering, straying, spoken of cattle. Zech. 11:16.

BDB

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon

H5288

I. נַ֫עַר (occurrence: 1) noun masculine — a shaking, scattering.

— נַ֫עַר Zechariah 11:16.

1. Meanings and Uses

a. Interpretation

• Usually interpreted as abstract for concrete = scattered ones: Zechariah 11:16; but text corrupt (compare Wellhausen¹ and Nowack²).

¹ Julius Wellhausen, Skizzen und Vorarbeiten, v. Die Kleinen Propheten (1892).

² Wilhelm Nowack, Die kleinen Propheten (Handkommentar zum Alten Testament, 1897).

Noun common both singular absolute

LXX: παιδάριον παιδάρια παιδαρίῳ παιδαρίου παιδαρίοισ

LXX Usage Statistics

H5288:

παιδάριον 77× (30.7%)

παιδάρια 18× (7.6%)

παιδαρίῳ 16× (6.3%)

παιδαρίου 12× (4.7%)

παιδαρίοισ 11× (4.3%)

παιδαρίων 11× (4.3%)

παιδίον 11× (4.3%)

νεώτεροσ 7× (3.2%)

παιδίου 6× (2.4%)

'' 6× (2.4%)

בכה בֹּכֶה

he who wails

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

בכה

bâkâh

Definition

to weep; generally to bemoan

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; to weep; generally to bemoan; [idiom] at all, bewail, complain, make lamentation, [idiom] more, mourn, [idiom] sore, [idiom] with tears, weep.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H1058

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

בֶּכֶה

noun masculine • Root בכה • Lemma_Lookup • Page 243

a weeping.

בָּכָה

verb • Root בכה • Lemma_Lookup • Page 243

intr. prop. to flow, therefore to weep (to shed tears); metaph. to mourn, lament, in cases of misfortune; to bemoan.

שְׁבָכָה

noun masculine • Lemma_Lookup • Page 1373

lattice-work (plural form).

שְׁבָכָה

noun feminine • Lemma_Lookup • Page 1373

a net, a trap, a figure of danger; lattices, balusters; lattice-enclosure, of a window.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

בָּכָה

verb • Page 98

To weep, to weep for, to bewail. Often construed with prepositions like לְ ,אֶל ,עַל. Pi. to bewail (Ezek. 8:14). (Gen. 23:2, 37:35, 50:3; Lam. 1:16; Jer. 22:10; Num. 11:13).

BDB

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon

H1058

I. בָּכָה (approximate number of occurrences: 114) verb — weep, bewail.

Cognates:

• Arabic بكى
• Aramaic בְּכָא, בְּכִי
• Assyrian bakû
• Ethiopic በከየ

— בָּכָה Perfect Genesis 43:14; Hosea 12:5; וּבָֽכְתָה consecutive Deuteronomy 21:13; בָּכִ֫יתִּי Job 30:25, etc.; Imperfect וַיֵּבְךְ Genesis 37:35 (16 times); וַיֵּבְךְּ Genesis 27:28 etc.; 3 feminine singular תִּבְכֶּה 1 Samuel 1:10 (2 times); וַתִּבְכֶּה 1 Samuel 1:7, וַתֵּבְךְּ Genesis 21:16 (where Septuagint masculine) + 4 times; 2 masculine singular תִּבְכֶּה Isaiah 30:19; Ezekiel 24:16; וַתִּבְכֶּה 2 Kings 22:19, וַתֵּבְךְּ 2 Samuel 12:21, 2 Chronicles 34:27; 2 feminine singular תִּבְכִּי 1 Samuel 1:8; אֶבְכֶּה Judges 11:37 (4 times); וָאֶבְכֶּה 2 Samuel 12:22 (2 times); יִבְכּוּ Leviticus 10:6 (3 times); יִבְכָּי֑וּן Job 31:38; Isaiah 33:7; 3 feminine plural תִּבְכֶּינָה Job 27:15; Psalm 78:64; וַתִּבְכֶּינָה Ruth 1:9, 14, etc.; Imperative plural בְּכוּ Jeremiah 22:10; Joel 1:5; בְּכֶינָה 2 Samuel 1:24; Infinitive absolute בָּכוֺ Isaiah 30:19 (3 times) + Micah 1:10 (where read בְּעַכּוֺ); בָּכֹה 1 Samuel 1:10 (3 times); construct לִבְכּוֺת Genesis 43:30 (3 times); לִבְכֹּתָהּ Genesis 23:2; Participle בֹּכֶה (בּוֺכֶה) Exodus 2:6 (6 times); feminine singular בּוֺכִיָּה Lamentations 1:16; plural בֹּכִים (בּוֹכִים) Ezra 3:12 +, etc.

