Ezekiel 1:28

Paleo Hebrew Niqqud

RBT Hebrew Interlinear:

כמראה כְּמַרְאֵה

like the sight

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

כ

kə

Definition

like, as

Root

A primitive particle; a prefix Derived terms כאשר‎ (ka'ashér) כמו‎ (k'mó) כמות‎ (k'mót) כש־‎ (k'she-)

Exhaustive

(kaph) — as / like / according to

Core value: correspondence, patterning, resonance
כ never asserts identity. It asserts alignment.
- likeness,
- proportionality,
- conformity to a form.
Aonically, כ signals phase-alignment, not comparison.
not “like X in appearance” but “operating according to the same pattern as X.”
This is why prophetic and poetic language leans heavily on כ: it encodes structural analogy across layers, not metaphor.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

מראה

marʼeh

Definition

a view (the act of seeing); also an appearance (the thing seen), whether (real) a shape (especially if handsome, comeliness; often plural the looks), or (mental) a vision

Root

from H7200 (ראה);

Exhaustive

from ראה; a view (the act of seeing); also an appearance (the thing seen), whether (real) a shape (especially if handsome, comeliness; often plural the looks), or (mental) a vision; [idiom] apparently, appearance(-reth), [idiom] as soon as beautiful(-ly), countenance, fair, favoured, form, goodly, to look (up) on (to), look(-eth), pattern, to see, seem, sight, visage, vision.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H4758

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

מַרְאֶה

noun masculine • Root ראה • Strongs / High • Page 903

1. the seeing, the sight (of a thing). 2. the appearance, the outward form; a handsome form, comeliness; the aspect. 3. same as מַרְאָה, a sight, a vision.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

מַרְאֶה

m. verbal • Root ראה • Page 403

1. a looking, seeing (Lev. 13: 12). 2. sight, vision (Ex. 3: 3). 3. appearance, form (Ex. 24: 17; Gen. 12: 11).

BDB

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon

H4758

I. מַרְאֶה (approximate number of occurrences: 102) noun masculine^{Exodus 3:3} — sight, appearance, vision.

— מַרְאֶה absolute Genesis 12:11 +; construct מַרְאֵה Deuteronomy 28:34 +; suffix מַרְאֵהוּ Joel 2:4 +, מַרְאֶהָ Leviticus 13:4 +; apparently plural construct מַרְאֵי Ecclesiastes 11:9 (Kö¹), suffix (probably in fact singular Ges²) מַרְאַיִךְ Songs 2:14 (twice in verse), מַרְאֵיהֶן Nahum 2:5 +, etc.

1. Meanings and Uses

a. sight, phenomenon, spectacle

• Exodus 3:3 (Jehovist Source)

b. appearance

• נֶחְמָד לְמַרְאֶה Genesis 2:9 (Jehovist Source) desirable in appearance
• גָּדוֺל לְמַרְאֶה Joshua 22:10
• appearance of man (or woman), Judges 13:6 (twice in verse) (angel)
• Isaiah 52:14 (servant of י׳)
• Songs 5:15; Daniel 8:15; Daniel 10:18
• = outward person (opposed to inner man) 1 Samuel 16:7
• visible form Songs 2:14 (twice in verse); Daniel 1:13 (twice in verse); Daniel 1:15
• בְּמַרְאֶה Numbers 12:8 (Elohist Source; so read Samaritan Pentateuch, LXX, Syriac, Targum, Di³, for MT מַרְאֶה), i.e. in personal presence (< Ew⁴ Paton לֹא בְמַרְאֶה)
• כְּמַרְאֵה סוּסִים מַרְאֵהוּ Joel 2:4
• of crocodile Job 41:2
• כְּבוֺד י׳ מַרְאֶה Exodus 24:17 (Priests' Code)
• הַנֶּגַע מַרְאֶה Leviticus 13:3
• מַרְאֶה אֵשׁ Numbers 9:15–16
• בָּרָק מַרְאֶה Daniel 10:6 +
• especially Ezekiel appearance person or of thing (27 times, sometimes redundant), Daniel 1:5; Daniel 1:13; Daniel 1:26; Daniel 8:2; Daniel 10:1 +, מִמָּתְנָיו מַרְאֶה Daniel 1:27 (twice in verse); Daniel 8:2 ("" מִמָּתְנָיו)
• of beauty וִיפֵה מַרְאֶה fair of appearance Genesis 39:6 (Jehovist Source; + יְפֵה־תֹאַר), compare 1 Samuel 17:42 (read עֶלֶם for עִם)
• feminine (אִשָּׁה) יְפַת־מַרְאֶה Genesis 12:11 (Jehovist Source), Genesis 29:17 (Elohist Source; + יְפַת תֹּאַר), 2 Samuel 14:27
• of kine יְפוֺת (הַ)מַרְאֶה Genesis 41:2, 4 (Elohist Source), opposed to רָעוֺת (הַ)מַרְאֶה Genesis 41:3; 4, מַרְאֵיהֶן רַע Genesis 41:21 (all Elohist Source)
• of women also טֹבַת מַרְאֶה Genesis 24:16; Genesis 26:7 (both Jehovist Source), 2 Samuel 11:2; Esther 1:11; Esther 2:3, 7, טוֺבוֺת מַרְאֶה Esther 2:2
• of boys טוֺבֵי מַרְאֶה Daniel 1:4, compare מַרְאֶה alone in וְנֶחְמְדֵהוּ לֹא־מַרְאֶה (of suffering servant of י׳) Isaiah 53:2; אִישׁ מַרְאֶה 2 Samuel 23:21 (but read as parallel 1 Chronicles 11:23 אִישׁ מִדָּה We⁵ Dr⁶ and others)

c. appearance, sight, vision

• Numbers 8:4 (Priests' Code)

2. What is seen (in general)

• מַרְאֵה עֵינָיו Isaiah 11:3 i.e. what his outward eyes see (compare 1 Samuel 16:7 Section 1b)
• לִמַרְאֵה עֵינֶיהָ Ezekiel 23:16
• מַרְאֵה עְינֶיךָ אֲשֶׁר תִּרְאֶה Deuteronomy 28:34, 67
• לְכָל־מַרְאֵה עֵינֵי הַכֹּהֵן Leviticus 13:12 (Priests' Code)

3. Supernatural vision

(In Ezekiel, Daniel; often accusative of cognate meaning with verb with ראה):

• Ezekiel 8:4; Ezekiel 11:24; Ezekiel 43:3 (3 times in verse), read also מַרְאֵה הָרֶכֶב Ezekiel 43:3 (for מַרְאוֺת see I. מַרְאָה)
• בַּמַּרְאֶה Ezekiel 11:24; Daniel 8:16, 27; Daniel 9:23; Daniel 10:1
• מַרְאֵה הָעֶרֶב וְהַבֹּקֶר Daniel 8:26

4. Sight, vision = power of seeing (and enjoying)

Late usage:

• מַרְאֵה עֵינַיִם Ecclesiastes 6:9
• הַלֵךְ בְּדַרְּכֵי לִבְּךָ וּבְמַרְאֵי עֵינֶיךָ Ecclesiastes 11:9

¹ Eduard König, Historisch-Kritiches Lehrgebäude der Hebräischen Sprache (1881–1897).

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

³ August Dillmann, commentaries on the Octateuch.

⁴ Heinrich Ewald, Lehrbuch der hebräischen Sprache.

⁵ Julius Wellhausen.

⁶ S. R. Driver, Notes on the Hebrew Text of the Books of Samuel.

Preposition, Noun common both singular construct

LXX: ὄψισ ὅρασισ ὡσ εἶδοσ ὅρασιν

LXX Usage Statistics

H4758:

ὄψισ 18× (14.0%)

ὅρασισ 16× (13.4%)

ὡσ 13× (12.8%)

εἶδοσ 9× (6.9%)

ὅρασιν 8× (6.3%)

εἴδει 8× (6.7%)

--- 7× (6.9%)

ὄψει 4× (3.3%)

ὅραμα 3× (2.7%)

ὁράσει 3× (2.4%)

הקשת הַקֶּ֡שֶׁת

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

קשת

qesheth

Definition

a bow, forshooting (hence, figuratively, strength) or the iris

Root

from H7185 (קשה) in the original sense (of H6983 (קוש)) of bending;

Exhaustive

from קשה in the original sense (of קוש) of bending; a bow, forshooting (hence, figuratively, strength) or the iris; [idiom] arch(-er), [phrase] arrow, bow(-man, -shot).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H7198

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

קֶשֶׁת

noun / feminine • Root קשה • Strongs / High • Page 1306

A bow (pl. קְשָׁתוֹת); the same as the noun קֶשֶׁת.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

קֶשֶׁת

com. gen. • Page 600

1. a bow, to shoot with. Gen. 48:22. Ps. 18:35. 2. as a collect. archers. Is. 21:17. 2. a rain-bow. Gen. 9:13 ff. 3. the song of the bow, the title of the elegy on Saul and Jonathan. 2 Sam. 1:18.

קַשָּׁת

m. denom. • Root קשת • Page 600

an archer. Gen. 21:20.

BDB

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon

H7198

I. קֶ֫שֶׁת noun feminine (apparently masculine 2 Samuel 1:22 but see Albr¹) — bow.

Cognates:

• Late Hebrew id.
• Assyrian qastu
• Ethiopic ቀስት
• Arabic قوس
• Targum קַשְׁתָּא, קוּשְׁטָא
• Syriac ܩܫܬܐ
• Old Aramaic קשת
• Mandean כשטא
• Palmyrene קשטא

— קֶ֫שֶׁת absolute Hosea 1:7 +, קָ֑שֶׁת Jeremiah 46:9 +; construct קֶ֫שֶׁת Hosea 1:5 +; suffix קַשְׁתִּי Genesis 48:22 + etc.; plural absolute קְשָׁתוֺת 2 Chronicles 26:14 +; suffix קַש.ּׁתֹתָיו (GKC²) Isaiah 5:28, קַש.ּׁתוֺתָם Jeremiah 51:56; Psalm 37:15, קַש.ּׁתֹתֵיהֶם Nehemiah 4:7.

1. Meanings and Uses

a. For hunting

• Genesis 27:3 (Yahwist Source; + תְּלְי)

b. In battle

• + (or parallel to) חֶרֶב Genesis 48:22; Joshua 24:12 (both Elohist Source); Hosea 1:7; Hosea 2:20
• 1 Samuel 18:4 (+ חְַגֹרוֺ); 2 Samuel 1:22; 2 Kings 6:22
• Isaiah 41:2; Nehemiah 4:7 (+ רָמְחֵיהֶם)
• Zechariah 9:13 (figurative of Judah as יהוה’s bow)
• Psalm 37:15 (figurative); Psalm 44:7
• + (or parallel to) חִצִּים Isaiah 7:24; 2 Kings 13:15; Ezekiel 39:3, 9
• רִשְׁפֵי ק׳ Psalm 76:4 (meaning arrows); בֶּן ק׳ Job 41:20
• ק׳ מִלְחָמָה battle-bow Zechariah 9:10; Zechariah 10:4
• כְּק׳ רְמִיָּה like a bow of deception Hosea 7:16; Psalm 78:57 (one that misses its aim)

c. Collective = bowmen, archers

• Isaiah 21:17

d. Idiomatic phrases

• הַמּוֺרִים בַּקּ׳ archers, bowmen 1 Samuel 31:3; 1 Chronicles 10:3
• מְטַחֲוֵי ק׳ a bowshot Genesis 21:16
• תֹּפֵשׁ הַקּ׳ one grasping the bow Amos 2:15; Jeremiah 46:9
• דָּרַךְ ק׳ to bend (tread) the bow Isaiah 5:28; Jeremiah 50:14; Psalm 7:13; Lamentations 2:4
• מָשַׁךְ בַּקּ׳ to draw the bow 1 Kings 22:34; Isaiah 66:19

e. Figurative of might and strength

• Genesis 49:24; 1 Samuel 2:4; Hosea 1:5; Jeremiah 49:35; Job 29:20
• ק׳ נְחוּשָׁה bow of bronze figurative of divine judgment Job 20:24

2. Rainbow

• כְּמַרְאֵה הַקּ׳ אֲשַׁר יִהְיֶה בֶעָנָן Ezekiel 1:28
• Genesis 9:13, 14, 16 (Priests' Code)

¹ Albright, ZAW xvi (1896) 91.

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

Particle definite article, Noun common both singular absolute

LXX: τόξον τόξα τόξῳ τόξοισ τόξου

LXX Usage Statistics

H7198:

τόξον 42× (54.6%)

τόξα 7× (7.9%)

τόξῳ 6× (6.3%)

τόξοισ 4× (4.8%)

τόξου 3× (4.2%)

τοξόται 3× (4.0%)

--- 2× (2.8%)

ὡσ 2× (2.8%)

τοξευμάτων 2× (2.4%)

אשר אֲשֶׁר

who/which

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

אשר

ʼăsher

Definition

who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.

Root

a primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number);

Exhaustive

a primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number); who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.; [idiom] after, [idiom] alike, as (soon as), because, [idiom] every, for, [phrase] forasmuch, [phrase] from whence, [phrase] how(-soever), [idiom] if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), [idiom] though, [phrase] until, [phrase] whatsoever, when, where ([phrase] -as, -in, -of, -on, -soever, -with), which, whilst, [phrase] whither(-soever), who(-m, -soever, -se). As it is indeclinable, it is often accompanied by the personal pronoun expletively, used to show the connection.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H834

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

אֲשֶׁר

noun proper • Root אשיר אשר • Lemma_Lookup • Page 204

Proper name of a city east of Shechem, on the border of Manasseh.

אֲשֶׁר

pronoun relative • Lemma_Lookup • Page 204

Relative pronoun: who, which; forming the relative in prose.

אֲשֶׁר

relative particle • Lemma_Lookup • Page 205

A relative particle or pronoun (who, which, that). It serves to connect a following clause with a preceding noun or pronoun. It can function as the subject or object within its clause (often supplemented by a pronominal suffix). In the accusative, it acts as a subordinate conjunction expressing relations of place (where, whither), time (when), and manner (as, that). It forms various compound conjunctions with prepositions, such as עַל אֲשֶׁר (wherefore, because), בְּכֹל אֲשֶׁר (wherever), and כַּאֲשֶׁר (as).

אֲשֶׁר

pronoun relative / conjunction • Lemma_Lookup • Page 206

Relative pronoun and conjunction: that, which, where, so that, because, in order that. Used to express object and design, clauses relating to time (when), or causal relationships.

אֲשַׁר

verb • Root אשר • Lemma_Lookup • Page 212

(not used) Aram. equivalent to Hebr אֶתֶר.

אֲשֻׁר

masc. / fem. • Root אשר אשר • Lemma_Lookup • Page 204

1. A tree, commonly sherbin-cedar, larch, or box-tree. 2. A step, walk.

אֶשֶׁר

noun masculine • Root אשר • Lemma_Lookup • Page 203

Name of a tree; also the proper name of a city.

אֶשֶׁר

noun masculine / noun proper • Root אשר • Lemma_Lookup • Page 203

Happy; used as a proper name Asher (son of Jacob and the tribe named after him).

אֶשֶׁר

noun masculine • Root אשר • Lemma_Lookup • Page 204

Fortune, happiness; hence as an interjection in the construct state: hail! happy!

אָשֵׁר

verb • Lemma_Lookup • Page 203

To be connected, united (equivalent to אָסַר).

אָשַׁר

verb • Lemma_Lookup • Page 203

To go about, run about; to go, to walk, to step along.

אָשַׁר

verb • Root אשר • Lemma_Lookup • Page 203

To be united, by love, marriage, etc.; to be firm, strong, pressed together.

אָשַׁר

verb • Root ישר • Lemma_Lookup • Page 203

To be straight (even of a way); in a moral sense: to be right, honest, upright; to be prosperous, happy.

אָשַׁר

verb • Root עשר • Lemma_Lookup • Page 1143

(which see); Ar. the same, hence עָשִׁיר a spouse, an associate. Deriv. אֲשֵׁרָה, עֲשֵׁרָה, עָשִׁירָה.

אָשֻׁר

noun masculine • Root אשר • Lemma_Lookup • Page 204

Step, walk.

אֹשֶׁר

noun masculine • Lemma_Lookup • Page 204

Prosperity.

אֻשַּׁר

verb • Lemma_Lookup • Page 203

To be led, guided.

אֲשֶׁר אַחֲרֵי־כֵן

adverbial phrase • Lemma_Lookup • Page 708

After that.

אֲשַׂרְאֵל

noun proper masculine • Root אשר • Lemma_Lookup • Page 206

Proper noun, masculine. ('El is allied). Found in 1 Chr. 4, 16. Equivalent to the Phenician Osiris, an epithet of Ba'al.

אֲשַׂרְאֵלָה

noun proper masculine • Root אשר אלה • Lemma_Lookup • Page 206

Proper noun, masculine. Found in 1 Chr. 25, 2. A variant reading is יְשַׂרְאֵלָה (Jesharelah).

אֲשֵׁרָה

noun feminine • Lemma_Lookup • Page 206

Name of a Phenician goddess, sometimes identified with the Sidonian Astarte; also refers to the wooden image/pillar of the goddess standing beside the altar of Ba'al.

אָשֵׁרִי

adjective • Lemma_Lookup • Page 204

Gentile of Asher; Asherite.

אֲשְׂרִיאֵל

noun proper masculine • Lemma_Lookup • Page 207

Proper name of a man (Num. 26:31; Josh. 17:2).

אֲשֵׁרִים

noun masculine plural • Lemma_Lookup • Page 207

Male images of Baal, of wood, symbolising Baal as a generating power, and distinct from images of Ashera.

אֻשַּׁרְנָא

noun masculine (aramaic) • Root אשר • Lemma_Lookup • Page 207

A wall (Ezr. 5:3), properly a firm thing. Formed from אָשַׁר with the termination na.

אֲשֶׁר עַל־הַבַּיִת

phrase • Lemma_Lookup • Page 238

head of the palace, minister of the court

אֶת־אֲשֶׁר

relative phrase • Lemma_Lookup • Page 87

the person whom or the thing which

כַּאֲשֶׁר

conjunction • Root אשר • Lemma_Lookup • Page 669

as, when, according as, since.

תְּלַאשַּׂר

unknown • Lemma_Lookup • Page 1515

see תְּלָאשֶׁר.

תְּלָאשָׂר

noun proper • Root תל אשר • Lemma_Lookup • Page 1513

(as also תְּלַשַּׁר Is. 37, 12, also in mss. תְּלַסַּר) n. p. of a Mesopotamian province and city, inhabited by the בְּנֵי עֶדֶן, and formerly subject to Assyria Is. 37, 12; 2 Kings 19, 12. The word has arisen from תֵּל and אָשָׁר = אָשׂוּר.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

אֲשֶׁר

pronoun relative • Page 79

Relative pronoun: who, which, that. Used for both genders and numbers. Often acts as a sign of relation for other pronouns and adverbs (e.g., אֲשֶׁר-שָׁם 'where', אֲשֶׁר-מִשָּׁם 'whence').

אֲשֶׁר

adv. or conjunction • Page 80

Used as an adverb or conjunction; signifies (1.) *that, to the end that, ut*; (2.) *that, how that, quod*; (3.) *because*; (4.) *if*; (5.) *for*; (6.) *when*; (7.) *as*; (8.) *where*. References include Gen. 11:7, Deut. 4:40, Ex. 11:7, Jos. 2:10, 1 Sam. 24:19, 1 K. 8:33, Lev. 4:22, Jer. 33:22, Num. 20:13.

אֶשֶׁר

noun • Page 79

Happiness, prosperity; found only in the plural construct אַשְׁרֵי (the happinesses of). (Ps. 1:1, 2:12, 32:1, 33:12; Prov. 3:13, 8:34; Deut. 33:29).

אֶשֶׁר

noun masculine • Root אשר • Page 80

*Prosperity*. Reference: Gen. 30:13.

אָשֵׁר

m. proper name • Page 79

1. A son of Jacob, progenitor of one of the tribes of Israel. 2. A city not far from Shechem (Josh. 17:7).

אָשַׁר

verb • Root ישר • Page 79

1. To go straight, proceed (Prov. 9:6). 2. To be right, suitable, successful, or prosperous (Hab. 2:4). Pi.: To lead or guide straight (Prov. 23:19; Is. 1:17). Pu.: To be guided or pronounced happy (Ps. 41:3; Prov. 3:18).

BDB

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon

H834

אַשֶׁר particle of relation (Moabite idem; origin dubious: 1 according to Tsepreghi Diss. Lugd. p. 171 Mühlau Bö. Lb. ii. 79 n. Sta Morg. Forsch. 1875, 188; Lb. § 167 Hom ZMG 1878, 708 ff. Müll § 153 Sayce Hebraica. ii. 51 Lag M. i. 255 & especially Krae Hebraica. vi. 298 ff, originally a substantive 'place' = ܐܠܗܐ footstep, mark, ሀሁሂሄ (do.), אֲתָר, ܐܒܓܕ place, Assyrian ašru, used (see Kraetz.) both as a substantive 'there, where,' and as a relative of place 'where': in Hebrew this development has advanced further, and it has become a relative sign Generally. The chief objection to this explanation is that it would isolate Hebrew from the other Semitic languages, in which pronouns are formed regularly from demonstrative roots (compare also Nö ZMG 1886, 738). 2 according to Phi St. C. 73 Sperling Nota Rel. im Hebr. 1876, 15-22 for אֲשֶׁל, developed from the relative שֶׁ (q. v.) by (1) the prefixing of either a merely prosthetic א, or, better, a pronominal א (giving rise to אש, the form of the relative in Phoenician), and (2) the addition of the demonstrative root ל [found also in אֵל, אֵלָה, הָלָזֶה (q. v.), السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ he who, አማር: who (plural)]: the main objection to this explanation is the change of ל to ר, which is hardly rendered probable by the compare of Syriac ܒܝܫܐ by side of הָלְכָא. 1 seems preferable, the primitive root having acquired different significations in the different Semitic languages, and having been weakened in Hebrew to a mere particle of relation).

