Ezekiel 2:5

Paleo Hebrew Niqqud

RBT Hebrew Interlinear:

והמה וְהֵמָּה

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ו

wə

Definition

and

Root

From H8505; a prefix

Exhaustive

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

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

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

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

הם

hêm

Definition

they (only used when emphatic)

Root

or (prolonged) המה; masculine plural from H1981 (הלך);

Exhaustive

or (prolonged) המה; masculine plural from הלך; they (only used when emphatic); it, like, [idiom] (how, so) many (soever, more as) they (be), (the) same, [idiom] so, [idiom] such, their, them, these, they, those, which, who, whom, withal, ye.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H1992

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

הֵם

pronoun • Strongs / High • Page 404

Personal pronoun, third person masculine plural: they.

הֵם

pronoun • Strongs / High • Page 405

Pronoun of the 3rd person plural masculine, they. Can also be used to express the verb 'to be' or with the article הָהֵם for emphasis, 'they themselves'.

BDB

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon

H1992

I. הֵ֫מָּה and הֵם (without appreciable distinction in usage; הָהֵמָּה occurring only 12 times) pronoun 3 plural masculine — they.

Cognates:

• Biblical Aramaic הִמּוֺ
• Ethiopic 'emūn-tū, emān-tū
• Assyrian suffix šunu, šina

— הֵמָּה used incorrectly for the feminine Zechariah 5:10; Ruth 1:22; Song of Solomon 6:8; feminine הֵ֫נָּה (Late Hebrew also הֵן).

Usage of הָהֵמָּה (12 times): Numbers 9:7 (Priests' Code); Jeremiah 14:15; Zechariah 14:15; and in the phrase בַּ(הַ)מִָים הָהֵמָּה 2 Kings 18:4; Jeremiah 3:16, 18; Jeremiah 5:18; Jeremiah 50:4; Joel 3:2; Joel 4:1; Zechariah 8:23; Nehemiah 13:15.

1. Basic nominative usage

a. Emphatic subject

• Genesis 6:4
• Exodus 5:7 (הֵם יֵָֽלְכוּ let them go)
• Numbers 31:16
• Isaiah 24:14
• after כִּי Jeremiah 5:5; Jeremiah 34:7

b. With additive particles

• Judges 1:22 (+ גַם הֵם)
• Deuteronomy 2:11 (אַף הֵם)
• Joshua 9:4

c. Reflexive sense

• Exodus 18:22 (יִשְׁמְּטוּהֵֿם let them judge themselves)
• Jeremiah 15:19
• Psalm 109:28

2. Resuming the subject with emphasis

a. Strengthening the subject

• Genesis 14:24
• Psalm 23:4
• Psalm 27:2
• Ezekiel 44:15

b. In various contexts

• Isaiah 30:7
• Ezekiel 27:13, 17, 21

c. Following relative or other pronouns

• Numbers 14:27
• Ezekiel 43:19 (אֲשֶׁר הֵם)
• Ecclesiastes 4:2

— הֵמָּה כִּדְוֵי לַחֻמִי Job 6:7 read perhaps זָָֽהֲמָה (it is loathesome, √ זהס).

3. As predicate

a. Simple predicate

• Genesis 3:7
• Exodus 5:8 (כִּי נִרְמִּים הֵם for they are idle)
• Exodus 29:33

b. Predicate of possession or location

• Genesis 48:5 (לִי הֵם they are mine)
• Isaiah 41:22 (הָרִאשֹׁנוֺת מָה הֵנָּה)
• Isaiah 49:21 (אֵלֶּה אֵיפֹה הֵם)

c. In relative clauses

• Deuteronomy 20:15
• 1 Kings 9:20

d. After particles

• 2 Kings 7:10 (כֲַּאֲשֶׁר הֵמָּה)
• Proverbs 19:7 Kt (probably corrupt)

4. With numerals or interrogatives

a. With numerals

• Proverbs 30:24 (אַרְבָּעָה הֵם four things are they)
• Isaiah 51:19 (שְׁתַּיִם הֵנָּה)

b. With demonstratives or interrogatives

• Genesis 21:29 (מָה הֵנָּה שֶׁבַע)
• Genesis 25:16 (אֵלֶּה הֵם)
• Leviticus 23:2
• 1 Samuel 4:8

6. In a neuter sense

a. Referring to things or events

• Job 6:7 (הֵמָּה such sufferings)
• Jeremiah 7:4 (הֵמָּה these buildings)
• Leviticus 5:22 (בָּהֵנָּה therein)
• Job 23:14 (כָּהֵנָּה things such as these)

7. With the article

הָהֵם, Genesis 6:4; Exodus 2:11; Numbers 14:38 + often; הָהֵמָּה (12 times, see above); הָהֵנָּה 1 Samuel 17:28.

Note: Ezekiel 8:6 Kt מָהֵם for מָה הֵם; 2 Kings 9:18 עַדהֵֿם irregular for עֲדֵיהֶם; 2 Samuel 4:6 textual error for וְהִנֵּה.

8. With prepositions

(In lieu of normal forms with suffixes בָּהֶם, לָהֶם, מֵהֶם etc.)

a. Long forms

• בָּהֵמָּה Exodus 30:4 (Priests' Code); Habakkuk 1:16
• כָּהֵמָּה Jeremiah 36:32
• לְהֵמָּה Jeremiah 14:16
• מֵהֵמָּה Jeremiah 10:2; Ecclesiastes 12:12

b. Form כָּהֵם

• 2 Samuel 24:3 (כָּהֵם וְכָהֵם the like of themselves)
• Ecclesiastes 9:12

c. Feminine long forms

• בָּהֵנָּה Leviticus 5:22; Numbers 13:19
• כָּהֵנָּה Genesis 41:19; 2 Samuel 12:8
• מֵהֵנָּה Isaiah 34:16; Psalm 34:21

d. Form בָּהֵן etc.

• בָּהֵן Genesis 19:29; Leviticus 10:1; Jeremiah 4:29
• לָהֵן (= therefore) Ruth 1:13
• מֵהֵן Ezekiel 16:47

¹ S. R. Driver, A Treatise on the Use of the Tenses in Hebrew (Dr).

² Priests' Code (P).

³ Jehovist (JE) Source.

⁴ Julius Wellhausen (We).

Conjunction, Pronoun personal third person masculine plural

LXX: αὐτοὶ οὗτοι εἰσιν ταῦτα ἐκείναισ

LXX Usage Statistics

H1992:

αὐτοὶ 173× (27.9%)

οὗτοι 54× (8.8%)

εἰσιν 48× (7.8%)

ταῦτα 36× (6.1%)

ἐκείναισ 34× (5.8%)

ἐστιν 25× (4.1%)

--- 20× (3.4%)

αὐτῶν 12× (2.0%)

ἦσαν 11× (1.7%)

εἰσίν 11× (1.9%)

אם אִם־

if

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

אם

ʼim

Definition

used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also Oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not

Root

a primitive particle;

Exhaustive

a primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also Oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not; (and, can-, doubtless, if, that) (not), [phrase] but, either, [phrase] except, [phrase] more(-over if, than), neither, nevertheless, nor, oh that, or, [phrase] save (only, -ing), seeing, since, sith, [phrase] surely (no more, none, not), though, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] unless, [phrase] verily, when, whereas, whether, while, [phrase] yet.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H518

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

אִם

conjunction • Strongs_Numbers • Page 146

If; a conditional conjunction.

אִם

conjunction • Strongs_Numbers • Page 147

Conditional particle corresponding to 'if', 'whether', or 'although'. It is used with perfect and imperfect tenses to express conditions, repeated acts, or permanent states. In formulas of swearing (oaths), it implies a negative ('surely not'). It can also introduce a question.

אִם

conj. / particle • Strongs_Numbers • Page 148

Conditional particle indicating 'if', 'whether', 'either...or'; also used as a particle of time: 'when', 'since'; a particle of wishing: 'oh if!', 'would that!'; and sometimes as an exclamation: 'behold!', 'lo!'.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

אִם

primitive particle • Page 54

1. adv. of time, when; referring either to time past, like the Germ. da, als, Am. 7: 2 when they had en-

אִם

conj. / adv. / interrog. particle • Page 55

A conditional and interrogative particle with multiple senses: 2. if, supposing that; 3. although (Judg. 13:16); 4. O that (Gen. 30:27); 5. whether... or (Ex. 19:13); 6. in swearing (not, that not; 2 Sam. 11:11); 7. perhaps that (Gen. 31:52); 8. interrogative (Jer. 3:5); 11. whether...not (Est. 4:14); 13. (אם-לא) if not, but (Gen. 24:58).

BDB

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon

H518

I. אִם conjunction (= Aramaic ܐܠ if [and in ܐܒܓܕ, אֱלָא = 𐎢𐎽𐎢𐎡 if not, except], Arabic إله if [and in 𐎐𐎍𐎢𐎗 = ܐܠܗܐ if not, except], Ethiopic አማር: (§mma) if = מָה + אִם ( + ܐܠܦ) [and in ܗܢܐ (allâ) if not, but], Assyrian umma; also in Arabic ܐܠܗܐ 'An?' = ܐܠܗܐ, compare הֲאִם: see Nöldeke, Mandäische Grammatik p. 208, Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft 1886, p. 739; Wright, Comparative Grammar of the Semitic Languages i. §367e) — Targum of Onkelos, Targum of Jonathan אִם, Targum of Haggai אִין.

Cognates:

• Aramaic ܐܠ if, and in ܐܒܓܕ; אֱלָא = 𐎢𐎽𐎢𐎡 if not, except
• Arabic إله if, and in 𐎐𐎍𐎢𐎗 = ܐܠܗܐ if not, except
• Ethiopic አማር: (§mma) if = מָה + אִם ( + ܐܠܦ) [and in ܗܢܐ (allâ) if not, but]
• Assyrian umma
• Arabic ܐܠܗܐ 'An?' = ܐܠܗܐ

1. Hypothetical Particle: If

Construction (see more fully Driver §§136-138, 143; Friedrich, Die Hebräischen Konditionalsätze 1884).

• With imperfect (continued by perfects and waw consecutive; apodosis usually begins with perfect and waw consecutive or bare imperfect; or, if necessary, with imperative or jussive):
  • Of future time: Genesis 18:26 אִם־אֶמְצָא if I shall find 50 righteous in Sodom, וְנָשָׂאתִי I will pardon, etc.; Genesis 24:8; Genesis 32:9; Deuteronomy 19:8 f.; 1 Kings 1:52; 1 Kings 6:12; Psalm 89:31; Genesis 42:37; Judges 13:16; 1 Kings 1:52; Psalm 132:12.
  • Of past time (rare, but classical): Genesis 31:8 אִם יֹאמַר if ever he said... וְיַלְדוּ then they used to bear, etc.; Exodus 40:37; and in the protestations Job 31:7, 13, 16, 25 etc. (alternating with perfect, see below, and with jussives in apodosis).
  • Assuming a purely imaginary case (with imperfect in both clauses, like the double optative in Greek), if, though: Genesis 13:16 so that אִם־יֻכַל if a man were able to number the stars, thy seed also יִמָנֶה might be numbered; Numbers 22:18; Isaiah 1:18 כַּשָּׁנִים יִלְבִינוּ though your sins were as scarlet, they should become white as snow; Amos 9:2-4 אִם־יַחְתְּרוּ though they were to dig into Sheol, from thence תִּקָּחֵם would my hand fetch them; Psalm 27:3; Psalm 139:8 +.
• With participle (expressing either a present process, or an approaching future: apodosis as above): Genesis 24:42, 49; Judges 6:36; Judges 9:15; Judges 11:9 אִם מְשִׁיבִים אַתֶּם if ye are going to bring me back... וְנָתַן then I will, etc.; similarly with יֵשׁ or אֵין Genesis 44:26; Exodus 22:2; 1 Samuel 20:8; 1 Samuel 23:23; and with no explicit copula Deuteronomy 22:2; Deuteronomy 25:2; Leviticus 1:3, 14, etc.
• With perfect:
  • Of future or present time (continued by perfects and waw consecutive: apodosis as above): Genesis 43:9 אִם־לֹא הֲבִיאֹתִיו אֵלֶיךָ if I do not bring him back (si eum non reduxero) and set him before thee, I will be guilty for ever; Genesis 47:6 if thou knowest that there are men of worth among them וְשִׂמְתָּם then make them, etc.; Judges 16:17; 2 Samuel 15:33; 2 Kings 7:4; Psalm 41:7; Psalm 94:18; Job 7:4; Job 9:30 f.; Job 10:14 אִם חָטָאתִי וְשָׁמַרְתָּנִי if I sin, thou watchest me. On אִם־נָא Genesis 18:3 and elsewhere see נָא.
  • Of past time, whether (α) in actual fact, or (β) in an assumed case (the perfect is here continued by the imperfect and waw consecutive; apodosis begins as before):
    • (α) Judges 9:16-19 אִם עֲשִׂיתֶם if ye have done honestly וַתַּמְלִיכוּ and have made Abimelech king..., 1 Samuel 26:19; especially in protestations, as Psalm 7:4 אִם עָשִׂיתִי זֹאת if I have done this..., let the enemy pursue my soul, etc.; Jeremiah 33:25 f.; Job 31:5 f.; Job 31:9, etc.
    • (β) Numbers 5:27 if she have defiled herself וַתִּמְעַל and been faithless, וּבָאוּ then shall they come, etc.; Numbers 15:24; Numbers 35:22-24.
  • With bare perfect in apodosis, in sense of If...had..., only Deuteronomy 32:30 אִם־לֹא כִּי were it not that..., Psalm 73:15. (לוּ is more usual in such cases.)
• With infinitive once (si vera lectio) Job 9:27 אִם אָמְרִי = if I say (literally if (there is) my saying).

Note that the verb following אִם is often strengthened by the infinitive absolute, as Exodus 15:26; Exodus 19:5; Exodus 21:5; Exodus 22:3; Exodus 22:12; Exodus 22:16; Exodus 22:22; Judges 11:30; Judges 14:12; Judges 16:11 etc.; compare Driver, Hebrew Tenses i. 20, 6.