Qal

1. weep (in grief, humiliation, or joy), absolute
   • Genesis 42:24; Genesis 43:30; Exodus 2:6
   • Numbers 11:4, 10; Numbers 14:1
   • 1 Samuel 1:7, 8, 10; 1 Samuel 11:5; 1 Samuel 30:4
   • 2 Samuel 1:12; 2 Samuel 3:16; 2 Samuel 13:36; 2 Samuel 15:30; 2 Samuel 19:1–2
   • 2 Kings 8:11–12; Isaiah 30:19
   • Jeremiah 41:6; Jeremiah 50:4; Ezekiel 24:16, 23
   • Lamentations 1:2; Zechariah 7:3; Joel 1:5; Joel 2:17
   • Psalm 78:64; Psalm 126:6; Job 27:15
   • Ecclesiastes 3:4 (opposed to שׂחק)
   • Ezra 10:1; Nehemiah 8:9; Esther 8:3
   • figurative of inanimate subject: תְּלָמֶיהָ יִבְכָּיוּן its furrows weep Job 31:38
   • Of loud weeping נָשָׂא הַקּוֺל וַיִּבְךְ: Genesis 21:16; Genesis 27:38; Genesis 29:11; Judges 2:4; Judges 21:2; 1 Samuel 11:4; 1 Samuel 24:17; 2 Samuel 3:32; 2 Samuel 13:36; Job 2:12; Ruth 1:9, 14
2. with accusative of cognate meaning with verb בְּכִי
   • Judges 21:2; 2 Samuel 13:36; 2 Kings 20:3 (= Isaiah 38:3)
   • weep bitterly מַר יִבְכֶּה Isaiah 33:7
   • weep intensely (with absolute): 1 Samuel 1:10; Jeremiah 22:10; Lamentations 1:2
3. followed by עַל weep upon, i.e. embrace and weep
   • עַל־צַוָּארָיו Genesis 45:14; Genesis 46:29
   • עַל־פָּנָיו 2 Kings 13:14
   • weep over, for: Judges 11:37–38; 2 Samuel 3:34; Lamentations 1:16
   • followed by אֶל: 2 Samuel 1:24; 2 Samuel 3:32; Ezekiel 27:31
   • followed by לְ: Jeremiah 22:10; Jeremiah 48:32; Job 30:25
4. followed by accusative bewail
   • Genesis 23:2; Genesis 37:35; Genesis 50:3
   • Leviticus 10:6; Numbers 20:29; Deuteronomy 21:13; Deuteronomy 34:8
   • Jeremiah 8:23; Isaiah 16:9
5. followed by עַל in sense of burden, annoy with weeping
   • Numbers 11:13; Judges 14:16–17; (+ לִפְנֵי) Numbers 11:20
6. before Yahweh of penitent weeping
   • Judges 20:23, 26; Deuteronomy 1:45; 2 Kings 22:19
   • 2 Chronicles 34:27; Numbers 25:6; Ezra 10:1
   • of weeping in anxious entreaty: Hosea 4:5

Pi'el

— Participle feminine singular מְבַכָּה lament Jeremiah 31:15 (raw text cite 31:25) followed by עַל; plural מְבַכּוֺת bewail, followed by accusative Ezekiel 8:14.

¹ Heinrich Zimmern, Babylonische Busspsalmen (Zim BP 23, 56).

² Paul Haupt, The Babylonian Nimrod Epic (Flood tablet, line 130).

³ Friedrich Delitzsch (Dl).

⁴ Gesenius' Hebrew Grammar, ed. E. Kautzsch, trans. A. E. Cowley (GKC / Gu § 77).

⁵ Beiträge zur Assyriologie und semitischen Sprachwissenschaft (BAS i. 145).

Verb Qal participle active masculine singular absolute

LXX: ἔκλαυσεν ἔκλαυσαν ἔκλαιον ἔκλαιεν κλαίει

LXX Usage Statistics

H1058:

ἔκλαυσεν 28× (23.7%)

ἔκλαυσαν 17× (13.9%)

ἔκλαιον 5× (4.3%)

ἔκλαιεν 4× (3.4%)

κλαίει 3× (2.8%)

κλαίων 3× (2.6%)

κλαύσατε 3× (2.6%)

κλαύσομαι 3× (2.5%)

ἔκλαυσα 3× (2.5%)

κλαῦσαι 3× (2.5%)

ותחמל וַתַּחְמֹל

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

חמל

châmal

Definition

to commiserate; by implication, to spare

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; to commiserate; by implication, to spare; have compassion, (have) pity, spare.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H2550

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

חָמַל

verb • Root חמל • Strongs / High • Page 498

I. to be mild, meek, tender, soft, mellow; to pity, to have compassion, have mercy, to spare, to forbear.

חָמַל

verb • Root חמל • Strongs / High • Page 498

II. (not used) tr. to endeavour, to work, same as עָמַל, prop. to carry, to bear.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

חָמַל

verb • Page 235

1. To have compassion, to pity (Ex. 2:6, 1 Sam. 23:21). 2. To spare, to save (1 Sam. 15:3, 2 Chr. 36:15). 3. To spare, withhold (Jer. 50:14, 2 Sam. 12:4).

BDB

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon

H2550

I. חָמַל verb — spare.

Cognates:

• Arabic حمل (is bear, become responsible)
• Aramaic חֲמַל comportavit, congessit

— Qal Perfect חָמַל 1 Samuel 15:15 (3 times); חָמָ֑ל 2 Samuel 12:6, Lamentations 2:17; חָמָ֑לְתָּ Lamentations 2:21, Lamentations 3:43; וְחָמַלְתִּ֫י Malachi 3:17; Imperfect יַחְמֹל Job 16:13 (6 times); יַחְמוֺל Job 6:10 (3 times); וַיַּחְמֹל 1 Samuel 15:9 (3 times); 3 feminine singular וַתַּחְמֹל Exodus 2:6; 2 masculine singular תַּחְמֹל Deuteronomy 13:9, 1 Samuel 15:3; אֶחְמֹל Ezekiel 8:18, Ezekiel 9:10; אֶחְמוֺל Jeremiah 13:14 (4 times); וָאֶחְמֹל Ezekiel 36:21; יַחְמֹ֑לוּ Isaiah 9:18; תַּחְמְלוּ Jeremiah 50:14, Jeremiah 51:3; תַּחְמֹ֑לוּ Ezekiel 9:5; Infinitive construct חֻמְלָה Ezekiel 16:5 (GKC¹ § 45, 1. b).