Cognates:

• Moabite idem
• Phoenician אש (regularly), also sometimes ש
• Syriac ܐܝܢܐ, ܕ
• Arabic الّذي
• Ethiopic ያ
• Assyrian ašru

A sign of relation, bringing the clause introduced by it into relation with an antecedent clause. As a rule אַשֶׁר is a mere connecting link, and requires to be supplemented (see the grammars) by a pronominal affix, or other word, such as שָׁם, defining the nature of the relation more precisely: e.g. Genesis 1:11 אַשֶׁר זַרְעָהּ literally as to which, its seed is in it = in which is its seed, Psalm 1:4 like the chaff אַשֶׁר תִּדְּפֶנּוּ רוּחַ as to which, the wind drives it = which the wind drives, etc.; & so אַשֶׁר שָׁם = where, אַשֶׁר מִשָּׁם = whence, Genesis 2:11; Genesis 3:23; Genesis 20:13 etc. Sometimes also (see below) the relation expressed by it is specifically temporal, local causal, etc. More particularly

1. Relative Pronoun Uses

it includes its pronominal antecedent, whether in the nominative or oblique cases, as Numbers 22:6 and he whom thou cursest is cursed, Exodus 4:12 and I will teach thee אַשֶׁר תְּדַבֵּר that which thou shalt say; and with particles or prepositions, as אֵת אַשֶׁר (according to the context) him who . . ., those who . . ., that which . . . ; לַאֲשֶׁר to him who . . . Genesis 43:16, to those who . . . Genesis 47:24, to that which Genesis 27:8; מֵאֲשֶׁר Judges 16:30; 2 Samuel 18:18 than those whom; Leviticus 27:24 לַאֲשֶׁר קָנָהוּ מֵאִתּוֹ to him from whom he bought it, Numbers 5:7; Isaiah 24:2 כַּאֲשֶׁר יֵשׁ בּוֹ like him against whom there is a creditor.

2. Pronominal Affix and Defining Adjunct

instances of אַשֶׁר followed by a pronominal affix, or by שָׁם, שָׁמָה, מִשָּׁם, are so common that the examples cited above will be sufficient. Very rarely there occurs the anomalous construction עִם אַשֶׁר Genesis 31:32 for אַשֶׁר עִמּוֹ (see Genesis 44:9), בַּאֲשֶׁר Isaiah 47:12 for אַשֶׁר בָּהֶם, לַאֲשֶׁר for אַשֶׁר לָהֶם Ezekiel 23:40: Psalm 119:49 see under עַל אַשֶׁר. It is followed by the pronoun in the nominative, in the following cases:

• (a) immediately, mostly before an adjective or participle, Genesis 9:3 all moving things אַשֶׁר הוּא חַי which are living, Leviticus 11:26; Numbers 9:13; Numbers 14:8,27; Numbers 35:31; Deuteronomy 20:20; 1 Samuel 10:19 (see Dr) 2 Kings 25:19 ("" Jeremiah 52:25 הָיָה) Jeremiah 27:9; Ezekiel 43:19; Haggai 1:9; Ruth 4:15; Nehemiah 2:18; Ecclesiastes 7:26; before a verb 2 Kings 22:13 (omitted 2 Chronicles 34:21).
• (b) in a negative sentence, at the end: Genesis 7:2; Genesis 17:12; Numbers 17:5; Deuteronomy 17:15 אַשֶׁר לֹא אָחִיךָ הוּא who is not thy brother, Deuteronomy 20:15; Judges 19:12; 1 Kings 8:41 "" 1 Kings 9:20 "".

N.B. Psalm 16:3 אַשֶׁר בָּאָרֶץ הֵמָּה is an unparalleled expression for 'who are in the land'; read אֲשֶׁר בָּאָרֶץ הֵמָּה אֲדִירִי וְגָבְהוּ 'the saints that are in the land, they (הֵמָּה) are the nobles, in whom,' etc.

3. First Person Pronouns

sometimes (though rarely) the defining adjunct is a pronoun of 1 or 2 person as well as of 3 person. In such cases it is strictly to be rendered I who . . ., thou who, etc.; Hosea 14:4 אַשֶׁר בְּךָ יְרֻחָם יָתוּם thou by whom the fatherless is compassionated! Jeremiah 31:32 I, whose covenant they brake, Jeremiah 32:19; Isaiah 49:23; Job 37:17 f. thou whose garments are warm . . ., canst thou? etc., Psalm 71:19; Psalm 71:20; Psalm 144:12 we whose sons, etc., Psalm 139:15 my frame was not hidden from thee, אֲשֶׁר עֻשִּׂיתִי בַסֵּתֶר I who was wrought in secret (= though I was wrought in secret), Exodus 14:13 for ye who have seen the Egyptians to-day, — ye shall not see them again for ever! (compare Psalm 41:9).

4. Dispensing with Defining Adjunct

the defining pron. adjunct is dispensed with — a. when אַשֶׁר represents the simple subject of a sentence, or the direct object of a verb: so constantly, as Genesis 2:1 the work אַשֶׁר עָשָׂה which he made, Genesis 3:3 the tree אַשֶׁר בְּתוֹךְ הַגָּן which is in the midst of the garden, etc. b. after words denoting time, place, or manner, so that אַשֶׁר then becomes equivalent to when, where, why:

• (α) Genesis 6:4 אֲחֲרֵי כֵן אַשֶׁר afterwards, when, etc. (compare 2 Chronicles 35:20) Genesis 45:6 there are still 5 years אַשֶׁר אֵין חָרִישׁ when there shall be no plowing, Joshua 14:10; 1 Kings 22:25; after יוֹם or הַיּוֹם Deuteronomy 4:10; Judges 4:14; 1 Samuel 24:5 (see Dr) 2 Samuel 19:25; Jeremiah 20:14 and elsewhere; similarly Genesis 40:13.
• (β) Genesis 35:13 בַּמָּקוֹם אַשֶׁר דִּבֶּר אִתּוֹ in the place where he spake with him, Genesis 35:14; Genesis 39:20; Numbers 13:27; Numbers 22:26; Deuteronomy 1:31 in the desert which thou sawest, where (accents Ke Di), Deuteronomy 8:15; 1 Kings 8:9 (unless לֻחוֹת הַבְּרִית has here fallen out: see Dr & Deuteronomy 9:9) Isaiah 55:11; Isaiah 64:10; Psalm 84:4.
• So (γ) in אֶל אַשֶׁר to (the place) which (or whither) Exodus 32:34; Ruth 1:16; אֶל כָּל אַשֶׁר to every (place) whither Joshua 1:16; Proverbs 17:8; בַּאֲשֶׁר in (the place) where Judges 5:27; Judges 17:8,9; 1 Samuel 23:13; 2 Kings 8:1; Ruth 1:16,17; Job 39:30, once only with שָׁם Genesis 21:17; בְּכָל אַשֶׁר wheresoever Joshua 1:7,9; Judges 2:15; 1 Samuel 14:47; 1 Samuel 18:5; 2 Samuel 7:7; 2 Kings 18:7; עַל אַשֶׁר to (the place) whither (or which) 2 Samuel 15:20; 1 Kings 18:12; עַל כָּל אַשֶׁר Jeremiah 1:7.
• (δ) זֶה הַדָּבָר אַשֶׁר this is the reason that or why . . . Joshua 5:4; 1 Kings 11:27.

5. Extreme Instances

c. more extreme instances Leviticus 14:22,30,31; Numbers 6:21; Deuteronomy 7:19 (wherewith), Deuteronomy 28:20; 1 Samuel 2:32 (wherein), 1 Kings 2:26; Judges 8:15 (about whom), Isaiah 8:12 (where יֹאמַר would be followed normally by לוֹ), Isaiah 31:6 turn ye to (him as to) whom they have deeply rebelled, Isaiah 47:15; Zephaniah 3:11; Ecclesiastes 3:9; 1 Kings 14:19 (= how).

6. Poetry Usage

d. it is dispensed with only in appearance after אֵת אַשֶׁר אָמַר (אָמַר תִּי followed by the words used, its place being really taken by a pronoun in the speech which follows, as Genesis 3:17 the tree as to which I commanded thee saying, Thou shalt not eat from it, Exodus 22:8; Deuteronomy 28:68; Judges 7:4 (זֶה) Judges 8:15 (where the noun repeated takes the place of the pronoun, compare Deuteronomy 9:2) 1 Samuel 9:17 (זֶה):23 +; compare 2 Samuel 11:16; 2 Kings 17:12; 2 Kings 21:4. 5 אַשֶׁר sometimes in poetry = one who, a man who (men who), ὅστις, οὗτινος, Psalm 24:4; Psalm 55:20; Psalm 95:4; Psalm 95:5; Job 4:19; Job 5:5 (Hi) Job 15:17.

7. Substantive Antecedent Insertion

6 אַשֶׁר occasionally receives its closer definition by a substantive following it, in other words, its logical antecedent is inserted in the relative clause: (a) in the phrase peculiar to Jeremiah, אֶל יְרוּשָׁלַיִם אֶל אַשֶׁר הָיָה דְבַר יְהוָה that which came (of) the word of יְהוָה to Jeremiah Jeremiah 14:1; Jeremiah 46:1; Jeremiah 47:1; Jeremiah 49:34 (compare Ew § 334); (b) Exodus 25:9; Numbers 33:4; 1 Samuel 25:30; 2 Kings 8:12; 2 Kings 12:6 לְכָל אַשֶׁר יִמְצָא שָׁם בַּדֶּקֶת Ezekiel 12:25; compare the Ethiopic usage Di § 201; (c) (antecedent repeated) Genesis 49:30 = Genesis 50:13, 1 Samuel 25:30 (יְהוָה repeated), Isaiah 54:9 (probably) as to which I sware that, etc., Amos 5:1 which I take up over you (as) a dirge.

8. Genitive Circumlocution

7 אֵת אַשֶׁר לְ that (belongs, belong, belonged) to, is used a. either alone or preceded by כָּל to express (all) that (belongs) to, as Genesis 14:23 מִכָּל אֲשֶׁר לְךָ of all that is thine, Genesis 31:1 מֵאֲשֶׁר לְאָבִינוּ of that which was our father's, Genesis 32:24 & sent over אֵת אֲשֶׁר לוֹ that which he had, + often b. as a circumlocution of the Genitive, as Genesis 29:9 עִם הַצֹּאן אֲשֶׁר לְאָבִיהָ with the sheep that were her father's, Genesis 40:5; Genesis 47:4; Leviticus 9:8; Judges 6:11; 1 Samuel 25:7 הָרֹעִים אֲשֶׁר לְךָ, 2 Samuel 14:31 אֵת הַחֶלְקָה אֲשֶׁר לִי, 2 Samuel 23:8; 1 Kings 1:8,33 עַל הַמִּרְכֶּבֶת אֲשֶׁר לִי upon mine own mule, 1 Kings 1:49; 1 Kings 4:2; 2 Kings 11:10; 2 Kings 16:13; Ruth 2:21; and especially in the case of a compound expression depending on a single Genitive, as Genesis 23:9; Genesis 40:5; Genesis 41:43 מִרְכֶּבֶת הַמִּשְׁנֶה אֲשֶׁר לוֹ the chariot of the second rank which he had, Exodus 38:30; Judges 3:20; Judges 6:25; 1 Samuel 17:40; 1 Samuel 21:8 אֲבִיר הָרֹעִים אֲשֶׁר לְשָׁאוּל the mightiest of Saul's herdmen, 1 Samuel 24:5 אֵת כְּנַף הַמְּעִיל אֲשֶׁר לְשָׁאוּל, 2 Samuel 2:8 Saul's captain of the host, 1 Kings 10:28; 1 Kings 15:20; 1 Kings 22:31; Jeremiah 52:17; Ruth 4:3. c. with names of places (especially such as do not readily admit the stative construct) Judges 18:28; Judges 19:14 הַגִּבְעָה אֲשֶׁר לִבְנֵי יָמִין Gibeah (the hill) of Benjamin, Judges 20:4; 1 Samuel 17:1; 1 Kings 15:27; 1 Kings 16:15; 1 Kings 17:9; 1 Kings 19:3; 2 Kings 14:11. compare שֶׁ (q. v.) which in Rabb, like the Aramaic דִּי, ܐܢܐ, is in habitual use as a mark of the Genitive. — N.B. In Aramaic also דִּי, ܕ, without לְ, expresses the Genitive relation, as מִלְּתָא דִּי מַלְכָּא, literally the word, that of the king = the word of the king. The few apparent cases of a similar use of אַשֶׁר are, however, too foreign to the general usage of the language to be regarded otherwise than as due to textual error: 1 Samuel 13:8 read אֲשֶׁר אָמַר (or שָׁם Exodus 19:5) שְׁמֻאֵל (Dr ἕπεστιν); 1 Kings 11:25 supply עָשָׂה (Dr ἠν ἀπέστειλεν); 2 Kings 25:10 supply אֵת with (as "" Jeremiah 52:14); 2 Chronicles 34:22 read וְאֲשֶׁר אָמַר הַמֶּלֶךְ (compare Dr) and those whom the king appointed (abbreviated from 2 Kings 22:14); compare Ew § 292 a, b with note.

9. Conjunction Usage

8 אַשֶׁר becomes, like Aramaic דִּי, ܕ, a conjunction approximating in usage to כִּי: thus a. = quod, ὅτι, that, subordinating an entire sentence to a verb of knowing, remembering, etc. (a) with אֵת Deuteronomy 9:7 forget not אֵת אֲשֶׁר הִקְצַפְתָּ the fact that (= how) thou provokedst, etc., Deuteronomy 29:15; Joshua 2:10; 1 Samuel 24:11; 1 Samuel 24:19; 2 Samuel 11:20 know ye not אֵת אֲשֶׁר יֹרִים how they shoot from off the wall? 2 Kings 8:12; Isaiah 38:3 #NAME? 1 Kings 14:19; 2 Kings 14:15; 2 Kings 20:20. Of time (peculiarly) 2 Samuel 14:15 עַתָּה אֲשֶׁר now (is it) that . . . Zechariah 8:20 (probably) yet (shall it be) that . . . Zechariah 8:23; compare כִּמְעַט שֶׁ Song of Solomon 3:4. (β) without אֵת (not very common, כִּי being usually employed): after יָדַע Exodus 11:7; Ezekiel 20:26 (very strange in Ezekiel: see Hi) Job 9:5 (Ew De Di) Ecclesiastes 8:12, רָאָה Deuteronomy 1:31 (RV) 1 Samuel 18:15, הִתְוַדָּה to confess Leviticus 5:5; Leviticus 26:40 b, הִשְׁבִּיעַ 1 Kings 22:16 (caused to swear that . . .); after a noun Isaiah 38:7 הָאוֹת אֲשֶׁר the sign that . . . ("" 2 Kings 20:9 כִּי): with growing frequency in late Hebrew, 2 Chronicles 2:7, and especially Nehemiah, Esther: Nehemiah 2:5,10; Nehemiah 7:65 (= Ezra 2:63) Nehemiah 8:14,15; Nehemiah 10:31; Nehemiah 13:1,19,22; Esther 1:19; Esther 2:10; Esther 3:4; Esther 6:2; Esther 8:11; Ecclesiastes 3:22 (מֵאֲשֶׁר) Ecclesiastes 5:4; Ecclesiastes 7:18 (with טוֹב: contrast Ruth 2:22) Ruth 2:22; Ruth 2:29; Ruth 8:12; Ruth 8:14; Ruth 9:1; Daniel 1:8 (twice in verse). (γ) prefixed to a direct citation, like כִּי q. v. (= ὅτι recitativum) (rare) 1 Samuel 15:20; 2 Samuel 1:4; 2 Samuel 2:4 (see Dr) Psalm 10:6 (probably), Nehemiah 4:6. b. it is resolvable into so that: Genesis 11:7 אֲשֶׁר לֹא יִשְׁמְעוּ so that they understand not, etc., Genesis 13:16; Genesis 22:14 אֲשֶׁר יֵאָמֵר so that it is said, Exodus 20:26; Deuteronomy 4:10,40 אֲשֶׁר יִיטַב לָכֶם Deuteronomy 6:3; Deuteronomy 28:27,51; 1 Kings 3:12,13; 2 Kings 9:37; Malachi 3:19. c. it has a causal force, forasmuch as, in that, since: Genesis 30:18; Genesis 31:49 and Mizpah, אֲשֶׁר אָמַר for that he said, Genesis 34:13,27; Genesis 42:21 we are guilty, אֲשֶׁר רָאִינוּ we who saw (or, in that we saw), Numbers 20:13 Meribah, because they strove there, Deuteronomy 3:24; Joshua 4:7,23; Joshua 22:31; Judges 9:17; 1 Samuel 2:23; 1 Samuel 15:15; 1 Samuel 20:42 go in peace, אֲשֶׁר נִשְׁבַּעְנוּ forasmuch as we have sworn, 1 Samuel 25:26 thou whom (= or, seeing that) יְהוָה hath withholden, 2 Samuel 2:5 blessed are ye of יְהוָה, אֲשֶׁר עֲשִׂיתֶם, who (οὗτινος) have done (or in that ye have done), 1 Kings 3:19; 1 Kings 15:5; 2 Kings 12:3; 2 Kings 17:4; 2 Kings 23:26; Jeremiah 16:13; Ecclesiastes 8:11,12 (Hi De Now). Here also belongs its use in אֲשֶׁר לָמָּה since why . . . ? (= lest) Daniel 1:10: see below לָמָּה. On אֲשֶׁר עַל כֵּן forasmuch as Job 34:27 see below כִּי עַל כֵּן. d. it expresses a condition (rare & peculiar): Leviticus 4:22 אֲשֶׁר יֶחֱטָא in (case) that = when (or if) a ruler sinneth (Leviticus 4:3; Leviticus 4:13; Leviticus 4:37 אִם), Numbers 5:29 (explained differently by Ew § 334 a), Deuteronomy 11:27 and the blessing אֲשֶׁר תִּשְׁמְעוּ if ye hearken (Deuteronomy 11:28 אִם), Deuteronomy 18:22 Ges, Joshua 4:21 אֲשֶׁר יִשְׁאָלֻן when they ask . . ., then . . . (Joshua 4:6 כִּי), Isaiah 31:4. In 1 Kings 8:33 ("" 2 Chronicles 6:24 כִּי, compare 2 Chronicles 6:35; 2 Chronicles 6:37) אֲשֶׁר may be rendered indifferently because or when. Once, similarly, אֵת אֲשֶׁר 1 Kings 8:31 ("" אִם). e. perhaps (exceptionally) = כַּאֲשֶׁר, as, Jeremiah 33:22; Isaiah 54:9 (followed by כֵּן; but כֵּן q. v. sometimes stands without כַּאֲשֶׁר, & אֲשֶׁר may in these passages connect with what precedes); according to some also Jeremiah 48:8; Psalm 106:34 (in a connection where כַּאֲשֶׁר would be more usual: אֲשֶׁר may however be the object of אָמַר). In 1 Samuel 16:7 אֲשֶׁר יִרְאֶה הָאָדָם read כַּאֲשֶׁר, see Dr. f. combined with prepositions, אֲשֶׁר converts them into conjunctions: see below, בַּאֲשֶׁר, כַּאֲשֶׁר, מֵאֲשֶׁר. On its use similarly with (אַחֲרֵי) אַחַר, מִבְּלִי, בְּעָבוּר, עַל דְּבַר, יַעַן, לְמַעַן, כְּפִי, עַד, עַל, עָקֵב, מִמִּנִּי, תַּחַת, see these words. — הָאֲשֶׁר, with ה interrogative, occurs once, 2 Kings 6:22. In Deuteronomy 15:14 also read כַּאֲשֶׁר: note בָּרַכְתָּ before. Note 1 אֲשֶׁר being a connecting link, without any perfectly corresponding equivalent in English, its force is not unfrequently capable of being represented in more than one way. See e.g. 2 Samuel 2:5 (above 8c), Isaiah 28:12 unto whom he said, or for that he said to them. Note 2. The opinion that אֲשֶׁר has an asseverative force (like כִּי, q. v.), or introduces the apodosis, is not probably, being both alien to its general usage & not required by the passages alleged. Render Isaiah 8:20 either 'Surely according to this word will those speak who have no dawn,' or '. . . will they speak when (compare above 8d Deuteronomy 11:27; Joshua 4:21) they have no dawn.'

Compounds

בַּאֲשֶׁר

19 a. in (that) which . . . Isaiah 56:4; Isaiah 65:12; Isaiah 66:4 (above 1); Ecclesiastes 3:9 in (that, in) which (4c); Isaiah 47:12 (see 2). b. adverb in (the place) where: above 4b (γ). c. conjunction in that, inasmuch as, Genesis 39:9,23; Ecclesiastes 7:2; Ecclesiastes 8:4; compare ܒܕܝܠ. d. Jonah 1:8 בַּאֲשֶׁר לְמִי on account of whom? (בַּאֲשֶׁר לְ on account of, framed on model of Aramaic בְּדִיל: see below שֶׁ).

כַּאֲשֶׁר

see below כְּ.

מֵאֲשֶׁר

17 a. from (or than) that which (him, them, etc., that . . .) Genesis 3:11; Exodus 29:27 (twice in verse); Numbers 6:11 (see Leviticus 4:26; Joshua 10:11; Judges 16:30; Isaiah 47:13 +; than that . . . Ecclesiastes 3:22; לְבַד מֵאֲשֶׁר Esther 4:11. b. adverb from (the place) where: above 4a (β). c. conjunction from (the fact) that . . ., since Isaiah 43:4.

