Ezekiel 45:14

Paleo Hebrew Niqqud

RBT Hebrew Interlinear:

וחק וְחֹק

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

חק

chôq

Definition

an enactment; hence, an appointment (of time, space, quantity, labor or usage)

Root

from H2710 (חקק);

Exhaustive

from חקק; an enactment; hence, an appointment (of time, space, quantity, labor or usage); appointed, bound, commandment, convenient, custom, decree(-d), due, law, measure, [idiom] necessary, ordinance(-nary), portion, set time, statute, task.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H2706

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

חֹק

noun masculine • Root חקק • Strongs / High • Page 521

m. 1. A thing firmly established or determined; a statute, custom, usage, law. 2. What is determined, meted out, allotted; an inheritance, due, income. 3. A bound, limit, boundary. 4. Bosom, interior.

חֹק

noun masculine • Strongs / High • Page 522

right, law; also refers to the proper name חָק.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

חֹק

noun masculine • Root חקק • Page 244

something fixed or appointed, as food (Ezek. 16:27; 45:14). Especially 1. an appointed labour, a task (Ex. 5:14; Prov. 31:15). 2. a bound, goal (Job 26:10; Prov. 8:29).

חֹק

noun masculine • Page 245

Entry continued from previous page. 3. a definite time (Job 14:13, Mic. 7:11). 4. law, custom, usage; applied to laws of nature (Job 28:26), laws of God (Deut. 4:5, 8, 14). Plur. חֻקִּים. Includes 'a declaration of Jehovah, an oracle' (Ps. 2:7).

BDB

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon

H2706

I. חֹק (approximate number of occurrences: 127) noun masculine¹ — something prescribed, a statute or due.

— חֹק absolute Genesis 47:22 (22 times); חָקֿ Exodus 30:21 (14 times); suffix חֻקִּי Proverbs 30:8 (3 times); חָקְךָ Leviticus 10:13, 14 etc. + 4 times suffixes; plural חֻקִּים Deuteronomy 4:5 (31 times); construct חֻקֵּי Exodus 18:16; חוּקֵּ֯י Ezekiel 20:18; also חִקֲקֵי Judges 5:15; Isaiah 10:1 (GKC²); suffix חֻקָּו֯ Job 14:5 etc. + 44 times suffixes.

1. Prescribed task

• Assigned to Israel in Egypt Exodus 5:14 (Elohist Source)

2. Prescribed portion

Or allowance of food:

• Genesis 47:22 (twice in verse) (Jehovist Source)
• Proverbs 30:8; Proverbs 31:15
• Ezekiel 16:27
• מֵחֻקִּי Job 23:12 (Revised Version; < ᵐ5 ᵑ9 Ol Me Di SS³ בְּחֵקִי in my bosom)

3. Action prescribed for oneself, resolve

• חִקֲקֵי לֵב Judges 5:15 resolves of mind parallel חִקְרֵי לֵב Judges 5:16

4. Prescribed due

Of the priests from offerings:

• Leviticus 6:11; Leviticus 10:13 (twice); 14 (twice) (Priests' Code)
• Due of Yahweh Leviticus 6:15 (Priests' Code)
• לְחָק-עוֹלָם Exodus 29:28; Leviticus 7:34; Leviticus 10:15; Numbers 18:8, 11, 19 (Priests' Code)
• Leviticus 24:9 (Holiness Code)
• Portion of oil for the תּרומה Ezekiel 45:14

5. Prescribed limit, boundary

• Of sea Jeremiah 5:22; Proverbs 8:29; Job 26:10; Job 38:10
• Of heavens Psalm 148:6
• Of land of Israel Micah 7:11
• Of time Job 14:5, 13
• Of Sheol: פָּֽעֲרָה פִיהָ לִבְלִי חֹ֑ק Isaiah 5:14 Sh®°ôl openeth wide her mouth, without limit