1. Meanings and Uses

a. Spare, have compassion

• With עַל: Exodus 2:6 (Elohist Source²), 1 Samuel 15:3, 9, 15; 1 Samuel 23:21; 2 Samuel 21:7; 2 Chronicles 36:15, 17; Jeremiah 15:5; Ezekiel 16:5; Ezekiel 36:21; Job 20:13; Zechariah 11:5, 6; Malachi 3:17 (twice in verse); Joel 2:18.
• Parallel to חוס followed by עַל: Deuteronomy 13:9; Jeremiah 21:7 (+ רחם); Ezekiel 9:10 (according to Syriac³ and Targum⁴ versions).
• Followed by אֶלֿ: Jeremiah 51:3; Isaiah 9:18.
• Poetic usage אַלתַּֿחְ אֶלחֵֿץ = spare no arrow Jeremiah 50:14.
• Followed by Infinitive: 2 Samuel 12:4.
• Absolute usage: 2 Samuel 12:6; Isaiah 30:14; Lamentations 2:17, 21; also Lamentations 2:2 (apparently followed by accusative), Lamentations 3:43; Job 6:10; Job 16:13; Job 27:22; Proverbs 6:34; Habakkuk 1:17.
• Parallel to חוס: Ezekiel 5:11; Ezekiel 7:4, Ezekiel 7:9; Ezekiel 8:18; Ezekiel 9:5; Jeremiah 13:14 (parallel to אחוס and ארחם).

¹ Gesenius' Hebrew Grammar, ed. E. Kautzsch, trans. A. E. Cowley, 2nd English ed., Oxford, 1910 (GKC).

² Elohist Source.

³ Syriac Version (Peshitta).

⁴ Targum.

conjunctive, Verb Qal sequential imperfect third person feminine singular

LXX: ἐφείσατο ἐλεήσω φείσεται --- φείσησθε

LXX Usage Statistics

H2550:

ἐφείσατο 7× (16.0%)

ἐλεήσω 5× (12.5%)

φείσεται 4× (10.0%)

--- 2× (5.0%)

φείσησθε 2× (5.0%)

περιεποιήσατο 2× (4.6%)

---% 2× (4.2%)

עליו עָלָיו

upon himself

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

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

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 Suffix pronominal third person masculine singular

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%)

ותאמר וַתֹּ֕אמֶר

and she is saying

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

אמר

ʼâmar

Definition

to say (used with great latitude)

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude); answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [idiom] plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), [idiom] still, [idiom] suppose, talk, tell, term, [idiom] that is, [idiom] think, use (speech), utter, [idiom] verily, [idiom] yet.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H559

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

אָמַר

verb • Root אמר • Strongs_Numbers • Page 155

1. (not used) to stand prominently upwards, to project upwards, hence to be elevated. 2. to say, to speak, to command; to press out sounds from within.

אָמַר

verb • Root אמר • Strongs_Numbers • Page 755

to say, speak

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

אָמַר

verb • Root אמר • Page 58

1. to say (dico). Differs from דבר (to speak) in that אָמַר is almost uniformly followed by the words spoken (Lev. 1:2; Gen. 44:16). 2. to think. (Speaking and thinking).

אָמַר

verb • Root אמר • Page 59

To command (Est 1:17, 1 Chr 21:17); to praise (Ps 40:11). Niph.: to be said, to be called holy (Is 4:3). Hiph.: to declare solemnly, to promise (Deut 26:17, 18). Hithpa.: to boast one's self (Ps 94:4), or to exercise dominion.

BDB

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon

H559

I. אָמַר (5287) verb utter, say (Egyptian mr command; Phoenician אמר; Aramaic אֲמַר; Ethiopic ሀሁሂሃ I. 2 shew, declare; Arabic أمر command; perhaps √ אמר originally = be or make prominent, hence Hithpael below, אָמִיר; Sabaean אמר lofty, epithet of king idem Mordtmann ZMG 1876, 37; compare Dl Pr 28 who thinks original meaning hell, sichtbar sein, whence Assyrian amāru, see, & shew, declare, say).

Cognates:

• Egyptian mr command
• Phoenician אמר
• Aramaic אֲמַר
• Ethiopic ሀሁሂሃ I. 2 shew, declare
• Arabic أمر command
• Sabaean אמר lofty, epithet of king
• Assyrian amāru see, & shew, declare, say

Qal

Perfect 3 masculine singular אָמַר Genesis 3:1 +; Imperfect יֹאמַר Genesis 31:8 +; וַיֹּאמֶר Genesis 1:3 +; וַיֹּאמַר Genesis 14:19 +; in Job always וַיֹּאמַר Job 3:2 +; 3 feminine singular תֹּאמַר Genesis 21:12 +; תֹּאמַר Proverbs 1:21; 1 singular אֹמַר Genesis 22:2 +; אוֹמְרָה Psalm 42:10; וָאֹמַר Genesis 20:13 +; וָאוֹמַר Nehemiah 2:7,17,20; 3 masculine plural יֹאמְרוּ Exodus 4:1 + etc.; suffix יֹמְרוּךָ Psalm 139:20; 2 masculine plural תֹּמְרוּ 2 Samuel 19:14 (compare Kö i. p. 385); Imperative אֱמֹר Genesis 45:17 +, etc.; Infinitive absolute אָמוֹר Exodus 21:5 +; construct אֱמֹר Ezekiel 25:8 +; הָאֱמֹר Job 34:18 but read הָאֹמַר idem Di, or better הֵאָמֹר Infinitive absolute with ה interrogative compare Ew § 328 d; suffix אָמְרִי Joshua 6:10 +; אֲמָרְכֶם Jeremiah 23:38; אֱמָרְכֶם Malachi 1:7 +; לֵאמֹר Genesis 1:22 +, etc.; Participle active אֹמֵר Genesis 32:10 +, etc.; passive הָאָמֻר Micah 2:7, but this grammatically indefensible, read הֵאָמֹר, Infinitive absolute with ה interrogative, see Dr Expositor, April, 1887, 263.