2. Special Uses

• Repeated אִם...אִם whether...or (sive...sive) Exodus 19:13; Deuteronomy 18:3; 2 Samuel 15:21; similarly אִם...וְאִם Genesis 31:52; Jeremiah 42:6; Ecclesiastes 11:3; Ecclesiastes 12:14 (compare Syriac ܐܠ...ܐܠ, ܐܒܓ...ܐܠ Psalm 250; ܐܠܗܐ...ܐܠܗܐ and ܐܒܓܕ...𐎢𐎽𐎢𐎶).
• After an oath (expressed, or merely implied) אִם (the formula of imprecation being omitted) becomes an emphatic negative, and אִם־לֹא an emphatic affirmative: 2 Samuel 11:11 by thy life אִם־אֶעֱשֶׂה אֶת־הַדָּבָר הַזֶּה (may God bring all manner of evil upon me) if I do this thing! = surely I will not do this thing! (compare the full phrases in 1 Samuel 3:17; 2 Kings 6:31) Genesis 14:23; Genesis 42:15; Numbers 14:23; 1 Samuel 3:14; 1 Samuel 19:6; 2 Kings 2:2; 2 Kings 3:14 and often; Isaiah 22:14; Psalm 89:36; Psalm 95:11; Job 6:28; אִם־לֹא Numbers 14:28; Joshua 14:9; 1 Kings 20:23; 2 Kings 9:26; Isaiah 5:9; Isaiah 14:24; Jeremiah 15:11; Jeremiah 49:20; Job 1:11; Ezekiel 14:16; after a negative clause, emphasizing a contrasted idea, Genesis 24:38 (where the explanation by Aramaic אֱלָא is not supported by Hebrew usage), compare Jeremiah 22:6. Repeated, אִם...וְאִם 2 Samuel 20:20; 2 Kings 3:14; Isaiah 62:8; Jeremiah 38:16; Ezekiel 14:16. In adjurations (with 2nd or 3rd person) = that not Genesis 21:23; Genesis 26:29; Genesis 31:50; 1 Samuel 24:22; 1 Kings 1:51; Canticles 2:7; Canticles 3:5 +. Of past or present time: 1 Samuel 25:34 as I liveth (I say) that, unless thou hadst hastened..., כִּי אִם נוֹתַר that surely there had not been left...! 1 Samuel 17:55 as thy soul liveth אִם־יָדַעְתִּי if I know it! 1 Kings 17:12; 1 Kings 18:10 — both אִם־יֵשׁ (כִּי here merely introduces the fact sworn to, and need not be translated; so 2 Samuel 3:35): see כִּי; Psalm 121:2 אִם־לֹא (after a negative clause: compare above Genesis 24:38; Psalm 131:2). Compare Strack §90.
• Part of wishing, if but...! oh that...! (rare) Psalm 81:9 If thou wouldest hearken to me! Psalm 95:7; Psalm 139:19; Proverbs 24:11. Compare Exodus 32:32. With an imperative (si vera lectio) Job 34:16 וְאִם־יָבִין; and with an anacoluthon, Genesis 23:13 (P) אִם־אַתָּה לוּ שָׁמַעְתָּנִי if thou! — oh that thou wouldst hear me!
• Nearly = when — with the perfect: (α) of past, Genesis 38:9; Numbers 21:9 וְהָיָה אִם־נָשַׁךְ and it used to be, if or when a serpent had bitten a man, that he would look, etc., Judges 6:3; Psalm 78:34 (see Driver §136 δ Obs.); Amos 7:2. (β) of present or future, Isaiah 4:4 אִם רָחַץ when the Lord shall have washed, Isaiah 24:13; Isaiah 28:25; compare Numbers 36:4 (with the imperfect).

3. Compounded with Other Particles

• בִּלְתִּי אִם except if, except, Genesis 47:18; Judges 7:14; Amos 3:3, 4. (Perhaps הֲלוֹא אִם 2 Kings 20:19 (for which Isaiah 39:7 has simply כִּי), perhaps Is it not (good), if...? (De Dillmann, Gesenius, Hi).)
• כִּי אִם, q.v.
• עַד אִם Genesis 24:19, 33; Isaiah 30:17; Ruth 2:21, and עַד אֲשֶׁר אִם Genesis 28:15; Numbers 32:17; Isaiah 6:11, until, properly until if or when.
• רַק אִם if only (see רַק).

אִם־לֹא in Ezekiel 3:6 b is very difficult. The versions render If I had sent, etc., implying לֹא for אִם־לֹא (for Ewald's אִם־לוּ = אִלּוּ, q.v., is precarious): Gesenius, Hi, Co 'but (אִם־לֹא after a negative, compare above Genesis 24:38; Psalm 131:2) unto them (Israel) have I sent thee: they can understand thee' (but understand is a dubious rendering of שָׁמַע).

4. Interrogative Particle

• In direct question: (α) alone (not frequently and usually = Num? expecting the answer No, especially in a rhetorical style): Genesis 38:17; 1 Kings 1:27; Judges 5:8 מָגֵן אִם־יֵרָאָה וָרֹמַח was there a shield to be seen or a spear...? Isaiah 29:16; and repeated Amos 3:6; Jeremiah 48:27; Job 6:12. (β) more frequently in disjunctive interrogation: (α) הֲ...אִם, expressing a real alternative Joshua 5:13 הֲלָנוּ אַתָּה אִם־לְצָרֵינוּ art thou for us, or for our enemies? Judges 9:2; 1 Kings 22:6, 15: more often expressing a merely formal alternative, especially in poetry (a rhetorical Num?) Genesis 37:8; Numbers 11:12, 22; Judges 11:25 b 2 Samuel 19:36; Isaiah 10:15; Isaiah 66:8; Jeremiah 3:5; Habakkuk 3:8; Psalm 77:10; Psalm 78:20; Job 4:17; Job 6:5, 6; Job 10:4, 5; Job 11:7 etc. (β) הֲ...וְאִם (rarer than הֲ...אִם, but similar in use) 2 Samuel 24:13 (a real alt.); Isaiah 49:24; Isaiah 50:2; Jeremiah 5:9 (Jeremiah 5:29 אִם) Jeremiah 14:22; Joel 1:2; Joel 4:4; Job 8:3; Job 11:2; Job 21:4; Job 22:3; Job 34:17; Job 40:8 f. (formal); Genesis 17:17 P (with an anacoluthon) shall a child...? וְאִם־שָׂרָה and Sarah, — shall she that is 90 years old bear? Proverbs 27:24 (וְאִם after negative clause).
• In oblique interrogation, if, whether: (α) alone, after verbs of seeing, inquiring, etc. 2 Kings 1:2; Jeremiah 5:1; Jeremiah 30:6; Malachi 3:10; Psalm 139:24; Canticles 7:13; Lamentations 1:12; Ezra 2:59; once מִי יוֹדֵעַ אִם who knoweth if...? i.e. (like haud scio an) perhaps Esther 4:14 (older synonym מִי יוֹדֵעַ alone: see 2 Samuel 12:22; Joel 2:14; Jonah 3:9). (β) disjunctively הֲ...אִם Genesis 27:21; Numbers 13:18-20; so אִם...וְאִם Joshua 24:15.

Compounded with הֲ, הֲאִם Numbers 17:28 הֲאִם תַּמְנוּ לִגְוֹעַ probably an emphatic Num? Shall we ever have finished dying? Job 6:13 difficult: perhaps Is it that my help is not in me? (a forcible means of expressing that that which might be thought impossible is nevertheless the case); Hi as an aposiop., If my help is not in me (am I still to wait)? (The view that הֲאִם = הֲלֹא nonne? is inconsistent with the fact that אִם in a question has regularly the force of Num?)

¹ Theodor Nöldeke, Mandäische Grammatik, Halle, 1875.

² Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft, 1886.

³ William Wright, A Comparative Grammar of the Semitic Languages, Cambridge, 1890.

⁴ Samuel Rolles Driver, A Treatise on the Use of the Tenses in Hebrew and Some Other Syntactical Questions, 3rd ed., Oxford, 1892.

⁵ Friedrich Die Hebräischen Konditionalsätze, 1884.

⁶ Yahwist Source.

⁷ Hermann Strack, Grammatik des Biblisch-Aramäischen, Leipzig, 1896.

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ישמעו יִשְׁמְעוּ

they are hearing

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

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.

Verb Qal imperfect third person masculine plural

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%)

ואם וְאִם־

and if

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ו

wə

Definition

and

Root

From H8505; a prefix

Exhaustive

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

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

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

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

אם

ʼim

Definition

used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also Oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not

Root

a primitive particle;

Exhaustive

a primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also Oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not; (and, can-, doubtless, if, that) (not), [phrase] but, either, [phrase] except, [phrase] more(-over if, than), neither, nevertheless, nor, oh that, or, [phrase] save (only, -ing), seeing, since, sith, [phrase] surely (no more, none, not), though, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] unless, [phrase] verily, when, whereas, whether, while, [phrase] yet.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H518

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

אִם

conjunction • Strongs_Numbers • Page 146

If; a conditional conjunction.

אִם

conjunction • Strongs_Numbers • Page 147

Conditional particle corresponding to 'if', 'whether', or 'although'. It is used with perfect and imperfect tenses to express conditions, repeated acts, or permanent states. In formulas of swearing (oaths), it implies a negative ('surely not'). It can also introduce a question.

אִם

conj. / particle • Strongs_Numbers • Page 148

Conditional particle indicating 'if', 'whether', 'either...or'; also used as a particle of time: 'when', 'since'; a particle of wishing: 'oh if!', 'would that!'; and sometimes as an exclamation: 'behold!', 'lo!'.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

אִם

primitive particle • Page 54

1. adv. of time, when; referring either to time past, like the Germ. da, als, Am. 7: 2 when they had en-

אִם

conj. / adv. / interrog. particle • Page 55

A conditional and interrogative particle with multiple senses: 2. if, supposing that; 3. although (Judg. 13:16); 4. O that (Gen. 30:27); 5. whether... or (Ex. 19:13); 6. in swearing (not, that not; 2 Sam. 11:11); 7. perhaps that (Gen. 31:52); 8. interrogative (Jer. 3:5); 11. whether...not (Est. 4:14); 13. (אם-לא) if not, but (Gen. 24:58).

BDB

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon

H518

I. אִם conjunction (= Aramaic ܐܠ if [and in ܐܒܓܕ, אֱלָא = 𐎢𐎽𐎢𐎡 if not, except], Arabic إله if [and in 𐎐𐎍𐎢𐎗 = ܐܠܗܐ if not, except], Ethiopic አማር: (§mma) if = מָה + אִם ( + ܐܠܦ) [and in ܗܢܐ (allâ) if not, but], Assyrian umma; also in Arabic ܐܠܗܐ 'An?' = ܐܠܗܐ, compare הֲאִם: see Nöldeke, Mandäische Grammatik p. 208, Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft 1886, p. 739; Wright, Comparative Grammar of the Semitic Languages i. §367e) — Targum of Onkelos, Targum of Jonathan אִם, Targum of Haggai אִין.

Cognates:

• Aramaic ܐܠ if, and in ܐܒܓܕ; אֱלָא = 𐎢𐎽𐎢𐎡 if not, except
• Arabic إله if, and in 𐎐𐎍𐎢𐎗 = ܐܠܗܐ if not, except
• Ethiopic አማር: (§mma) if = מָה + אִם ( + ܐܠܦ) [and in ܗܢܐ (allâ) if not, but]
• Assyrian umma
• Arabic ܐܠܗܐ 'An?' = ܐܠܗܐ

1. Hypothetical Particle: If

Construction (see more fully Driver §§136-138, 143; Friedrich, Die Hebräischen Konditionalsätze 1884).

• With imperfect (continued by perfects and waw consecutive; apodosis usually begins with perfect and waw consecutive or bare imperfect; or, if necessary, with imperative or jussive):
  • Of future time: Genesis 18:26 אִם־אֶמְצָא if I shall find 50 righteous in Sodom, וְנָשָׂאתִי I will pardon, etc.; Genesis 24:8; Genesis 32:9; Deuteronomy 19:8 f.; 1 Kings 1:52; 1 Kings 6:12; Psalm 89:31; Genesis 42:37; Judges 13:16; 1 Kings 1:52; Psalm 132:12.
  • Of past time (rare, but classical): Genesis 31:8 אִם יֹאמַר if ever he said... וְיַלְדוּ then they used to bear, etc.; Exodus 40:37; and in the protestations Job 31:7, 13, 16, 25 etc. (alternating with perfect, see below, and with jussives in apodosis).
  • Assuming a purely imaginary case (with imperfect in both clauses, like the double optative in Greek), if, though: Genesis 13:16 so that אִם־יֻכַל if a man were able to number the stars, thy seed also יִמָנֶה might be numbered; Numbers 22:18; Isaiah 1:18 כַּשָּׁנִים יִלְבִינוּ though your sins were as scarlet, they should become white as snow; Amos 9:2-4 אִם־יַחְתְּרוּ though they were to dig into Sheol, from thence תִּקָּחֵם would my hand fetch them; Psalm 27:3; Psalm 139:8 +.
• With participle (expressing either a present process, or an approaching future: apodosis as above): Genesis 24:42, 49; Judges 6:36; Judges 9:15; Judges 11:9 אִם מְשִׁיבִים אַתֶּם if ye are going to bring me back... וְנָתַן then I will, etc.; similarly with יֵשׁ or אֵין Genesis 44:26; Exodus 22:2; 1 Samuel 20:8; 1 Samuel 23:23; and with no explicit copula Deuteronomy 22:2; Deuteronomy 25:2; Leviticus 1:3, 14, etc.
• With perfect:
  • Of future or present time (continued by perfects and waw consecutive: apodosis as above): Genesis 43:9 אִם־לֹא הֲבִיאֹתִיו אֵלֶיךָ if I do not bring him back (si eum non reduxero) and set him before thee, I will be guilty for ever; Genesis 47:6 if thou knowest that there are men of worth among them וְשִׂמְתָּם then make them, etc.; Judges 16:17; 2 Samuel 15:33; 2 Kings 7:4; Psalm 41:7; Psalm 94:18; Job 7:4; Job 9:30 f.; Job 10:14 אִם חָטָאתִי וְשָׁמַרְתָּנִי if I sin, thou watchest me. On אִם־נָא Genesis 18:3 and elsewhere see נָא.
  • Of past time, whether (α) in actual fact, or (β) in an assumed case (the perfect is here continued by the imperfect and waw consecutive; apodosis begins as before):
    • (α) Judges 9:16-19 אִם עֲשִׂיתֶם if ye have done honestly וַתַּמְלִיכוּ and have made Abimelech king..., 1 Samuel 26:19; especially in protestations, as Psalm 7:4 אִם עָשִׂיתִי זֹאת if I have done this..., let the enemy pursue my soul, etc.; Jeremiah 33:25 f.; Job 31:5 f.; Job 31:9, etc.
    • (β) Numbers 5:27 if she have defiled herself וַתִּמְעַל and been faithless, וּבָאוּ then shall they come, etc.; Numbers 15:24; Numbers 35:22-24.
  • With bare perfect in apodosis, in sense of If...had..., only Deuteronomy 32:30 אִם־לֹא כִּי were it not that..., Psalm 73:15. (לוּ is more usual in such cases.)
• With infinitive once (si vera lectio) Job 9:27 אִם אָמְרִי = if I say (literally if (there is) my saying).