6. Enactment, decree, ordinance

Of either God or man:

a. Specific decree

• Law of fifth in Egypt Genesis 47:26 (Jehovist Source)
• Of passover Exodus 12:24 (Jehovist Source)
• Lament for Jephthah's daughter Judges 11:39
• For Josiah 2 Chronicles 35:25
• חֹק וּמִשְׁפָּט Exodus 15:25; Joshua 24:25 (Elohist Source); 1 Samuel 30:25
• חֹק עוֹלָם Exodus 30:21; parallel עֵדוּת, מִשְׁמָּט Psalm 81:5, 6 (law of a festival)

b. Of Yahweh in nature

• Job 28:26

c. Respecting Messianic king

• Psalm 2:7
• Day of Yahweh Zephaniah 2:2 (on text see We⁴)
• Covenant with Jacob Psalm 105:10 = 1 Chronicles 16:17
• Destiny of man Job 23:14

d. Law in General

• עֲלֵי חֹק according to law, right Psalm 94:20 (others against law)
• לַמֵּד חֹק וּמִשְׁפָּט Ezra 7:10
• Parallel בּרית and תורות Isaiah 25:5; parallel עדות Psalm 99:7

7. Plural חֻקִּים enactments, statutes

Enactments of a law:

a. Of Yahweh in nature

• Jeremiah 31:36

b. Of the prophets

• Zechariah 1:6

c. Conditions of deed of purchase

• Jeremiah 32:11

d. Enactments

• Parallel מִשְׁמָּטִים: ancestral Ezekiel 20:18; given by God as punishment Ezekiel 20:25

e. Decrees of unjust judges

• חִקֲקֵי־אָֿוֶן Isaiah 10:1

f. Civil enactments prescribed by God

• חֻקֵּי הָאֱלֹהִים Exodus 18:16 (Elohist Source; parallel תּוֺרֹתָיו), Exodus 18:20 (Elohist Source)

g. Elsewhere of prescriptions of the several codes of Hexateuch

• Leviticus 10:11; Numbers 30:17 (Priests' Code)
• Deuteronomy 4:6; 6:24; 16:12
• Psalm 119:5 etc., Malachi 3:7; parallel תּוֺרַת י׳ Amos 2:4; חֹק וְתוֹרֹת Psalm 105:45
• Usually parallel משׁפטים Deuteronomy 4:1, 5, 8, 14; 5:1; 11:32; 12:1; 26:16; 1 Kings 9:4; 2 Chronicles 7:17; 1 Chronicles 22:13; Ezekiel 11:12; Ezekiel 36:27
• Combined with other synonyms: דבר Psalm 147:19; תורה 2 Chronicles 33:8; Malachi 3:22; מצוה Deuteronomy 5:28; 6:1; 7:11; Nehemiah 1:7; 1 Kings 8:58; 2 Chronicles 19:10; עֵדֹת Deuteronomy 4:45; 6:20
• Used with verbs: נתן Leviticus 26:46; צוּה Numbers 30:17; למּד Deuteronomy 4:1; שׁמר Deuteronomy 26:17; עשׂה Deuteronomy 6:24; שׁמר לעשׂות 11:32; הלך בְּ 1 Kings 8:61

[On usage of חֹק see חֻקָּה near the end]

¹ Gender identified specifically in Micah 7:11.

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

³ Scholar references: Justus Olshausen (Ol), Adalbert Merx (Me), August Dillmann (Di), Siegfried & Stade (SS).

⁴ Julius Wellhausen (We).

⁵ Sources: Elohist (E), Jehovist/Yahwist (J), Priests' Code (P), Holiness Code (H), Redactor (R).