Say (subject God Genesis 3:1 Genesis 32:5, serpent Genesis 3:1, ass Numbers 22:28, horse יֹאמַר הָאָח Job 39:25 etc.; inanimate things, personified Job 28:14 compare Job 28:22 etc.; so in allegory or fable Judges 9:8; 2 Kings 14:9 etc.; especially in narration, וַיֹּאמֶר etc., Genesis 4:6 + very often): mostly followed by thing said, either substantive Jeremiah 14:17 (with clause app.) Deuteronomy 27:16 f.; Judges 12:6; pronoun Genesis 44:16; 2 Kings 20:14 +; or (usually) clause Genesis 1:3; Genesis 3:1; Genesis 37:20 + often (oratio recta [direct speech]); with adverb thus, so Genesis 32:5; Numbers 20:14; 1 Kings 20:3,5 + often; especially כֹּה אָמַר יְהוָה Exodus 5:1; Exodus 7:17; Exodus 8:1; Exodus 8:20; 1 Chronicles 17:4 + often; the person addressed usually introduced by אֵל Genesis 3:1; Genesis 15:7; Genesis 22:7; Leviticus 21:1; 2 Samuel 3:7; 1 Kings 12:5,23, or לְ Genesis 3:13; Genesis 4:15; 1 Samuel 20:2; 2 Samuel 2:21; 1 Kings 14:2 + often; rarer combinations are, בְּאָזְנֵי כֹה אָמַר Isaiah 49:20 (compare Isaiah 5:9 & see דָּבַר); לִפְנֵי כֹה אָמַר Ezekiel 28:9; לְעֵינֵי כֹה אָמַר Deuteronomy 31:7; Joshua 10:12; Jeremiah 28:11; בְּ כֹה אָמַר Joel 2:17; Psalm 126:2, where בְּ local; in all cases usually followed by direct object of words said, Exodus 19:25 being very singular; Genesis 4:8 the object-clause has probably fallen out, compare Vrss Di; = mention, name, designate Genesis 22:2,3; Genesis 43:27,29; Exodus 32:13; Numbers 14:40; 1 Samuel 10:16; 1 Samuel 16:3; 2 Samuel 6:22; Nehemiah 6:19; compare Psalm 139:20 יֹמְרוּךָ לִמְזִמָּה speak of thee for falsehood (but many, as Hup Pe Dy Che, read יַמְרוּךָ); = tell, declare, proclaim, (followed by direct object only) Psalm 40:11; Ezekiel 13:7; in reply to question = answer Exodus 12:27; Joshua 4:7; 1 Kings 9:9; Jeremiah 5:19; Jeremiah 22:9. The object spoken of may be referred to by אֵל 2 Kings 19:32; Jeremiah 22:18; Jeremiah 27:19, or לְ Genesis 20:13 אִמְרִי לִי say of me, etc. Deuteronomy 33:9; Judges 9:54; Isaiah 5:20; Psalm 3:3; Psalm 71:10, very rarely by a simple accusative Isaiah 3:10 (where read probably for אִמְרוּ, אַשְׁרֵי), except after אֲשֶׁר where the words used follow (compare אֲשֶׁר 4d) Genesis 3:17; Numbers 10:29; Numbers 14:31; Deuteronomy 28:68; Judges 7:4; 1 Samuel 9:17,23b 1 Kings 8:29; Lamentations 4:20; compare Numbers 21:16; 2 Kings 17:12; 2 Kings 21:4, & (two extreme cases) Isaiah 8:12; Lamentations 2:15 (see Dr Sm i. 24, 5); הָאָמֻר Micah 2:7 read infinitive absolute with ה interrogative הֵאָמֹר (see above) shall one say? shall it be said? After another verb of saying, introducing thing said: Deuteronomy 21:7; Deuteronomy 25:9; Deuteronomy 27:15; Song of Solomon 2:10 +, even after אָמַר Genesis 22:7; Leviticus 21:1; Jeremiah 34:2; Esther 7:5 +; especially infinitive לֵאמֹר, after דָּבַר Genesis 8:15, צָוָה Genesis 2:16, עָנָה Genesis 44:16, בָּרַךְ Genesis 1:22, נָשַׁבַע Genesis 24:7, נָּדַר Genesis 28:20, etc.; after אָמַר 2 Samuel 3:18; 1 Kings 12:23; Ruth 4:4; 1 Chronicles 21:18 +; after שָׁלַח 2 Chronicles 35:21, שׁוּב Genesis 32:7; compare also Genesis 28:6; Exodus 5:13; Exodus 9:5; Exodus 13:8; Exodus 17:4; Numbers 11:20; Deuteronomy 1:28; Deuteronomy 13:7; Judges 8:15; 1 Samuel 23:2; 1 Kings 13:3; Jeremiah 32:3; Jeremiah 37:9 +; also when subject of לֵאמֹר differs from that of preceding clause Genesis 31:1; Genesis 38:13,24 etc.; after שָׁמַע Isaiah 37:9 = 2 Kings 19:9.

1. Say in the heart (= think)

• בְּלֵב כֹּה אָמַר Deuteronomy 8:17 compare 1 Kings 12:26; Psalm 10:6; Psalm 10:11; Psalm 10:13; Psalm 14:1; Psalm 35:25; Isaiah 14:13; Isaiah 47:8,10; Isaiah 49:21; Ecclesiastes 2:1,15; Ecclesiastes 3:17,18; לִלְבָבוֹ כֹּה אָמַר Hosea 7:2; אֵל לִבּוֹ כֹּה אָמַר Genesis 8:21 said unto his heart (to himself), subject כֹּה יְהוָה, compare 1 Samuel 27:1; אָמְרָה נַפְשִׁי Lamentations 3:24; thence כֹּה אָמַר alone Genesis 20:11; Genesis 26:9; Numbers 24:11; Ruth 4:4; 1 Samuel 20:26; 2 Samuel 5:6; 2 Kings 5:11; followed by clause with כִּי Judges 15:2; in particular = desire מַה תֹּאמַר נַפְשֶׁךָ 1 Samuel 20:4 compare Esther 2:13; followed by infinitive = purpose, Exodus 2:14 thinkest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? Joshua 22:33; 1 Samuel 30:6; 1 Kings 5:19; 2 Chronicles 28:10,13; expect 2 Samuel 21:16 he expected to slay David 2 Chronicles 13:8; 2 Chronicles 32:1.