כַּאֲשֶׁר

conjunction according as, as, when (compare for the combined Aramaic כְּדִי, כַּד) — 1 according to that which, according as, as: a. Genesis 34:12 I will give כַּאֲשֶׁר תֹּאמְרוּ אֵלַי according as ye shall (or may) say unto me, Genesis 44:1; Exodus 8:23; Numbers 22:8; 1 Samuel 2:16; Genesis 34:22 if we are circumcised כַּאֲשֶׁר הֵמָּה נְמוֹלִים; Genesis 41:21 כַּאֲשֶׁר בַּתְּחִלָּה as at the beginning, so כֵּן בְּרָאשִׁית Joshua 8:5,6; 2 Samuel 7:10; Exodus 5:13 כַּאֲשֶׁר בִּהְיוֹת הַתָּבֶן Genesis 7:9 they came in two by two כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוָּה אֱלֹהִים אֶת נֹחַ, as God commanded Noah; so, or similarly, very often, especially in P, Genesis 7:16; Genesis 8:21; Genesis 12:4; Genesis 17:23; Genesis 21:1 (twice in verse); Exodus 16:24; Exodus 39:1,5,7; Numbers 3:16,42 etc.; כֵּן כַּאֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר Deuteronomy 1:21; Deuteronomy 2:1; Deuteronomy 6:3,19 #NAME? Deuteronomy 1:21. b. answered, for increased emphasis, by כֵּן (compare כְּ 2d), Genesis 50:12 וַיַּעֲשׂוּ כֵּן כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוָּם, Exodus 7:10,20; Genesis 18:5 (J) כֵּן חַי כַּאֲשֶׁר דִּבַּרְתָּ, Exodus 10:10 (iron.), Amos 5:14 (do.); in opposed to order, Judges 1:7 כַּאֲשֶׁר עָשִׂיתִי, כֵּן שִׁלַּמְתִּי לִי, Exodus 7:6 כֵּן עָשׂוּ כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוָּה יְהוָה, compare Exodus 12:28,50; Exodus 39:43; Numbers 5:4; Numbers 17:26; Numbers 36:10 (all P); with imperfect (frequently) Numbers 2:17 (P) כַּאֲשֶׁר יַחֲנוּ כֵּן יִסָּעוּ; of degree = the more . . . the more, Exodus 1:12 וְכַאֲשֶׁר יְעַנּוּ אֹתוֹ כֵּן יִרְבֶּה וְכֵן יִפְרֹץ, compare Exodus 17:11 (JE) כַּאֲשֶׁר יָרִים מֹשֶׁה יָדוֹ according as he held up, etc., Israel prevailed; in an oath or solemn promise, Numbers 14:28 אִם לֹא כַּאֲשֶׁר דִּבַּרְתֶּם כֵּן אֶעֱשֶׂה, Deuteronomy 28:63 (Jeremiah 31:28), 1 Kings 1:30; Isaiah 10:11; Isaiah 14:24; Isaiah 52:14 f. (see כֵּן 2b). c. answered by וְ (Dr § 127 γ) Exodus 16:34; Numbers 1:19. d. often in similes (followed by imperfect of habit) Exodus 33:11 כַּאֲשֶׁר יְדַבֵּר אִישׁ אֶל רֵעֵהוּ, Numbers 11:12; Deuteronomy 1:44; Isaiah 9:2; Isaiah 66:20 +, answered by כֵּן Isaiah 31:4; Isaiah 55:10; Isaiah 66:22; Amos 3:12 +; a second verb is, in such cases, in the perfect with וְ consecutive (Dr § 115) Deuteronomy 22:26; Isaiah 29:8 כַּאֲשֶׁר יַחֲלֹם הָרָעֵב וְהִנֵּה אֹכֵל, Isaiah 65:8; Amos 5:19. e. הָיָה כַּאֲשֶׁר (compare הָיָה כְּ) to be as if, Job 10:19 כַּאֲשֶׁר לֹא הָיִיתִי כֵּן אֶהְיֶה, Zechariah 10:6 וְהָיָה כַּאֲשֶׁר לֹא זְנַחְתִּים. 2 with a casual force, in so far as, since (German demgemäss dass), Genesis 26:29 if thou doest us no harm כַּאֲשֶׁר לֹא נְגַעֲנוּךָ according as, in so far as, we have not touched thee; Numbers 27:14 כַּאֲשֶׁר מְרִיתֶם פִּי inasmuch as ye have defied my mouth, Judges 6:27; 1 Samuel 28:18 (answered by עַל כֵּן), 2 Kings 17:26; Micah 3:4. 3 with a temporal force, when, Genesis 18:33 and יְהוָה went away כַּאֲשֶׁר כִּלָּה when he had finished, etc., Genesis 32:3; Genesis 32:32; 1 Samuel 8:6; 2 Samuel 12:21 +; answered by וְ (Dr § 127 β), 1 Samuel 6:6; 1 Samuel 12:8; וַיְהִי כַּאֲשֶׁר and it came to pass, when . . . Genesis 12:11; Genesis 20:13; Genesis 24:22,52; Exodus 32:19 + often; Genesis 43:14 כַּאֲשֶׁר שָׁכַלְתִּי שָׁכָלְתִּי when I am bereaved, I am bereaved! an expression of resignation, so Esther 4:16 כַּאֲשֶׁר אָבַדְתִּי אָבָדְתִּי. Joshua 2:7 אַחֲרֵי כַּאֲשֶׁר is a 'conflate' reading, omit either אַחֲרֵי or כַּאֲשֶׁר. Of future time, Genesis 27:40; Genesis 40:14 כַּאֲשֶׁר יִיטַב לִי, Hosea 7:12; Ecclesiastes 4:17; Ecclesiastes 5:3, and without a verb Isaiah 23:5 כַּאֲשֶׁר שָׁמַע לְמִצְרַיִם. — Micah 3:3 כַּאֲשֶׁר is simply as that which, Job 29:25 as one who.

שֶׁ, also (Genesis 6:3 [? see 4a], Judges 5:7 (twice in verse); Song of Solomon 1:7; Job 19:29 [?]) שַׁ, שָׁ in שָׁאַתָּה Judges 6:17, and שְׁ in שְׁהוּא Ecclesiastes 2:22, שְׁהֵם Ecclesiastes 3:18 (elsewhere before guttural שֶׁ, as שֶׁאֲנִי Song of Solomon 1:6; Ecclesiastes 2:18, שֶׁאֲהֵבִים Psalm 146:3, שֶׁעָל Judges 7:12; Judges 8:26, שֶׁרְאֹשִׁי Song of Solomon 5:2), relative particle who, which, that, etc. (constantly in Late Hebrew; Aramaic of Nerab, Ldzb 371, 445; Assyrian sha; Phoenician אש (regularly), also sometimes ש (Ldzb 227f.): according to Ges Ew § 181 b Ol p. 439 Sta § 176 e, abbreviated from אַשֶׁר; more probably (Sperling [see אַשֶׁר], Kö ii. 323 f.) an original demonstrative particle), synonym with אַשֶׁר, but in usage limited to late Hebrew, and passages with north Palestinian colouring, namely Judges 5:7 (twice in verse) [אַשֶׁר Judges 5:27], Judges 6:17; Judges 7:12; Judges 8:26; 2 Kings 6:11 (see 4c), Jonah 1:7,12; Jonah 4:10 [אַשֶׁר 11t.], Psalm 122:3; Psalm 122:4; Psalm 123:2; Psalm 124:1; Psalm 124:2; Psalm 124:6; Psalm 129:6; Psalm 129:7; Psalm 133:2; Psalm 133:3; Psalm 135:2; Psalm 135:8; Psalm 135:10; Psalm 136:23; Psalm 137:8; Psalm 137:9; Psalm 144:15; Psalm 146:3; Psalm 146:5; Lamentations 2:15,16; Lamentations 4:9; Lamentations 5:18; Ezra 8:20; 1 Chronicles 5:20; 1 Chronicles 27:27; Canticles (uniformly, except in title Song of Solomon 1:1); Ecclesiastes (68 t.; אֲשֶׁא 89t.); also (dubious) Genesis 6:3; Genesis 49:10 (שִׁלֹה Dr § 176 e), Job 19:29; and in the proper name (מִי שָׁאֵל and מְתוּשָׁאֵל). — In usage, שֶׁ is in the main parallel with אַשֶׁר, namely 1 as pronoun who, which, whom, Judges 7:12 כָּהוּל שֶׁעָל שְׁפָת הַיָּם (compare חוּל c), Psalm 122:3; Psalm 124:6 etc.; him whom, that which, etc., Song of Solomon 1:7; Song of Solomon 3:1; 1 Chronicles 27:27; Ecclesiastes 1:11; Ecclesiastes 6:3 וְרַב שֶׁיִּהְיֶה לִימָיו and much (verb) is that which his days amount to (Hi De and others), Ecclesiastes 6:10; הוּא שֶׁ that which Ecclesiastes 1:9 (twice in verse); in the Genitive, אֲשֶׁרִי שֶׁ Psalm 137:8; Psalm 137:9; Psalm 146:5. — On מַה שֶׁ in Eccl = whatever, what, see מָה 1e b. 2 as a connecting link; = where (compare אַשֶׁר p. 81, and 4b β), מְקוֹם שֶׁ Ecclesiastes 1:7; Ecclesiastes 11:3 (compare מְקוֹם אַשֶׁר Genesis 39:20 +: Ges § 130c), whither Psalm 122:4 (שֶׁשָׁמָּה Dr § 176 e), when Song of Solomon 8:8; Ecclesiastes 12:3 בַּיּוֹם שֶׁ (compare ib. 4b a). 3 as a conjunction (compare אַשֶׁר 8); — a. that, after רָאָה Ecclesiastes 2:13; Ecclesiastes 3:18, יָרַע Ecclesiastes 1:17; Ecclesiastes 2:14; Ecclesiastes 9:5; Job 19:19 (?), דִּבֵּר Ecclesiastes 2:15, אָמַר Ecclesiastes 8:14, עָשָׂה אוֹת Judges 6:17; as subject of sentence, Ecclesiastes 3:13; Ecclesiastes 5:15; also in the phrases, (a) what is ... that? Song of Solomon 5:9 (usually כִּי; see מָה 1d b), מֶה הָיָה שֶׁ how comes it that ...? Ecclesiastes 7:10; (b) Song of Solomon 3:4 כִּמְעַט שֶׁעָבַרְתִּי hardly (was it) that (German kaum dass) I had passed, etc., Ecclesiastes 7:14 עַל דִּבַּר שֶׁלֹּא יִמְצָא to the intent that ..., Ecclesiastes 5:15 כָּל עֻמָּת שֶׁבָּא exactly as ..., Ecclesiastes 12:9 תּוֹר שֶׁ besides that, עַד שֶׁ (עַד Dr § 176 e Judges 5:7) until that Psalm 123:2; Song of Solomon 2:7,17 + (see III. עַד II 1 a a and b; compare Late Hebrew Yoma Song of Solomon 5:1), while Song of Solomon 1:12 (ib. 2d); עָשָׂה שֶׁ to make or cause that ..., Ecclesiastes 3:14 (compare Ezekiel 36:27). b. involving a reason (compare אַשֶׁר 8c), because, since, Song of Solomon 1:6 (twice in verse); Song of Solomon 5:2; Ecclesiastes 2:18 b. Hence שֶׁלָּמָּה Song of Solomon 1:7 since why? = lest (see מָה 4d b). 4 compounds: a. בְּשֶׁ, i. q. בַּאֲשֶׁר c (p. 84a) in that, seeing that, Ecclesiastes 2:16; also (according to Dr § 176 e Hu De) Genesis 6:3 בְּשֶׁגָּם הוּא בָשָׂר because that he also is flesh; but see שָׁגָג. b. כְּשֶׁ, i. q. כַּאֲשֶׁר p. 455: — (a) according as Ecclesiastes 5:14; Ecclesiastes 12:7; (b) when (so often in Late Hebrew, as Ab Ecclesiastes 1:8 (3 t. in verse); Ecclesiastes 1:14) Ecclesiastes 9:12; Ecclesiastes 10:3. c. מִשֶׁ, i. q. מֵאֲשֶׁר a (p. 84:a), 2 Kings 6:12 מִי מִשֶׁלָּנוּ who of those that are ours? (but Klo Kmp Kau Benz מְגַלֶּה לָנוּ who betrays us? compare Dr § 176 e); Ecclesiastes 5:4 than that (compare מֵאֲשֶׁר Ecclesiastes 3:22), + Ecclesiastes 2:24 (read מִשֶׁיֹּאכַל with Ew De, etc.; compare Ecclesiastes 3:22). d. שֶׁל, like אַשֶׁר לְ (אַשֶׁר 7b), a mark of the Genitive: thrice, adding slight emphasis to the suffix, Song of Solomon 1:6 = Song of Solomon 8:12 כַּרְמִי שֶׁלִּי my vineyard (literally my vineyard, which is mine), Song of Solomon 3:7 מִטָּתוֹ שֶׁלִּשְׁלֹמֹה (so often in Late Hebrew, but without any special emphasis, as Aboth Song of Solomon 1:12 הוֹי מְתַלְמִידֵי שֶׁלְאַהֲרֹן be of Aaron's disciples, Song of Solomon 2:1 הוֹי מְתַפַּלֵּל בְּשֶׁלּוֹ, Song of Solomon 2:2; Song of Solomon 3:2 הוֹי מִתְפַּלֵּל בְּשֶׁלָּהֶם; compare ܐܠܗܐ in Syriac, as Luke 6:42 ܒܪܐܠܗܐ my words, Nö § 225). And with בְּ, בְּשֶׁל literally through that which belongs to or concerns, pleonastic for on account of (a late, unidiomatic translation of Aramaic בְּדִיל, from בְּ, דִּי, and לְ, as in Onk Genesis 12:13 בְּדִילִי on my account, Genesis 30:27; Genesis 39:5 בְּדִיל יוֹסֵף, בְּדִיל מָא on account of what? Judges 8:1; 2 Samuel 9:1; 1 Kings 11:12,39, etc.), Jonah 1:7 בְּשֶׁלְּמִי on account of whom? ("" Jonah 1:8 בַּאֲשֶׁר לְמִי; probably a gloss), Jonah 1:12 בְּשֶׁלִּי on account of me (Dr § 176 e בְּדִיל מַן, בְּדִילִי); Ecclesiastes 8:17 בְּשֶׁל אֲשֶׁר יַעֲמֹל הָאָדָם on account of (the fact) that (= seeing that) man labours, etc. (unidiomatic translation of Aramaic בְּדִיל דִּי because that, as Genesis 6:3 בְּדִיל דִּי אִינּוּן בִסְרָא, Genesis 39:9 בְּדִיל דִּי אִיתֵית לִי [for Hebrew בַּאֲשֶׁר אֵת אִשְׁתּוֹ]; Palmyrene בדיל די Ldzb 233, — in Tariff Genesis 1:4 (Cooke N. Semitic Inscr. 320) = ἐπίδη). [שֹׁא] see [שׁוּא].

¹ Tsepreghi Diss. Lugd. p. 171 Mühlau Bö. Lb. ii. 79 n. Sta Morg. Forsch. 1875, 188; Lb. § 167 Hom ZMG 1878, 708 ff. Müll § 153 Sayce Hebraica. ii. 51 Lag M. i. 255 & especially Krae Hebraica. vi. 298 ff.

² Phi St. C. 73 Sperling Nota Rel. im Hebr. 1876, 15-22.

³ Nö ZMG 1886, 738.

⁴ Ew § 334.

⁵ Dr.

⁶ Hi.

⁷ Ew De Di.

⁸ Ew De.

⁹ Ew § 334 a.

¹⁰ Hu De.

¹¹ Dr § 176 e.

¹² Kö ii. 323 f.

¹³ Ges Ew § 181 b Ol p. 439 Sta § 176 e.

¹⁴ Dr § 176 e.

¹⁵ Hi De and others.

¹⁶ Dr § 176 e.

¹⁷ Klo Kmp Kau Benz.

¹⁸ Ew De, etc.

¹⁹ Nö § 225.

²⁰ Cooke N. Semitic Inscr. 320.

Conjunction

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

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יהיה יִהְיֶה

he is becoming

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

היה

hâyâh

Definition

to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

Root

a primitive root (compare H1933 (הוא));

Exhaustive

a primitive root (compare הוא); to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary); beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H1961

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

הָיָה

verb • Root היה • Strongs / High • Page 397

To be, to exist, to live, to become. A substantive verb used to unite a subject and predicate. It can also mean to happen, to arise, or to belong to. Used in a wide variety of grammatical constructions.

הָיָה

verb • Root היה • Strongs / High • Page 591

To be, to become, to exist. The common Hebrew verb for 'to be', considered the root of the divine name.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

הַיָּה

noun feminine • Page 185

Keri הַוָּה suffering, calamity. Job 6: 2; 30: 13.

הָיָה

verb • Page 184

1. To be (Ex. 20:3, Num. 10:31, etc.); 2. to become (Ex. 4:4, Hos. 3:3, etc.); 3. to happen (Is. 19:15).

BDB

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon

H1961

I. הָיָה (approximate number of occurrences: 3570) verb — fall out, come to pass, become, be (SI¹; SI² היה; parallel form of הוה, Arabic هوى, Aramaic הֲוָא; see הָוָה).

Cognates:

• Sinaitic Inscriptions הית
• Arabic هوى
• Aramaic הֲוָא

— Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular הָיָה Genesis 3:1 +; וְהָיָה consecutive Genesis 4:14 +; 3 feminine singular הָֽיְתָה Genesis 1:2 +; הָיָ֑תָה Isaiah 14:24; וְהָֽיְתָה consecutive Genesis 9:13 +; 2 masculine singular הָיִיתָ Deuteronomy 5:15 +; 1 singular הָיִיתִי Genesis 31:40; 3 plural הָיוּ Genesis 6:4 +; 2 masculine plural הֱיִיתֶם Exodus 22:20 +; Imperfect 3 masculine singular יִהְיֶה Genesis 1:29 +; jussive יְהִי Genesis 1:3 +; וַיְהִי Genesis 1:3 +; 3 feminine singular תִּהְיֶה Genesis 21:30 +; 1 singular אֶהְיֶה Exodus 3:12 +; Imperative masculine singular הֱיֵה Exodus 18:19 +; Infinitive absolute הָיוֺ Genesis 18:18; construct הֱיוֺת Genesis 2:18 +; Participle feminine הוֺיָה Exodus 9:3.

1. Happen and Come to Pass

a. Fall out, happen

• מֶה־הָיָה הַדָּבָר 1 Samuel 4:16 (how has the matter fallen out?)
• 2 Samuel 1:4
• מֶה־הָיָה לוֺ Exodus 32:1, 23 (Jehovist-Elohist Source)

b. Occur, take place, come about

• 1 Samuel 4:17 (a slaughter has taken place)
• 2 Samuel 18:6 (the battle took place)
• Genesis 26:28 (Jehovist Source)
• וַיְהִי־כֵן Genesis 1:7, 9, 11 (Priests' Code)

2. Come into being and Become

a. Arise, appear, come (absolute)

• Exodus 12:80 (there arose a great cry)
• Genesis 9:16 (the bow shall appear)
• Genesis 1:3 (יְהִי אוֺר let light appear)

b. Become (with predicate noun or adjective)

• Genesis 3:20 (mother of all living)
• Genesis 4:2 (became a shepherd)
• וִהְיִיתֶם כֵּאלֹהִים Genesis 3:5 (become like gods)

c. Become (with לְ)

• Genesis 2:7 (became a living soul)
• Exodus 4:3 (became a serpent)
• Genesis 28:21 (Yahweh shall be my God)

3. Exist and Be

a. Exist, be in existence

• 1 Samuel 1:28 (all the days he lives)
• Genesis 2:5 (shrub not yet in the earth)
• Exodus 3:14 (אֶהְיֶה אֲשֶׁר אֶהְיֶה I am that I am)

b. Abide, remain, continue

• Exodus 24:18 (remained in the mount)
• Joshua 19:10 (extend as far as)

Niph`al — Perfect נִהְיָה 1 Kings 1:27; 3 feminine singular נִהְיְתָה Judges 19:30 — be done, be brought about, occur.

• Exodus 11:6 (such as hath not occurred)
• Deuteronomy 4:32
• Proverbs 13:19 (a desire realized)

¹ Sinaitic Inscriptions.

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

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

⁴ Septuagint (LXX).

Verb Qal imperfect third person masculine singular

LXX: ἔσται ἐγένετο ἦν ἐγενήθη ἔσονται

LXX Usage Statistics

H1961:

ἔσται 827× (22.9%)

ἐγένετο 634× (16.8%)

ἦν 280× (7.9%)

ἐγενήθη 215× (5.8%)

ἔσονται 160× (4.5%)

ἦσαν 134× (3.8%)

ἐγένοντο 83× (2.3%)

'' 74× (1.9%)

--- 73× (2.2%)

εἶναι 67× (1.7%)

בענן בֶעָנָ֜ן

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ב

bə

Definition

in, by

Root

A primitive particle; a prefix

Exhaustive

(beth) — in / within / by means of

Core value: interiority, enclosure, participation

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

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

ענן

ʻânân

Definition

a cloud (as covering the sky), i.e. the nimbus or thunder-cloud

Root

from H6049 (ענן);

Exhaustive

from ענן; a cloud (as covering the sky), i.e. the nimbus or thunder-cloud; cloud(-y).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H6051

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

עָנָן

noun masculine • Root ענן • Strongs / High • Page 1114

1. A cloud, so called from veiling, covering; a figure of darkness and obscurity or quick disappearance; a sign of divine protection. 2. N. p. m. (A Protector, Defender, viz. Jah is).

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

עָנָן

m. const. • Page 518

a cloud (Gen. 9:14, Ex. 13:21, 22, 14:19).

BDB

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon

H6051

I. עָנָן (approximate number of occurrences: 87) noun masculine^{Exodus 19:16} — cloud-mass, cloud.

— הֶעָנָן, עָנָן absolute Exodus 19:9 +; construct עֲנַן Hosea 6:4 +; suffix עֲנָֽנְךָ Numbers 14:14, עֲנָנוֺ Job 26:9; Job 37:15; plural עֲנָנִים Jeremiah 4:13.

1. Cloud-mass

a. Especially of theophanic cloud

• (58 times), chiefly at Exodus in JE (less often Priests' Code), usually עַמּוּד הֶעָנָן Exodus 13:21, 22 + (see עַמּוּד)
• עָנָן alone Exodus 34:5; compare Exodus 14:20 (Jehovist Source), Numbers 10:34; Numbers 11:35; Numbers 14:14 (all JE)
• עַב הֶעָנָן Exodus 19:9, עָנָן כָּבֵד Exodus 19:16 (Elohist Source)
• עָנָן in Priests' Code Exodus 16:10; Exodus 24:15 23 times; also Deuteronomy 1:33; Deuteronomy 4:11; Deuteronomy 5:19; Psalm 78:14; Psalm 105:39
• In temple 1 Kings 8:10, 11, 2 Chronicles 5:13, 14, compare Ezekiel 1:4; Ezekiel 10:3, 4
• In general Psalm 97:2, as symbol of protection Isaiah 4:5; as a barrier Lamentations 3:44; compare וְעָנָן אֲבַק רַגְלָיו Nahum 1:3

b. Of rain-bow cloud

• Genesis 9:13, 14 (twice in verse); Genesis 9:16 (Priests' Code), Ezekiel 1:28 (simile).

c. Transitoriness and invasion

• עֲנַן בֹּקֶר Hosea 6:4; Hosea 13:3 (simile of transitoriness; on phenomenon in Palestine see Chaplin¹), compare Isaiah 44:22; Job 7:9 (both id.)
• Simile of invasion Ezekiel 38:9, 16, plural Jeremiah 4:13

d. Poetic in various connections

• Job 26:8, 9; Job 38:9; with אוֺר as thunder-cloud Job 37:11, 15.

e. Symbolic of gloom

• Ezekiel 30:18; Ezekiel 32:7; יוֹם עָנָן וַעֲרָפֶל Zephaniah 1:15; Ezekiel 34:12; Joel 2:2, compare Ezekiel 30:3 (all of day of יהוה).