Note that the verb following אִם is often strengthened by the infinitive absolute, as Exodus 15:26; Exodus 19:5; Exodus 21:5; Exodus 22:3; Exodus 22:12; Exodus 22:16; Exodus 22:22; Judges 11:30; Judges 14:12; Judges 16:11 etc.; compare Driver, Hebrew Tenses i. 20, 6.

2. Special Uses

• Repeated אִם...אִם whether...or (sive...sive) Exodus 19:13; Deuteronomy 18:3; 2 Samuel 15:21; similarly אִם...וְאִם Genesis 31:52; Jeremiah 42:6; Ecclesiastes 11:3; Ecclesiastes 12:14 (compare Syriac ܐܠ...ܐܠ, ܐܒܓ...ܐܠ Psalm 250; ܐܠܗܐ...ܐܠܗܐ and ܐܒܓܕ...𐎢𐎽𐎢𐎶).
• After an oath (expressed, or merely implied) אִם (the formula of imprecation being omitted) becomes an emphatic negative, and אִם־לֹא an emphatic affirmative: 2 Samuel 11:11 by thy life אִם־אֶעֱשֶׂה אֶת־הַדָּבָר הַזֶּה (may God bring all manner of evil upon me) if I do this thing! = surely I will not do this thing! (compare the full phrases in 1 Samuel 3:17; 2 Kings 6:31) Genesis 14:23; Genesis 42:15; Numbers 14:23; 1 Samuel 3:14; 1 Samuel 19:6; 2 Kings 2:2; 2 Kings 3:14 and often; Isaiah 22:14; Psalm 89:36; Psalm 95:11; Job 6:28; אִם־לֹא Numbers 14:28; Joshua 14:9; 1 Kings 20:23; 2 Kings 9:26; Isaiah 5:9; Isaiah 14:24; Jeremiah 15:11; Jeremiah 49:20; Job 1:11; Ezekiel 14:16; after a negative clause, emphasizing a contrasted idea, Genesis 24:38 (where the explanation by Aramaic אֱלָא is not supported by Hebrew usage), compare Jeremiah 22:6. Repeated, אִם...וְאִם 2 Samuel 20:20; 2 Kings 3:14; Isaiah 62:8; Jeremiah 38:16; Ezekiel 14:16. In adjurations (with 2nd or 3rd person) = that not Genesis 21:23; Genesis 26:29; Genesis 31:50; 1 Samuel 24:22; 1 Kings 1:51; Canticles 2:7; Canticles 3:5 +. Of past or present time: 1 Samuel 25:34 as I liveth (I say) that, unless thou hadst hastened..., כִּי אִם נוֹתַר that surely there had not been left...! 1 Samuel 17:55 as thy soul liveth אִם־יָדַעְתִּי if I know it! 1 Kings 17:12; 1 Kings 18:10 — both אִם־יֵשׁ (כִּי here merely introduces the fact sworn to, and need not be translated; so 2 Samuel 3:35): see כִּי; Psalm 121:2 אִם־לֹא (after a negative clause: compare above Genesis 24:38; Psalm 131:2). Compare Strack §90.
• Part of wishing, if but...! oh that...! (rare) Psalm 81:9 If thou wouldest hearken to me! Psalm 95:7; Psalm 139:19; Proverbs 24:11. Compare Exodus 32:32. With an imperative (si vera lectio) Job 34:16 וְאִם־יָבִין; and with an anacoluthon, Genesis 23:13 (P) אִם־אַתָּה לוּ שָׁמַעְתָּנִי if thou! — oh that thou wouldst hear me!
• Nearly = when — with the perfect: (α) of past, Genesis 38:9; Numbers 21:9 וְהָיָה אִם־נָשַׁךְ and it used to be, if or when a serpent had bitten a man, that he would look, etc., Judges 6:3; Psalm 78:34 (see Driver §136 δ Obs.); Amos 7:2. (β) of present or future, Isaiah 4:4 אִם רָחַץ when the Lord shall have washed, Isaiah 24:13; Isaiah 28:25; compare Numbers 36:4 (with the imperfect).

3. Compounded with Other Particles

• בִּלְתִּי אִם except if, except, Genesis 47:18; Judges 7:14; Amos 3:3, 4. (Perhaps הֲלוֹא אִם 2 Kings 20:19 (for which Isaiah 39:7 has simply כִּי), perhaps Is it not (good), if...? (De Dillmann, Gesenius, Hi).)
• כִּי אִם, q.v.
• עַד אִם Genesis 24:19, 33; Isaiah 30:17; Ruth 2:21, and עַד אֲשֶׁר אִם Genesis 28:15; Numbers 32:17; Isaiah 6:11, until, properly until if or when.
• רַק אִם if only (see רַק).

אִם־לֹא in Ezekiel 3:6 b is very difficult. The versions render If I had sent, etc., implying לֹא for אִם־לֹא (for Ewald's אִם־לוּ = אִלּוּ, q.v., is precarious): Gesenius, Hi, Co 'but (אִם־לֹא after a negative, compare above Genesis 24:38; Psalm 131:2) unto them (Israel) have I sent thee: they can understand thee' (but understand is a dubious rendering of שָׁמַע).

4. Interrogative Particle

• In direct question: (α) alone (not frequently and usually = Num? expecting the answer No, especially in a rhetorical style): Genesis 38:17; 1 Kings 1:27; Judges 5:8 מָגֵן אִם־יֵרָאָה וָרֹמַח was there a shield to be seen or a spear...? Isaiah 29:16; and repeated Amos 3:6; Jeremiah 48:27; Job 6:12. (β) more frequently in disjunctive interrogation: (α) הֲ...אִם, expressing a real alternative Joshua 5:13 הֲלָנוּ אַתָּה אִם־לְצָרֵינוּ art thou for us, or for our enemies? Judges 9:2; 1 Kings 22:6, 15: more often expressing a merely formal alternative, especially in poetry (a rhetorical Num?) Genesis 37:8; Numbers 11:12, 22; Judges 11:25 b 2 Samuel 19:36; Isaiah 10:15; Isaiah 66:8; Jeremiah 3:5; Habakkuk 3:8; Psalm 77:10; Psalm 78:20; Job 4:17; Job 6:5, 6; Job 10:4, 5; Job 11:7 etc. (β) הֲ...וְאִם (rarer than הֲ...אִם, but similar in use) 2 Samuel 24:13 (a real alt.); Isaiah 49:24; Isaiah 50:2; Jeremiah 5:9 (Jeremiah 5:29 אִם) Jeremiah 14:22; Joel 1:2; Joel 4:4; Job 8:3; Job 11:2; Job 21:4; Job 22:3; Job 34:17; Job 40:8 f. (formal); Genesis 17:17 P (with an anacoluthon) shall a child...? וְאִם־שָׂרָה and Sarah, — shall she that is 90 years old bear? Proverbs 27:24 (וְאִם after negative clause).
• In oblique interrogation, if, whether: (α) alone, after verbs of seeing, inquiring, etc. 2 Kings 1:2; Jeremiah 5:1; Jeremiah 30:6; Malachi 3:10; Psalm 139:24; Canticles 7:13; Lamentations 1:12; Ezra 2:59; once מִי יוֹדֵעַ אִם who knoweth if...? i.e. (like haud scio an) perhaps Esther 4:14 (older synonym מִי יוֹדֵעַ alone: see 2 Samuel 12:22; Joel 2:14; Jonah 3:9). (β) disjunctively הֲ...אִם Genesis 27:21; Numbers 13:18-20; so אִם...וְאִם Joshua 24:15.

Compounded with הֲ, הֲאִם Numbers 17:28 הֲאִם תַּמְנוּ לִגְוֹעַ probably an emphatic Num? Shall we ever have finished dying? Job 6:13 difficult: perhaps Is it that my help is not in me? (a forcible means of expressing that that which might be thought impossible is nevertheless the case); Hi as an aposiop., If my help is not in me (am I still to wait)? (The view that הֲאִם = הֲלֹא nonne? is inconsistent with the fact that אִם in a question has regularly the force of Num?)

¹ Theodor Nöldeke, Mandäische Grammatik, Halle, 1875.

² Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft, 1886.

³ William Wright, A Comparative Grammar of the Semitic Languages, Cambridge, 1890.

⁴ Samuel Rolles Driver, A Treatise on the Use of the Tenses in Hebrew and Some Other Syntactical Questions, 3rd ed., Oxford, 1892.

⁵ Friedrich Die Hebräischen Konditionalsätze, 1884.

⁶ Yahwist Source.

⁷ Hermann Strack, Grammatik des Biblisch-Aramäischen, Leipzig, 1896.

Conjunction, Particle

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H0518a:

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יחדלו יֶחְדָּלוּ

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

חדל

châdal

Definition

properly, to be flabby, i.e. (by implication) desist; (figuratively) be lacking or idle

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; properly, to be flabby, i.e. (by implication) desist; (figuratively) be lacking or idle; cease, end, fall, forbear, forsake, leave (off), let alone, rest, be unoccupied, want.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H2308

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

חָדַל

verb • Strongs / High • Page 460

to cease, desist, forbear; to disappear, pass away; to be desolate, forsaken; to be wanting; to keep holiday.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

חָדַל

verb • Root חדל • Page 215

1. to cease, desist, leave off (from doing any thing). Am. 7:5. Is. 1:16. 2. to omit, to forbear, not to do. 1 K. 22:6. 3. to quit, let alone, desert, give up, leave off. Ex. 14:12. Job 7:16. In a different sense 2 Chr. 35:21, desist from God.

BDB

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon

H2308

I. חָדַל verb — cease.

Cognates:

• Sabean חדל (be negligent)¹

— חָדַל Qal Perfect חָדַל Genesis 18:11 (4 times); וְחָדַל consecutive Numbers 9:13, Psalm 49:9; 2 masculine singular וְחָדַלְתָּ֫ Exodus 23:5; plural הָֽדְּלוּ Judges 5:6 (4 times); חָד֑לּוּ (compare Kö²) Judges 5:7, 1 Samuel 2:5; 1 plural חָדַלְנוּ Jeremiah 44:18; Imperfect יֶחְדַּל Deuteronomy 15:11 + (Job 10:20 Kt יחדל jussive > Qr וַחֲדָ֑ל Imperative); אֶחְדָּ֑ל Judges 15:7 (3 times); וְאַחְדְּלָה Job 16:6; plural יֶחְדָּ֑לוּ Ezekiel 2:5 (2 times); יֶחְדָּלוּ֔ן Exodus 9:29; וַיַּחְדְּלוּ Genesis 11:8, Exodus 9:33; נֶחְדָּ֑ל 1 Kings 22:15 etc.; Infinitive construct חֲדֹל 1 Samuel 12:23; Imperative חֲדַל Exodus 14:12 + etc.; חִדְלוּ Isaiah 1:16, Isaiah 2:22; חֲדָ֑לוּ Zechariah 11:12.

1. Meanings and Uses

a. Cease, come to an end

• Exodus 9:29, 33, 34 (Jehovist Source)
• Isaiah 24:8
• Impersonal: חָדַל לִהְיוֺת לְשָׂרָה Genesis 18:11 (Jehovist Source)
• Cease to be: Deuteronomy 15:11 (followed by מִן)
• In poetry: Judges 5:6, 7 (twice in verse); 1 Samuel 2:5; Job 14:7
• Be lacking, fail: Job 19:14; Proverbs 10:19

b. Cease, leave off

• Followed by infinitive with לְ: Genesis 11:8 (Jehovist Source), Genesis 41:49 (Elohist Source), Numbers 9:13 (Priests' Code), 1 Samuel 12:23, 1 Samuel 23:13, Jeremiah 44:18, Jeremiah 51:30, Deuteronomy 23:23, Psalm 36:4, Proverbs 19:27, Ruth 1:18
• Infinitive alone: Isaiah 1:16; so also Hosea 8:10, where read וְחָֽדְלוּ for וַיָּחֵלּוּ (ᵐ5³ Cheyne Wellhausen)
• Followed by infinitive with מִן: Exodus 23:5 (JE Source), 1 Kings 15:21, 2 Chronicles 16:5
• Followed by substantive with מִן (cease regarding): Isaiah 2:22 (but Cheyne Duhm and others treat as interpolation; omitted by ᵐ5³), 1 Samuel 9:5; Proverbs 23:4
• Followed by מֵאלהים: 2 Chronicles 35:21, i.e. leave off provoking God
• Followed by מִמֶּנּו (desist from us, let us alone): Exodus 14:12 (Jehovist Source), Job 7:16
• Followed by accusative: Job 3:17 (ח׳ רֹגֶז); Job 14:6 (have rest, i.e. cease from being troubled, see Di⁴; compare Job 14:1)
• No complement expressed (cease, forbear): Judges 15:7, Judges 20:28, Amos 7:5, 1 Kings 22:6, 15, 2 Chronicles 18:5, 14, Jeremiah 40:4, Jeremiah 41:8, Zechariah 11:12, Psalm 49:9, Job 16:6, 2 Chronicles 25:16
• Specifically of refusal to hear: Ezekiel 2:5, 7, Ezekiel 3:11, 27 (all opposed to שָׁמַע)

2. Hoph`al

Perfect (contracted) with interrogative particle הֶחֳדַלְתִּי Judges 9:9, 11, 13 should I be made to leave, followed by accusative (compare Kö²); Job 10:20 (but read here probably יְמֵי חֶלְדִּי ᵐ5³ ᵑ6⁵ Bickell Budde Duhm); but perhaps read הֶחָדַלְתִּי, Qal Perfect Studer Bertheau, compare, for accusative following, Job 3:17.

¹ Mordtmann and Müller, Sabäische Denkmäler, 1883 (SabDenkm).

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

³ Septuagint (LXX).

⁴ August Dillmann, commentary on Job.

⁵ Peshitta (Syriac).

Verb Qal imperfect third person masculine plural

LXX: ἐπίσχω ἐξέλιπεν ἀφεῖσα πρόσεχε πτοηθῶσιν

LXX Usage Statistics

H2308:

ἐπίσχω 4× (7.1%)

ἐξέλιπεν 4× (7.1%)

ἀφεῖσα 3× (5.3%)

πρόσεχε 2× (3.5%)

πτοηθῶσιν 2× (3.5%)

ἐκλίπῃ 2× (3.5%)

πέπαυται 2× (3.5%)

ἐκόπασεν 2× (3.3%)

'' 2× (3.0%)

כי כִּי

for

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

כי

kîy

Definition

(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed

Root

a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent;

Exhaustive

a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed; and, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + till, truly, + until, when, whether, while, whom, yea, yet.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3588

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

כִּי

masculine noun • Root כוה • Strongs / High • Page 690

A prick, mark, stigma; a brand.