Conjunction, Noun common both singular construct

LXX: δικαιώματα προστάγματα δικαιώματά νόμιμον πρόσταγμα

LXX Usage Statistics

H2706:

δικαιώματα 24× (17.3%)

προστάγματα 17× (12.6%)

δικαιώματά 16× (11.8%)

νόμιμον 14× (12.0%)

πρόσταγμα 12× (9.3%)

δικαιώμασίν 5× (3.1%)

νόμιμά 4× (3.1%)

'' 4× (3.0%)

δικαιωμάτων 3× (2.1%)

προστάγματά 3× (1.8%)

השמן הַשֶּׁ֜מֶן

the Oil

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ה

Definition

the

Root

Demonstrative primitive

Exhaustive

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

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

שמן

shemen

Definition

grease, especially liquid (as from the olive, often perfumed); figuratively, richness

Root

from H8080 (שמן);

Exhaustive

from שמן; grease, especially liquid (as from the olive, often perfumed); figuratively, richness; anointing, [idiom] fat (things), [idiom] fruitful, oil(-ed), ointment, olive, [phrase] pine.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H8081

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

שָׁמֵן

verb • Root שמנ • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1449

intransitive: to be thick, fat, corpulent; figuratively: to be rich, to shine with fatness, to pamper themselves.

Matched via consonantal key only

שָׁמֵן

adjective • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1449

juicy, nourishing, luxurious, excellent; fruitful, fat, well-fed; rich in spoil; powerful (of persons/warriors).

Matched via consonantal key only

שֶׁמֶן

noun masculine • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1450

1. Fatness, concr. fat meat, sumptuoust food, fruitfulness, strength. 2. Oil, juice, fat of pressed fruit (olive-oil), oil of anointing, ointment. 3. Wood of the wild olive-tree. 4. A medicinal thing.

Matched via consonantal key only

שׁמַן

noun • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1450

A ground-form base for derived numeral forms (eight, eighty, eighteen).

Matched via consonantal key only

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

שֶׁמֶן

m. noun • Root שמן • Page 686

Oil, ointment (Cant. 1:3). Found with suffixes.

שֶׁמֶן

verb / dec. vi. a. • Root שמן • Page 687

1. fat, fatness (Ps. 109:24, Is. 25:6). 2. oil (Gen. 28:18, Neh. 8:15). 3. spiced oil, ointment (Ps. 133:2, Prov. 21:17).

שָׁמַן or שָׁמֵן

verb • Root שמן • Page 686

To be or become fat (Deut. 32:15; Jer. 5:28). Hiph: to make fat; e.g. the heart, i.e. to render it obdurate or insensible (Is. 6:10). Hithp: to become fat (Neh. 9:25).

BDB

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon

H8081

I. שֶׁ֫מֶן (approximate number of occurrences: 192) noun masculine 2 Kings 20:13 (on apparently feminine Songs 1:3 compare Albr¹) — fat, oil.

— שֶׁ֫מֶן absolute Genesis 28:18 +; construct Leviticus 8:2 +; שָׁ֑מֶן 2 Kings 4:6 +; suffix שַׁמְנִי Hosea 2:7 +; plural שְׁמָנִים Amos 6:6 +; suffix שְׁמָנֶיךָ Songs 1:3, שְׁמָנַיִךְ Songs 4:10.

1. Fat, fatness

• a. קֶרֶן בֶּן־שָׁמֶן Isaiah 5:1 (of fertile slope)
• b. plural גֵּיא שְׁמָנִים Isaiah 28:1, 4
• c. of food (in figurative) Isaiah 25:6 (twice in verse)
• d. literal כְּשָׂרִי כָּחַשׁ מִשָּׁמֶן Psalm 109:24 (compare צוֹם v. 24a), compare מִמְּנֵי־שָׁמֶן Isaiah 10:27 (in figurative, si vera lectio, meaning obscure; most now emend by conjecture; RS² עָלָה מִצָּפוֹן שֹׁרֵד, joining to Isaiah 10:28; Du Marti has gone up from Pene-Rimmon, compare Di-Kit).