2. Cloud of incense

עֲנַן קְטֹרֶת Leviticus 16:13 (Priests' Code) cloud of incense, so Ezekiel 8:11 (strike out עָנָן ᵐ5² Co³ Berthol⁴, not Toy⁵).

¹ T. Chaplin, Palestine Exploration Fund Quarterly Statement (PEQ), 1883, 19.

² Septuagint.

³ C. H. Cornill, Das Buch des Propheten Ezechiel (1886).

⁴ A. Bertholet, Das Buch Hesekiel (1897).

⁵ C. H. Toy, Ezekiel in Sacred Books of the Old Testament (1899).

Preposition -Within Art, Noun common both singular absolute

LXX: νεφέλη νεφέλησ νεφέλῃ ὡσ νέφοσ

LXX Usage Statistics

H6051:

νεφέλη 35× (34.7%)

νεφέλησ 22× (23.7%)

νεφέλῃ 11× (10.1%)

ὡσ 6× (6.9%)

νέφοσ 5× (5.7%)

---% 3× (2.8%)

--- 2× (2.3%)

νεφέλην 2× (2.3%)

γνόφοσ 2× (2.3%)

ἀτμὶσ 2× (1.8%)

ביום בְּיוֹם

within the Manifestation/Day

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ב

bə

Definition

in, by

Root

A primitive particle; a prefix

Exhaustive

(beth) — in / within / by means of

Core value: interiority, enclosure, participation

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

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

יום

yôwm

Definition

a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)

Root

from an unused root meaning to be hot;

Exhaustive

from an unused root meaning to be hot; a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb); age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, [phrase] old, [phrase] outlived, [phrase] perpetually, presently, [phrase] remaineth, [idiom] required, season, [idiom] since, space, then, (process of) time, [phrase] as at other times, [phrase] in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), [idiom] whole ([phrase] age), (full) year(-ly), [phrase] younger.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3117

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

יוֹם

noun masculine • Root ימם • Strongs / High • Page 595

brightness, splendour, shining, light. hence 1. the day (the period of light), opposed to night; can also mean mid-day. 2. the civil day, including night.

יוֹם

noun masculine • Root יום • Strongs / High • Page 596

Day; also used metaphorically for a specific time or event, such as birth-day, day of punishment, day of death, the present time, or the end of life.

יוֹם

noun masculine (aramaic) • Root יום • Strongs / High • Page 596

Aramaic (Chaldee) word for 'day', with the same variety of senses as the Hebrew.

יוֹם

noun / masculine • Root ימם • Strongs / High • Page 612

1. clearness, light. 2. day (including the night). The plural form יָמִים can also mean a short time, an indefinite time, or a long time.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

יוֹם

m. prim. dec. i. • Page 277

1. day. Phrases: הַיּוֹם (this day; to-day, 1 Sam. 12:17); בְּיוֹם (on the day when, Gen 2:17); כְּיוֹם (now, Gen. 25:31); יוֹם יוֹם (daily, Neh. 8:18); מִיּוֹם (from the day on, Ex. 10:6). Special uses: a day of misfortune (Obad. 12), a day of prosperity or festival (Hos. 7:5), and the day of Jehovah/judgment (Joel 1:15). 2. time generally (Gen. 39: 11).

יוֹם

noun masculine • Page 278

Day. (1) Specially days of one's life (Gen. 6:3, Gen. 43:9, Sam. 25:28). (2) Time generally (Gen. 47:8, Ex. 2:11, Judg. 18:1). (3) Some or several days (Neh. 1:4, Dan. 8:27, Gen. 40:4). (4) A year (Lev. 25:29, Judg. 17:10, 1 Sam. 2:19).

יוֹם

m. chald. • Page 278

Day, as in Heb. Plural יוֹמִין, emphatic יוֹמַיָּא. (Ezra 4:15, 19).

BDB

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon

H3117

I. יוֺם (approximate number of occurrences: 2285) noun masculine — day.

Cognates:

• Late Hebrew id.
• Aramaic יומָא
• Phoenician ים
• Moabite Inscription¹ ימן
• Siloam Inscription² ים
• Zinjirli יום
• Palmyrene יום
• Arabic يوم
• Ethiopic ዮም
• Sabean יום, ים
• Assyrian ummu, ûmu

— יוֺם absolute Genesis 1:5 +; construct Genesis 2:4 +; suffix יוֺמְךָ Jeremiah 50:31; יוֺמוֺ Exodus 5:13 (22 times); יוֺמָם Jeremiah 50:27; dual יוֺמַ֫יִם Exodus 21:21, יוֺמָ֑יִם Exodus 16:29; plural יָמִים Genesis 4:3 +; יָמִין (Aramaic form) Daniel 12:13; construct יְמֵי Genesis 3:14 +; יְמוֺת Deuteronomy 32:7, Psalm 90:15; suffix יָמַי Job 7:6 + etc.

1. Day, opposed to night

• Genesis 7:12, 14; Genesis 8:22 (Jehovist Source)
• Genesis 1:5, 14, 16, 18 (Priestly Code)
• חֹם הַיּוֺם the heat of the day Genesis 18:1 (Jehovist Source); 1 Samuel 11:11
• עוֺד גָּדוֺל הַיּוֺם the day is still high Genesis 29:7 (Jehovist Source)
• רוּחַ הַיּוֺם cool of the day Genesis 3:8
• מַחֲצִית הַיּוֺם mid-day Nehemiah 8:3
• עַד נְטוֺת הַיּוֺם until the declining of the day Judges 19:8

2. Day as division of time

a. Working-day

• Exodus 20:9–10 (Elohist Source) = Deuteronomy 5:18
• יְמֵי הַמַּעֲשֶׂה Ezekiel 46:1

b. Day's journey

• דֶּרֶךְ יוֺם Numbers 11:31 (Jehovist-Elohist Source)
• דֶּרֶךְ שְׁלשֶׁת יָמִים a three days' journey Genesis 30:36; Exodus 3:18 (Jehovist Source)

c. Duration of acts or states

• forty days Genesis 7:17; Genesis 8:6 (Jehovist Source)
• שְׁלשֶׁת יָמִים לַיְלָה וָיוֺם Esther 4:16

e. Day of month

• Genesis 7:11; Genesis 8:4, 14 (Priestly Code)
• Haggai 1:1, 15

f. Defined by substantive or clause

• יוֺם הַשֶּׁלֶג the snowy day 2 Samuel 23:20
• יוֺם הֻלֶּדֶת birthday Genesis 40:20 (Elohist Source)

i. Holy day

• יוֺם הַשַּׁבָּת the sabbath day Exodus 20:8 (Elohist Source)
• יוֺם הַכִּמֻּרים Leviticus 23:27

3. Day of Yahweh

יוֺם יְהוָה day of Yahweh, chiefly as time of his coming in judgment:

• Amos 5:18, 20
• Zephaniah 1:7, 14
• יוֺם עֶבְרַת יְהוָה Zephaniah 1:18
• יוֺם נָקָם Isaiah 34:8

4. Plural: days as lifetime or age

• Genesis 6:3 (Jehovist Source)
• כָּל יְמֵי חַיֶּיךָ all the days of thy life Genesis 3:14, 17 (Jehovist Source)
• בָּא בַּיָּמִים advanced in days (age) Genesis 18:11; Genesis 24:1 (Jehovist Source)
• אֹרֶךְ יָמִים length of days Proverbs 3:2, 16

5. Indefinite or ancient time

• יָמִים אֲחָדִים some days, a few days Genesis 27:44 (Jehovist Source)
• יְמוֺת עוֺלָם days of old Deuteronomy 32:7
• יְמֵי קֶדֶם Micah 7:20
• אַחֲרִית הַיּוֺם coming time Proverbs 31:25

6. Time or Year

• חֹדֶשׁ יָמִים a month of time Genesis 29:14 (Jehovist Source)
• זֶבַךְ הַיָּמִים yearly sacrifice 1 Samuel 1:21; 2:19
• מִיָּמִים יָמִ֫ימָה from year to year, yearly Exodus 13:10 (Jehovist-Elohist Source)

7. Particular Phrases

a. Today

• הַיּוֺם to-day Genesis 4:14; Genesis 31:43

c. Lo! days are coming

• הִנֵּה יָמִים בָּאִים Amos 4:2; Jeremiah 7:32

f. Always / Continually

feminine כָּל הַיָּמִים always, continually:

• Genesis 43:9 (Jehovist Source)
• Deuteronomy 4:40; Deuteronomy 6:24

g. On a particular day

• בַּיּוֺם הַהוּא on that day Genesis 15:18
• עַד הַיּוֺם הַזֶּה until this day Genesis 26:33 (Jehovist Source); Joshua 4:9

h. As daily

masculine עַל יוֺם טוֺב upon a good day 1 Samuel 25:8.

¹ MI: Moabite Inscription (Mesha Stele).

² SI: Siloam Inscription.

³ COT: Eberhard Schrader, The Cuneiform Inscriptions and the Old Testament (Die Keilinschriften und das Alte Testament).

⁴ J: Jehovist (Yahwist) Source.

⁵ E: Elohist Source.

⁶ P: Priestly Code / Narrative.

⁷ D: Deuteronomic Source.

⁸ H: Holiness Code.

Preposition, Noun common both singular construct

LXX: ἡμέρᾳ ἡμέρασ σήμερον ἡμέραν ἡμερῶν

LXX Usage Statistics

H3117:

ἡμέρᾳ 574× (20.2%)

ἡμέρασ 571× (23.8%)

σήμερον 204× (9.1%)

ἡμέραν 171× (6.9%)

ἡμερῶν 153× (6.4%)

ἡμέρα 135× (5.4%)

ἡμέραισ 133× (4.6%)

ἡμέραι 116× (4.7%)

--- 51× (2.4%)

'' 46× (1.8%)

הגשם הַגֶּ֗שֶׁם

the Rain Shower

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

גשם

geshem

Definition

a shower

Root

from H1652 (גשם);

Exhaustive

from גשם; a shower; rain, shower.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H1653

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

גֶּשֶׁם

noun • Root גשם • Strongs / High • Page 342

I. (pl. גְּשָׁמִים, constr. גִּשְׁמֵי) m. rain, e. g. a strong rain, a continuing one, like the regular (early or latter) rain, beneficent and reviving thunder-rain and other pouring rain.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

גֶּשֶׁם

noun masculine • Root גשם • Page 149

A heavy rain, shower, differing from light rain (1 K. 18:45, Prov. 25:23, Ezek. 13:11, 38:22, Job 37:6). Verbal from גָּשַׁם.

גֶּשֶׁם

noun • Root גשם • Page 149

Idem (Same as heavy rain). Verbal from גָּשַׁם (Ezek. 22:24).

גֶּשֶׁם

noun • Page 149

Body (Dan. 4:30 [33], 5:21).

גָּשַׁם

verb • Root גשם • Page 149

In Kal not used. Hiph. to cause to rain (Jer. 14:22).

BDB

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon

H1653

II. גֶּ֫שֶׁם (approximate number of occurrences: 35) noun masculine — rain, shower (Late Hebrew id., connected with above √ dubious).

— גֶּ֫שֶׁם absolute Genesis 7:12 +; גָּ֑שֶׁם 1 Kings 18:41 +; construct גֶּשֶׁם Job 37:6 (twice in verse) +; plural גְּשָׁמִים Ezra 10:9, 13; construct גִּשְׁמֵי Ezekiel 34:26; suffix גִּשְׁמֵיכֶם Leviticus 26:4; גִּשְׁמֵיהֶם Psalm 105:32.

1. Meanings and Uses

a. Literally: rain, shower

• Genesis 7:12; Genesis 8:2 (Jehovist Source)
• Leviticus 26:4 (Holiness Code)
• Hosea 6:3; Amos 4:7; Jeremiah 5:24; Jeremiah 14:4
• Isaiah 44:14; Isaiah 55:10
• Ezekiel 1:28
• Joel 2:23 (+ מוֺרֶה, מַלְקוֺשׁ)
• 1 Kings 17:7, 14; 18:45 (ג׳ גָּדוֹל); 2 Kings 3:17
• Proverbs 25:14, 23; Ecclesiastes 11:3; Song of Solomon 2:11; Psalm 105:32

b. Specific instances and phrases

• וּמֵהַגּ׳ Ezra 10:9 and because of the rains, compare Ezra 10:13
• קוֺל הֲמוֺן הַגּ׳ 1 Kings 18:41 compare 1 Kings 18:44
• Zechariah 14:17; Ecclesiastes 12:2
• מָטָ֑ר וְג׳ גֶּשֶׁם מִטְרוֺת עֻזּוֺ Job 37:6
• מְטַר גֶּֿשֶׁם Zechariah 10:1
• ג׳ נְדָבוֺת Psalm 68:10

2. Figurative Uses

a. Of blessing

• ג׳ בְּרָכָה Ezekiel 34:26

b. Of destruction

• ג׳ שֹׁטֵף Ezekiel 13:11, 13; compare Ezekiel 38:22

Aramaic

[גְּשֵׁם] (compare Dalman¹ 83) noun masculine body (see √ גשׁם in Biblical Hebrew; ᵑ7^J גּוּשְׁמָא, גִּשְׁמָא; Syriac ܓܘܫܡܐ, body, self).

1. literally body of man
   • suffix גִּשְׁמֵהּ Daniel 4:30; Daniel 5:21
   • plural suffix גַּשְׁמַיהוֺן (compare Kautzsch² § 15 a) Daniel 3:27, 28 (Kethib); suffix גֶּשְׁמֵהוֺן (Qere, compare Kautzsch² § 54, 3 b)

¹ Gustaf Dalman, Aramäisch-neuhebräisches Handwörterbuch zu Targum, Talmud und Midrasch (1897).

² Emil Kautzsch, Grammatik des Biblisch-Aramäischen (1884).

³ Jehovist (Yahwist) Source.

⁴ Holiness Code.

Particle definite article, Noun common both singular absolute

LXX: ὑετὸσ ὑετὸν ὑετοῦ ὑετόσ χειμὼν

LXX Usage Statistics

H1653:

ὑετὸσ 10× (26.0%)

ὑετὸν 7× (18.3%)

ὑετοῦ 4× (10.6%)

ὑετόσ 2× (5.3%)

χειμὼν 2× (4.9%)

---% 2× (4.0%)

כן כֵּן

an upright one/stand/thus

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

כן

kên

Definition

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

Root

from H3559 (כון);

Exhaustive

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

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3651

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

כֵּן

adverb • Strongs / High • Page 681

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

כֵּן

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

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

כֵּן

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

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

כֵּן

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

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

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

כֵּן

noun • Root כון • Page 320

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

כֵּן

unknown • Page 320

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

כֵּן

participle / adv. • Root כון • Page 319

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

BDB

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon

H3651

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

Cognates:

• Syriac recte¹

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

1. Right

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

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

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

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

2. Veritable, true

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

3. Plural concrete, "honest" (men)

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

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

Cognates:

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

— כֶּן־הוּא Genesis 44:10 (4 times).

1. Uses and Phrases

a. General usage (manner, quantity, quality)

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

b. Force elicited from context

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

c. Particular phrases

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

2. In comparison and agreement

a. כְּ... כֵּן (According to... so)

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

b. כַּאֲשֶׁר... כֵּן (As... so)

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

3. With prepositions

a. אַחַר כֵּן / אַחֲרֵי כֵן

Afterwards (see אַחַר).

b. בְּכֵן

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

c. לָכֵן

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

d. עַל־כֵּן

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

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

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

Aramaic

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

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

¹ Corpus Inscriptionum Semiticarum (CIS).

² Répertoire d’Épigraphie Sémitique (RÉS).

Adverb

LXX: οὕτωσ τοῦτο ταῦτα --- ''

LXX Usage Statistics

H3651c:

οὕτωσ 299× (40.5%)

τοῦτο 278× (32.8%)

ταῦτα 44× (5.0%)

--- 29× (4.0%)

'' 19× (2.2%)

τούτου 15× (1.8%)

ἕνεκεν 11× (1.5%)

οὕτω 8× (1.1%)

ὡσαύτωσ 8× (1.1%)

εἵνεκεν 6× (0.8%)

מראה מַרְאֵה

sight/appearance

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

מראה

marʼeh

Definition

a view (the act of seeing); also an appearance (the thing seen), whether (real) a shape (especially if handsome, comeliness; often plural the looks), or (mental) a vision

Root

from H7200 (ראה);

Exhaustive

from ראה; a view (the act of seeing); also an appearance (the thing seen), whether (real) a shape (especially if handsome, comeliness; often plural the looks), or (mental) a vision; [idiom] apparently, appearance(-reth), [idiom] as soon as beautiful(-ly), countenance, fair, favoured, form, goodly, to look (up) on (to), look(-eth), pattern, to see, seem, sight, visage, vision.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H4758

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

מַרְאֶה

noun masculine • Root ראה • Strongs / High • Page 903

1. the seeing, the sight (of a thing). 2. the appearance, the outward form; a handsome form, comeliness; the aspect. 3. same as מַרְאָה, a sight, a vision.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

מַרְאֶה

m. verbal • Root ראה • Page 403

1. a looking, seeing (Lev. 13: 12). 2. sight, vision (Ex. 3: 3). 3. appearance, form (Ex. 24: 17; Gen. 12: 11).

BDB

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon

H4758

I. מַרְאֶה (approximate number of occurrences: 102) noun masculine^{Exodus 3:3} — sight, appearance, vision.

— מַרְאֶה absolute Genesis 12:11 +; construct מַרְאֵה Deuteronomy 28:34 +; suffix מַרְאֵהוּ Joel 2:4 +, מַרְאֶהָ Leviticus 13:4 +; apparently plural construct מַרְאֵי Ecclesiastes 11:9 (Kö¹), suffix (probably in fact singular Ges²) מַרְאַיִךְ Songs 2:14 (twice in verse), מַרְאֵיהֶן Nahum 2:5 +, etc.

1. Meanings and Uses

a. sight, phenomenon, spectacle

• Exodus 3:3 (Jehovist Source)

b. appearance

• נֶחְמָד לְמַרְאֶה Genesis 2:9 (Jehovist Source) desirable in appearance
• גָּדוֺל לְמַרְאֶה Joshua 22:10
• appearance of man (or woman), Judges 13:6 (twice in verse) (angel)
• Isaiah 52:14 (servant of י׳)
• Songs 5:15; Daniel 8:15; Daniel 10:18
• = outward person (opposed to inner man) 1 Samuel 16:7
• visible form Songs 2:14 (twice in verse); Daniel 1:13 (twice in verse); Daniel 1:15
• בְּמַרְאֶה Numbers 12:8 (Elohist Source; so read Samaritan Pentateuch, LXX, Syriac, Targum, Di³, for MT מַרְאֶה), i.e. in personal presence (< Ew⁴ Paton לֹא בְמַרְאֶה)
• כְּמַרְאֵה סוּסִים מַרְאֵהוּ Joel 2:4
• of crocodile Job 41:2
• כְּבוֺד י׳ מַרְאֶה Exodus 24:17 (Priests' Code)
• הַנֶּגַע מַרְאֶה Leviticus 13:3
• מַרְאֶה אֵשׁ Numbers 9:15–16
• בָּרָק מַרְאֶה Daniel 10:6 +
• especially Ezekiel appearance person or of thing (27 times, sometimes redundant), Daniel 1:5; Daniel 1:13; Daniel 1:26; Daniel 8:2; Daniel 10:1 +, מִמָּתְנָיו מַרְאֶה Daniel 1:27 (twice in verse); Daniel 8:2 ("" מִמָּתְנָיו)
• of beauty וִיפֵה מַרְאֶה fair of appearance Genesis 39:6 (Jehovist Source; + יְפֵה־תֹאַר), compare 1 Samuel 17:42 (read עֶלֶם for עִם)
• feminine (אִשָּׁה) יְפַת־מַרְאֶה Genesis 12:11 (Jehovist Source), Genesis 29:17 (Elohist Source; + יְפַת תֹּאַר), 2 Samuel 14:27
• of kine יְפוֺת (הַ)מַרְאֶה Genesis 41:2, 4 (Elohist Source), opposed to רָעוֺת (הַ)מַרְאֶה Genesis 41:3; 4, מַרְאֵיהֶן רַע Genesis 41:21 (all Elohist Source)
• of women also טֹבַת מַרְאֶה Genesis 24:16; Genesis 26:7 (both Jehovist Source), 2 Samuel 11:2; Esther 1:11; Esther 2:3, 7, טוֺבוֺת מַרְאֶה Esther 2:2
• of boys טוֺבֵי מַרְאֶה Daniel 1:4, compare מַרְאֶה alone in וְנֶחְמְדֵהוּ לֹא־מַרְאֶה (of suffering servant of י׳) Isaiah 53:2; אִישׁ מַרְאֶה 2 Samuel 23:21 (but read as parallel 1 Chronicles 11:23 אִישׁ מִדָּה We⁵ Dr⁶ and others)

c. appearance, sight, vision

• Numbers 8:4 (Priests' Code)

2. What is seen (in general)

• מַרְאֵה עֵינָיו Isaiah 11:3 i.e. what his outward eyes see (compare 1 Samuel 16:7 Section 1b)
• לִמַרְאֵה עֵינֶיהָ Ezekiel 23:16
• מַרְאֵה עְינֶיךָ אֲשֶׁר תִּרְאֶה Deuteronomy 28:34, 67
• לְכָל־מַרְאֵה עֵינֵי הַכֹּהֵן Leviticus 13:12 (Priests' Code)

3. Supernatural vision

(In Ezekiel, Daniel; often accusative of cognate meaning with verb with ראה):

• Ezekiel 8:4; Ezekiel 11:24; Ezekiel 43:3 (3 times in verse), read also מַרְאֵה הָרֶכֶב Ezekiel 43:3 (for מַרְאוֺת see I. מַרְאָה)
• בַּמַּרְאֶה Ezekiel 11:24; Daniel 8:16, 27; Daniel 9:23; Daniel 10:1
• מַרְאֵה הָעֶרֶב וְהַבֹּקֶר Daniel 8:26

4. Sight, vision = power of seeing (and enjoying)

Late usage:

• מַרְאֵה עֵינַיִם Ecclesiastes 6:9
• הַלֵךְ בְּדַרְּכֵי לִבְּךָ וּבְמַרְאֵי עֵינֶיךָ Ecclesiastes 11:9

¹ Eduard König, Historisch-Kritiches Lehrgebäude der Hebräischen Sprache (1881–1897).