כִּי

relative conjunction • Root כי • Strongs / High • Page 690

A pronominal root used as a relative conjunction. 1. usually a relative particle, that, quod, to denote the relation of the preceding to the following clause, such as in indirect and direct speech.

כִּי

particle / conjunction • Strongs / High • Page 691

A versatile particle with several primary meanings. 1. As a conjunction, it can introduce an exclamation, a question, or an emphatic confirmation, and is sometimes translated as 'that'. 2. As a relative particle of time, it means 'when', 'if', 'since', 'as', 'as often as'. 3. As a causal particle, it means 'because' or 'for'. 4. As a particle of consequence, it can mean 'so' or 'then'.

כִּי

conjunction • Strongs / High • Page 692

A relative conjunction with a wide range of meanings depending on context. Causal: 'for', 'because'. Adversative: 'but', 'nay but', 'nay for', 'no', 'but yes', 'but indeed', 'but yet'. Comparative: 'but now'. Concessive: 'although'. Consequential: 'for which reason'.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

כִּי

m. subst. • Root כוה • Page 314

I. a mark burnt in, a brand, stigma. Is. 3: 24.

כִּי

primitive particle • Page 314

II. Probably a relative pronoun, i. q. אֲשֶׁר (Gen. 4:25). Used as a conj.: 1. that (Gen. 1:4). 2. for, because (Gen. 3:14). 3. if (Ex. 3:21). 4. when (Hos. 11:1). 5. yet, although (Ps. 116:10). 6. but (Gen. 45:8). 7. yea rather (Ps. 44:23). 8. often used at the beginning of a proposition (Zech. 3:8). 9. at the beginning of the apodosis (Gen. 22:17).

BDB

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon

H3588

I. כִּי conjunction — that, for, when.

Cognates:

• Moabite idem
• Phoenician כ
• Aramaic דֵּךְ this¹
• Latin nam

1. That

a. Prefixed to sentences depending on an active verb

Occupying the place of an accusative; after verbs of seeing, knowing, telling, etc.:

• Genesis 1:10 וַיַּרְא אֱלֹהִים כִּי טוֹב (God saw that it was good)
• Genesis 3:6, Genesis 6:2, Genesis 6:5, Genesis 12:14
• Genesis 14:14, Genesis 22:12 (knowing)
• Genesis 12:18, Genesis 6:6–7 (repenting)
• Genesis 22:16 (swearing)
• Job 36:10, 24 (commanding)
• Psalm 41:12 (after a pronoun)

b. Introducing direct narration

Like the Greek ὅτι recitativum:

• Genesis 21:30
• Genesis 29:33 and she said, כִּי שָׁמַע יְהוָה Yahweh hath heard, etc.
• Exodus 3:12
• Joshua 2:24
• 1 Samuel 10:19 and ye have said to him, כִּי מֶלֶךְ תָּשִׂים עָלֵינוּ

c. Especially after an oath

Introducing the fact sworn to:

• Genesis 42:16 by the life of Pharaoh, כִּי מְרַגְּלִים אַתֶּם
• Numbers 14:22
• 1 Samuel 20:3 as יְהוָה liveth, כִּי כְפֶשַׂע בֵּינִי וּבֵין הַמָּוֶת
• 1 Samuel 14:44 כֹּה יַעֲשֶׂה אֱלֹהִים וְכֹה יוֹסִיף כִּי מוֹת תָּמוּת

d. With adverbs and interjections

• אַף כִּי (see אַף)
• הֲכִי is it that...? 2 Samuel 9:1, Genesis 29:15
• אִם לֹא כִּי Deuteronomy 32:30 were it not that...
• כִּי עַתָּה (apodosis) Genesis 31:42, Genesis 43:10

e. Intensive force

Introducing a statement with emphasis: yea, surely, certainly:

• Exodus 18:11
• 1 Samuel 17:25
• Isaiah 32:13
• Lamentations 3:22 (the mercies of יְהוָה, surely they are not consumed)

f. That, expressing consecution

Especially after a question implying surprise or deprecation:

• Genesis 20:9 what have I sinned against thee כִּי הֵבֵאתָ עָלַי that thou hast brought upon me?
• Exodus 3:11 who am I כִּי אֵלֵךְ that I should go?
• Psalm 8:5 what is man כִּי תִזְכְּרֶנּוּ?
• Genesis 40:15 (after a negative)

2. Of time

a. When

• Of the past: Genesis 6:1, Genesis 26:8, 2 Samuel 6:13
• Of the present: Exodus 18:16 כִּי יִהְיֶה לָהֶם דָּבָר when they have a matter
• Of the future: Genesis 4:12 כִּי תַעֲבֹד אֶת הָאֲדָמָה, Exodus 7:9

b. Approximating to "if"

Representing a case likely to occur (mostly with imperfect):

• Genesis 38:16
• Often in laws: Exodus 21:14, 21:33; Leviticus 1:2

c. Concessive force (though)

• Jeremiah 49:16 כִּי תַגְבִּיהַּ כַּנֶּשֶׁר קִנֶּךָ though thou make high like the vulture thy nest
• Micah 7:8 כִּי נָפַלְתִּי קָמְתִּי though I have fallen, I rise

3. Because, since

a. General causal

• Genesis 3:14 because thou hast done this, cursed art thou
• Genesis 18:20
• In answer to a question: Genesis 27:20, Exodus 1:19

b. Following the causal sentence (for)

• Genesis 2:3 כִּי בוֹ שָׁבַת because on it he rested
• Psalm 6:3 heal me כִּי נִבְהֲלוּ עֲצָמָי for my bones are vexed
• Ironical: 1 Kings 18:27 for he is a god

c. Subtle or explicative causal

Justifying a statement by unfolding particulars:

• Isaiah 3:8, Job 6:21
• 2 Samuel 23:5, Isaiah 5:7

d. After a negative (but / sondern)

• Genesis 17:15 not Sarai, כִּי שָׂרָה שְׁמָהּ but Sarah shall be her name
• Exodus 16:8 not against us... כִּי עַל יְהוָה but against Yahweh
• לֹא כִּי nay, but: Genesis 18:15 לֹא כִּי צָחָקְתְּ

4. Combined with Other Particles

a. כִּי אִם (except, but rather, surely)

• Except: Genesis 32:27 כִּי אִם בֵּרַכְתָּנִי except thou bless me
• But rather: Genesis 15:4, Genesis 32:29
• Surely (after oath): 2 Kings 5:20 כִּי אִם רַצְתִּי surely I will run

b. כִּי עַל כֵּן (forasmuch as / for therefore)

• Genesis 18:5 כִּי עַל כֵּן עֲבַרְתֶּם for therefore are ye come
• Numbers 14:43, Judges 6:22

¹ William Wright, Lectures on the Comparative Grammar of the Semitic Languages (W. SG 110 f.).

² S. R. Driver, A Treatise on the Use of the Tenses in Hebrew (Dr).

³ Ewald's Lehrbuch der hebräischen Sprache (Ew).

Particle

LXX: ὅτι γὰρ ἐὰν διότι ---

LXX Usage Statistics

H3588a:

ὅτι 2030× (53.1%)

γὰρ 394× (10.3%)

ἐὰν 276× (7.0%)

διότι 259× (6.8%)

--- 158× (4.1%)

ἀλλ' 114× (2.9%)

'' 76× (1.7%)

ὅταν 55× (1.4%)

καὶ 49× (1.3%)

γάρ 44× (1.2%)

בית בֵּית

house

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

בית

bayith

Definition

a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)

Root

probably from H1129 (בנה) abbreviated;

Exhaustive

probably from בנה abbreviated; a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.); court, daughter, door, [phrase] dungeon, family, [phrase] forth of, [idiom] great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter) house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, [phrase] prison, [phrase] steward, [phrase] tablet, temple, web, [phrase] within(-out).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H1004

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

בִּית

verb • Root בית • Consonantal / Medium • Page 230

To pass the night.

Matched via consonantal key only

בַּיִת

noun masculine • Root בות • Consonantal / Medium • Page 237

house in the widest sense, consequently also tent, hut, tower, palace, temple

Matched via consonantal key only

בַּיִת

noun masculine (aramaic) • Consonantal / Medium • Page 239

The same [as Hebrew 'house']; king's house; temple; treasury; banquet-house.

Matched via consonantal key only

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

בַּּיִת

noun • Page 97

A city of Moab, Is. 15:2. Elsewhere written more in full as בֵּית בַּעַל מְעוֹן.

בַּיִת

noun masculine • Root בות • Page 96

1. House, dwelling (Gen. 15:3, Ecc. 2:7). 2. Tent (Gen. 33:17, 2 K. 23:7). 3. Palace, temple (Gen. 12:15, 1 Sam. 5:2, 1 K. 4:6, Is. 14:18). 4. Applied to part of a house or palace, e.g., banqueting-hall (Est. 7:8) or harem (Est. 2:3). 5. Repository, place, or container of any thing, e.g., smelling bottles (Is. 3:20), places for staves (Ex. 26:29), spider's web (Job 8:14), trench (1 K. 18:32), or tomb (Neh. 2:3). 6. The inner part, within (Ex. 28:26, Gen. 6:14). 7. Figuratively: family, kindred, tribe, people (Ex. 12:4, Gen. 7:1, Hos. 8:1). 8. Particularly posterity (Ruth 4:11, 2 Sam. 7:27). 9. Strictly one's father's house (Gen. 24:23, 46:31, Num. 1:2).

BDB

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon

H1004

I. בַּיִת (approximate number of occurrences: 2034) noun masculine Deuteronomy 8:12 — house.

Cognates:

• Phoenician בית
• MI בית
• Suffix ביתיה
• Arabic الحمد
• Aramaic בַּיְתָא
• Assyrian bītu
• COT Gloss
• Sabean בית, בת
• Fortress DHM ZMG 1883, 387
• Temple Hal 257 DHM ZMG 1876, 697
• Ethiopic ብር Palmyrene in בית עלמא, בית מקברתא sepulchre Vog 32, 64 and others

Etymology dubious; Thes √ בות, Aramaic בּוּת,ܠܐ spend the night, Arabic باب Ethiopic አርትስ but this perhaps denominative, & בית from √ לרץ with ת afform. compare Sta §187 a

— בַּיִת absolute Exodus 12:30 +; בָּיִת Genesis 33:17 +; בַּיִתָה (ָה locative) Psalm 68:7 +; construct בֵּית Genesis 12:15 +; suffix בֵּיתִי Genesis 15:2 +; בֵּיתְךָ Genesis 7:1 +, etc.; הַבַּיִתָה, בַּיִתָה (in) to the house, homeward, Genesis 19:10; Psalm 68:7 +; also בֵּיתָה (in) to the house of ...; plural בָּתִּים Exodus 1:21 + (i.e. battîm, see Nöldeke in Mei Archaeology i. 456 f., compare Gesenius' Hebrew Grammar §96); construct בָּתֵּי Exodus 8:17 +; suffix בָּתֶּיךָ Exodus 10:6; בָּתֵּיו 1 Chronicles 28:11; בָּתֵּינוּ Exodus 12:27 +; בָּתֵּיכֶם Genesis 42:19; בָּתֵּיהֶם Numbers 16:32 +; ( בָּתֵּימוֹ Psalm 49:12), etc.

1. Meanings and Uses

a. House as dwelling habitation

• Genesis 19:2, 3, 4, 11
• Genesis 27:15
• Genesis 33:17 (object of בָּנָה)
• Exodus 12:7 + often
• מִשְׁבַּת בָּתִּים Leviticus 25:29 (compare בַּיִת לְשִׁבְתִּיִם 2 Samuel 7:5)
• Deuteronomy 6:9
• Deuteronomy 11:20
• Joshua 2:15
• Judges 16:26 f.
• Supported by pillars 2 Samuel 11:12 etc.
• See especially temple and king's house in Jerusalem 1 Kings 5-7 etc.
• Compare Song of Solomon 1:7
• Jeremiah 22:14
• Of Ezekiel's temple Ezekiel 40 f.
• בָּתֵּי סְפוּנִים of luxurious houses Haggai 1:4
• בָּנָה בָּתִּים טוֹבִים Deuteronomy 8:12
• בָּנָה בַּיִת חָדָשׁ Deuteronomy 20:5
• Compare Deuteronomy 22:8
• Also with בָּנָה Deuteronomy 28:30 + often
• Particularly in J occasionally of tent Genesis 27:15
• Compare Genesis 33:17 (with בָּנָה; here of nomad's hut)
• Usually of solid materials, with doorposts, etc. Exodus 12:7
• Walls Leviticus 14:37, 39, of stones, timber & mortar Leviticus 14:45 (compare Leviticus 14:40; 42; 43)
• So also Joshua 2:15
• With roof on which one could walk 2 Samuel 11:12 etc.
• Of cedar בֵּית אֲרָזִים 2 Samuel 7:2, 7 = 1 Chronicles 17:1 ( בֵּית הָא 1 Chronicles 17:6)
• בֵּית הַשֶּׁנִי 1 Kings 22:39 compare Amos 3:15
• בֵּית יַעַר הַלְּבָנוֹן 1 Kings 7:2
• 2 Chronicles 9:20
• בֵּית הַיַּעַר Isaiah 22:8
• Before word of quality or characteristic, בֵּית אֵבֶל Ecclesiastes 7:2 "" בֵּית מִשְׁתֶּה Ecclesiastes 7:4 "" בֵּית שִׂמְחָה
• בֵּית מַרְזֵחַ Jeremiah 16:5
• בֵּית מִשְׁתֶּה Jeremiah 16:8
• בֵּית חֲמֻדֹּתִי Ezekiel 26:12
• בֵּית תַּעֲנוּגֵי הָהָּ Micah 2:9
• Compare בֵּית מְרִי rebellious house below 5 d below

b. House as shelter or abode of animals

• 1 Samuel 6:7, 10 compare Exodus 9:19
• בֵּית עַכָּבִישׁ spider's web Job 8:14 (compare בָּנָה כָּעָשׁ בֵּיתוֹ Job 27:18)
• צִמְּרוֹר מָצָא הָה בֵּיתוֹ Psalm 84:4 ("" קֵן)
• חֲסִידָה בְּרוֹשִׁים בֵּיתָה Psalm 104:17 (compare "" & Cheyne)
• Proverbs 30:26 (of the שְׁפַנִּים 'conies')