2. Oil

a. Specifically olive-oil

As rich product Deuteronomy 8:8 + (see זַיִת); hence עֵץ שֶׁמֶן Isaiah 41:19 oil-tree, usually explained as wild olive, oleaster, so Nehemiah 8:15 (parallel זַיִת), עֲצֵי שֶׁמֶן oleaster-wood 1 Kings 6:23, 31, 32, 33; once שֶׁמֶן הַמֹּר Esther 2:12 (see מֹר; מֹר also in holy anointing oil Exodus 30:23).

b. As staple

• As condiment Numbers 11:8 (Jehovist Source; see לָשָׁד)
• Of value 1 Kings 17:12, 14, 16; 2 Kings 4:2, 6, 7 etc.
• Symbol of plenty Deuteronomy 32:13; Deuteronomy 33:24; Job 29:6
• Ascribed (falsely) to gift of Baals Hosea 2:7
• As royal treasure 2 Kings 20:13 = Isaiah 39:2, compare 1 Kings 5:25 (שֶׁמֶן כָּתִית, see כָּתִית) = 2 Chronicles 2:9; 2 Chronicles 2:14
• As tribute Hosea 12:2, article of trade Ezekiel 27:17
• Odoriferous Proverbs 27:9; Songs 1:3; Songs 4:10, שֶׁמֶן רוֹקֵחַ Ecclesiastes 10:1, so (figurative) Songs 1:3; Ecclesiastes 7:1
• Sign of luxury Ezekiel 16:13; Proverbs 21:17; of prosperity Ezekiel 16:20

c. As medicament and unguent

• Medicament Isaiah 1:6
• For shield 2 Samuel 1:21, person Amos 6:6; Micah 6:15; Deuteronomy 28:40; Ezekiel 16:9; Psalm 92:11; Psalm 104:15
• Not for mourner 2 Samuel 14:2
• On head token of happiness Ecclesiastes 9:8, of hospitality, רֹאשִׁי דִּשַּׁנְתָּ בַשֶּׁמֶן Psalm 23:5 (figurative), in simile Psalm 133:2; Psalm 141:5

d. For anointing king

• פַּךְ הַשֶּׁמֶן 1 Samuel 10:1; 2 Kings 9:1, 3, 6
• With קֶרֶן 1 Samuel 16:1, 13; 1 Kings 1:39; compare בְּשֶׁמֶן קָדְשִׁי מְשַׁחְתִּיו Psalm 89:21

e. In various figures, of joy

• שֶׁמֶן שָׂשׂוֹן Isaiah 61:3; Psalm 45:8
• Soft words Psalm 55:22; Proverbs 5:3
• As penetrating Psalm 109:18; as clear, transparent Ezekiel 32:14

f. Used in primitive worship

• Poured on stone Genesis 28:18 (Elohist Source), Genesis 35:14 (Jehovist Source)

g. In later ritual

• For anointing priests, tabernacle, altar utensils, etc. (Priests' Code), made of various ingredients, זַיִת among them, Exodus 30:24
• שֶׁמֶן הַמִּשְׁחָה Exodus 25:6; Leviticus 8:2, 10, 12 etc.; שֶׁמֶן מִשְׁחַת־קֹדֶשׁ Exodus 30:25 (twice)
• For lighting Exodus 25:6 + שֶׁמֶן זַיִת זָךְ כָּתִית Exodus 27:20; Leviticus 24:2 (see כָּתִית)
• Poured upon מִנְחָה Leviticus 2:1 etc., compare Leviticus 5:11; Numbers 5:15
• Smeared upon wafers Exodus 29:2; Leviticus 2:4; Exodus 29:23; Leviticus 8:26

h. For use in temple

• 1 Chronicles 9:29

i. For תְּרוּמָה in Ezekiel's temple

• Ezekiel 45:14 (twice in verse) + 7t. chapters 45, 46

j. Efficacy denied

• Micah 6:7

k. Offered to idols

• Isaiah 57:9; Ezekiel 16:18, 19; Ezekiel 23:41

¹ Albr, ZAW xvi (1896), 99, 106 (Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft).

² Robertson Smith (RS), Journal of Philology xiii (1885), 62.