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

³ August Dillmann, commentaries on the Octateuch.

⁴ Heinrich Ewald, Lehrbuch der hebräischen Sprache.

⁵ Julius Wellhausen.

⁶ S. R. Driver, Notes on the Hebrew Text of the Books of Samuel.

Noun common both singular construct

LXX: ὄψισ ὅρασισ ὡσ εἶδοσ ὅρασιν

LXX Usage Statistics

H4758:

ὄψισ 18× (14.0%)

ὅρασισ 16× (13.4%)

ὡσ 13× (12.8%)

εἶδοσ 9× (6.9%)

ὅρασιν 8× (6.3%)

εἴδει 8× (6.7%)

--- 7× (6.9%)

ὄψει 4× (3.3%)

ὅραμα 3× (2.7%)

ὁράσει 3× (2.4%)

הנגה הַנֹּגַהּ

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

נגה

nôgahh

Definition

brilliancy (literally or figuratively)

Root

from H5050 (נגה);

Exhaustive

from נגה; brilliancy (literally or figuratively); bright(-ness), light, (clear) shining.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H5051

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

נֹ֫גַהּ

noun / feminine • Root נגה • Consonantal / Low • Page 942

A shining, brightness, of a flame; light, clearness, splendour of rising; brightness of the morning sun; of a glancing spear-point; of the divine manifestation.

Matched after stripping common prefixes

נְגָה

verb • Root נגה • Consonantal / Low • Page 942

An unused Aramaic intransitive verb, same as Hebrew נָגַהּ (nagah).

Matched after stripping common prefixes

נָגַהּ

verb • Root נגה • Consonantal / Low • Page 942

Intransitive verb meaning to shine, to lighten.

Matched after stripping common prefixes

נָגַהּ

verb • Root נגה • Consonantal / Low • Page 943

(not used) intr. to appear, to rise, to go forth, of light.

Matched after stripping common prefixes

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

נֹגַהּ

f. verbal n. / dec. vi. n. • Root נגה • Page 425

Brightness, shining; particularly of fire (Is. 4:5), the sun (2 Sam. 23:4), the moon (Is. 60:19), a sword (Hab. 3:11), or the shechinah (Ezek. 10:4).

BDB

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon

H5051

I. נֹ֫גַהּ noun feminine^{Habakkuk 3:4} — brightness.

— נֹ֫גַהּ absolute Amos 5:10 +; construct Isaiah 4:5 +; suffix נָגְהָם Joel 2:10, Joel 4:15.

1. Meanings and Uses

a. Brightness of a (clear, sunshiny) day

• Amos 5:10 ("" אוֹר; opposed to אָפֵל, חֹשֶׁךְ)
• 2 Samuel 23:4 (מִמָּטָר after rain)

b. Of celestial bodies

• Of moon: Isaiah 60:19
• Of stars: Joel 2:10; Joel 4:15

c. Figurative of Zion’s dawning and righteousness

• Isaiah 60:3 (נ׳ זַרְחֵךְ; "" אוֹר)
• Isaiah 62:1 (כַּנֹּגַהּ; with article only here and Ezekiel 1:28), "" כְּלַמִּיד יִבְעָ֑ר

2. Of theophany

• 2 Samuel 22:13 = Psalm 18:13 (in storm)
• Ezekiel 1:4, 27, 28
• Ezekiel 10:4 (נ׳ כְּבוֹד י׳)
• Habakkuk 3:4 (נ׳ כָאוֹר)
• Ezekiel 1:13 (נ׳ לָאֵשׁ)
• Isaiah 4:5 (נ׳ אֵשׁ לֶהָבָה)
• Habakkuk 3:11 (of glitter of י׳’s spear; "" אוֹר חִצֶּיךָ)

3. Figurative of individual and path

• Isaiah 50:10 (וְאֵין נ׳ לוֹ; figurative of distress "" חֲשֵׁכִים)
• Proverbs 4:18 (וְאֹרַח צַדִּיקִים כְּאוֹר נ׳) the path of righteous men is like a light of brightness.

Particle definite article, Noun common both singular absolute

LXX: φέγγοσ φέγγουσ φῶσ ὡσ

LXX Usage Statistics

H5051:

φέγγοσ 9× (38.2%)

φέγγουσ 4× (16.7%)

φῶσ 2× (9.5%)

ὡσ 2× (9.5%)

סביב סָבִיב

circling around

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

סביב

çâbîyb

Definition

(as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around

Root

or (feminine) סביבה; from H5437 (סבב);

Exhaustive

or (feminine) סביבה; from סבב; (as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around; (place, round) about, circuit, compass, on every side.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H5439

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

סָבִיב

adverb / preposition • Root סבב • Strongs / High • Page 756

Adverb or substantive used as a preposition, meaning 'round about', often preceding a noun with the preposition 'ל'.

סָבִיב

noun • Root סבב • Strongs / High • Page 1005

A circuit, a surrounding country, neighbourhood.

סָבִיב

adverb / preposition • Root סבב • Strongs / High • Page 1005

As an adverb: round about, circum, on all sides round. As a preposition with ל or עַל: about, toward all sides.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

סָבִיב

m. verbal • Root סבב • Page 467

As a subst. circuit. 1 Chr. 11: 8. Hence as an adv. round about, Gen. 23: 17; Ex. 16: 13. Also used as a prep. round about any thing, as round about the tent, Ex. 40: 33; Num. 1: 53. Plur. m. סְבִיבִים persons round about, neighbours. Jer. 48: 17, 39. Also refers to country round about, les environs.

BDB

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon

H5439

I. סָבִיב (approximate number of occurrences: 336) substantive, used mostly as adverb and preposition — circuit, round about.

— construct סְבִיב Amos 3:11; plural construct סְבִיבֵי Jeremiah 32:44, Jeremiah 33:13, suffix סְבִיבֶיךָ etc. (10 times), much oftener סְבִיבוֹת Exodus 7:24 (22 times), סְבִיבוֹתַי, תֶיךָ-, etc., Deuteronomy 17:14, etc. (48 times):

1. In singular

a. As substantive

• 1 Chronicles 11:8 מִן־הַמִּלּוֹא וְעַד־הַסָּבִיב and to the parts round about.

b. As adverb accusative סָבִיב (in) a circuit, i.e. round about

• Genesis 23:17 בְּכָל־גְּבוּלוֹ סָבִיב
• Exodus 19:12; Exodus 25:11, 24, 25
• Leviticus 1:5, 11 (+ עַל הַמִּזְבֵּחַ סָבִיב)
• Judges 20:29; 1 Kings 3:1; 1 Kings 5:11; Psalm 3:7 (+ אֲשֶׁר סָבִיב שָׁתוּ עָלָי)
• Psalm 12:9; Psalm 34:8 + often
• Sometimes doubled, for the sake of emphasis: 2 Chronicles 4:3; Ezekiel 8:10 (+ עַל הַקִּיר סָבִיב סָבִיב), Ezekiel 37:2; Ezekiel 40:5 and often in Ezekiel 40–43.

c. As preposition

• (a) Amos 3:11 צַר וּסְבִיב הָאָרֶץ distress, and that in the circuit of (= round about) the land (but read probably with ᵑ6 יְסֹבֵב will encircle).
• (b) סָבִיב לְ: Exodus 16:13; Exodus 40:33; Numbers 1:50, 53; Numbers 2:2; Judges 7:21; 1 Kings 6:5; 1 Kings 18:32, 35; Ezekiel 41:10; Ezekiel 14:16; Job 19:12; Psalm 34:8; Psalm 78:28; Psalm 125:2 (twice in verse) יהוה סָבִיב לְעַמּוֹ, Psalm 128:3; Songs 3:7; Nahum 3:8.
• (c) strangely, סָבִיב אֵת: 1 Kings 6:5 (omitted by ᵐ5), Ezekiel 43:17.

d. מִסָּבִיב (42 times), from round about, from every side

• Ezekiel 16:33, 37; Ezekiel 23:22; Ezekiel 37:21
• Usually = on every side: Jeremiah 4:17 (+ הָיוּ עָלֶיהָ מִסָּבִיב), Isaiah 42:25 (+ וַתְּלַהֲטֵהוּ מִסָּבִיב), Joel 4:11, 12.
• מָגוֹר מִסָּבִיב terror on every side!: Jeremiah 6:25; Jeremiah 20:3, 10; Jeremiah 46:5; Jeremiah 49:29; Psalm 31:14, compare Lamentations 2:22.
• Especially in the Deuteronomic phrases אוֹיְבִים מִסָּבִיב, or הֵנִיחַ מִסָּבִיב (sometimes in combination): Deuteronomy 12:10 (+ וְהֵנִיחַ לָכֶם מִכָּל־אוֹיְבֵיכֶם מִסָּבִיב), Deuteronomy 25:19; Joshua 21:42 (+ וַיָּנַח יהוה לָהֶם מִסָּבִיב), Joshua 23:1; Judges 2:14; Judges 8:34; 1 Samuel 12:11 +.
• מִסָּבִיב לְ from round about: Numbers 16:24, 27.
• On 1 Samuel 14:21; 2 Samuel 24:6; Job 10:8 see סָבַב.

2. In plural

a. סְבִיבִים

• (a) in masculine sense, those round about: Psalm 76:12 (+ כָּל־סְבִיבָיו יֹבִילוּ שַׁי), Psalm 89:8; Jeremiah 48:17, 39.
• (b) in neuter sense, the parts round about: Jeremiah 49:5 (+ מִכָּל־סְבִיבָיִךְ), Jeremiah 32:44; Jeremiah 33:13; Jeremiah 21:14 (+ וְאָכְלָה כָּל־סְבִיבֶיהָ), Jeremiah 46:14.
• With the force of a preposition: Psalm 50:3 (+ וּסְבִיבָיו נִשְׂעֲרָה מְאֹד), Psalm 97:2; Lamentations 1:17.

b. סְבִיבוֹת

• (a) as substantive: (α) circuits: Ecclesiastes 1:6 (+ וְעַל־סְבִיבֹתָיו שָׁב הָרוּחַ); (β) the parts round about: Numbers 22:4 (+ יְלַחֲכוּ הַקָּהָל אֵת כָּל־סְבִיבֹתֵינוּ), Jeremiah 17:26; Jeremiah 50:32; with reference to their inhabitants: Psalm 44:14 (= Psalm 79:4), Ezekiel 16:57; Ezekiel 28:24; Daniel 9:16.
• (b) with the force of a preposition: Exodus 7:24 סְבִיבֹת הַיְאֹר literally (in) the circuits of the Nile = round about the Nile, Numbers 11:24, 31, 32; suffix סְבִיבֹתֵיהֶם Numbers 35:2, Judges 7:18; 1 Samuel 26:5, 7; 2 Kings 6:17 (+ סְבִיבֹת אֱלִישָׁע), Psalm 18:12; Psalm 27:6 (+ עַל אֹיְבַי סְבִיבוֹתָי), etc.
• Often idiomatic preceded by אֲשֶׁר, as Genesis 35:5 (+ הֶעָרִים אֲשֶׁר סְבִיבוֹתֵיהֶם), Genesis 41:48; Leviticus 25:44; Numbers 16:34; Deuteronomy 6:14; Deuteronomy 13:8; Deuteronomy 17:14; Deuteronomy 21:2 +.
• In the same sense מִסְּבִיבוֹתָם Ezekiel 28:26.

¹ ᵑ6 Peshitta (Syriac version).

² ᵐ5 Septuagint (Greek version).

Noun common both singular absolute

LXX: κύκλῳ κυκλόθεν περικύκλῳ '' αὐτῆσ

LXX Usage Statistics

H5439:

κύκλῳ 201× (60.1%)

κυκλόθεν 70× (21.1%)

περικύκλῳ 19× (5.4%)

'' 14× (3.6%)

αὐτῆσ 9× (2.1%)

--- 4× (1.2%)

κύκλωμα 3× (0.7%)

ἐκύκλουν 2× (0.6%)

ἐκύκλωσάν 2× (0.6%)

ἐπέστρεψεν 2× (0.5%)

הוא ה֕וּא

Himself

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

הוא

hûwʼ

Definition

he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are

Root

of which the feminine (beyond the Pentateuch) is היא; a primitive word, the third person pronoun singular;

Exhaustive

of which the feminine (beyond the Pentateuch) is היא; a primitive word, the third person pronoun singular; he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are; he, as for her, him(-self), it, the same, she (herself), such, that (...it), these, they, this, those, which (is), who.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H1931

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

הוּא

personal pronoun • Root הו • Strongs / High • Page 392

Personal pronoun, 3rd person singular masculine: he, it. It can also be used for emphasis (he himself), as a demonstrative (this, that), to indicate self, or to strengthen other pronouns (I myself, thou thyself).

הוּא

pronoun • Strongs / High • Page 393

Personal pronoun, 3rd person singular masculine: he, it. Can also mean 'the same', 'himself'. It is also used as a designation for God, and can include the verb 'to be'.

הוּא

aramaic personal pronoun (aramaic) • Strongs / High • Page 393

Aramaic personal pronoun of the 3rd person, he.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

הוּא

chald. • Page 178

idem. behold, as for as simply. So in Syr. Dan. 2:43.

הוּא

pronoun • Page 182

1. he, and as a neuter it. In the Pentateuch, used for both genders. 2. self, same, selfsame. Is. 7:14, Ps. 44:5. 3. serves as the substantive verb 'to be' (copula). Is. 43:25. Also used as 'thou (art) the same' in 2 Sam. 7:28.

הוּא

chald. pron. • Page 182

idem (the same). Dan. 2:21.

הוּא

chald. • Page 182

see הֲוָה.

הוּא

unknown • Page 217

see הָוָה.

BDB

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon

H1931

I. הוּא masculine, הִיא feminine (approximate number of occurrences: 440) — pronoun of the 3rd person singular; he, she, it (Latin is, ea, id).

Cognates:

• Moabite הא
• Phoenician הא
• Aramaic of Zinjirli הא, הו
• Aramaic (Targum) הוּא, הִיא
• Syriac ܗܘ, ܗܝ
• Arabic هو, هي
• Ethiopic ውእቱ (weʾetū), ይእቲ (yeʾetī)
• Assyrian šû, šî

— הוּא masculine; הִיא feminine; plural masculine הֵ֫מָּה, הֵם; plural feminine הֵ֫נָּה, הֵן; variant הוּ Jeremiah 29:23 Kethibh.

In the Pentateuch, הוא is frequently of common Gender, the feminine form הִיא occurring only 11 times, namely Genesis 14:2; Genesis 20:5; Genesis 38:25, Leviticus 11:39; Leviticus 13:10, 21; Leviticus 16:31; Leviticus 20:17; Leviticus 21:9; Numbers 5:13, 14. The punctuators however pointed it הִוא as a Qr perpetuum. Outside the Pentateuch the same Qr occurs 1 Kings 17:15; Isaiah 30:33; Job 31:11.

1. Emphatic pronoun (he, she, it, they)

a. Used for emphasis or contrast

• Genesis 3:15 הוא ישׁופך ראשׁ he (αὐτὸς) shall bruise thee (opposed to אתה thou)
• Genesis 3:20 for she was the mother of all living
• Judges 14:3; Psalm 24:2; Psalm 33:9; Job 5:18; Hosea 6:1 (in causal sentences)
• Genesis 2:11 הוּא הַסֹּבֵב that is the one which encompasseth
• Genesis 14:3 הוּא יָם הַמֶּלַח that is the salt sea

b. Pointing back to subject and contrasting it

• Genesis 4:4 הבל גסהֿוא Abel, he also
• Genesis 20:5 וְהִיאגַֿםהִֿוא and she, herself also said

c. Appended alone to a verb for intentional emphasis

• Exodus 4:14 כי דבר ידבר הוא that he can speak
• 1 Samuel 22:18 ויפגע הוא בכהנים and he smote the priests
• Isaiah 7:14 הוא אֲדֹנָי

d. Joined with another subject

• Genesis 13:1 הוּא וְאִשְׁתּוֺ himself and his wife
• Genesis 14:15 הוּא וַעֲבָדָיו he and his servants

2. Resumes the subject with emphasis

a. When the predicate is a verb

• Genesis 15:4 הוּא יִירָשֶׁ֑ךָ he shall be thy heir
• Genesis 3:12 הוא נתנה לי she gave to me
• Isaiah 63:5; Psalm 68:36

b. When the predicate is a noun (acting as copula)

• Genesis 2:14 הוּא פְרָת it was the Euphrates
• Deuteronomy 4:35 יהוה הוּא הָאֱלֹהִים Yahweh, he is God
• Joshua 13:14, 33; Hosea 11:5

3. Following the predicate (minimum emphasis)

a. Simple assertion

• Genesis 12:18 כי אשׁתך הוא that she was thy wife
• Genesis 21:13 כי זרעך הוא for he is thy seed
• Genesis 31:20 כִּי בֹרֵחַ הוּא

b. After a casus pendens

• Genesis 31:16 לנו הוא it is ours
• Exodus 3:5 אַדְמַת קֹדֶשׁ הוּא it is holy ground
• Genesis 41:26 חלום פרעה אחד הוא the dream of Pharaoh is one

4. Anticipating the subject

a. Preceding the subject

• Songs 6:9 אַחַת הִיא יוֺנָתִי one is she, my dove
• Leviticus 25:11; Lamentations 1:18

b. Following interrogative or demonstrative pronouns

• 2 Samuel 7:28 אַתָּה הוּא הָאֱלֹהִים Thou art he — God
• Psalm 44:5 אתה הוא מלכי thou art he — my king
• Psalm 24:10 מִי הוּא זֶה who is he, then?
• 1 Chronicles 22:1 זֶה הֿוּא

5. Of God as "He" (the Self-Existent)

As an emphatic predicate, "I am He," the Self-consistent Ruler:

• Deuteronomy 32:39 אֲנִי אֲנִי הוּא I, I am he
• Isaiah 41:4; Isaiah 43:10, 13
• Psalm 102:28 ואתה הוא thou art he (σὺ δὲ ὁ αὐτὸς εἶ)

6. In a neuter sense (that, it)

a. Referring to a matter or action

• Joshua 2:21 כֶּן הֿוּא so be it
• Genesis 42:14 הוא אשׁר דברתי that is what I said
• Job 8:19 הן הוא משׂושׂ דרכו lo that is the joy of his way

b. Affirming existence

• 2 Kings 18:36 כִּי מִצְוַת הַמֶּלֶךְ הִיא for it was the king's command
• Jeremiah 51:6, 11

7. With the article (that, those)

Joined to a substantive defined by the article:

• Genesis 2:12 הָאָרֶץ הַהִוא that land
• Genesis 19:35 ובלילה ההוא in that night
• Genesis 21:22 בָּעֵת הַהִוא at that time
• Genesis 19:33 (anomalous בַּלַּיְלָה הוּא)

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

² MI = Mesha Inscription (Moabite Stone).

³ Wright, Comparative Grammar of the Semitic Languages (W SG).

⁴ Delitzsch, Assyrian Grammar (Dl).

⁵ S. R. Driver, Hebrew Tenses and 1 Samuel (Dr).

Pronoun personal third person masculine singular

LXX: αὐτὸσ ἐστιν ἐκείνῃ οὗτοσ ---

LXX Usage Statistics

H1931:

αὐτὸσ 321× (16.5%)

ἐστιν 260× (13.7%)

ἐκείνῃ 197× (10.6%)

οὗτοσ 160× (8.4%)

--- 103× (5.6%)

ἐκείνῳ 67× (3.6%)

ἐστίν 54× (2.9%)

ἐστὶν 54× (2.7%)

'' 50× (2.3%)

τοῦτο 42× (2.2%)

מראה מַרְאֵה

sight/appearance

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

מראה

marʼeh

Definition

a view (the act of seeing); also an appearance (the thing seen), whether (real) a shape (especially if handsome, comeliness; often plural the looks), or (mental) a vision

Root

from H7200 (ראה);

Exhaustive

from ראה; a view (the act of seeing); also an appearance (the thing seen), whether (real) a shape (especially if handsome, comeliness; often plural the looks), or (mental) a vision; [idiom] apparently, appearance(-reth), [idiom] as soon as beautiful(-ly), countenance, fair, favoured, form, goodly, to look (up) on (to), look(-eth), pattern, to see, seem, sight, visage, vision.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H4758

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

מַרְאֶה

noun masculine • Root ראה • Strongs / High • Page 903

1. the seeing, the sight (of a thing). 2. the appearance, the outward form; a handsome form, comeliness; the aspect. 3. same as מַרְאָה, a sight, a vision.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

מַרְאֶה

m. verbal • Root ראה • Page 403

1. a looking, seeing (Lev. 13: 12). 2. sight, vision (Ex. 3: 3). 3. appearance, form (Ex. 24: 17; Gen. 12: 11).

BDB

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon

H4758

I. מַרְאֶה (approximate number of occurrences: 102) noun masculine^{Exodus 3:3} — sight, appearance, vision.

— מַרְאֶה absolute Genesis 12:11 +; construct מַרְאֵה Deuteronomy 28:34 +; suffix מַרְאֵהוּ Joel 2:4 +, מַרְאֶהָ Leviticus 13:4 +; apparently plural construct מַרְאֵי Ecclesiastes 11:9 (Kö¹), suffix (probably in fact singular Ges²) מַרְאַיִךְ Songs 2:14 (twice in verse), מַרְאֵיהֶן Nahum 2:5 +, etc.