c. Figurative of human bodies

• בָּתֵּי חֹמֶר houses of clay Job 4:19, compare in phrase שֹׁמְרֵי הַבַּיִת keepers of the house, i.e. the arms Ecclesiastes 12:3
• See further בֵּית מְגוּרִי Psalm 119:54

d. Of Sheol

• שְׁאוֹל בֵּיתִי Job 17:13, compare בֵּית מוֹעֵד לְכָל חָי Job 30:23 ("" מָוֶת)
• בֵּית עוֹלָם Ecclesiastes 12:5 (perhaps = tomb, see Delitzsch)

e. Of abode of light & darkness

• Job 38:20

f. Of land of Ephraim as Yahweh's house

• Hosea 8:1
• Hosea 9:15 (compare בֵּית אָרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל Hosea 9:3)

g. Place

• Of Jerusalem בֵּית קִבְרוֹת אֲבֹתִי Nehemiah 2:3 ("" עִיר Nehemiah 2:5), compare also proper name compounded with בֵּית, below, & בֵּית מַמְלָכָה Amos 7:13 (predicate of Bethel)
• בֵּית נְתִיבוֹת Proverbs 8:2 i.e. where paths meet RV
• אֲבָנִים בֵּית Job 8:17
• On both these see בֵּית below [בַּיִן] p. 108

h. Receptacle

• תְּעָלָה כְּבֵּית שְׁנֵי סְאִים a trench like a receptacle of two seahs 1 Kings 18:32
• בָּתֵּי נֵפֶשׁ vials of perfume Isaiah 3:20
• Especially בָּתִּים לְבַדִּים holders for the staves, i.e. rings, טַבָּעַת ib.; so Exodus 25:27; Exodus 37:14, 27; Exodus 38:5; compare בָּתִּים לְבַרִּיחִים Exodus 26:29; Exodus 36:34 holders for the bars (all P, & all explained by טַבָּעַת)
• בֵּית לָהָה סָבִיב its [construct as Psalm 58:5] house (= enclosing cage) was round about (strike out B Hi Co) Ezekiel 1:27

i. House as containing a family, hence household, family

• יְלִידֵי בֵּיתוֹ Genesis 14:14
• Compare Genesis 17:12 (opposed to מִקְנַת כַּסְפֶּךָ) Genesis 17:13 (all "" id.) figurative of Israel Jeremiah 2:14 ("" עֶבֶד)
• Compare בֶּן בֵּיתִי Genesis 15:3
• בְּנֵי בַּיִת הָיָה לִי Ecclesiastes 2:7 (as token of wealth & prosperity)
• Of one's sister מוֹלֶדֶת בַּיִת Leviticus 18:19 ("" חוּץ בָּמָה compare below)
• אֲנָשִׁים בֵּיתוֹ Genesis 17:27
• בְּנֵי בַּיִת Genesis 36:6
• כָּל נֶפֶשׁ לְבֵית יַעֲקֹב Genesis 46:27

j. Household, family (592 times)

• Ordinary sense, those belonging to the same household Genesis 7:1
• Genesis 12:1, 17 +, Deuteronomy 6:22
• Deuteronomy 11:6 +
• Hexateuch mostly J D
• E Genesis 35:2
• Genesis 42:33
• Genesis 50:22 compare Exodus 1:21 below
• P Genesis 36:6
• Exodus 1:1
• Exodus 12:4
• Leviticus 16:6, 11, 17
• Numbers 16:32
• Numbers 18:31
• Joshua 22:15
• Even where expressly said to inhabit tents Numbers 16:32
• Deuteronomy 11:6 אֶת בָּתֵּיהֶם וְאֶת אֲהָלֵיהֶם
• Specifically בֶּן זָקֵן בָּתִּי Genesis 24:2
• Compare Genesis 50:7 (of rank & dignity in household)
• Of a family of handicraftsmen מִשְׁפְּחוֹת בֵּית עֲבֹדַת הַבּוּץ 1 Chronicles 4:21 (see בּוּץ)
• Also, with figurative of house clearly in mind בְּמִשְׁקָלַת בָּתִּי 2 Kings 21:13
• בֵּית מִשְׁפָּתַי 2 Samuel 7:27
• Compare especially with proper name, e.g. בֵּית שָׁאוּל 2 Samuel 3:1 (twice in verse)
• 2 Samuel 3:6 (twice in verse)
• 2 Samuel 3:8, 10
• 2 Samuel 9:1, 2, 3, 9
• 2 Samuel 16:5 ( בֵּית שָׁאוּל בְּמִשְׁפָּחַת בָּתִּי )
• 2 Samuel 16:8
• 2 Samuel 19:18 (compare 2 Samuel 21:1 where read וְאֵל בֵּית דָּמִים so We Dr)
• 1 Chronicles 12:29
• בֵּית דָּוִד 2 Samuel 3:1, 6
• 2 Samuel 7:26 = 1 Chronicles 17:24 (compare context in both)
• 1 Kings 12:19 2 Chronicles 10:19, 20
• 2 Chronicles 10:26
• 2 Kings 17:21
• Isaiah 7:2, 13
• Jeremiah 21:12
• Zechariah 12:7, 8, 10, 12 ( בֵּית דָּוִד בְּמִשְׁפָּחַת בָּתִּי )
• Psalm 122:5
• יַרְבְּעָם בָּתִּי 1 Kings 13:34
• 1 Kings 14:10 (twice in verse)
• 1 Kings 14:13, 14
• 1 Kings 15:29
• 1 Kings 16:3
• 1 Kings 21:22
• 2 Kings 9:9
• 2 Kings 10:10, 11
• 2 Kings 21:13
• Micah 6:16
• 2 Chronicles 21:6
• 2 Chronicles 21:13
• 2 Chronicles 22:3
• 2 Chronicles 22:4
• 2 Chronicles 22:7
• 2 Chronicles 22:8
• Etc.

k. Especially of Hebrew people & subdivisions

• בֵּית יִשְׂחָק Amos 7:16
• עָשָׂו בָּתִּי Obadiah 1:18 (twice in verse)
• בֵּית יַעֲקֹב Genesis 46:27 (P) Exodus 19:3 (E) Amos 3:13
• Amos 9:8
• Micah 2:7
• Obadiah 1:17, 18
• Isaiah 8:17
• Isaiah 10:20
• Isaiah 14:1
• Isaiah 29:22
• Isaiah 46:3
• Isaiah 48:1
• Isaiah 58:1
• Jeremiah 2:4, 26 17 times Jeremiah
• Ezekiel 3:1, 4, 5, 7 (twice in verse) 75 times Ezekiel
• Also בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל וִיהוָה Ezekiel 9:9 + Ezekiel 25:8 Co
• יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּזֶרַע בָּתִּי Jeremiah 23:8
• Ezekiel 44:22 (Co strike out בֵּית)
• שְׁנֵי בָּתֵּי יִשְׂרָאֵל Isaiah 8:14
• בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּזֶרַע בָּתִּי Ezekiel 20:5 (strike out Co)
• Most frequently בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל (Vrss & variant reading sometimes בֶּן see בֶּן) Hexateuch Exodus 16:31
• Exodus 40:38
• Leviticus 10:6
• Numbers 20:29 (all P)
• Leviticus 17:3, 8, 10
• Leviticus 22:18 (H)
• Joshua 21:43 (D)
• 1 Samuel 7:2 8 times Samuel Kings
• Hosea 1:4, 6
• Hosea 5:1
• Hosea 6:10
• Hosea 12:1
• 7 times Amos
• Micah 1:5
• Micah 3:1, 9
• Isaiah 5:7
• Isaiah 14:2
• Also Isaiah 46:3
• Isaiah 63:7
• Zechariah 8:13
• But especially Jeremiah 2:4, 26 17 times Jeremiah
• Ezekiel 3:1, 4, 5, 7 (twice in verse) 75 times Ezekiel
• Also בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל וִיהוָה Ezekiel 9:9 + Ezekiel 25:8 Co
• בֵּית מְרִי rebellious house (of Israel) Ezekiel 2:5, 6
• Ezekiel 3:9, 26, 27
• Ezekiel 12:2, 3
• & הַמְּרִי בָּתִּי Ezekiel 2:8
• Ezekiel 12:2, 9, 25
• Ezekiel 17:12
• Ezekiel 24:3 [+ Ezekiel 44:6 Co]
• בֵּית יְהוּדָה 2 Samuel 2:4, 7, 10, 11
• 1 Kings 12:21 2 Chronicles 11:1
• 2 Kings 19:30 = Isaiah 37:31
• Isaiah 22:21
• Hosea 1:7
• Hosea 5:12, 14
• Zephaniah 2:7
• Zechariah 8:13, 15, 19
• Zechariah 10:3, 6
• Zechariah 12:4
• & especially Jeremiah 3:18 9 times Jeremiah
• Ezekiel 4:6 4 times Ezekiel + Ezekiel 9:9 above
• Also יְהוּדָה וּבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל בָּתִּי 1 Kings 12:23
• מֶלֶךְ יְהוּדָה בָּתִּי Jeremiah 21:11
• Jeremiah 22:6
• יֹסֵף בָּתִּי Genesis 50:8
• Joshua 17:17
• Joshua 18:5 (all J E)
• Judges 1:22, 23, 35
• 2 Samuel 19:21
• 1 Kings 11:28
• Amos 5:6
• Obadiah 1:18
• Zechariah 10:6
• אֶפְרַיִם בָּתִּי Judges 10:9
• בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל בָּתִּי 2 Samuel 3:19 compare 1 Kings 12:23 above
• לֵוִי בָּתִּי Exodus 2:1 (E) Numbers 17:23 (P) Zechariah 12:13 ( בֵּית לֵוִי בְּמִשְׁפָּחַת בָּתִּי )
• Psalm 135:20
• אַהֲרֹן בָּתִּי Psalm 115:10
• Psalm 115:12
• Psalm 118:3
• Psalm 135:19

l. Technically, yet with some looseness of usage, בֵּית אָב father's house, of family or clan, plural בָּתֵּי אָבוֹת father-houses, families (e.g. Numbers 1:2) (79 times; only P & Chronicles)

• Exodus 6:14
• Exodus 12:3
• Numbers 1:2, 4, 18 41 times Numbers
• Joshua 22:14 (twice in verse)
• 1 Chronicles 4:38
• 1 Chronicles 5:13 25 times Chronicles
• Ezra 2:59
• Ezra 10:16
• Nehemiah 7:61
• Nehemiah 10:35
• = tribe Numbers 17:17 (twice in verse)
• Numbers 17:18
• Numbers 17:21
• = main division of tribe Numbers 3:20, 24 +, compare Numbers 34:14 (twice in verse) etc.
• Further sub-division Exodus 12:3
• 1 Chronicles 7:2, 7 +
• Compare especially 1 Chronicles 23:11 Jeush and Beriah had not many sons, therefore they became לְבֵית אָב לְפִקֻּדָּה אַחַת (compare רָאשֵׁי אָבוֹת, below אָב)

m. House, including household affairs, persons, property, etc.

• וַיִּפְקְדֵהוּ עַל בֵּיתוֹ Genesis 39:4 compare Genesis 39:5
• אֲשֶׁר עַל בֵּיתוֹ Genesis 44:1, 4
• Hence אִישׁ עַל הַבַּיִת as title of governor of the palace (Ewald H iii. 269) Isaiah 22:15
• Isaiah 36:3 compare 1 Kings 4:6
• 2 Kings 15:5
• In Israel 1 Kings 16:9
• 1 Kings 18:3
• 2 Kings 10:5
• Further 2 Samuel 17:23
• 2 Kings 20:1 = Isaiah 38:1
• Hence of personal property 1 Kings 13:8 אִם תִּתֶּן לִי אֶת חֲצִי בֵּיתֶךָ
• Family and property (everything on which one depends) Job 8:15

n. בַּיִתָה, בָּיְתָה, literally housewards, hence metaphor inwards

• Exodus 28:26 = Exodus 39:19 (that is, of the ephod)
• 1 Kings 7:25 2 Chronicles 4:4 (that is, of the circle of oxen supporting the molten sea)
• 2 Samuel 5:9 מִן הַמִּלּוֹא וָבָיְתָה from the Millo and inward
• Ezekiel 44:17

o. מִבַּיִת a. adverb on the inside (of a building, chest, etc.: opposed to מִחוּץ)

• Genesis 6:14
• Exodus 25:11 = Exodus 37:2
• Leviticus 14:41
• 1 Kings 6:15, 16
• 2 Kings 6:30 (of a person's clothes)
• Ezekiel 7:15
• So with ה locative מִבַּיִתָה 1 Kings 6:15

p. מִבַּיִת לְ (construct Gesenius' Hebrew Grammar §130, 1 n.) preposition within (opposed to מִחוּץ לְ)

• מִבַּיִת לַמִּשְׁכָּן within the veil Exodus 26:33
• Leviticus 16:2, 12
• Numbers 18:7 לְכָל דְּבַר הַמִּזְבֵּחַ וּלְמִבַּיִת לַמִּשְׁכָּן for everything of the altar, and for (that) within the veil
• 1 Kings 7:8, 31
• (read לְכַתְּפֹת; see VB & Stade ZAW 1883, 165)
• אֵלִים מִבַּיִת לְ (after a verb of motion) in within Leviticus 16:15
• 2 Kings 11:15 2 Chronicles 23:14

Note. — בית perhaps occurs abbreviated into ב in proper name בְּעֶשְׁתְּרוֹת q. v. so Thes and others; compare also Aramaic בּא = בית in like usage Lag Armen. Stud. §339; Se i. 51; GGA 1884, 276. בֵּית הַגָּן proper name, of a location? א5 Βαιθαν (Βαιθαγαν), א5 L Βαιθωρων, 2 Kings 9:27; modern Jenîn? see גַּן, below גָּן, and עֵין גַּנִּים; compare Stade Gesch i. 542. כְּלוּא Kt, כְּלִיאָה Qr noun [masculine] id.; — בֵּית הַכֶּלֶא Jeremiah 37:4; Jeremiah 52:31 (see כֶּלֶא above)

II. [בַּיִת] noun [feminine] suffix בֵּיתֶּךְ Ezekiel 16:36 where context favours meaning lust, harlotry.

III. בַּיִת 44 noun masculine Ezra 6:7 house (Biblical Hebrew בַּיִת); — emphatic בֵּיתָא Ezra 5:3 +, תָּא - Ezra 5:12; Ezra 6:15; construct בֵּית( Ezra 4:24; Ezra 5:2 +; suffix בֵּיתִי Daniel 4:1 (Baer n., compare M §76 c; van d. H. Gi בֵּיתִי), בֵּיתָה Daniel 2:17 +; plural suffix בָּתֵּיכוֹן Daniel 2:5; — 1 house, of men: Ezra 6:11 (twice in verse); Daniel 2:5,17; Daniel 3:29; Daniel 6:11; of king Ezra 6:4; Daniel 4:4, מִשְׁתְּיָא בֵּית Daniel 5:10, גִּנְזַיָּא דִּי מַלְכָּא בֵּית Ezra 5:17, compare Ezra 7:20 = בֵּית סִפְרַיָּא וְגִנְזַיָּא בֵּית Ezra 6:1; מַלְכִין בֵּית Ezra 4:30 royal residence (of Babylonian). 2 house of God, temple at Jerusalem Daniel 5:3,23; Ezra 4:24 28 times Ezra.