2. Promise

• (followed by infinitive) 1 Chronicles 27:23; 2 Chronicles 21:7; Esther 4:7; (idem + לְ of person) 2 Kings 8:19; Nehemiah 9:15; (followed by accusative of direct object + לְ of person + infinitive of purpose) Nehemiah 9:23.

3. Command

• (especially late) followed by אֵל of person addressed, Numbers 15:38; 1 Chronicles 21:18; followed by לְ Joshua 11:9; 2 Samuel 16:11; 2 Kings 4:24; Job 9:7; Psalm 106:34 (see below אֲשֶׁר 8e); followed by infinitive 1 Samuel 24:11; 1 Chronicles 21:17; 2 Chronicles 1:18; 2 Chronicles 29:27,30; 2 Chronicles 31:11; Esther 1:17; Esther 4:13,15; Esther 6:1; followed by infinitive + לְ of pers, 2 Chronicles 14:3; 2 Chronicles 29:21; 2 Chronicles 31:4; Esther 1:10; followed by accusative direct object 2 Chronicles 29:24 the king commanded the burnt-offering and the sin-offering, compare 1 Kings 5:20; Esther 2:15; followed by clause with אֲשֶׁר = that Nehemiah 13:19; idem + לְ of person Nehemiah 13:22; followed by clause with כִּי Job 36:10; absolute 1 Samuel 16:16 (read however probably יֹאמְרוּ for יֹאמַר, compare Dr); also Psalm 105:31; Psalm 105:34; Psalm 107:25; 1 Chronicles 14:12; 2 Chronicles 24:8; Nehemiah 13:9,19 (all followed by verb consecutive); command by letter עִם הַסֵּפֶר כֹּה אָמַר Esther 9:25 (followed by imperfect); appoint, assign לוֹ לְלֶחֶם כֹּה אָמַר 1 Kings 11:18 = threaten followed by infinitive Deuteronomy 9:25; Psalm 106:23.

Niphal

Perfect נֶאֱמַר Daniel 8:26; Imperfect יֵאָמֵר Genesis 22:14 +; יֵאָמַר לוֹ Isaiah 4:3; יֵאָמַר Genesis 10:9 +; וַיֵּאָמַר Joshua 2:2; be said, told Genesis 10:9; Genesis 22:14; Psalm 87:5; Jeremiah 4:11; Jeremiah 16:14 (all absolute, indefinite subject, of current saying); so said in a book Numbers 21:14; be related, told, of vision Daniel 8:26; said, told to (followed by לְ indirect object) Joshua 2:2; Hosea 2:1 (twice in verse); Zephaniah 3:16; either so, or told concerning Numbers 23:23; Ezekiel 13:12 (אֵל); יֵאָמֵר לָכֶם = ye shall be called (it shall be said to you) Isaiah 61:6 ("" תִּקָּרְאוּ לָכֶם), compare Isaiah 4:3; Isaiah 19:18; Isaiah 32:5 ("" יִקָּרֵא לְ) Isaiah 62:4 (twice in verse); hence be called, of Tophet לֹא יֵאָמֵר עוֹד הַתֹּפֶת Jeremiah 7:32; subject שֵׁם Genesis 32:29; Job 34:31 כִּי אֵל אֵל יֵאָמֵר, Rabb (compare AV) treat יֵאָמֵר as Niph`al Infinitive for לֵאָמֵר, but against grammar; the form as it stands is Qal Perfect, אֵל אֵל being prefixed to the interrogative for emphasis (compare Jeremiah 22:15; Jeremiah 23:26; Nehemiah 13:27), see Dr § 9 Di and others; Hoffm., however, reads יֵאָמֵר infinitive absolute = imperative 'so must one speak (it be spoken) to God.'

Hiphil

Perfect הֵאֱמִיר Deuteronomy 26:17 הֵאֱמַרְתָּ הַיּוֹם לִהְיוֹת לְךָ לֵאלֹהִים; Deuteronomy 26:18 הֵאֱמִיר יְהוָה הַיּוֹם לִהְיוֹת לוֹ לְעַם (literally cause to declare, i.e. through agency of Moses; on this & other interpretations see Di).

Hithpael

Imperfect יִתְאַמֵּר Psalm 94:4 subject כָּל מְעֹלֵל אָוֶן act proudly, boast ("" יַבִּיעוּ יְדַבְּרוּ עָתָק probably also 2 masculine plural תִּתְאַמֵּרוּ Isaiah 61:6 (in good sense, followed by בְּ of thing gloried in) Ges Comm. so De Che Kö i. 457 f. (from [ יָמַר ] exchange Thes Hi Kn Ew Di; but see יָמַר, מוֹר).

¹ [] Indicates that the form enclosed is not actually found (assumed/reconstructed) or that the Hebrew offers no positive proof (e.g., gender).

² √ Root or stem.

³ || Parallel of words (synonymous or contrasted); also of passages; sometimes 'see parallel' or 'so also in parallel'.

⁴ = Equivalent / equals.

⁵ + Prefixed or added, indicates 'All passages cited'. Also used as 'plus', denoting often that other passages might be cited.

⁶ J Jehovist (Yahwist) Source.

⁷ ? Sign of doubt.

⁸ t. times (following a number).

⁹ * Assumed form (not actually found).

¹⁰ ° Additions / glosses.

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

¹² Mordtmann ZMG 1876, 37.

¹³ Dl Pr 28.

¹⁴ Ew § 328 d.

¹⁵ Kö i. p. 385.

¹⁶ Dr Expositor, April, 1887, 263.