1. Meanings and Uses

a. sight, phenomenon, spectacle

• Exodus 3:3 (Jehovist Source)

b. appearance

• נֶחְמָד לְמַרְאֶה Genesis 2:9 (Jehovist Source) desirable in appearance
• גָּדוֺל לְמַרְאֶה Joshua 22:10
• appearance of man (or woman), Judges 13:6 (twice in verse) (angel)
• Isaiah 52:14 (servant of י׳)
• Songs 5:15; Daniel 8:15; Daniel 10:18
• = outward person (opposed to inner man) 1 Samuel 16:7
• visible form Songs 2:14 (twice in verse); Daniel 1:13 (twice in verse); Daniel 1:15
• בְּמַרְאֶה Numbers 12:8 (Elohist Source; so read Samaritan Pentateuch, LXX, Syriac, Targum, Di³, for MT מַרְאֶה), i.e. in personal presence (< Ew⁴ Paton לֹא בְמַרְאֶה)
• כְּמַרְאֵה סוּסִים מַרְאֵהוּ Joel 2:4
• of crocodile Job 41:2
• כְּבוֺד י׳ מַרְאֶה Exodus 24:17 (Priests' Code)
• הַנֶּגַע מַרְאֶה Leviticus 13:3
• מַרְאֶה אֵשׁ Numbers 9:15–16
• בָּרָק מַרְאֶה Daniel 10:6 +
• especially Ezekiel appearance person or of thing (27 times, sometimes redundant), Daniel 1:5; Daniel 1:13; Daniel 1:26; Daniel 8:2; Daniel 10:1 +, מִמָּתְנָיו מַרְאֶה Daniel 1:27 (twice in verse); Daniel 8:2 ("" מִמָּתְנָיו)
• of beauty וִיפֵה מַרְאֶה fair of appearance Genesis 39:6 (Jehovist Source; + יְפֵה־תֹאַר), compare 1 Samuel 17:42 (read עֶלֶם for עִם)
• feminine (אִשָּׁה) יְפַת־מַרְאֶה Genesis 12:11 (Jehovist Source), Genesis 29:17 (Elohist Source; + יְפַת תֹּאַר), 2 Samuel 14:27
• of kine יְפוֺת (הַ)מַרְאֶה Genesis 41:2, 4 (Elohist Source), opposed to רָעוֺת (הַ)מַרְאֶה Genesis 41:3; 4, מַרְאֵיהֶן רַע Genesis 41:21 (all Elohist Source)
• of women also טֹבַת מַרְאֶה Genesis 24:16; Genesis 26:7 (both Jehovist Source), 2 Samuel 11:2; Esther 1:11; Esther 2:3, 7, טוֺבוֺת מַרְאֶה Esther 2:2
• of boys טוֺבֵי מַרְאֶה Daniel 1:4, compare מַרְאֶה alone in וְנֶחְמְדֵהוּ לֹא־מַרְאֶה (of suffering servant of י׳) Isaiah 53:2; אִישׁ מַרְאֶה 2 Samuel 23:21 (but read as parallel 1 Chronicles 11:23 אִישׁ מִדָּה We⁵ Dr⁶ and others)

c. appearance, sight, vision

• Numbers 8:4 (Priests' Code)

2. What is seen (in general)

• מַרְאֵה עֵינָיו Isaiah 11:3 i.e. what his outward eyes see (compare 1 Samuel 16:7 Section 1b)
• לִמַרְאֵה עֵינֶיהָ Ezekiel 23:16
• מַרְאֵה עְינֶיךָ אֲשֶׁר תִּרְאֶה Deuteronomy 28:34, 67
• לְכָל־מַרְאֵה עֵינֵי הַכֹּהֵן Leviticus 13:12 (Priests' Code)

3. Supernatural vision

(In Ezekiel, Daniel; often accusative of cognate meaning with verb with ראה):

• Ezekiel 8:4; Ezekiel 11:24; Ezekiel 43:3 (3 times in verse), read also מַרְאֵה הָרֶכֶב Ezekiel 43:3 (for מַרְאוֺת see I. מַרְאָה)
• בַּמַּרְאֶה Ezekiel 11:24; Daniel 8:16, 27; Daniel 9:23; Daniel 10:1
• מַרְאֵה הָעֶרֶב וְהַבֹּקֶר Daniel 8:26

4. Sight, vision = power of seeing (and enjoying)

Late usage:

• מַרְאֵה עֵינַיִם Ecclesiastes 6:9
• הַלֵךְ בְּדַרְּכֵי לִבְּךָ וּבְמַרְאֵי עֵינֶיךָ Ecclesiastes 11:9

¹ Eduard König, Historisch-Kritiches Lehrgebäude der Hebräischen Sprache (1881–1897).

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

³ August Dillmann, commentaries on the Octateuch.

⁴ Heinrich Ewald, Lehrbuch der hebräischen Sprache.

⁵ Julius Wellhausen.

⁶ S. R. Driver, Notes on the Hebrew Text of the Books of Samuel.

Noun common both singular construct

LXX: ὄψισ ὅρασισ ὡσ εἶδοσ ὅρασιν

LXX Usage Statistics

H4758:

ὄψισ 18× (14.0%)

ὅρασισ 16× (13.4%)

ὡσ 13× (12.8%)

εἶδοσ 9× (6.9%)

ὅρασιν 8× (6.3%)

εἴδει 8× (6.7%)

--- 7× (6.9%)

ὄψει 4× (3.3%)

ὅραμα 3× (2.7%)

ὁράσει 3× (2.4%)

דמות דְּמוּת

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

דמות

dᵉmûwth

Definition

resemblance; concretely, model, shape; adverbially, like

Root

from H1819 (דמה);

Exhaustive

from דמה; resemblance; concretely, model, shape; adverbially, like; fashion, like (-ness, as), manner, similitude.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H1823

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

דְּמוּת

noun • Root דמה • Strongs / High • Page 372

A likeness, a thing like. Usually concrete, an image, a copy, a model, a form. Can be used as an adverb: like, as.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

דְּמוּת

noun feminine • Root דמה • Page 169

1. image, likeness (Gen. 1:26, 5:1, 3; 2 Chr. 4:3; Is. 40:18). 2. model, pattern, copy (2 K. 16:10). 3. form (Ezek. 1:16; 10:1, 21; Dan 10:16). 4. as an adv. as, like as (Is. 13:4; Ps. 58:5).

BDB

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon

H1823

I. דְּמוּת (mostly late; according to Lagarde¹ mispunct. for דִּמְוַת from דִּמְוָה; according to Wellhausen² an Aramaic Loan-word, but see Dillmann Genesis 5:1, Driver³, Cheyne⁴) noun feminine — likeness, similitude.

— דְּמוּת absolute Isaiah 40:18 (3 times); construct דְּמוּת Genesis 5:1 (16 times); suffix דְּמוּתוֺ Genesis 5:3; דְּמוּתֵנוּ Genesis 1:26.

1. Likeness or similitude

a. Of external appearance, chiefly in Ezekiel

• Ezekiel 1:5 (likeness, i.e. something that appeared like) so Ezekiel 1:26
• Ezekiel 8:2 דְּמוּת כְּמַרְאֵה אֵשׁ (compare Cornill)
• Ezekiel 10:1 כְּמַרְאֵה דְּמוּת כִּסֵּא
• Daniel 10:16 כִּדְמוּת בְּנֵי אָדָם i.e. one like the sons of man

b. Similitude, resemblance

• Ezekiel 1:5, 10, 16, 22, 26
• Ezekiel 10:10, 21, 22
• דְּמוּת כְּמַרְאֵה אָדָם Ezekiel 1:26
• מַרְאֵה דְּמוּת כְּבוֺד י׳ Ezekiel 1:28
• 2 Kings 16:10 (pattern of altar)
• 2 Chronicles 4:3 (images of oxen)
• Of son in likeness of father Genesis 5:3 (Priests' Code)
• Of man in likeness of God Genesis 1:26 (+ צֶלֶם), Genesis 5:1 (both Priests' Code)
• Isaiah 40:18 what דְּמוּת will ye compare to him (אֵל)? (+ דִּמָּה)

2. Adverbial usage

In likeness of, like as:

• Isaiah 13:4
• Ezekiel 23:15
• כִּדְמוּת Psalm 58:5

— Ezekiel 1:13 read וּבֵינוֺת, see בֵּין and Peters⁵. On דְּמוּת אֶחָד Ezekiel 1:16; Ezekiel 10:10 (apparently masculine) compare Gesenius (Thesaurus) & Smend who translate the likeness of one had they all four; Cornill reads אחת.

¹ Paul de Lagarde, Übersicht über die im Aramäischen, Arabischen und Hebräischen übliche Bildung der Nomina (BN), 1889, 12. 147 ff.

² Julius Wellhausen, Prolegomena zur Geschichte Israels (Prol.), 1883, 413; Eng. Trans. 389.

³ S. R. Driver, Journal of Philology (JPh) xi. 216.

⁴ T. K. Cheyne, The Origin and Religious Contents of the Psalter (OP), 1891, 474.

⁵ J. P. Peters, Journal of Biblical Literature (JBL) 1892, 40. 42.

Noun common feminine singular construct

LXX: ὁμοίωμα ὡσ ὁμοιώματοσ ὁμοίωσισ ὁμοίωσιν

LXX Usage Statistics

H1823:

ὁμοίωμα 12× (41.0%)

ὡσ 3× (11.2%)

ὁμοιώματοσ 3× (10.1%)

ὁμοίωσισ 3× (9.6%)

ὁμοίωσιν 2× (5.2%)

כבוד כְּבוֹד־

glory

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

כבוד

kâbôwd

Definition

properly, weight, but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousness

Root

rarely כבד; from H3513 (כבד);

Exhaustive

rarely כבד; from כבד; properly, weight, but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousness; glorious(-ly), glory, honour(-able).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3519

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

כָּבוֹד

noun • Root כבד • Strongs / High • Page 673

honour, fame, renown, dignity, glory, majesty (especially of God); splendour, excellency; concretely, the noble or best part of something; adverbially, gloriously.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

כָּבוֹד

noun masculine • Root כבד • Page 307

1. honour, praise (Ps. 19:2, 79:9). 2. majesty, glory (Ps. 24:7, 8, 9). Specifically 'כְּבוֹד יְהוָה' the glory of Jehovah, the shining splendour which surrounds the deity (Ex. 24:16, 40:34, 1 K. 8:10).

BDB

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon

H3519

II. כָּבוֹד (approximate number of occurrences: 200) noun masculine (Isaiah 60:1) and feminine (Genesis 49:6) — abundance, honour, glory.

— כָּבוֹד absolute Joshua 7:19 (70 times); כָּבֹד Genesis 31:1, Nahum 2:10; construct כְּבוֹד Exodus 16:7 (62 times); כְּבֹד Proverbs 25:2; suffix כְּבוֹדִי Genesis 45:13 (17 times); כְּבֹדִי Genesis 49:6 (3 times); + 40 times suffixes.

1. Abundance, riches

• Genesis 31:1 (Jehovist Source)
• Isaiah 10:3
• Isaiah 61:6
• Isaiah 66:11, 12
• Nahum 2:10
• Psalm 49:17, 18

2. Honour, splendour, glory

Of external condition and circumstances:

a. Of men

• Of Joseph in Egypt Genesis 45:18 (Elohist Source)
• Of Job Job 19:9; Job 29:20
• Of Ephraim Hosea 9:11, Samaria Hosea 10:5
• עשֶׁר וְכָבוֹד (wealth and splendour) 1 Chronicles 29:12, 28; 2 Chronicles 17:5; 18:1; 32:27; Proverbs 3:16; Proverbs 8:18; Proverbs 22:4
• עשֶׁר וּנְכָסִים וְכָבוֹד 2 Chronicles 1:11, 12 = גם עשֶׁר גם כָּבוֹד 1 Kings 3:13; Ecclesiastes 6:2; (+ עשֶׁר) Proverbs 11:16
• Man crowned with כָּבוֹד וְהָדָר Psalm 8:6
• The king is given כָּבוֹד (+ הוֹד וְהָדָר) Psalm 21:6

b. Of things

• כְּבוֹד עָשְׁרוֹ Esther 5:11 (splendour of his wealth)
• Of a throne 1 Samuel 2:8 (poem); Isaiah 22:23; Jeremiah 14:21; Jeremiah 17:12
• A kingdom Esther 1:4; chariots Isaiah 22:18
• Priestly robes Exodus 28:2, 40 (Priests' Code)
• Lebanon Isaiah 35:2; Isaiah 60:13; forest Isaiah 10:18 (figurative of royal might)
• Trees Ezekiel 31:18; temple Haggai 2:3, 9
• Restored holy land Psalm 84:12; Isaiah 4:2, 5; Jerusalem Isaiah 62:2

c. Of God

(1) In historic theophanies:

• To Moses Exodus 33:18, 22 (Jehovist Source)
• (+ אֹתֹת) Numbers 14:22 (JE Source); (+ גָּדְלוֹ) Deuteronomy 5:21
• Priests' Code uses כְּבוֹד יהוה for theophanies of the Exodus: Exodus 16:7, 10; Exodus 24:16, 17; Exodus 40:34, 35; Leviticus 9:6, 23; Numbers 14:10; Numbers 16:19; Numbers 17:7; Numbers 20:6
• Compare 2 Chronicles 5:14 = 1 Kings 8:11; 2 Chronicles 7:1, 2, 3
• So Ezekiel: Ezekiel 1:28; Ezekiel 3:12, 23; Ezekiel 10:4; Ezekiel 10:18; Ezekiel 11:23; Ezekiel 43:4, 5; Ezekiel 44:4
• Variation כְּבוֹד אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל Ezekiel 8:4; Ezekiel 9:3; Ezekiel 10:19; Ezekiel 11:22; Ezekiel 43:2; and הַכָּבוֹד Ezekiel 3:23
• Tent sanctified by the Glory Exodus 29:43 (Priests' Code); Temple was מְקוֹם מִשְׁכַּן כְּבוֹדֶךָ Psalm 26:8; ark captured, Glory into exile 1 Samuel 4:21, 22

(2) In historic and ideal manifestations to the pious mind:

• Yahweh's name is a name of glory Psalm 72:19; Nehemiah 9:5; eyes of glory Isaiah 3:8
• In the temple his glory is seen Psalm 63:3; it is על הַשָּׁמַיִם Psalm 113:4; על כל הָאָרֶץ Psalm 57:6, 12
• In thunderstorm אֵל הַכָּבוֹד Psalm 29:3; glory is לְעוֹלָם Psalm 104:31; above earth Psalm 108:6
• The whole earth full of it Isaiah 6:3; heavens declaring כְּבוֹד אֵל Psalm 19:2
• Divine reign כְּבוֹד הֲדַר מַלְכוּתוֹ Psalm 145:12; הֲדַר כְּבוֹד הוֹדֶךָ Psalm 145:5

(3) The King of Glory and future manifestations:

• מֶלֶךְ הַכָּבוֹד Psalm 24:7, 8, 9, 10
• He will appear in his glory Psalm 102:17; revealed in march through wilderness Isaiah 40:5
• Land will see it Isaiah 35:2, shine with it Ezekiel 43:3, dwell in land Psalm 85:10
• Rearward of Israel Isaiah 58:8; seen upon Jerusalem Isaiah 60:1, 2; in her midst Zechariah 2:9
• Temple filled Haggai 2:7; earth filled with knowledge of it Habakkuk 2:14, and with it Numbers 14:21 (JE Source), Psalm 72:19
• Declared among nations Isaiah 66:18, 19; Psalm 97:6; peoples and kings revere it Psalm 102:16; Isaiah 59:19
• Reign before elders in glory Isaiah 24:23; resting-place of Messiah will be כָּבוֹד Isaiah 11:10

3. Honour, dignity of position

• מנע מִכָּבוֹד (withhold from honour) Numbers 24:11 (Elohist Source); ירד מִכָּבוֹד Jeremiah 48:18
• שׁלח אחר כָּבוֹד Zechariah 2:12; רוּם בְּכָבוֹד Psalm 112:9; שׁכב בְּכָבוֹד Isaiah 14:18
• תמך כָּבוֹד Proverbs 29:23; יַרְבֶּה כָּבוֹד Daniel 11:39; לקח כָּבוֹד Psalm 73:24
• Not becoming to fools Proverbs 26:1; לִפְנֵי כָבוֹד עֲנָוָה Proverbs 15:33; 18:22
• Antithesis קלון Hosea 4:7; Habakkuk 2:16; Proverbs 3:35; קִיקָלוֹן Habakkuk 2:16
• Collective of honoured men, dignitaries, nobility: כְּבוֹד יִשְׂרָאֵל Micah 1:15; Isaiah 5:13; 8:7; 10:16; 16:14; 17:3, 4; 21:16; 22:24

4. Honour, reputation of character

• וְלֹא לְךָ לְכָבוֹד 2 Chronicles 26:18 (neither will it be for thine honour)
• ("" חָכְמָה) Ecclesiastes 10:1; ("" צְדָקָה) Proverbs 21:21; antith. כְּלִמָּה Psalm 4:3
• וְחֵקֶר כְּבֹדָם כָּבוֹד Proverbs 25:27 (searching out of their glory is [not] glory)
• כָּבוֹד לָאִישׁ Proverbs 20:3
• כְּבֹד אֱלֹהִים הַסְתֵּר דָּבָר וּכְבֹד מְלָכִים חֲקֹר דָּבָר Proverbs 25:2

5. Poetic of the seat of honour in the inner man

The noblest part of man:

• ("" נפשׁי) Genesis 49:6 (poem); Psalm 7:6
• ("" לִבִּי) Psalm 16:9; Psalm 108:2
• Called upon to זמּר Psalm 30:13 (read כְּבוֹדִי for כָּבוֹד); עוּרָה Psalm 57:9

6. Honour, reverence, glory

As due to one or ascribed to one:

a. Of men

• Due to a father Malachi 1:6
• Honour to David 1 Chronicles 17:18
• עשׂה כָבוֹד לְ 2 Chronicles 32:33 (do honour to)
• נתן כָּבוֹד לְ Proverbs 26:8; ("" ישׁע) Psalm 62:8

b. Of God

• כְּבוֹדִי (honour due to Yahweh) Isaiah 42:8; 43:7; 48:11
• כְּבוֹד שְׁמֶךָ Psalm 79:9
• נתן כָּבוֹד לְ 1 Samuel 6:5; Jeremiah 13:16; Malachi 2:2; Psalm 115:1
• שׂים כָּבוֹד לְ Joshua 7:19 (Jehovist Source); Isaiah 42:12
• שׂים כָּבוֹד תְּהִלָּתוֹ Psalm 66:2
• יהב כָּבוֹד וָעֹז לְ Psalm 29:1; Psalm 96:7 = 1 Chronicles 16:28
• יהב כְּבוֹד שְׁמוֹ לְ Psalm 29:2; Psalm 96:8 = 1 Chronicles 16:29
• זמּר כְּבוֹד שְׁמוֹ Psalm 66:2; סמּר כְּבוֹדוֹ בַגּוֹיִם Psalm 96:3 = 1 Chronicles 16:24
• אמר כְּבוֹד מַלְכוּתְךָ Psalm 145:11; נתן כְּבוֹדִי בַגוֹיִם Ezekiel 39:21
• אֹמֵר כָּבוֹד Psalm 29:9; יַעְלְזוּ בְכָבוֹד Psalm 149:5

7. Glory as the object of honour

• כְּבוֹדִי (the one whom I glorify) Psalm 3:4
• כְּבוֹדָם Psalm 106:20; כְּבוֹדוֹ Jeremiah 2:11

Noun common both singular construct

LXX: δόξαν δόξα δόξησ δόξῃ d?δόξαν

LXX Usage Statistics

H3519:

δόξαν 63× (30.8%)

δόξα 62× (29.4%)

δόξησ 35× (17.7%)

δόξῃ 11× (4.9%)

d?δόξαν 2× (1.1%)

'' 2× (0.9%)

τιμὴν 2× (0.9%)

יהוה יְהוָה

He Is

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

יהוה

Yᵉhôvâh

Definition

Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

Root

from H1961 (היה); (the) self-Existent or Eternal;

Exhaustive

from היה; (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God; Jehovah, the Lord. Compare יה, יהוה.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3068

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

יְהֹוָה

noun masculine • Root יהה • Strongs / High • Page 590

A pre-Mosaic old Semitic name of the supreme God, which was specially revealed for the older אֵל at the establishment of the Mosaic religion, as an abstract of all divine greatness and holiness.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

יְהֹוָה

proper name • Page 275

The proper name of the deity among the ancient Hebrews. Interpreted as 'the eternal, unchangeable, true' or 'he who is as he shall be.' The text discusses various ancient pronunciations (IAΩ, IABE, IETΩ) and its derivation from the future of הָיָה.

BDB

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon

H3068

I. יהוה (approximate number of occurrences: 6823) i.e. יַהְוֶה proper name, of deity — Yahweh, the proper name of the God of Israel.

Cognates and Origins:

• Babylonian יהו (claimed by Delitzsch^{Dl Pa 162 ff.}, disputed by Kuenen and Jastrow)
• Egyptian etymology (proposed by Spiegelberg^{ZMG liii 633 ff.}, considered improbable)
• Moabite Stone יהוה as the name of Israel's God (MI¹⁸)

— יהוה Masoretic Text יְהוָֺה (Qr אֲדֹנָי), or יֱהוִֺה (Qr אֱלֹהִים) in combinations אדני יהוה; with prepositions בַּיהוָֺה, לַיהוָֺה, מֵיהוָֺה. Pronunciation Jehovah was unknown until 1520 (Galatinus). The traditional Ἰαβέ (Theodoret) and contracted form יָהּ favour the pronunciation יַהְוֶה (compare יַהֲלֹמ֑וּן Psalm 74:6).

1. Etymology and Meaning

a. Hiphil theories (The Giver of Being)

• The one bringing into being, life-giver (Schrader)
• Giver of existence, creator (Kuenen, Tiele)
• He who causes to fall, i.e., rain or lightning (Robertson Smith)

b. Qal theories (The Existing One)

• The absolute and unchangeable one (Riehm)
• The existing, ever living (Dillmann)
• The one ever coming into manifestation as the God of redemption (Delitzsch)

2. Source Analysis and Usage

a. In the Hexateuch

• Elohist Source (E): Not used in Genesis; revealed at Horeb (Exodus 3:12–15) and explained as אֶהְיֶה אֲשֶׁר אֶהְיֶה "I shall be the one who will be with thee."
• Priests' Code (P): Abstains from use until the revelation to Moses (Exodus 6:3).
• Yahwist Source (J): Uses the name from the beginning of the narrative (Genesis 2:4).

b. In later literature

• Common in pre-exilic writers; falls into disuse post-exile, supplanted by אלהים and אדני.
• Job: Used in prose parts and once in the poem (Job 12:9).
• Ecclesiastes: Not used at all.