¹ K. Albrecht

² M. Lidzbarski 322

³ D. H. Müller

⁴ Nöldeke in Mei Archaeology i. 456 f.

⁵ Gesenius' Hebrew Grammar §96

⁶ J

⁷ Driver Sm 29, n. 2

⁸ Vog 32, 64

⁹ DHM ZMG 1883, 387

¹⁰ Hal 257 DHM ZMG 1876, 697

¹¹ Palmyrene in בית עלמא, בית מקברתא sepulchre Vog 32, 64 and others

¹² Thes √ בות, Aramaic בּוּת,ܠܐ spend the night, Arabic باب Ethiopic አርትስ but this perhaps denominative, & בית from √ לרץ with ת afform. compare Sta §187 a

¹³ Ew H iii.718 & Klo

¹⁴ VB & Sta ZAW 1883, 165

¹⁵ We Dr

¹⁶ Co

¹⁷ Hi Co

¹⁸ B Hi Co

¹⁹ Lag Armen. Stud. §339; Se i. 51; GGA 1884, 276

²⁰ Wetzst Hauran 110 Kampffmeyer ZPV xv (1892). 111

²¹ Stade Gesch i. 542

²² Baer n., compare M §76 c; van d. H. Gi

²³ [] Indicates that the form enclosed is not actually found (assumed/reconstructed) or that the Hebrew offers no positive proof (gender).

²⁴ † Hapax Legomenon (occurs only once in Scripture).

Noun common both singular construct

LXX: οἶκον οἴκου οἴκῳ οἶκοσ pεἰσ

LXX Usage Statistics

H1004b:

οἶκον 503× (20.8%)

οἴκου 413× (18.3%)

οἴκῳ 323× (12.8%)

οἶκοσ 163× (7.1%)

pεἰσ 92× (4.6%)

οἴκουσ 89× (3.7%)

οἰκίαν 75× (3.1%)

pἐν 70× (3.4%)

--- 57× (2.8%)

'' 54× (2.3%)

מרי מְרי

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

מרי

mᵉrîy

Definition

bitterness, i.e. (figuratively) rebellion; concretely, bitter, or rebellious

Root

from H4784 (מרה);

Exhaustive

from מרה; bitterness, i.e. (figuratively) rebellion; concretely, bitter, or rebellious; bitter, (most) rebel(-lion, -lious).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H4805

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

מְרִי

noun masculine • Root מרה • Strongs / High • Page 908

1. perverseness, rebelliousness against God's instructions. 2. disputation, strife. 3. harshness, violence.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

מֶרִי

m. verbal n. • Root מרה • Page 407

I. Obstinacy, rebellion. Prov. 17:11; Ezek. 2:5; Num. 17:25.

מֶרִי

noun masculine • Root מרה • Page 407

II. Probably bitterness. Job 23:2.

BDB

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon

H4805

I. מְרִי (approximate number of occurrences: 23) noun masculine^{Proverbs 17:11} — rebellion.

— מְרִי Isaiah 30:9 (10 times); מֶ֑רִי Numbers 17:25 (9 times); suffix מֶרְיְךָ Deuteronomy 31:27; מִרְיָם Nehemiah 9:17.

1. Meanings and Uses

a. General rebellion

• Deuteronomy 31:27
• 1 Samuel 15:23
• Nehemiah 9:17
• Job 23:2

b. Specific phrases

• (+ עַם) rebellious people Isaiah 30:9
• (+ בֵּית) rebellious house (referring to Israel) Ezekiel 2:5, 6, 8; Ezekiel 3:9, 26, 27; Ezekiel 12:2 (twice), 3, 9, 25; Ezekiel 17:12; Ezekiel 24:3; Ezekiel 44:6; (with בֵּית restored by Cornill²) Ezekiel 2:7
• (+ בְּנֵי) rebellious sons Numbers 17:25 (Priests' Code¹)

c. Personal attribute

• be not a rebellious person (omission of בֵּן or abstract for concrete) Ezekiel 2:8
• a rebellious man seeketh only evil Proverbs 17:11

¹ Priests' Code (Priestly Source).

² C. H. Cornill, Das Buch des Propheten Ezechiel (1886).

Noun common both singular absolute

LXX: παραπικραίνων παραπικραίνοντα

LXX Usage Statistics

H4805:

παραπικραίνων 12× (54.1%)

παραπικραίνοντα 3× (11.9%)

המה הֵמָּה

themselves

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

הם

hêm

Definition

they (only used when emphatic)

Root

or (prolonged) המה; masculine plural from H1981 (הלך);

Exhaustive

or (prolonged) המה; masculine plural from הלך; they (only used when emphatic); it, like, [idiom] (how, so) many (soever, more as) they (be), (the) same, [idiom] so, [idiom] such, their, them, these, they, those, which, who, whom, withal, ye.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H1992

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

הֵם

pronoun • Strongs / High • Page 404

Personal pronoun, third person masculine plural: they.

הֵם

pronoun • Strongs / High • Page 405

Pronoun of the 3rd person plural masculine, they. Can also be used to express the verb 'to be' or with the article הָהֵם for emphasis, 'they themselves'.

BDB

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon

H1992

I. הֵ֫מָּה and הֵם (without appreciable distinction in usage; הָהֵמָּה occurring only 12 times) pronoun 3 plural masculine — they.

Cognates:

• Biblical Aramaic הִמּוֺ
• Ethiopic 'emūn-tū, emān-tū
• Assyrian suffix šunu, šina

— הֵמָּה used incorrectly for the feminine Zechariah 5:10; Ruth 1:22; Song of Solomon 6:8; feminine הֵ֫נָּה (Late Hebrew also הֵן).

Usage of הָהֵמָּה (12 times): Numbers 9:7 (Priests' Code); Jeremiah 14:15; Zechariah 14:15; and in the phrase בַּ(הַ)מִָים הָהֵמָּה 2 Kings 18:4; Jeremiah 3:16, 18; Jeremiah 5:18; Jeremiah 50:4; Joel 3:2; Joel 4:1; Zechariah 8:23; Nehemiah 13:15.

1. Basic nominative usage

a. Emphatic subject

• Genesis 6:4
• Exodus 5:7 (הֵם יֵָֽלְכוּ let them go)
• Numbers 31:16
• Isaiah 24:14
• after כִּי Jeremiah 5:5; Jeremiah 34:7

b. With additive particles

• Judges 1:22 (+ גַם הֵם)
• Deuteronomy 2:11 (אַף הֵם)
• Joshua 9:4

c. Reflexive sense

• Exodus 18:22 (יִשְׁמְּטוּהֵֿם let them judge themselves)
• Jeremiah 15:19
• Psalm 109:28

2. Resuming the subject with emphasis

a. Strengthening the subject

• Genesis 14:24
• Psalm 23:4
• Psalm 27:2
• Ezekiel 44:15

b. In various contexts

• Isaiah 30:7
• Ezekiel 27:13, 17, 21

c. Following relative or other pronouns

• Numbers 14:27
• Ezekiel 43:19 (אֲשֶׁר הֵם)
• Ecclesiastes 4:2

— הֵמָּה כִּדְוֵי לַחֻמִי Job 6:7 read perhaps זָָֽהֲמָה (it is loathesome, √ זהס).

3. As predicate

a. Simple predicate

• Genesis 3:7
• Exodus 5:8 (כִּי נִרְמִּים הֵם for they are idle)
• Exodus 29:33

b. Predicate of possession or location

• Genesis 48:5 (לִי הֵם they are mine)
• Isaiah 41:22 (הָרִאשֹׁנוֺת מָה הֵנָּה)
• Isaiah 49:21 (אֵלֶּה אֵיפֹה הֵם)

c. In relative clauses

• Deuteronomy 20:15
• 1 Kings 9:20

d. After particles

• 2 Kings 7:10 (כֲַּאֲשֶׁר הֵמָּה)
• Proverbs 19:7 Kt (probably corrupt)

4. With numerals or interrogatives

a. With numerals

• Proverbs 30:24 (אַרְבָּעָה הֵם four things are they)
• Isaiah 51:19 (שְׁתַּיִם הֵנָּה)

b. With demonstratives or interrogatives

• Genesis 21:29 (מָה הֵנָּה שֶׁבַע)
• Genesis 25:16 (אֵלֶּה הֵם)
• Leviticus 23:2
• 1 Samuel 4:8

6. In a neuter sense

a. Referring to things or events

• Job 6:7 (הֵמָּה such sufferings)
• Jeremiah 7:4 (הֵמָּה these buildings)
• Leviticus 5:22 (בָּהֵנָּה therein)
• Job 23:14 (כָּהֵנָּה things such as these)

7. With the article

הָהֵם, Genesis 6:4; Exodus 2:11; Numbers 14:38 + often; הָהֵמָּה (12 times, see above); הָהֵנָּה 1 Samuel 17:28.

Note: Ezekiel 8:6 Kt מָהֵם for מָה הֵם; 2 Kings 9:18 עַדהֵֿם irregular for עֲדֵיהֶם; 2 Samuel 4:6 textual error for וְהִנֵּה.

8. With prepositions

(In lieu of normal forms with suffixes בָּהֶם, לָהֶם, מֵהֶם etc.)

a. Long forms

• בָּהֵמָּה Exodus 30:4 (Priests' Code); Habakkuk 1:16
• כָּהֵמָּה Jeremiah 36:32
• לְהֵמָּה Jeremiah 14:16
• מֵהֵמָּה Jeremiah 10:2; Ecclesiastes 12:12

b. Form כָּהֵם

• 2 Samuel 24:3 (כָּהֵם וְכָהֵם the like of themselves)
• Ecclesiastes 9:12

c. Feminine long forms

• בָּהֵנָּה Leviticus 5:22; Numbers 13:19
• כָּהֵנָּה Genesis 41:19; 2 Samuel 12:8
• מֵהֵנָּה Isaiah 34:16; Psalm 34:21

d. Form בָּהֵן etc.

• בָּהֵן Genesis 19:29; Leviticus 10:1; Jeremiah 4:29
• לָהֵן (= therefore) Ruth 1:13
• מֵהֵן Ezekiel 16:47

¹ S. R. Driver, A Treatise on the Use of the Tenses in Hebrew (Dr).

² Priests' Code (P).

³ Jehovist (JE) Source.

⁴ Julius Wellhausen (We).

Pronoun personal third person masculine plural

LXX: αὐτοὶ οὗτοι εἰσιν ταῦτα ἐκείναισ

LXX Usage Statistics

H1992:

αὐτοὶ 173× (27.9%)

οὗτοι 54× (8.8%)

εἰσιν 48× (7.8%)

ταῦτα 36× (6.1%)

ἐκείναισ 34× (5.8%)

ἐστιν 25× (4.1%)

--- 20× (3.4%)

αὐτῶν 12× (2.0%)

ἦσαν 11× (1.7%)

εἰσίν 11× (1.9%)

וידעו וְיָדְעוּ

and they have perceived

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

ידע

yâdaʻ

Definition

to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.)

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.); acknowledge, acquaintance(-ted with), advise, answer, appoint, assuredly, be aware, (un-) awares, can(-not), certainly, comprehend, consider, [idiom] could they, cunning, declare, be diligent, (can, cause to) discern, discover, endued with, familiar friend, famous, feel, can have, be (ig-) norant, instruct, kinsfolk, kinsman, (cause to let, make) know, (come to give, have, take) knowledge, have (knowledge), (be, make, make to be, make self) known, [phrase] be learned, [phrase] lie by man, mark, perceive, privy to, [idiom] prognosticator, regard, have respect, skilful, shew, can (man of) skill, be sure, of a surety, teach, (can) tell, understand, have (understanding), [idiom] will be, wist, wit, wot.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3045

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

יָדַע

verb • Root ידע • Strongs / High • Page 583

To know, perceive, understand. It encompasses various meanings including: to perceive by the senses, to know carnally (euphemism), to understand mentally, to discover, to be skilled in, to have a clear consciousness of, to care for, and to have moral perception (to know good and evil).

יָדַע

verb • Root ידע • Strongs / High • Page 584

to know, of the different meanings of Kal, to see, be seen, perceived, observed; to be known, to appear i.e. to be recognised; to be well-known, celebrated.

יָדַע

verb • Root ידע • Strongs / High • Page 584

II. The original idea of the root: to distinguish, separate, divide, lay aside, remove. This meaning appears seldom in Scripture.

יָדַע

verb • Root ידע • Strongs / High • Page 585

To divide, separate, split, cut. Figuratively, to chastise, visit, or punish.

יָדַע

verb • Root ידע • Strongs / High • Page 585

A transposed form of יָדַע. The Kal form is not used.

יָדַע

verb • Root ידע • Strongs / High • Page 582

1. to see, to perceive by the organs of sight, to mark, to perceive; 2. to perceive by hearing, to know by the taste, to experience, to feel; 3. Metaphorically from this, to lie with (sexual intercourse).

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

יָדַע

verb • Root ידע • Page 272

1. To know, understand, know how (Job 32:22, 1 Sam. 16:16). 2. To know, be acquainted with, know by name (Gen. 29:5, Ex. 33:12). 3. To perceive, observe, discern (Gen. 19:33, Judg. 13:21). 4. To learn, be informed, learn by experience (Gen. 9:24, Lev. 5:3, Ex. 6:7). 5. To imagine, expect (Ps. 35:8, Job 9:5). 6. To concern one's self about, take care of (Gen. 39:6, Prov. 27:23); spoken of God's interest in man (Ps. 144:3). 7. Euphemistic expression for sexual intercourse (Gen. 4:17, 25; 1 Sam. 1:19).