¹⁷ Dr Sm i. 24, 5.

¹⁸ Vrss Versions.

¹⁹ Di Dillmann.

²⁰ Hup Hupfeld.

²¹ Pe Perowne.

²² Dy Delitzsch.

²³ Che Cheyne.

²⁴ AV Authorized Version.

²⁵ Rabb Rabbinic.

²⁶ Dr § 9.

²⁷ Hoffm Hoffmann.

²⁸ Ges Gesenius.

²⁹ De Delitzsch.

³⁰ Kö König.

³¹ Thes Thesaurus.

³² Hi Hitzig.

³³ Kn Knobel.

³⁴ Ew Ewald.

conjunctive, Verb Qal sequential imperfect third person feminine singular

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H0559:

No stats available

מילדי מִיַּלְדֵי

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

מ

mi / min

Definition

from

Root

Abbreviated from H4480

Exhaustive

(mem) — from / out of

Core value: emergence, separation, derivation
מ does not merely indicate origin in time (“after”). It marks boundary-crossing:
- source,
- differentiation,
- contrast,
- extraction.
Aonically, מ indicates transition between states.
not “after X” but “out from within X.”
This is why מ can signal both cause and contrast: both involve standing on the far side of a boundary.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

ילד

yeled

Definition

something born, i.e. a lad or offspring

Root

from H3205 (ילד);

Exhaustive

from ילד; something born, i.e. a lad or offspring; boy, child, fruit, son, young man (one).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3206

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

יֶלֶד

noun masculine • Strongs / High • Page 254

Child/Son (used in same sense as Ben in Is. 2,6)

יֶלֶד

noun / m. • Root ילד • Strongs / High • Page 608

That which is born; a son, a boy.

יֶלֶד

noun / masculine • Root ילד • Strongs / High • Page 609

What is born, natus; a child, without respect to sex. Also used for the young of animals.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

יֶלֶד

m. verbal • Root ילד • Page 284

A child, boy, youth (Gen. 21:8 ff.). Sometimes used for children of strangers (Is. 2:6) or transgressors (Is. 57:4). The plural is sometimes used of both sexes (1 Sam. 1:2, Ezra 10:1). Also refers to the young of animals (Is. 11:7).

BDB

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon

H3206

I. יֶ֫לֶד (approximate number of occurrences: 89) noun masculine^{Genesis 21:8} — child, son, boy, youth.

— יֶּ֫לֶד absolute Genesis 4:23 +; construct Jeremiah 31:20; יָ֫לֶד Genesis 21:16 +; plural יְלָדִים Genesis 33:1 +; construct יַלְדֵי Exodus 2:6 (2 times); יִלְדֵיֿ Isaiah 57:4; suffix יְלָדַי Genesis 30:26, 2 Kings 4:1; יַלְדֵיהֶם Job 21:11; יַלְדֵיהֶן Genesis 33:2 etc.

1. Meanings and Uses

a. Child, son, boy

• Genesis 21:8, 14, 15, 16 (Elohist Source)
• Genesis 37:30 (Elohist Source)
• Genesis 42:32 (Elohist Source)
• Genesis 32:23 (Dinah not included)
• Genesis 30:26
• Genesis 33:1, 2 (twice), 5 (twice), 6, 7, 13 (Jehovist Source)
• Genesis 37:14; Genesis 44:20 (Jehovist Source)
• Exodus 1:17, 18 (+ בֵּן Exodus 1:16)
• Exodus 2:3, 6 (twice), 7, 8, 9 (twice), 10 (Elohist Source)
• Exodus 21:4 (Elohist Source; app. = sons + daughters, but + בָּנָי֫ Exodus 21:5)
• plural = offspring Exodus 21:24 (Elohist Source)
• Ruth 1:5; Ruth 4:16
• 2 Samuel 12:15, 18 (4 times), 19 (twice), 21 (twice), 22 (twice)
• 1 Kings 3:25 (compare 1 Kings 3:20), 1 Kings 14:12
• 1 Kings 17:21 (twice), 17:22–23
• 2 Kings 4:1 (compare 2 Kings 4:5), 4:18, 4:26, 4:34 (twice)
• Isaiah 8:18; Isaiah 9:5 (+ בֵּן)
• Joel 4:3 (opposed to יַלְדָּה), Zechariah 8:5 (idem)
• Of young of raven Job 38:41; of wild goats and hinds Job 39:3; of cow and bear Isaiah 11:7

b. (Little) child, children

• 1 Samuel 1:2 (twice)
• 2 Samuel 6:23
• Ezra 10:1; Nehemiah 12:43
• Job 21:11 (+ עֲוִילִים)
• Hosea 1:2
• Lamentations 4:10; Isaiah 57:5

c. Descendants

• Isaiah 29:23
• יַלְדֵי נכרים (compare בֵּן) Isaiah 2:6

d. Youth

• Genesis 4:23 (Jehovist Source)
• 1 Kings 12:8, 10, 14
• 2 Chronicles 10:8, 10, 14
• Daniel 1:4, 10, 13, 15, 17
• compare 2 Kings 2:24 (+ נְעָרִים קְטַנִּים 2 Kings 2:23)
• Ecclesiastes 4:13, 15

e. Figurative

• figurative of apostate Israelites יִלְדֵי־פֶֿשַׁע Isaiah 57:4 (+ זֶרַע שָׁ֑קֶר)
• of Ephraim יֶלֶד שַׁעֲשׁוּעִים Jeremiah 31:20 (+ בֵּן יַקִּיר)

¹ Elohist Source.

² Jehovist (Yahwist) Source.