3. Syntactic Combinations

a. With אלהים and suffixes

• With אֱלֹהֶיךָ: Exodus 20:2–12 (Ten Words); Deuteronomy 5:6–16; in Deuteronomy (234 times).
• With אֱלֹהֵיכֶם: In Deuteronomy (46 times); Holiness Code (15 times); Joel 2:13.
• With אֱלֹהֵינוּ: Exodus 3:18; Psalm 20:8; Daniel 9:10, 13, 14.
• With אלהים (later editors): Genesis 2:4b; Jonah 4:6.

b. The phrase אֲנִי יהוה ("I am Yahweh")

• As a formula of revelation or authority: Exodus 6:2, 29 (Priests' Code).
• In the recognition formula ("that ye may know"): Exodus 7:5; Ezekiel 6:7 (and 48 times in Ezekiel).
• In the Holiness Code as an emphatic close: Leviticus 18:5, 6, 21; Leviticus 19:12, 14, 16.

c. In compound place names

• יהוה יראה (Yahweh-jireh): Genesis 22:14 (Yahwist Source).
• יהוה נסי (Yahweh-nissi): Exodus 17:15 (Elohist Source).
• יהוה שׁלים (Yahweh-shalom): Judges 6:24.
• יהוה שָׁ֑מָּה (Yahweh-shammah): Ezekiel 48:35.

¹ Philo, de Vita Mosis iii. 519, 529.

² Friedrich Böttcher, Lehrbuch der hebräischen Sprache (Bö § 88).

³ Paul de Lagarde, Symmicta (Lag Sym i.14).

⁴ Samuel Rolles Driver, Studia Biblica (Dr Stud.Bib.i.1 ff.).

⁵ Eberhard Schrader, Die Keilinschriften und das Alte Testament (COT).

Noun proper name

LXX: κύριοσ κυρίου κυρίῳ κύριον κύριε

LXX Usage Statistics

H3068:

κύριοσ 2605× (41.8%)

κυρίου 1742× (27.8%)

κυρίῳ 598× (8.8%)

κύριον 473× (7.1%)

κύριε 336× (5.4%)

--- 129× (2.1%)

'' 95× (1.3%)

θεὸσ 76× (1.0%)

θεοῦ 69× (0.9%)

θεῷ 28× (0.4%)

ואראה וָאֶרְאֶה

and I am seeing

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

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 first person common 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%)

ואפל וָאֶפֹּל

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

נפל

nâphal

Definition

to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative); be accepted, cast (down, self, (lots), out), cease, die, divide (by lot), (let) fail, (cause to, let, make, ready to) fall (away, down, -en, -ing), fell(-ing), fugitive, have (inheritance), inferior, be judged (by mistake for פלל), lay (along), (cause to) lie down, light (down), be ([idiom] hast) lost, lying, overthrow, overwhelm, perish, present(-ed, -ing), (make to) rot, slay, smite out, [idiom] surely, throw down.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H5307

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

נָפַל

verb • Root נפל • Strongs / High • Page 979

I. (not used) intr. to be large, tall, thick, strong, powerful, of the body.

נָפַל

verb • Root נפל • Strongs / High • Page 980

To fall, sink down, lie prostrate. Can refer to people, objects (buildings, mountains), lightning, etc. Metaphorically: to perish in war or by famine; to befall or happen to someone; to fail (a promise); to be cast (a lot); to prostrate oneself in worship or submission; to encamp; to defect to an enemy.

נָפַל

verb • Root נפל • Strongs / High • Page 981

To fall, lie, be prostrate, perish; to be allotted; to cast lots; to make the countenance fall, look gloomy; to let a promise fall, i.e., not to fulfil it; generally to let fall, to desist from.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

נֵפֶל

noun masculine • Root נפל • Page 450

Verbal from נָפַל; an untimely birth, an abortion (Job 3:16, Ps. 58:9, Ecc. 6:3). Comp. Arabic abortus.

נָפַל

verb • Page 449

1. to fall (spoken of a house, city, or in war); to fall sick (Ex. 21: 18). 2. to descend as a revelation; to fall on one (sleep or terror); to fall away; to be cast as a lot; to fall to anyone in a division; to be inferior to; to be vain or fruitless; to fall out (turn out); to fall/sink in despondency; to fall into ruin. 3. (voluntary) to fall on the neck (embrace); to prostrate one's self; to fall on a sword; to fall upon (attack). Refs: Gen. 15: 12; 33: 4; Num. 34: 2; Job 1: 15; Ps. 78: 64.

נָפַל

verb • Page 450

To surprise (Josh. 11:7); to leap down, alight (Gen. 24:64, 2 K. 5:21); to encamp, spoken of a host (Judg. 7:12); to dwell (Gen. 25:18); also to be accepted (Jer. 37:20, 42:2). Hiphil (הִפִּיל): to let fall (Num. 35:23); to throw down (Deut. 25:2, Dan. 11:12); to fell, as trees (2 K. 3:19, 25); to cast, as the lot (Ps. 22:19); to distribute (Josh. 13:6, Ezek. 45:1); to cause to be unfulfilled (1 Sam. 3:19); to present a prayer (Jer. 38:26, Dan. 9:18); to let the countenance fall, to look gloomy (Jer. 3:12); to bring forth (Is. 26:19); to leave off, to cease (Judg. 2:19). Hithpael: to throw one's self down (Deut. 9:18, 25); to fall on any one (Gen. 43:18).

BDB

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon

H5307

I. נָפַל (approximate number of occurrences: 433) verb — fall, lie.

Cognates:

• Late Hebrew נָפַל
• Aramaic נְפַל
• Syriac ܢܦܰܠ
• Arabic نفل (dedit praedam)¹
• Minaean נפל (remove)²

— Qal₃₆₆ Perfect נָפַל Judges 5:27 +, 3 feminine singular נָָֽפְלָה Genesis 15:12 +; Imperfect יִמֹּל 1 Samuel 14:45 +, וַיִּמֹּל Judges 4:16 +; 1 singular אֶמֹּל 1 Chronicles 21:13; Imperative masculine plural נִפְלוּ Hosea 10:8; Infinitive absolute נָפוֺל Esther 6:13; construct נְפֹל Isaiah 30:25 +, suffix נָפְלוֺ 1 Samuel 29:3; Participle נֹפֵל Judges 4:22 +, feminine נֹפֶ֫לֶת Genesis 15:12 + etc.

1. Fall by accident

• Exodus 21:33 (Elohist Source) there fall into it (a pit) an ox
• Deuteronomy 22:4 (בַּדֶּרֶךְ on the way)
• 1 Samuel 4:18 (from seat, מֵעַל)
• Proverbs 26:27 (into pit, figurative)
• 2 Kings 6:5 (axe-head into water)
• Joshua 6:5 (of wall; Jehovist Source), תַּחְתֶּיהָ i.e. flat Joshua 6:20
• Amos 9:9 (a grain to earth)
• Judges 18:1 (of inheritance falling or being allotted)

2. Violent death or ruin

a. Especially of violent death

• Judges 5:27 (+ שָׁדוּד)
• 1 Samuel 31:1 = 1 Chronicles 10:1 (חָלָל fall pierced)
• Amos 7:17 (בַּחֶרֶב by the sword)
• Numbers 14:29 (Priests' Code), 32 (Jehovist Source)

b. Figurative of perishing or going to ruin

• Amos 5:2; Amos 8:14
• Isaiah 3:8 (+ כָּשַׁל)
• Proverbs 11:5 (בְּרִשְׁעָה in wickedness)

3. Prostration and obeisance

a. Fall prostrate

• Judges 19:26–27
• 1 Samuel 28:20 (in a faint)
• Numbers 24:4 (supernatural influence)

b. Prostrate oneself before (לִפְנֵי)

• Before man: Genesis 50:18 (Elohist Source); 1 Samuel 25:23
• Before God: Joshua 5:14; Genesis 17:3 (Priests' Code)
• עַלרַֿגְלָיו at one's feet 1 Samuel 25:24

c. Fall upon neck (in embrace)

• Genesis 33:4; Genesis 46:29 (Jehovist Source)

4. Attack and Desertion

a. Attack

• Jeremiah 48:32; Joshua 11:7 (Deuteronomic Source)

b. Desert or fall away to (go over to)

• With עַל: 2 Kings 25:11; Jeremiah 37:14
• With אֶל: Jeremiah 38:19

5. Figurative uses

• Of deep sleep: Genesis 15:12; Job 4:13
• Of countenance falling in displeasure: Genesis 4:5–6
• Of terror or reproach: Exodus 15:16; Psalm 69:10
• Of word or promise failing: Joshua 21:43; 1 Kings 8:56

6. Other idiomatic uses

• לְמִשְׁכָּב take to one's bed Exodus 21:18
• מֵעַל הַגָּמָל alight quickly Genesis 24:64
• Of waste away: Numbers 5:21
• Of being born: Isaiah 26:18

7. To lie (prostrate)

• Of Midianites: Judges 7:12
• Of the dead: 1 Samuel 31:8; Deuteronomy 21:1

— Hiphil Perfect הִמִּיל 1 Samuel 3:19 +; Imperfect יַמִּיל Exodus 21:27, וַיַּמֵּל Genesis 2:21; Imperative masculine singular הַמִּלֶהָ Joshua 13:6; Infinitive לְהַמִּיל 1 Samuel 18:25; Participle מַמִּיל 2 Kings 6:5.

1. Cause to fall

a. Fell a tree

• 2 Kings 3:19, 25

b. Throw down wall

• 2 Samuel 20:15

2. Cause death or destruction

• By the sword: 2 Kings 19:7; Jeremiah 19:7
• Overthrow: Psalm 37:14; Psalm 73:18

3. Casting lots and apportioning

• Casting lot (גּוֺרָל): Isaiah 34:17; Nehemiah 10:35; Jonah 1:7
• Assign by lot: Joshua 13:6; Ezekiel 45:1

— Hithpael Infinitive הִתְנַמֵּל throw himself upon (על) Genesis 43:18 (i.e. attack); prostrate oneself Deuteronomy 9:18, 25; Ezra 10:1.

¹ Theodor Nöldeke, Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft (ZMG) xl (1886), 725.

² Fritz Hommel, Südarabische Chrestomathie (Hom. Sudar. Chrest. 128).

Aramaic

I. נְפַל verb fall (Biblical Hebrew נָפַל).

Peal

— Perfect 3 masculine singular נְפַל Daniel 2:46; Daniel 4:28; 3 masculine plural נְפַ֫לוּ Daniel 3:23; Imperfect 3 masculine singular יִמֵּל Daniel 3:6; Participle plural נָֽפְלִין Daniel 3:7.

1. fall down and do homage
   • Daniel 2:46 (עַלאַֿנְמּוֺהִי)
   • Daniel 3:5, 6, 7
2. fall by violence
   • Daniel 7:20 (with קֳדָם)
3. fall to thee (thou shalt need)
   • Ezra 7:20

conjunctive, Verb Qal sequential imperfect first person common singular

LXX: ἔπεσεν πεσοῦνται πεσεῖται ἔπεσαν ἔπεσον

LXX Usage Statistics

H5307:

ἔπεσεν 49× (10.4%)

πεσοῦνται 46× (10.2%)

πεσεῖται 30× (6.6%)

ἔπεσαν 23× (4.9%)

ἔπεσον 13× (2.7%)

'' 13× (2.6%)

ἐμπεσεῖται 11× (2.5%)

ἐπέπεσεν 11× (2.5%)

--- 9× (2.1%)

πέσῃ 6× (1.4%)

על עַל־

upon/against/yoke

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

על

ʻal

Definition

above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications

Root

properly, the same as H5920 (על) used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following);

Exhaustive

properly, the same as על used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications; above, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of, (from) (off), (up-) on, over, than, through(-out), to, touching, [idiom] with.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H5921

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

עַל

adjective / noun • Root עלה • Strongs / High • Page 1088

Highest; same as עֶלְיוֹן. This form is abridged from עָלָה and derived from עָלַי (like יַד from יָדָה I.), serving as the construct form עֲלֵי (out of עֲלַאי).

עַל

preposition / adverb • Root עלה • Strongs / High • Page 1088

A preposition: upon, over, above, super, in the widest sense. It expresses protecting, covering, resting above upon (answering to 'where'); motion toward the upper surface (answering to 'whither?'); local direction to a more distant agency; or proximity/timing ('with, at'). Used figuratively as dat. commodi and incommodi, meaning a burden or duty upon one, or with certain verbs replacing the dative case. Also expresses motion down upon or up to, sometimes interchanging with אֶל.

עַל

preposition / adverb • Strongs / High • Page 1089

Preposition or Adverb meaning upon, over, at, above (denoting physical overtopping or mental superiority/dominion); expressing addition (to, reckoned to); proximity (by, around); suitability (according to); or occasionally used concessively (though, quanquam).

עַל

preposition / particle / conjunction • Strongs / High • Page 1090

Properly, over, upon, concerning, notwithstanding, against, towards, for the sake of, on account of. Used to express position, antithesis, or distance (away from). After certain verbs, signifies giving way, removing, or fleeing. Also forms various compound particles (e.g., עַל-מָה, עַל-כֵּן, עַל אֲשֶׁר).

עַל

preposition (aramaic) • Root אלא • Strongs / High • Page 1090

Aramaic equivalent of the Hebrew עַל. Means: Upon, over, on account of, unto, against, or dative. (Used with suffixes like עָלַי, עָלֵךְ, עֲלֵיהוֹן).

עַל

noun / prepos. • Root עלה • Strongs / High • Page 1092

Derivative of עָלָה, listed as a noun and a preposition.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

עַל

substantive / adverb / adjective • Root עלה • Page 507

Strictly a substantive meaning whatever is high or uppermost (Hos. 7:16, 11:7). Used as an adverb: (1.) 'above' (Gen. 27:39, 49:25; Ps. 50:4). Used as an adjective: (2.) 'high' (2 Sam. 23:1).

Preposition

LXX: ἐπὶ ἐπ' ἐφ' τοῦτο ''

LXX Usage Statistics

H5921a:

ἐπὶ 1722× (33.1%)

ἐπ' 701× (13.4%)

ἐφ' 195× (3.7%)

τοῦτο 116× (1.9%)

'' 116× (1.9%)

περὶ 113× (2.2%)

ἀπὸ 108× (2.1%)

--- 108× (2.1%)

αὐτοὺσ 95× (1.6%)

εἰσ 93× (1.8%)

פני פָּנַי

faces

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

פנים

pânîym

Definition

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

Root

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

Exhaustive

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

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H6440

י

Definition

my, personal posessive - noun suffix: 1st person common singular

Root

Exhaustive

Personal posessive pronoun - suffix for nouns, adjectives and passive participles: 1st person singular

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H9020

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

פָּנִים

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

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

פָּנִים

noun masculine • Strongs / High • Page 1178

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

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

פָּנִים

noun masculine plural • Page 546

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

BDB

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon

H6440

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

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

1. Face, faces

a. Literally, of man

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

b. Of God

• Exodus 33:20, compare Exodus 33:23

c. Face to face (seeing God)

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

d. Relations with God

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

2. Presence, person

a. Of God

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

b. Appear before, in one’s presence

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

3. Celestial and animal faces

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

4. Surface or Front

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

5. Adverbial uses

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

6. With Prepositions

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

¹ Proverbs 25:23.

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

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

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

Noun common masculine plural construct, Suffix pronominal first person both singular

LXX: προσώπου πρόσωπον ἐναντίον ἐνώπιον ἔναντι

LXX Usage Statistics

H6440:

προσώπου 450× (19.3%)

πρόσωπον 321× (14.0%)

ἐναντίον 190× (9.5%)

ἐνώπιον 176× (8.9%)

ἔναντι 157× (7.9%)

πρόσωπόν 105× (4.6%)

ἔμπροσθεν 82× (4.0%)

ἐνώπιόν 48× (2.4%)

--- 45× (2.3%)

'' 43× (1.8%)

ואשמע וָאֶשְׁמַע

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

שמע

shâmaʻ

Definition

to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.); [idiom] attentively, call (gather) together, [idiom] carefully, [idiom] certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, [idiom] diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear(-ken, tell), [idiom] indeed, listen, make (a) noise, (be) obedient, obey, perceive, (make a) proclaim(-ation), publish, regard, report, shew (forth), (make a) sound, [idiom] surely, tell, understand, whosoever (heareth), witness.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H8085

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

שָׁמַע

verb • Root שמע • Strongs / High • Page 755

to listen to, hearken

שָׁמַע

verb qal • Root שמע • Strongs / High • Page 1450

I. To give ear to, to hear, attend; generally with an accusative of the thing or person; to be an ear-witness; to hear with pleasure; to hear of God; to obey.

שָׁמַע

verb qal • Root שמע • Strongs / High • Page 1451

To hear (absol. or with accusative); to obey, to follow; metaphorically, to understand, to be intelligent, to be attentive; to get knowledge of, to hear a call.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

שָׁמַע and שָׁמֵעַ

verb • Root שמע • Page 687

1. to hear; to hearken, obey (Job 26:14, Ps. 92:12, Gen. 23:8, Ex. 24:7). 2. to understand (Gen. 11:7, 42:23). Also includes Niph. (to be heard), Pi. (to cause to hear, summon), and Hiph. (to cause to hear, announce, call together).

BDB

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon

H8085

I. שָׁמַע (approximate number of occurrences: 1159) verb — hear.

Cognates:

• Late Hebrew idem
• Phoenician שמע
• Assyrian šemû
• Arabic سَمِعَ
• Sabean סמע (especially epithet of divinity סמע he who hears)
• Ethiopic ሰምዐ
• Aramaic שְׁמַע

— שָׁמַע absolute Genesis 24:52 +; שָׁמֵ֑עַ Jeremiah 36:13; 2 feminine singular שָׁמַ֫עַתְּ 1 Kings 1:11; plural שָׁמֵ֑עוּ Judges 2:17; imperfect יִשְׁמַע Exodus 6:30; imperative שְׁמַע Amos 7:16; infinitive absolute שָׁמוֺעַ Isaiah 6:9; construct שְׁמֹעַ 1 Samuel 15:22.

1. Human subject (or thing personified)

a. Hear (perceive by ear)

• (+ קוֺל) Genesis 3:10 (Jehovist Source)
• (+ דבר) Amos 8:11
• (+ חָכְמָה) 1 Kings 5:14
• absolute Deuteronomy 4:33

b. Hear one speaking

• Genesis 27:6 (Jehovist Source)
• Jeremiah 26:7
• Numbers 11:10

c. Hear it said (hear say)

• 1 Samuel 13:4
• Joshua 22:11 (Priests' Code)
• (+ עַל person) Genesis 41:15 (Elohist Source)

d. Hear of, concerning

• Exodus 18:1
• Psalm 48:9
• (+ ב person, hear exultantly of fate) Psalm 92:12

e. Power to hear

• 2 Samuel 19:36
• (of idols) Deuteronomy 4:28
• figurative (spiritual power) Jeremiah 5:21; Deuteronomy 29:8

f. Listen to, with attention

• Amos 4:1
• Numbers 12:6 (Jehovist-Elohist Source)
• לֵב שֹׁמֵעַ 1 Kings 3:9

g. Understand (language)

• Genesis 11:7 (Jehovist Source)
• Deuteronomy 28:49
• Genesis 42:23 (Elohist Source)

h. Hearing a judicial case

• Deuteronomy 1:16–17
• 1 Kings 3:11

i. Listen, yield, obey

• Genesis 42:21 (Elohist Source)
• (+ אֶל person) Judges 2:17
• (+ בְּקוֺל) Deuteronomy 4:30; Jeremiah 3:13
• absolute (be obedient) Isaiah 1:19

2. Of God as subject

a. Hear (with favor)

• Genesis 21:17 (Elohist Source)
• (+ תְּפִלָּה) 1 Kings 8:45
• absolute (hear and forgive) 1 Kings 8:30

b. Hear and answer

• (+ אֶל person) Deuteronomy 3:36
• (+ אֶל city) Genesis 16:11
• Psalm 22:23

Niph`al

— be heard, be regarded.

1. be heard (of voice, sound) 1 Samuel 1:13; (of report) Genesis 45:16 (Elohist Source).
2. be heard of Deuteronomy 4:32.
3. be regarded, obeyed Ecclesiastes 9:17.
4. hearing was granted 2 Chronicles 30:27.

Pi`el

— cause to hear, assemble.

• 1 Samuel 15:4; 1 Samuel 23:8.

Hiph`il

— cause to hear, proclaim.

a. Of man

• Deuteronomy 30:12
• (utter sound/proclaim) Joshua 6:10 (Jehovist Source); Isaiah 52:7
• absolute (musical term, sound aloud) 1 Chronicles 15:19; 2 Chronicles 5:13

b. Of God

• Deuteronomy 4:10, 36
• (tell/proclaim) Isaiah 42:9; Isaiah 43:12

Aramaic

I. שְׁמַע verb hear (Biblical Hebrew שָׁמַע).

1. Pe`al
   • hear (sense of hearing) Daniel 5:23
   • hear sound/word Daniel 3:5, Daniel 6:15
2. Hithpe`el (shew oneself obedient)
   • Daniel 7:27

¹ Mark Lidzbarski, Handbuch der nordsemitischen Epigraphik (Lzb).

² Wilhelm Gesenius, Hebrew Grammar, ed. E. Kautzsch (GKC).

³ Fritz Hommel, Chrestomathie.

conjunctive, Verb Qal sequential imperfect first person common singular

LXX: ἤκουσεν ἀκούσατε ἤκουσαν ἤκουσα ἄκουε

LXX Usage Statistics

H8085:

ἤκουσεν 130× (10.0%)

ἀκούσατε 76× (6.4%)

ἤκουσαν 58× (4.6%)

ἤκουσα 42× (3.5%)

ἄκουε 37× (3.1%)

ὡσ 30× (2.6%)

ἀκοῦσαι 29× (2.1%)

ἀκούσῃ 28× (2.2%)

'' 26× (1.9%)

εἰσήκουσεν 25× (2.0%)

קול קוֹל

voice

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

קול

qôwl

Definition

a voice or sound

Root

or קל; from an unused root meaning to call aloud;

Exhaustive

or קל; from an unused root meaning to call aloud; a voice or sound; [phrase] aloud, bleating, crackling, cry ([phrase] out), fame, lightness, lowing, noise, [phrase] hold peace, (pro-) claim, proclamation, [phrase] sing, sound, [phrase] spark, thunder(-ing), voice, [phrase] yell.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H6963

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

קוֹל

noun masculine • Root קול • Strongs / High • Page 1266

1. the voice, expressing various human feelings (joy, sorrow, rage), or the voice of speakers or God. 2. the voice or cry of animals (bleating, roaring). 3. the sound, noise, rattle, crack, crash, of inanimate things, especially thunder.