BDB

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon

H3045

I. יָדַע (approximate number of occurrences: 943) verb — know.

Cognates:

• Late Hebrew id.
• Aramaic יְדַע
• Phoenician ידע
• Ethiopic አאמַረ (II. I. indicate, announce, narrate)
• Assyrian idû (know)¹
• Sabean ידע (especially in compound proper names)²

— יָדַע absolute Genesis 4:1 +; יָדָ֑ע Leviticus 5:1 +; suffix יְדָעוֺ Deuteronomy 34:10; Job 28:7; יְדָעָהּ Genesis 24:16; 1 Kings 1:4; יְדָעָ֫נוּ Isaiah 63:16; 3 feminine singular יָָֽדְעָה Judges 11:39; 2 masculine singular יָדַעְתָּ Genesis 30:26 +; יָדַ֫עְתָּה 2 Samuel 2:26; יָדַ֫עַתְּ Ruth 2:11; 1 Kings 2:15; יָדָ֑עַתְּ Jeremiah 50:24; וְיָדַ֫עַתְּ consecutive Ruth 3:4; יָדַ֫עְתִּי Genesis 4:9 +; suffix יְדַעְתִּ֫יךָ Exodus 33:12; יְדַעְתִּיו Genesis 18:19; יָָֽדְעוּ Genesis 19:8 +; יָָֽדְעוּן Deuteronomy 8:3, 16; 2 masculine plural יְדַעְתֶּם Genesis 44:15 +; 2 feminine plural יְדַעְתֶּן Genesis 31:6; וִידַעְתֶּן consecutive Ezekiel 13:21, 23 etc.

Qal

1. Meanings and Uses

• a. know, learn to know, good and evil Genesis 3:22 (Jehovist Source), followed by אֶת־אֲשֶׁר 1 Samuel 28:9; מִסְפַּר הָעָם 2 Samuel 24:2; מְאוּמָה 1 Samuel 20:39; לֹא יָדַע אִתּוֺ מְאוּמָה Genesis 39:6; כָּל־דָּבָר 2 Samuel 15:11; subject God, knowing fowls Psalm 50:11; way to wisdom Job 28:23; the price of wisdom Job 28:13; something future יוֺם מוֺתִי Genesis 27:2 (Jehovist Source); followed by clause Genesis 12:11 (Jehovist Source), Genesis 22:12 (Elohist Source); followed by בְּ 1 Samuel 22:15; followed by עַל Job 37:16; followed by מִן 1 Samuel 23:23; especially יהוה וִידַע כִּי אֲנִי know that I am Yahweh Exodus 10:2 (Redactor), Exodus 6:7, Exodus 14:4, Exodus 16:12, Exodus 29:46 (all Priests' Code).
• b. perceive Genesis 19:33, 35 (Jehovist Source); with added idea of observing, taking note of, a place Ruth 3:4; with בְּ Psalm 31:8 (+ רָאָה אֶת־).
• c. (+ ראה), imperative דַּע וּרְאֵה perceive and see 1 Samuel 12:17; 1 Samuel 24:12; רְאוּ וּדְעוּ 1 Samuel 23:23; Jeremiah 5:1.
• d. discriminate, distinguish בֵּין טוֺב לְרָ֑ע 2 Samuel 19:36, compare Deuteronomy 1:29; Jonah 4:11.
• e. know by experience Joshua 23:14 (Deuteronomic Source); learn to know Yahweh Hosea 13:4; experience Yahweh's vengeance Ezekiel 25:14.
• f. recognise, admit, acknowledge, confess Jeremiah 3:13; Jeremiah 14:20; Isaiah 59:12; Psalm 51:5.
• g. consider Judges 18:14; דַּע וּרְאֵה 2 Samuel 24:13; 1 Kings 20:7, 22; Deuteronomy 8:5; Deuteronomy 4:39.
• h. לֹא יָדַע not know = not expect Isaiah 47:11; Psalm 35:8.

2. Know a person

be acquainted with Genesis 29:5 (Jehovist Source), Exodus 1:8 (Elohist Source), Job 42:11. Of beasts knowing owner Isaiah 1:3. Especially of knowing God Exodus 5:2 (Jehovist Source); involving intelligent worship, obedience, etc. Judges 2:10; Hosea 2:22; Psalm 79:6. Of God's knowing persons, throughly Hosea 5:3; Job 11:11; knowing the heart 1 Kings 8:39; Psalm 139:4; recognising and acknowledging them 2 Samuel 7:20; Nahum 1:7; יְדַעְתִּיךָ בְּשֵׁם Exodus 33:12 (Jehovist Source); = take notice of, regard Psalm 1:6; Psalm 31:7; Amos 3:2; Hosea 13:5.

3. Know a person carnally

Of sexual intercourse; man subject Genesis 4:1, 17, 25; Genesis 24:16; Genesis 38:26 (all Jehovist Source), 1 Samuel 1:19; Judges 19:25. Woman subject Genesis 19:8 (Jehovist Source), Numbers 31:17, 18, 35 (all Priests' Code), Judges 11:39; יֹדַ֫עַת מִשְׁכַּב זָכָר Judges 21:11.

4. Skill and Ability

• a. know how to do a thing, be able to do it Amos 3:10; Jeremiah 1:6; 1 Kings 3:7; Isaiah 50:4; Ecclesiastes 10:15; Isaiah 7:15, 16.
• b. be skilful in Genesis 25:27 (Jehovist Source) skilled in hunting; יֹדֵעַ סֵפֶר learned Isaiah 29:11; יוֺדְעֵי נֶ֑הִי professional mourners Amos 5:16; יֹדְעֵי הַיָּם skilled in the sea 1 Kings 9:27; יֹדֵעַ נַגֵּן skilled in playing 1 Samuel 16:18.

5. Absolute uses

have knowledge, be wise Ecclesiastes 9:11 (+ חֲכָמִים, נְבֹנִים); have knowledge of God and duty Isaiah 1:3 (+ בין). Often with accusative of cognate meaning: דַּעַת Proverbs 17:27; בִּינָה Isaiah 29:24; חָכְמָה Proverbs 24:14; Ecclesiastes 8:16.

Niph`al

1. be made known, be or become known, of things Genesis 41:31; Exodus 2:14 (both Elohist Source); Leviticus 4:14 (Priests' Code); Judges 16:9; Psalm 76:2; = be revealed, discovered 1 Samuel 22:6; Jeremiah 28:9; Proverbs 10:9.

2. make oneself known, of persons Ruth 3:3; usually of Yahweh Exodus 6:3 (Priests' Code), Isaiah 19:21; Ezekiel 20:5.

3. be perceived (passive of Qal) Genesis 41:21 (Elohist Source), Psalm 74:5.

4. be instructed (passive of Hiph`il) Jeremiah 31:19, through chastisement.

Pi`el / Po. / Pu`al

Pi`el: cause to know Job 38:12; Psalm 104:19 (according to some versions).

Po.: יוֺדַעְתִּי 1 Samuel 21:3 I have directed.

Pu`al: מְיֻדָּעִי acquaintance Psalm 55:14; 2 Kings 10:11; Job 19:14; Psalm 88:9.

Hiph`il

make known, declare Numbers 16:5 (Priests' Code); Ezekiel 39:7; Psalm 89:2; Psalm 98:2; teach Job 32:7; Psalm 90:12; with לְ person Exodus 18:20; Deuteronomy 4:9; Psalm 103:7; make one know Exodus 33:12; 1 Samuel 28:15; Psalm 25:4 (+ לַמְּדֵנִי); Psalm 32:5 (+ עֲוֺנִי לֹא־כִסִּיתִי); answer Job 38:2; Job 42:4; teach to discriminate Ezekiel 22:26.

Hoph`al / Hitph.

Hoph`al: made known Leviticus 4:23, 28 (Priests' Code); Isaiah 12:5.

Hitph.: make oneself known to Numbers 12:6 (Elohist Source), of Yahweh; Genesis 45:1 (Elohist Source), of Joseph.

Aramaic

I. יְדַע verb know (Biblical Hebrew יָדַע).

1. Pe`al know
   • absolute Daniel 5:23
   • with accusative of thing Daniel 2:30; Daniel 5:22
   • יָָֽדְעֵי בִינָה Daniel 2:21
   • with object clause Daniel 2:8; Daniel 4:14; Daniel 6:11; Ezra 4:15
2. Haph`el cause to know, inform
   • with ל person Ezra 4:14; Daniel 2:15
   • with suffix person Daniel 2:5; Daniel 4:15; Daniel 7:16
   • of God making known Daniel 2:23, 28, 45

¹ Schrader, Die Keilinschriften und das Alte Testament (COT), Glossary.

² D. H. Müller, Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft (ZMG), 1875, 612.

conjunctive, Verb Qal sequential perfect third person common plural

LXX: ἔγνω γνώσονται ἔγνωσαν ἔγνων οἶδα

LXX Usage Statistics

H3045:

ἔγνω 57× (5.6%)

γνώσονται 51× (4.5%)

ἔγνωσαν 37× (3.7%)

ἔγνων 37× (3.7%)

οἶδα 30× (3.1%)

γνώσῃ 27× (2.4%)

γνώσεσθε 26× (2.4%)

οἶδεν 25× (2.6%)

γνῶναι 24× (2.2%)

ἔγνωσ 21× (2.1%)

כי כִּי

for

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

כי

kîy

Definition

(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed

Root

a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent;

Exhaustive

a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed; and, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + till, truly, + until, when, whether, while, whom, yea, yet.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3588

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

כִּי

masculine noun • Root כוה • Strongs / High • Page 690

A prick, mark, stigma; a brand.

כִּי

relative conjunction • Root כי • Strongs / High • Page 690

A pronominal root used as a relative conjunction. 1. usually a relative particle, that, quod, to denote the relation of the preceding to the following clause, such as in indirect and direct speech.

כִּי

particle / conjunction • Strongs / High • Page 691

A versatile particle with several primary meanings. 1. As a conjunction, it can introduce an exclamation, a question, or an emphatic confirmation, and is sometimes translated as 'that'. 2. As a relative particle of time, it means 'when', 'if', 'since', 'as', 'as often as'. 3. As a causal particle, it means 'because' or 'for'. 4. As a particle of consequence, it can mean 'so' or 'then'.

כִּי

conjunction • Strongs / High • Page 692

A relative conjunction with a wide range of meanings depending on context. Causal: 'for', 'because'. Adversative: 'but', 'nay but', 'nay for', 'no', 'but yes', 'but indeed', 'but yet'. Comparative: 'but now'. Concessive: 'although'. Consequential: 'for which reason'.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

כִּי

m. subst. • Root כוה • Page 314

I. a mark burnt in, a brand, stigma. Is. 3: 24.

כִּי

primitive particle • Page 314

II. Probably a relative pronoun, i. q. אֲשֶׁר (Gen. 4:25). Used as a conj.: 1. that (Gen. 1:4). 2. for, because (Gen. 3:14). 3. if (Ex. 3:21). 4. when (Hos. 11:1). 5. yet, although (Ps. 116:10). 6. but (Gen. 45:8). 7. yea rather (Ps. 44:23). 8. often used at the beginning of a proposition (Zech. 3:8). 9. at the beginning of the apodosis (Gen. 22:17).

BDB

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon

H3588

I. כִּי conjunction — that, for, when.

Cognates:

• Moabite idem
• Phoenician כ
• Aramaic דֵּךְ this¹
• Latin nam

1. That

a. Prefixed to sentences depending on an active verb

Occupying the place of an accusative; after verbs of seeing, knowing, telling, etc.:

• Genesis 1:10 וַיַּרְא אֱלֹהִים כִּי טוֹב (God saw that it was good)
• Genesis 3:6, Genesis 6:2, Genesis 6:5, Genesis 12:14
• Genesis 14:14, Genesis 22:12 (knowing)
• Genesis 12:18, Genesis 6:6–7 (repenting)
• Genesis 22:16 (swearing)
• Job 36:10, 24 (commanding)
• Psalm 41:12 (after a pronoun)

b. Introducing direct narration

Like the Greek ὅτι recitativum:

• Genesis 21:30
• Genesis 29:33 and she said, כִּי שָׁמַע יְהוָה Yahweh hath heard, etc.
• Exodus 3:12
• Joshua 2:24
• 1 Samuel 10:19 and ye have said to him, כִּי מֶלֶךְ תָּשִׂים עָלֵינוּ

c. Especially after an oath

Introducing the fact sworn to:

• Genesis 42:16 by the life of Pharaoh, כִּי מְרַגְּלִים אַתֶּם
• Numbers 14:22
• 1 Samuel 20:3 as יְהוָה liveth, כִּי כְפֶשַׂע בֵּינִי וּבֵין הַמָּוֶת
• 1 Samuel 14:44 כֹּה יַעֲשֶׂה אֱלֹהִים וְכֹה יוֹסִיף כִּי מוֹת תָּמוּת

d. With adverbs and interjections

• אַף כִּי (see אַף)
• הֲכִי is it that...? 2 Samuel 9:1, Genesis 29:15
• אִם לֹא כִּי Deuteronomy 32:30 were it not that...
• כִּי עַתָּה (apodosis) Genesis 31:42, Genesis 43:10

e. Intensive force

Introducing a statement with emphasis: yea, surely, certainly:

• Exodus 18:11
• 1 Samuel 17:25
• Isaiah 32:13
• Lamentations 3:22 (the mercies of יְהוָה, surely they are not consumed)

f. That, expressing consecution

Especially after a question implying surprise or deprecation:

• Genesis 20:9 what have I sinned against thee כִּי הֵבֵאתָ עָלַי that thou hast brought upon me?
• Exodus 3:11 who am I כִּי אֵלֵךְ that I should go?
• Psalm 8:5 what is man כִּי תִזְכְּרֶנּוּ?
• Genesis 40:15 (after a negative)

2. Of time

a. When

• Of the past: Genesis 6:1, Genesis 26:8, 2 Samuel 6:13
• Of the present: Exodus 18:16 כִּי יִהְיֶה לָהֶם דָּבָר when they have a matter
• Of the future: Genesis 4:12 כִּי תַעֲבֹד אֶת הָאֲדָמָה, Exodus 7:9

b. Approximating to "if"

Representing a case likely to occur (mostly with imperfect):

• Genesis 38:16
• Often in laws: Exodus 21:14, 21:33; Leviticus 1:2

c. Concessive force (though)

• Jeremiah 49:16 כִּי תַגְבִּיהַּ כַּנֶּשֶׁר קִנֶּךָ though thou make high like the vulture thy nest
• Micah 7:8 כִּי נָפַלְתִּי קָמְתִּי though I have fallen, I rise

3. Because, since

a. General causal

• Genesis 3:14 because thou hast done this, cursed art thou
• Genesis 18:20
• In answer to a question: Genesis 27:20, Exodus 1:19

b. Following the causal sentence (for)

• Genesis 2:3 כִּי בוֹ שָׁבַת because on it he rested
• Psalm 6:3 heal me כִּי נִבְהֲלוּ עֲצָמָי for my bones are vexed
• Ironical: 1 Kings 18:27 for he is a god

c. Subtle or explicative causal

Justifying a statement by unfolding particulars:

• Isaiah 3:8, Job 6:21
• 2 Samuel 23:5, Isaiah 5:7

d. After a negative (but / sondern)

• Genesis 17:15 not Sarai, כִּי שָׂרָה שְׁמָהּ but Sarah shall be her name
• Exodus 16:8 not against us... כִּי עַל יְהוָה but against Yahweh
• לֹא כִּי nay, but: Genesis 18:15 לֹא כִּי צָחָקְתְּ

4. Combined with Other Particles

a. כִּי אִם (except, but rather, surely)

• Except: Genesis 32:27 כִּי אִם בֵּרַכְתָּנִי except thou bless me
• But rather: Genesis 15:4, Genesis 32:29
• Surely (after oath): 2 Kings 5:20 כִּי אִם רַצְתִּי surely I will run

b. כִּי עַל כֵּן (forasmuch as / for therefore)

• Genesis 18:5 כִּי עַל כֵּן עֲבַרְתֶּם for therefore are ye come
• Numbers 14:43, Judges 6:22

¹ William Wright, Lectures on the Comparative Grammar of the Semitic Languages (W. SG 110 f.).