Particle definite article, Noun common both singular absolute

LXX: ἔλαιον ἐλαίῳ ἐλαίου '' pἐξ

LXX Usage Statistics

H8081:

ἔλαιον 58× (29.3%)

ἐλαίῳ 54× (26.0%)

ἐλαίου 42× (20.5%)

'' 5× (2.4%)

pἐξ 3× (1.7%)

--- 3× (1.7%)

ἔλαιόν 3× (1.2%)

ἀρκευθίνων 2× (1.1%)

ὡσ 2× (1.1%)

μύρον 2× (1.1%)

הבת הַבַּת

the Daughter

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ה

Definition

the

Root

Demonstrative primitive

Exhaustive

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

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

בת

bath

Definition

a bath or Hebrew measure (as a means of division) of liquids

Root

probably from the same as H1327 (בתה);

Exhaustive

probably from the same as בתה; a bath or Hebrew measure (as a means of division) of liquids; bath.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H1324

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

בַּת

noun feminine • Root בנן • Strongs / High • Page 929

Daughter. Example of a word where Nun is absorbed, from an older form בַּנְתְּ.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

בַּת

noun feminine • Root בן • Page 120

1. daughter; freq. 2. granddaughter, female descendant. Gen. 36:2. also used with names of cities to denote female inhabitants. 3. poetic personification of cities and countries (e.g. daughter of Tyre, daughter of Babylon). Is. 47:1, 5. Jer. 46:11. 4. daughters of a city, i. e. small villages under its jurisdiction. Num. 21:25, 32. 5. various idiomatic phrases: daughter of ninety years (ninety years old), a wicked or vile woman, daughters of song (singing birds), daughter of the eye (apple of the eye).

בַּת

noun masculine • Page 120

a bath, a measure for liquids, containing the tenth part of a homer. 1 K. 7:26, 38. Ezek. 45:10.

בַּת

chald. • Page 120

i. q. Heb. בַּת a bath. Ezra 7:22.

BDB

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon

H1324

II. בַּת (approximate occurrences: 15) noun masculine^{Ezekiel 45:14} (feminine^{Isaiah 5:10}) — bath, a liquid measure.

Cognates:

• Greek τέמנω
• Greek βάδος (Epiphanius)
• Greek βάτος (Josephus²)
• Syriac instrument for pressing olives

— בַּת absolute Isaiah 5:10 (6 times); (בָּ֑ת Ezekiel 45:11); construct בַּת Ezekiel 45:10; plural בַּתִּים 2 Chronicles 2:9 (twice in verse) + 3 times.

1. Definition and Usage

A liquid measure equal to the אֵיפָה of dry measure, each being 1/10 חֹמֶר (homer):

• Ezekiel 45:11 (twice in verse)
• Ezekiel 45:14 (twice in verse) (Cornill strikes out two occurrences)
• Isaiah 5:10
• 1 Kings 7:26, 38
• 2 Chronicles 2:9 (twice in verse)
• 2 Chronicles 4:5

a. Accurate measure

• בַּת־צֶדֶק a righteous (accurate, full) bath Ezekiel 45:10 (parallel to אֵיפַת־צֶדֶק)

The actual size of the bath is approximately 40 litres (compare Attic metretes^2,3; = 39.39 litres³; see also Brandis⁴, Smith⁵, Riehm⁶).

— בָּתָה see below בתת.

— 1. בַּת see below בֵּן.

¹ Lagarde, Orientalia, ii. 10 f. (Lag^{Or. ii. 10 f.}).

² Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews, viii. 2. 9.

³ Boeckh, Metrologische Untersuchungen über Gewichte, Münzfuss und Masse des Alterthums (1838), 259 f.

⁴ J. Brandis, Münz- Mass- u. Gewichtswesen 29 f.

⁵ Smith's Dictionary of the Bible, article "Weights and Measures."

⁶ Riehm, Handwörterbuch des biblischen Altertums (HWB), 934 f.