קוֹל

noun masculine • Strongs / High • Page 1267

Voice, sound, utterance, word. Used in various contexts including weeping, crying, shouting for joy, proclaiming, singing, roaring, thundering, giving hearing, listening, obeying, and making known.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

קוֹל

noun masculine plural • Page 583

1. a voice. Ps. 142: 2. In the accusative with (all) my voice, i. e. with a loud voice. קוֹל יְהוָה the voice of Jehovah, i. e. the thunder, Ps. 29: 3 ff. נָתַן קוֹל to lift up one’s voice, Gen. 45: 2. to call to, Prov. 2: 3. to proclaim in a country, 2 Chr. 24: 9. 2. a report, rumour. Gen. 45: 16. 3. a sound, noise, of inanimate things. 2 Sam. 15: 10. Ezek. 1: 24.

BDB

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon

H6963

I. קוֹל (sometimes, with prefix and suffix, קֹל) (approximate number of occurrences: 506) noun masculine¹ — sound, voice.

— קוֹל absolute Genesis 4:10 + (הַקֹּל Genesis 27:22; Genesis 45:16); construct קוֺל Genesis 3:8 + (וְקֹל Exodus 19:16, לְקֹל Exodus 4:8 (twice in verse)); suffix קוֺלִי 1 Samuel 26:17 +, קוֺלְךָ Judges 18:25 +, etc. (קֹלִי Genesis 22:18, קֹלֶ֑ךָ Exodus 3:18, etc.); plural (usually of thunder) קֹלֹת Exodus 9:23 (4 times), קוֺלֹת Exodus 20:18 (Gi² Exodus 20:15), קֹלוֺת 1 Samuel 2:17 (5 times).

1. Sound, especially:

a. of human voice

• Joshua 6:10; 2 Kings 7:10
• In speech: Genesis 27:22 (twice in verse); 1 Samuel 1:13; 1 Samuel 24:17; 1 Samuel 26:17 (twice in verse)
• Recognized (הִכִּיר): 1 Samuel 26:17; Jeremiah 18:3
• יְפֵה ק׳ Ezekiel 33:32 pleasant of voice, compare Song of Solomon 2:14 (twice in verse); Song of Solomon 8:13
• In singing: Exodus 32:18; 2 Samuel 19:36; Isaiah 52:8
• Calling and shouting: Judges 9:7; Exodus 32:17; 1 Samuel 4:6 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 1:40; Ezra 3:13
• In rejoicing: Jeremiah 7:34 (4 times in verse) = Jeremiah 16:9; Jeremiah 25:10; Jeremiah 33:11
• Praise: Psalm 66:8; Psalm 26:7; Joel 2:10
• Laughter: Jeremiah 30:19
• Weeping: Genesis 21:16; Judges 2:4; 1 Samuel 11:4; Ruth 1:9, 14; Ezra 3:13
• Outcry: Genesis 39:15, 18; 1 Samuel 4:14; Jeremiah 8:19
• Distress and lament: Jeremiah 9:18; Ezekiel 27:30; Zechariah 11:3; Psalm 102:6
• Supplication: Psalm 28:2, 6; Psalm 31:23; Psalm 86:6
• Adverbial phrases: ק׳ אֶחָד with one voice Exodus 24:3, 2 Chronicles 5:13; ק׳ גָּדוֺל loud voice 2 Samuel 15:23 + (compare בְּק׳ ג׳ Genesis 39:14; 1 Samuel 28:12 +); ק׳ רָם Deuteronomy 27:14
• Verbal phrases: נָשָׂא ק׳ Genesis 21:16 + (see נָשָׂא 1b (5)); הֵרִים ק׳ Genesis 39:15 + (see דום Hiph`il)
• Independent noun (followed by subject + verb): Psalm 3:5; Psalm 27:7; Psalm 142:2 (see GKC³ § 144m)

b. of Yahweh

• Genesis 3:8, 10; Isaiah 6:8; Exodus 19:19; 1 Kings 19:3; Micah 6:9; Ezekiel 10:5 +
• Adverbial: ק׳ גָּדוֺל Deuteronomy 5:19; Ezekiel 9:1; ק׳ דְּמָמָה דַקָּה 1 Kings 19:12

c. of seraph

• Isaiah 6:4

d. of angel

• Daniel 8:16 (ק׳ אָדָם i.e. in human speech, compare Bev⁴); ק׳ דְּבָרָיו Daniel 10:6, 9 (twice in verse)

e. of animals

• Bleating of sheep: 1 Samuel 15:14; lowing of cattle: 1 Samuel 15:14, Jeremiah 9:9
• Neighing of horses: Jeremiah 8:16; roaring of lion: Amos 3:4, Jeremiah 2:15 +
• Hissing of serpent: Jeremiah 46:22 (in simile); singing of birds: Nahum 2:8, Zephaniah 2:14, Psalm 104:12, Song of Solomon 2:12, Ecclesiastes 12:4

f. exclamation, at beginning of clause

• a sound of...! = hark! Genesis 4:10; Isaiah 13:4; Isaiah 40:3; Isaiah 52:8; Jeremiah 4:15; Jeremiah 10:22; Jeremiah 50:28; Song of Solomon 2:8; Song of Solomon 5:2 (GKC § 146b)

2. Sound (non-human):

a. of instrument

• Especially ק׳ (הַ)שֹּׁפָר: Exodus 19:16; Exodus 20:18 (Gi Exodus 20:15); Amos 2:2; 1 Kings 1:41 +
• ק׳ חֲצֹצְרוֺת: 2 Chronicles 5:13; כִּנּוֺר: Ezekiel 26:13; עוּנָב: Job 21:12
• Of מַּעֲמֹנִים (bells) on high priest's robe: Exodus 28:35

b. thunder-clap or peal

• (Compare Driver⁵ 1 Samuel 12:17), קוֹל י׳ (or קוֹלוֺ): Amos 1:2; Isaiah 30:30, 31; Jeremiah 10:13 = Jeremiah 51:16, Joel 2:11; Joel 4:16; Psalm 18:14 = 2 Samuel 22:14; Psalm 29:3, 7; Psalm 46:7; Job 37:4
• Compare also: 1 Samuel 7:10; Psalm 77:18, 19; Psalm 104:7
• Plural absolute: Exodus 9:23, 28, 29, 33, 34; Exodus 19:16; Exodus 20:18; 1 Samuel 7:10; 1 Samuel 12:17, 18; Job 28:26 = Job 38:25

c. footsteps

• קוֹל רַגְלֶיהָ 1 Kings 14:6 compare 2 Kings 6:32, and (probably) Genesis 3:8
• ק׳ (הַ)צְּעָדָה 2 Samuel 5:24 = 1 Chronicles 14:15
• Of runners: 2 Kings 11:13; 2 Chronicles 23:12

d. stamping of hoofs

• Jeremiah 47:3; Ezekiel 26:10 (+ chariots), compare 1 Kings 1:41

e. of chariots and wheels

• Nahum 3:2; Joel 2:5; wheels: Ezekiel 3:13; whip: Nahum 3:2

f. of sea, and great waters

• Habakkuk 3:10; Ezekiel 1:24; Ezekiel 43:2; Psalm 93:3, 4, compare Jeremiah 50:42 (in simile); ק׳ צִנּוֺרֶיךָ Psalm 42:8

g. earthquake, fall, and multitude

• Earthquake: Ezekiel 37:7
• A fall: Jeremiah 49:21; Ezekiel 26:15; Ezekiel 31:16
• Of a multitude: 1 Samuel 4:14; Isaiah 13:4; Ezekiel 23:42

h. miscellaneous sounds

• Din of war: Exodus 32:17; Jeremiah 50:22, 46; Jeremiah 51:55; Lamentations 2:7
• Of wings: Ezekiel 1:24; Ezekiel 3:13; Ezekiel 10:5
• Flame: Joel 2:5; crackling of thorns: Ecclesiastes 7:6; rustling of leaves: Leviticus 26:36
• Millstones: Jeremiah 25:10; Ecclesiastes 12:4

3. Of articulate speech, thing said:

a. human advice, command, report, proclamation

• Advice/Command: Genesis 3:17; Genesis 4:23; Exodus 3:18; Exodus 4:1, 9; Deuteronomy 1:45; Deuteronomy 21:18; 20; 1 Samuel 2:25; 1 Samuel 8:7, 9; 2 Samuel 12:18
• ק׳ דִּבְרֵיכֶם: Deuteronomy 1:34; Deuteronomy 5:25
• Even of written words: 2 Kings 10:6; of a sign: ק׳ הָאֹת Exodus 4:8
• Report/Proclamation: Genesis 45:16; Ecclesiastes 10:20; Exodus 36:6 (Priests' Code); 2 Chronicles 24:9; Ezra 1:1; Nehemiah 8:15
• Utterance of adjuration: ק׳ אָלָה Leviticus 5:1

b. words of Yahweh or His angel

• Of Yahweh: Genesis 22:18; Genesis 26:5; Exodus 5:2; Exodus 15:26; Exodus 19:5; Deuteronomy 8:20; Deuteronomy 13:15; Judges 2:2, 20; 1 Samuel 12:14; Jeremiah 7:23 +
• Of מַלְאַךְ י׳: Exodus 23:21, 22

II. קֹל noun masculine — lightness, frivolity (so Versions, Kimchi, Giesebrecht; Graf thinks = קָלוֺן; others = voice).

• מִקֹּל זְנוּנָהּ Jeremiah 3:9

¹ Genesis 39:14.

² Christian David Ginsburg, The Old Testament, diligently revised according to the Massorah and the early editions (1894).

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

⁴ A. A. Bevan, A Short Commentary on the Book of Daniel, Cambridge, 1892.

⁵ S. R. Driver, Notes on the Hebrew Text and the Topography of the Books of Samuel, 2nd ed., Oxford, 1913.

Noun common both singular absolute

LXX: φωνῆσ φωνὴν φωνὴ φωνῇ φωνήν

LXX Usage Statistics

H6963a:

φωνῆσ 153× (26.1%)

φωνὴν 127× (24.6%)

φωνὴ 91× (18.5%)

φωνῇ 51× (9.9%)

φωνήν 18× (3.4%)

--- 11× (2.4%)

φωνή 8× (1.5%)

'' 7× (1.3%)

αὐτῆσ 6× (1.0%)

---% 6× (0.9%)

מדברס מְדַבֵּר׃ס

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

דבר

dâbar

Definition

perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue; answer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise, pronounce, rehearse, say, speak, be spokesman, subdue, talk, teach, tell, think, use (entreaties), utter, [idiom] well, [idiom] work.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H1696

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

דִּבֶּר

verb / piel stem • Root דבר • Consonantal / Medium • Page 350

To speak, in the widest usage; to speak what is spoken. It has many nuances depending on the preposition used, such as to reveal, promise, command, threaten, declare, or speak against/on behalf of someone.

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דֶּ֫בֶר

noun masculine • Root דבר • Consonantal / Medium • Page 353

Snatching away, hence destruction, ruin, pestilence.

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דֶּ֫בֶר

m. / noun proper • Consonantal / Medium • Page 353

An unused word for pasture, hence the proper name לֹא דְּבַר or לוֹ דְּבַר (Lo-debar), a place name.

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דֶּבֶר

noun • Root דבר • Consonantal / Medium • Page 351

Pestilence, plague. Derived from the figurative sense of דָּבַר II (to destroy).

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דָּבַר

verb • Root דבר • Consonantal / Medium • Page 350

To range, to put together in a row, to set in order, to bind together, especially words, i.e. to speak. (This form, Kal, appears only in the participle).

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דָּבַר

verb • Root דבר • Consonantal / Medium • Page 351

A verb root with multiple senses. I. to speak (expressed in derived conjugations). Pi'el (דִּבֶּר): to speak. Puhal (דֻּבַּר): to be promised, to be wooed. Hithpa'el (הִדַּבֵּר): to talk with one another.

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דָּבַר

verb • Root דבר • Consonantal / Medium • Page 351

A verb root with multiple senses. II. (Kal not used) to drive, to lead, to guide. Figuratively: to snatch away, destroy. Pi'el (דִּבֵּר): to snatch away, to destroy. Hif'il (הִדְבִּיר): to drive, lead, subjugate.

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דָּבַר

verb • Root דבר • Consonantal / Medium • Page 351

A verb root with multiple senses. III. (not used) to be behind, to follow, to pursue.

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דָּבַר

verb • Root דבר • Consonantal / Medium • Page 351

A verb root with multiple senses. IV. (not used) transposed from דבק, meaning to stick, to pierce.

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דָּבָר

noun masculine • Root דבר • Consonantal / Medium • Page 351

A word, a saying, a speech, a matter, a thing. Derived from דָּבַר I (to speak).

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דָּבָר

noun • Root דבר • Consonantal / Medium • Page 352

A word; speech, discourse, saying, oracle; command, precept, law, regulation; an inquiry, account, answer; utterance of God, revelation, oracle; decree, plan, proposal; report, news; a thing, matter, object of discourse; occurrence, action, history, affairs; relation, reference, way; cause, suit at law, ground.

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דֹּ֫בֶר

noun masculine • Root דבר , דבר • Consonantal / Medium • Page 353

1. pasture. 2. back, turning of the back, progress.

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דֹּבֶר

noun • Root דבר • Consonantal / Medium • Page 351

Pasture. Derived from דָּבַר II (to lead, to guide).

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דְּבֵר

proper name • Consonantal / Medium • Page 353

A reference to the proper name דְּבִיר (Debir).

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דַּבָּר

noun masculine • Root דבר • Consonantal / Medium • Page 353

The speaker, i.e. the spirit of God which speaks out of the prophets.

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Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

דָּבַר

verb • Page 154

To speak; used in various idioms: 3. to speak with one's self or meditate (Gen. 24:45). 4. to speak or promise good concerning any one (Num. 10:29). 5. to speak kindly with any one (2 K. 25:28). 6. to speak kindly or peaceably (Ps. 28:3). 7. to pass sentence against (2 K. 25:6). Sense 2: to destroy (2 Chr. 22:10), derived from 'to drive away'. Includes Niph. (to speak together, Mal. 3:16), Hiph. (to subdue, Ps. 18:48), and Hithpa. (2 Sam. 14:13).

דֶּבֶר

m. plur. דְּבָרִים • Root דבר • Page 155

Pestilence. (Ex. 9:3, Lev. 26:25, Deut. 28:21, Hos. 13:14). Ideas of death and pestilence are often expressed by the same word.

דֹּבֶר

noun masculine • Root דבר • Page 155

A fold, pasture. (Mic. 2:12, Is. 5:17). Comparable to Syriac and Arabic terms for a field.

דָּבַר

verb • Root דבר • Page 153

1. Probably as its primary signification, to lead, to drive. Hence the derivatives דָּבָר, דִּבְרָה, מִדְבָּר. 2. To put in order, to arrange, connect; and hence to connect words, to speak. In Kal found in the participle דֹּבֵר and the infinitive דַּבֵּר (Ps. 51:6). Much more common in Pi. דִּבֶּר (fut. יְדַבֵּר) meaning to speak, loquor (different from אָמַר to say). Covers various grammatical constructions including speaking to (preceded by אֶל, לְ, or עִם), speaking of (preceded by אֶת or עַל), and speaking against (preceded by בְּ or אֶל). Also used to mean 'to promise' (Deut. 19:8).

BDB

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon

H1696

I. דָּבַר (approximate number of occurrences: 1142) verb — speak.

Cognates:

• Assyrian dabâru, Pi`el drive away
• Arabic דבר follow behind, depart, perish
• Syriac דבר lead, guide
• Aramaic דְּבַר lead, guide
• Phoenician דבר speak
• Greek λαλεῖν, λέγειν
• Latin loqui, dicere
• German reden, sagen

Qal

— 41 occurrences, only infinitive and participle. Infinitive suffix בְּדָבְרֶ֑ךָ Psalm 51:6; participle דֹּבֵר Exodus 6:29 (30 times); plural דֹּבְרִים Numbers 36:5, Psalm 109:20; construct דֹּבְרֵי Psalm 5:7; feminine דֹּבְרוֺת Numbers 27:7, Psalm 31:19; passive דָּבֻר Proverbs 25:11.

Meanings and Uses

• Absolute: Numbers 27:7, Numbers 32:27, Numbers 36:5 (Priests' Code); דָּבָר דָּבֻר word spoken Proverbs 25:11.
• With accusative of thing: דֹּבֵר דָּבָר speaking a word Job 2:13; (+ אמת) Psalm 15:2; (+ שׁלום) Esther 10:3; (+ שׁקר) Psalm 63:12.
• With אֶל of person: Genesis 16:13 (Yahwist Source), Exodus 6:29 (Priests' Code).
• With בְּאָזְנֵי in the ears of: Deuteronomy 5:1, Jeremiah 28:7.
• Of an angel: הַמַּלְאָךְ הַדֹּבֵר בִּי the angel that spake with me Zechariah 1:9, 13, 14.

Niph`al

— Perfect נִדְבְּרוּ Malachi 3:16; participle הַנִּדְבָּרִים Ezekiel 33:30. Reciprocal sense, speak with one another, talk.

• Absolute: Malachi 3:16.
• With בְּ, against: Psalm 119:23, Ezekiel 33:30.
• With עַל, concerning: Malachi 3:13.

Pi`el

— 1089 occurrences. Perfect דִּבֶּר Genesis 12:4 +; Imperfect יְדַבֵּר Genesis 44:7 +; Imperative דַּבֵּר Genesis 24:38 +; Infinitive דַּבֵּר Genesis 24:50 +; participle מְדַבֵּר Genesis 27:6 +; feminine מְדַבֶּרֶת 1 Samuel 1:13 +.

1. Absolute

• Deuteronomy 18:17 followed by לֵאמֹר.
• Phrases: אני יהוה דברתי Ezekiel 5:13 (18 times in Ezekiel); כי פי יהוה דבר Isaiah 1:20, Isaiah 40:5, Micah 4:4.

2. With accusative of thing

• את הדברים האלה Exodus 20:1, Deuteronomy 5:19.
• דבר קשׁות spake rough words Genesis 42:7 (Elohist Source).
• יְהוּדִית the Jewish language Nehemiah 13:24.

3. With persons

• a. rarely accusative: Genesis 37:4 (Yahwist Source).
• b. with אֶל (most frequent): Genesis 8:15; וַיְדַבֵּר יהוה אֶל משֶׁה לֵאמֹר Exodus 6:10 (87 times, Priests' Code); אל לב speak unto one's heart Genesis 24:45.
• c. with לְ speak to, promise to: 1 Kings 2:19; Joshua 10:12 (Deuteronomic Source); in D phrases כאשׁר דבר ל as he promised to Deuteronomy 1:11, 15:6.
• d. with אֵת speak with: Genesis 17:3, 21:2 (Priests' Code); דבר משׁפטים את give judgment against Jeremiah 39:5.
• e. with עִם speak with: Genesis 29:9, Exodus 19:9 (Yahwist Source); דִּבַּרְתִּי אֲנִי עִם לִבִּי Ecclesiastes 1:16.
• feminine לִפְנֵי before, in the presence of: Exodus 6:12, Numbers 36:1 (Priests' Code).

4. With בְּ

• a. instrumental: דבר בְּ speak by means of Numbers 12:2 (Elohist Source); בְּשֵׁם דִּבֶּר speak in the name of Exodus 5:23.
• b. local: בְּאָזְנֵי in the ears of Genesis 20:8.
• c. of the object: speak of, about Deuteronomy 6:7, 1 Samuel 19:3.
• d. hostility: against Numbers 12:1, 21:5 (Elohist Source).

5. With עַל

Of the object concerning or about which one speaks: Genesis 18:19, Jeremiah 1:16; דבר על לב speak kindly, comfort Genesis 34:3, Isaiah 40:2.

6. With infinitive

דבר לעשׂות promise to do Exodus 32:14 (Yahwist Source), Jonah 3:10.

Note: וַתְּדַבֵּר in 2 Chronicles 22:10 is a scribal error for וַתְּאַבֵּד and she destroyed (cf. 2 Kings 11:1).

Pu`al

— Imperfect בַּיּוֺם שֶׁיְּדֻבַּרבָּֿהּ in the day when she may be spoken for Song of Solomon 8:8; participle נִכְבָּדוֺת מְדֻבָּר בָּךְ glorious things are being spoken in thee Psalm 87:3.

Hithpa`el

— Participle מִדַּבֵּר = מִתְדַּבֵּר. With accusative מִדַּבֵּר הַדָּבָר הַזֶּה speaking this word 2 Samuel 14:13; מִדַּבֵּר אֶל speaking unto Numbers 7:89 (Priests' Code), Ezekiel 2:2.

Hiph`il

— Imperfect וַיַּדְבֵּר עַמִּים תַּחְתָּי Psalm 18:48; יַדְבֵּר עַמִּים תַּחְתֵּינוּ Psalm 47:4. Either leads (as Aramaic דַּבַּר) or subdues (as Arabic turn the back).

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

² Gesenius' Thesaurus philologicus criticus linguae Hebraeae et Chaldaeae (Thes).

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

⁴ H. Ewald, Lehrbuch der hebräischen Sprache (Ew).

Verb Piel participle active masculine singular absolute

LXX: ἐλάλησεν λάλησον ἐλάλησα λαλήσω εἶπεν

LXX Usage Statistics

H1696:

ἐλάλησεν 344× (29.7%)

λάλησον 62× (5.7%)

ἐλάλησα 51× (4.6%)

λαλήσω 44× (3.9%)

εἶπεν 44× (3.8%)

λαλῆσαι 42× (3.6%)

ἐλάλησασ 38× (3.4%)

ἐλάλησαν 38× (3.3%)

'' 27× (2.1%)

λαλῶν 26× (2.3%)

RBT Translation:

No verse found

RBT Paraphrase:
No verse found

Julia Smith Literal 1876 Translation:
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LITV Translation:
As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of the rain, so appeared the brightness all around. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of Jehovah. And I saw, and I fell on my face, and I heard a voice of One speaking.

Brenton Septuagint Translation:
As the appearance of the bow when it is in the cloud in days of rain, so was the form of the brightness round about.