² S. R. Driver, A Treatise on the Use of the Tenses in Hebrew (Dr).

³ Ewald's Lehrbuch der hebräischen Sprache (Ew).

Particle

LXX: ὅτι γὰρ ἐὰν διότι ---

LXX Usage Statistics

H3588a:

ὅτι 2030× (53.1%)

γὰρ 394× (10.3%)

ἐὰν 276× (7.0%)

διότι 259× (6.8%)

--- 158× (4.1%)

ἀλλ' 114× (2.9%)

'' 76× (1.7%)

ὅταν 55× (1.4%)

καὶ 49× (1.3%)

γάρ 44× (1.2%)

נביא נָביא

a prophet

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

נביא

nâbîyʼ

Definition

a prophet or (generally) inspired man

Root

from H5012 (נבא);

Exhaustive

from נבא; a prophet or (generally) inspired man; prophecy, that prophesy, prophet.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H5030

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

נָבִיא

noun masculine • Root נבא • Strongs / High • Page 938

A prophet, an announcer of divine oracles.

נָבִיא

noun • Strongs / High • Page 937

The definition for this entry is not visible in the image. Forms with suffixes are listed: נְבִיאָה, נְבִיאֲכֶם; and plural נְבִיאִים.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

נָבִיא

m. verbal from נָבָא • Root נבא • Page 422

1. interpres Dei, one employed by God to make known his will to men. 2. a friend or confidant of God. 3. a prophet, one inspired of God to instruct the people and foretel future events. (Judg. 6:8; 2 Sam. 7:2; Ex. 7:1; 4:16; Jer. 15:19; Deut. 18:15, 18; Gen. 20:7; Ps. 105:15; Deut. 34:10; Deut. 13:2; 1 Sam. 9:9; 1 K. 22:7; 2 K. 3:11; 2 Chr. 28:9.)

BDB

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon

H5030

I. נָבִיא (approximate number of occurrences: 306) noun masculine — spokesman, speaker, prophet.

— נָבִיא absolute Genesis 20:7 (155 times); suffix נְבִיאֶךָ Exodus 7:1; plural נְבִיאִים Numbers 11:29 (82 times); נְנִאִים Jeremiah 27:18 (16 times); suffix נְבִיאַי Psalm 105:15; נְבִיאָיו 1 Kings 22:22; נְבִיאָיו 2 Kings 17:13, etc.

1. Genuine prophet of Yahweh

Anciently called רֹאֶה 1 Samuel 9:9 (antiquarian note); change probably occurred in times of Elijah and is first reflected in Ephraimitic source literally as applied to early figures:

• Abraham Genesis 20:7
• Moses Deuteronomy 34:10
• Early prophets: Hosea 6:5; Hosea 12:11 (twice in verse), 14 (twice in verse); Amos 2:11–12
• Prophets in ecstatic state: Numbers 12:6 (Ephraimitic Source), Numbers 11:24 (Jehovist-Ephraimitic Source)

In Judaic literature:

• Of prophet like Moses Deuteronomy 18:15, 18 (Deuteronomist Source)
• Of Aaron (as mouthpiece of Moses) Exodus 7:1 (Priests' Code)
• Of Samuel 1 Samuel 3:20; an unknown prophet Judges 6:8

Prophets organized in bands or guilds:

• חֶבֶל נְבִיאִים 1 Samuel 10:5, 10
• לַהֲקַת הַנְּבִיאִים 1 Samuel 19:20
• בְּנֵי הַנְּבִיאִים (members of prophets' guilds) 1 Kings 20:35; 2 Kings 2:3, 5, 7, 15; 2 Kings 4:1, 38 (twice in verse)

Of genuine prophets in Judaic prophecy:

• Jeremiah Jeremiah 1:5; Ezekiel Ezekiel 2:5, 33:33
• Ancient prophets Jeremiah 28:8–9 (3 times in verse); Zechariah 1:6; Zechariah 8:9
• Especially הַנְּבִיאִים הָרִאשֹׁנִים Zechariah 1:4; Zechariah 7:7, 12
• עֲבָדָיו הַנְּבִיאִים (my/his servants the prophets) 2 Kings 9:7; 2 Kings 17:13, 23; 2 Kings 21:10; 2 Kings 24:2 (all Deuteronomic Redactor); Ezra 9:11; Jeremiah 7:25; Jeremiah 25:4; Jeremiah 26:5; Jeremiah 29:19; Jeremiah 35:15; Jeremiah 44:4; Amos 3:7; Zechariah 1:6, compare Ezekiel 38:17; Daniel 9:6
• With proper names: Jeremiah 2 Chronicles 36:12; Daniel 9:2 (31 times in Jeremiah, but Septuagint only 4 times); Elijah 1 Kings 18:36; 2 Chronicles 21:12; Malachi 3:23; Nathan 2 Samuel 7:2; Isaiah 2 Kings 19:2; 2 Kings 20:1, 14; Isaiah 37:2; Habakkuk Habakkuk 1:1; Habakkuk 3:1; Haggai Haggai 1:1, 2:1; Zechariah Zechariah 1:1, 7

2. False prophets

Prophets as official class, beside priests, characterized as false prophets:

• Isaiah 28:7; Jeremiah 2:26; Jeremiah 4:9; Jeremiah 6:13; Jeremiah 23:11, 33–34; Jeremiah 26:7, 11, 16
• Always false (except where noted above) in: Amos 7:14; Hosea 4:5; Hosea 9:7–8; Micah 3:5, 6, 11; Isaiah 3:2; Isaiah 9:14; Jeremiah 14:13–15; Ezekiel 13:2–4; Zephaniah 3:4; Lamentations 2:9, 14
• Especially discredited: Deuteronomy 13:2, 4, 6; Deuteronomy 18:20, 22; Zechariah 13:2, 4–5
• Hananiah called הַנָּבִיא Jeremiah 28:1, 5, 10, 12, 15, 17 (Septuagint uses ψευδοπροφήτης)

3. Heathen prophets

• Prophets of Baal and Asherah: 1 Kings 18:19, 20, 22, 25, 40
• Other heathen prophets: 1 Kings 19:1; 2 Kings 3:13; 2 Kings 10:19; 1 Kings 22:6, 10, 12, 13, 22, 23; 2 Chronicles 18:5, 9, 11, 12, 21–22

¹ Ephraimitic (Elohist) Source.

² Jehovist (Yahwist) Source.

³ Deuteronomist Source.

⁴ Priests' Code / Narrative.

⁵ Deuteronomic Redactor.

⁶ Friedrich Giesebrecht, Das Buch Jeremia (1894).

⁷ Septuagint (Greek translation of the Old Testament).

Noun common both singular absolute

LXX: προφήτησ προφητῶν προφήτασ προφήτην προφῆται

LXX Usage Statistics

H5030:

προφήτησ 62× (21.6%)

προφητῶν 46× (15.5%)

προφήτασ 38× (12.6%)

προφήτην 30× (10.2%)

προφῆται 30× (9.5%)

προφήτου 23× (7.7%)

προφήταισ 12× (3.3%)

'' 11× (3.7%)

--- 10× (3.9%)

προφήτῃ 5× (1.5%)

היה הָיָה

he has become

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 perfect 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%)

בתוכםפ בְתוֹכָם׃פ

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

תוך

tâvek

Definition

a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre

Root

from an unused root meaning to sever;

Exhaustive

from an unused root meaning to sever; a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre; among(-st), [idiom] between, half, [idiom] (there-, where-), in(-to), middle, mid(-night), midst (among), [idiom] out (of), [idiom] through, [idiom] with(-in).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H8432

הם

Definition

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

Root

Exhaustive

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

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H9028

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

תָּוֶךְ

m. / prepos. • Strongs / High • Page 1503

m. the point of separation, the middle, space between, centre NUM. 35, 5. Used as a preposition: in the midst, within, through, between, among. (e.g., אֶל־תּוֹךְ into EX. 14, 23, בְּתֹוְךְ in the midst 1 KINGS 6, 19).

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

תָּוֶךְ

m. const. • Page 709

the middle, the midst. Gen. 35: 2. Lev. 20: 14. 1 Sam. 9: 14. Ezek. 9: 4.

תּוֹךְ

noun • Page 709

i. q. תֹּךְ oppression, q. v.

BDB

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon

H8432

I. תָּ֫וֶךְ (approximate number of occurrences: 418) noun masculine — midst.

Cognates:

• Late Hebrew id., also denominative תִּוֵּוךְ
• Root unknown; not apparently in cognate languages

— תָּ֫וֶךְ absolute Genesis 15:10 +; construct תּוֺךְ Genesis 1:6 +; suffix תּוֺכִי, תּוֺכוֺ, etc., 2 feminine singular תּוֺכֵּ֫כִי Psalm 116:19; Psalm 135:9, תּוֺכֹה Ezekiel 48:15, 21, תּוֺכֲכֶם Genesis 23:9 +, תּוֺכָ֫הְנָה Ezekiel 16:53¹.

1. Midst

Whether of a space or place, a number of people or things, or of a line:

a. Absolute uses

• Judges 16:29 עַמּוּדֵי הַתָּוֶךְ (the middle columns)
• Jeremiah 39:3 שַׁעַר הַתּוֺךְ (the Middle Gate)
• בַּתָּוֶךְ Genesis 15:10 (+ וַיְבַתֵּר אֹתָם)
• Numbers 35:5; Joshua 8:22; Judges 15:4
• Isaiah 66:17 אַחַר אֶחָד בַּתָּוֶךְ

b. Construct and suffix uses

• 1 Kings 8:54 תּוֺךְ הֶחָצֵר
• Ezekiel 15:4 וְתוֺכוֺ נָחָר

2. With Prepositions

a. With בְּ

(Often with emphasis *in*, in the very heart and midst of):

• Genesis 1:6 בְּתוֺךְ הַמַּיִם
• Genesis 2:9 (הַגָּן ׳בְּת)
• Genesis 9:21 (אָהֳלוֺ ׳בְּת)
• Genesis 18:24 (הָעִיר ׳בְּת)
• Exodus 11:4 (midst of Egypt); 1 Kings 3:20 (midst of night)
• בְּתוֺכָהּ (of land or city): Numbers 13:32; Isaiah 7:6
• In Ezekiel, of sins or judgment in Jerusalem: Ezekiel 5:8, 10; Ezekiel 9:4; Ezekiel 22:3, 7, 9, 13 +
• figurative of heart/inward parts: Psalm 22:15; Psalm 40:9 תּוֺרָֽתְךָ בְּתוֹךְ מֵעָי; Psalm 22:11; Proverbs 4:21
• After verbs of motion (into/through): Exodus 14:27; 1 Samuel 9:14; Exodus 14:29; Nehemiah 9:11

b. Among a number of persons

(Not necessarily of the actual middle):

• Genesis 40:20 (עֲבָדָיו ׳בְּת)
• בְּתוֺכְנוּ Genesis 23:6; בְּתוֺכָם 1 Samuel 10:10; Job 1:6
• Leviticus 17:8, 10, 13 +
• Of the Divine presence or dwelling (frequent in Priests' Code, 12 times): Exodus 25:8; Exodus 29:45–46; Leviticus 15:31; Leviticus 16:16 + (Note: J E D in such cases have always קֶרֶב)²; so Ezekiel 37:26, 28; Ezekiel 43:7, 9, compare Haggai 2:5

c. With other prepositions

• מִן (from / from among): Genesis 19:29 מִתּוֺךְ הַהֲפֵכָה; Exodus 3:2 (הַסְּנֶה ׳מִתּ); Exodus 33:11; Deuteronomy 4:12; 1 Samuel 15:6; Exodus 7:5; Numbers 16:21, 33 +
• אֶל (into): Exodus 14:23; Leviticus 11:33; Numbers 17:12; Deuteronomy 21:12; 2 Samuel 3:27; Jeremiah 21:4 +
• מֵעַל: Ezekiel 11:23

תּוֺךְ is used by most writers, occurring approximately 8–10 times in many books, but is especially frequent in P (c. 106 times) and Ezekiel (116 times). Synonym קֶרֶב, q.v.

¹ Gesenius' Hebrew Grammar, ed. E. Kautzsch, trans. A. E. Cowley, 2nd English ed., Oxford, 1910 (GKC), § 91f.

² J. Estlin Carpenter and G. Harford-Battersby, The Hexateuch, London, 1900, i. 209, ed. 2, 410.

Preposition, Noun common both singular construct, Suffix pronominal third person masculine plural

LXX: μέσῳ μέσου μέσον αὐτῆσ ἐν

LXX Usage Statistics

H8432:

μέσῳ 193× (43.8%)

μέσου 55× (12.5%)

μέσον 36× (8.4%)

αὐτῆσ 24× (4.6%)

ἐν 19× (5.1%)

ὑμῖν 16× (3.6%)

αὐτοῖσ 10× (2.3%)

'' 10× (2.3%)

ἀνὰ 8× (2.1%)

ἐκ 8× (2.2%)

RBT Translation:

No verse found

RBT Paraphrase:
No verse found

Julia Smith Literal 1876 Translation:
And if they will hear, and if they will desist, (for they a house of contradiction,) and they shall know that a prophet was in the midst of them.

LITV Translation:
And they, whether they will hear or whether they will forbear (for they are a rebellious house), yea, they shall know that a prophet has been among them.

Brenton Septuagint Translation:
Whether then indeed they shall hear or fear (for it is a provoking house), yet they shall know that thou art a prophet in the midst of them.