Prep-M, Noun common masculine plural construct

LXX: παιδίον παιδία παιδάριον τέκνα παιδαρίων

LXX Usage Statistics

H3206:

παιδίον 17× (19.6%)

παιδία 13× (12.7%)

παιδάριον 13× (14.4%)

τέκνα 8× (8.5%)

παιδαρίων 5× (5.7%)

αὐτῆσ 4× (3.3%)

παιδάρια 3× (3.3%)

παιδίου 3× (3.3%)

παιδαρίῳ 3× (3.3%)

νεανίσκουσ 2× (2.4%)

העברים הָעִבְרים

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

עברי

ʻIbrîy

Definition

an Eberite (i.e. Hebrew) or descendant of Eber

Root

patronymic from H5677 (עבר);

Exhaustive

patronymic from עבר; an Eberite (i.e. Hebrew) or descendant of Eber; Hebrew(-ess, woman).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H5680

גדד

gâdad

Definition

to crowd; also to gash (as if by pressing into)

Root

a primitive root (compare H1464 (גוד));

Exhaustive

a primitive root (compare גוד); to crowd; also to gash (as if by pressing into); assemble (selves by troops), gather (selves together, self in troops), cut selves.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H1413

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

עִבְרִי

gent. m. • Root עבר • Strongs / High • Page 1050

A Hebrew (male and female); a simple and suitable name for the Hebrew people, often used when strangers are introduced or when Israelites contrast themselves with others.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

גָּדַד

i. v. • Page 128

To cut in, to cut off. Found only in Hithpo. to cut one's self in the body as a superstitious rite or sign of mourning. Deut. 14:1; 1 K. 18:28; Jer. 16:6.

גָּדַד

ii. v. • Root גוד • Page 128

To press, to crowd upon. Ps. 94:21. Hithpo. to collect into one place from fear or terror. Mic. 4:14; Jer. 5:7.

עִבְרִי

gentile noun • Root עבר • Page 490

A gentile noun, a Hebrew or Hebrewess. Regarded as a patronymic from עֵבֶר or an appellative from עֵבֶר (the country on the other side). Used in the bible principally by way of antithesis to other nations.

הָעֲבָרִים

proper name • Root עבר • Page 490

Proper name of certain mountains beyond Jordan, over against Jericho, of which mount Nebo appears to have made a part (Num. 27: 12; Deut. 32: 49; Num. 33: 47, 48).

BDB

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon

H5680

I. עִבְרִי adjective and name of a people — Hebrew.

Notes and Etymology:

• Probably meaning one from beyond, from the other side, i.e. in Hebrew tradition from beyond the Euphrates (compare Joshua 24:2–3, Elohist source), or possibly from beyond the Jordan (if given in Canaan); compare Gesenius¹, Stade², König³, Wellhausen⁴, Kautzsch in Riehm⁵.
• Connection with Habiri (Tel Amarna): see Winckler⁶, Eduard Meyer⁷, Glaser, König; opposed to Jastrow, Sayce, W. Max Müller.

— masculine singular עִבְרִי Genesis 39:14 +; feminine singular עִבְרִיָּה Deuteronomy 15:12, Jeremiah 34:9; masculine plural עִבְרִים Genesis 43:32 +, עִבְרִיִּים Exodus 3:18; feminine plural עִבְרִיֹּת Exodus 1:15 (2 times), עִבְרִיּוֹת Exodus 1:16 (word not in Priestly source).

1. As adjective

a. Put into the mouth of foreigners (Egyptian and Philistine)

• אִישׁ עִבְרִי Genesis 39:14 compare Genesis 39:17 (both Jehovist source), Genesis 41:12 (Elohist source).

b. Used to distinguish Israel from foreigners

• אִישׁ עִבְרִי Exodus 2:11 compare Exodus 2:13; Exodus 21:2 (all Elohist source), Deuteronomy 15:12; Jeremiah 34:9, 14; feminine Deuteronomy 15:12; Jeremiah 34:9.

2. As noun

a. Used by foreigners

• Exodus 1:16, 19; Exodus 2:17 (feminine), Exodus 2:6 (all Elohist source), 1 Samuel 4:6, 9; 1 Samuel 13:19; 1 Samuel 14:11; 1 Samuel 29:3.

b. To distinguish Israel

• Genesis 40:15; Exodus 1:15 (feminine; both Elohist source), 1 Samuel 13:3; 1 Samuel 14:21; Genesis 43:32 (Jehovist source).
• In the title אֱלֹהֵי הָעִבְרִים God of the Hebrews: Exodus 3:18; Exodus 5:3; Exodus 7:16; Exodus 9:1, 13; Exodus 10:3 (all Jehovist source).
• Singular only: אַבְרָם הָעִבְרִי Genesis 14:13; עִבְרִי אָנֹכִי Jonah 1:9.

— ᵐ5 Ἐβραῖος, Ἐβραία; Genesis 14:13 τῷ περάτῃ.

— 1 Samuel 13:7 read probably for וְעִבְרִים וגו, וְעָֽבְרוּ מַעְבְּרוֺת הַיַּרְדֵּן (Wellhausen), or, better, וַיַּעַבְרוּ Driver, Kittel, Löhr; > וְעַם רַב Klostermann, Budde, H. P. Smith.

¹ Gesenius, Hebräische Grammatik, § 2b.

² Bernhard Stade, Lehrbuch der hebräischen Sprache, § 1 b.

³ Friedrich Eduard König, Historisch-kritisches Lehrgebäude der hebräischen Sprache, i. 18 ff.

⁴ Julius Wellhausen, Israelitische und jüdische Geschichte, 7.

⁵ Kautzsch, 'Eber' and 'Hebräer' in Riehm's Handwörterbuch des biblischen Altertums (HWB), 332, 600.

⁶ Hugo Winckler, Geschichte Israels, 17 ff.

⁷ Eduard Meyer, Aegyptiaca (Festschrift für Georg Ebers), 75.

H1413

I. גָּדַד (compare גּוּר) verb — penetrate, cut.

Cognates:

• Late Hebrew id., cut, cut out
• Aramaic גְּדַד
• Syriac ܓܕ
• Arabic جدّ cut, cut off
• Ethiopic ገድ (in derivatives)

— Qal Imperfect יָג֯וֺדּוּ Psalm 94:21 יָג֯וֺדּוּ עַל־נֶפֶשׁ צַדִּיק they attack (penetrate, make inroads upon) the life of a righteous man (Ol proposes יָגוּרוּ compare Psalm 56:7; Psalm 59:4 where, however, Che יגודו; si vera lectio, perhaps denominative from גְּדוּד compare Hosea 6:9; compare also גּוּד and Kö¹).

— Hithpo`el Imperfect יִתְגֹּדַד Jeremiah 16:6; 2 feminine singular תִּתְגֹּדֲדִי Micah 4:14, תִּתְגּוֹדָ֑דִי Jeremiah 47:5; plural וַיִּתְגֹּדְדוּ 1 Kings 18:28, יִתְגּוֹדָ֑דוּ Jeremiah 5:7, Hosea 7:14 (see below), תִּתְגֹּדְדוּ Deuteronomy 14:1; Participle plural מִתְגֹּדְדִים Jeremiah 41:5; —

1. Cut oneself

a. As religious practice

• 1 Kings 18:28 (heathen practice)
• Jeremiah 41:5 (practised by men of Shechem etc. in worship of יהוה)

b. For the dead

• Deuteronomy 14:1 (לֹא תִתְגֹּדְדוּ וְלאֹ תָשִׂימוּ קָרְחָה בֵּין עֵינֵיכֶם לָמֵת)
• Jeremiah 16:6
• Jeremiah 47:5 (subject Philistia personified)
• Hosea 7:14 (for ^MT יִתְגּוֹרָ֖רוּ Codd, they cut themselves, ^LXX Gr Che RVm, We Now Marti Harper; compare גּוּר)

2. Gather in troops

(denominative from גְּדוּד):

• Micah 4:14 תִּתְגֹּדֲדִי בַת־גְּדוּד (addressed to Jerusalem)
• Jeremiah 5:7 וּבֵית זוֹנָה יִתְגּוֹדָ֑דוּ and to a harlot's house they throng; read probably יִתְגּוֹרָ֑רוּ ^LXX Gie Du and others.

¹ Friedrich Eduard König, Historisch-Kritisches Lehrgebäude der hebräischen Sprache (1881–1897).

^MT Masoretic Text.

^LXX Septuagint (Greek Version).

Particle definite article, Noun gentilic masculine plural absolute

LXX: εβραίων εβραῖον εβραῖοσ εβραῖοι δοῦλοι

LXX Usage Statistics

H5680:

εβραίων 12× (33.8%)

εβραῖον 5× (15.6%)

εβραῖοσ 3× (8.9%)

εβραῖοι 2× (5.6%)

δοῦλοι 2× (5.1%)

Hebrew_§Hebrew@Gen.14.13:

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זה זֶה׃

this one

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

זה

zeh

Definition

the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that

Root

a primitive word;

Exhaustive

a primitive word; the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that; he, [idiom] hence, [idiom] here, it(-self), [idiom] now, [idiom] of him, the one...the other, [idiom] than the other, ([idiom] out of) the (self) same, such (a one) that, these, this (hath, man), on this side...on that side, [idiom] thus, very, which. Compare זאת, זה, זו, זו.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H2088

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

זֶה

demonstrative pronoun / relative pronoun / particle • Root ז • Strongs / High • Page 425

A multi-purpose word. I. As a demonstrative pronoun: this, referring to what is present. II. As a relative pronoun: who, that, which. III. As a demonstrative particle appended to interrogatives for emphasis, or to denote manner ('how'), location ('here', 'there'), or time ('now', 'just now').

זֶה

noun masculine • Strongs / High • Page 425

A collateral form of שֶׂה (lamb or sheep), found only in 1 Samuel 17:34.

זֶה

pronoun • Strongs / High • Page 427

A demonstrative pronoun ('this') or relative pronoun ('that which'), used without distinction of gender or number. It can refer to masculine, feminine, or neuter antecedents.

זֶה

pronominal stem • Strongs / High • Page 431

(pronominal stem; not used) pron. demonstr. same as זֶה, forming with a prosthetic the time-particle אָז, which form also exists in the Aramaean אֱדַיִן.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

הֹזֶה

verb • Page 184

To dream, to speak in one’s sleep (Is. 56:10).

זֶה

pronoun • Page 197

1. this. When doubled, one...the other, 1 K. 22:20, Is. 6:3. Sometimes implies contempt, like the Greek οὗτος, Ex. 32:1. 2. more rarely in poetry as a relative, who, like the Germ. der. Ps. 104:8. 3. here, for בָּזֶה in hoc scil. loco. Gen. 28:17. Hence מִזֶּה, hence, 37:17.

Particle demonstrative

LXX: τοῦτο τοῦτον οὗτοσ τούτου τούτῳ

LXX Usage Statistics

H2088:

τοῦτο 223× (14.4%)

τοῦτον 126× (8.3%)

οὗτοσ 96× (6.2%)

τούτου 95× (6.1%)

τούτῳ 74× (4.9%)

'' 63× (3.5%)

ταύτησ 56× (3.6%)

ταύτῃ 52× (3.2%)

'' 39× (2.2%)

αὕτη 39× (2.6%)

RBT Translation:

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RBT Paraphrase:
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Julia Smith Literal 1876 Translation:
And she will open and will see the child: and behold, the boy weeping: And she will have pity upon him, and will say, This from the children of the Hebrews.

LITV Translation:
And she opened it and saw the child, and, behold, a boy crying! And she had pity on him and said, This one is of the children of the Hebrews.

Brenton Septuagint Translation:
And having opened it, she sees the babe weeping in the ark: and the daughter of Pharaoh had compassion on it, and said, This is one of the Hebrews’ children.