Particle definite article, Noun common both singular absolute

LXX: χοῖνιξ βάδων κοτύλαι μέτρων

LXX Usage Statistics

H1324:

χοῖνιξ 3× (16.8%)

βάδων 2× (14.0%)

κοτύλαι 2× (14.0%)

μέτρων 2× (14.0%)

השמן הַשֶּׁ֗מֶן

the Oil

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ה

Definition

the

Root

Demonstrative primitive

Exhaustive

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

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

שמן

shemen

Definition

grease, especially liquid (as from the olive, often perfumed); figuratively, richness

Root

from H8080 (שמן);

Exhaustive

from שמן; grease, especially liquid (as from the olive, often perfumed); figuratively, richness; anointing, [idiom] fat (things), [idiom] fruitful, oil(-ed), ointment, olive, [phrase] pine.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H8081

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

שָׁמֵן

verb • Root שמנ • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1449

intransitive: to be thick, fat, corpulent; figuratively: to be rich, to shine with fatness, to pamper themselves.

Matched via consonantal key only

שָׁמֵן

adjective • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1449

juicy, nourishing, luxurious, excellent; fruitful, fat, well-fed; rich in spoil; powerful (of persons/warriors).

Matched via consonantal key only

שֶׁמֶן

noun masculine • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1450

1. Fatness, concr. fat meat, sumptuoust food, fruitfulness, strength. 2. Oil, juice, fat of pressed fruit (olive-oil), oil of anointing, ointment. 3. Wood of the wild olive-tree. 4. A medicinal thing.

Matched via consonantal key only

שׁמַן

noun • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1450

A ground-form base for derived numeral forms (eight, eighty, eighteen).

Matched via consonantal key only

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

שֶׁמֶן

m. noun • Root שמן • Page 686

Oil, ointment (Cant. 1:3). Found with suffixes.

שֶׁמֶן

verb / dec. vi. a. • Root שמן • Page 687

1. fat, fatness (Ps. 109:24, Is. 25:6). 2. oil (Gen. 28:18, Neh. 8:15). 3. spiced oil, ointment (Ps. 133:2, Prov. 21:17).

שָׁמַן or שָׁמֵן

verb • Root שמן • Page 686

To be or become fat (Deut. 32:15; Jer. 5:28). Hiph: to make fat; e.g. the heart, i.e. to render it obdurate or insensible (Is. 6:10). Hithp: to become fat (Neh. 9:25).

BDB

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon

H8081

I. שֶׁ֫מֶן (approximate number of occurrences: 192) noun masculine 2 Kings 20:13 (on apparently feminine Songs 1:3 compare Albr¹) — fat, oil.

— שֶׁ֫מֶן absolute Genesis 28:18 +; construct Leviticus 8:2 +; שָׁ֑מֶן 2 Kings 4:6 +; suffix שַׁמְנִי Hosea 2:7 +; plural שְׁמָנִים Amos 6:6 +; suffix שְׁמָנֶיךָ Songs 1:3, שְׁמָנַיִךְ Songs 4:10.

1. Fat, fatness

• a. קֶרֶן בֶּן־שָׁמֶן Isaiah 5:1 (of fertile slope)
• b. plural גֵּיא שְׁמָנִים Isaiah 28:1, 4
• c. of food (in figurative) Isaiah 25:6 (twice in verse)
• d. literal כְּשָׂרִי כָּחַשׁ מִשָּׁמֶן Psalm 109:24 (compare צוֹם v. 24a), compare מִמְּנֵי־שָׁמֶן Isaiah 10:27 (in figurative, si vera lectio, meaning obscure; most now emend by conjecture; RS² עָלָה מִצָּפוֹן שֹׁרֵד, joining to Isaiah 10:28; Du Marti has gone up from Pene-Rimmon, compare Di-Kit).

2. Oil

a. Specifically olive-oil

As rich product Deuteronomy 8:8 + (see זַיִת); hence עֵץ שֶׁמֶן Isaiah 41:19 oil-tree, usually explained as wild olive, oleaster, so Nehemiah 8:15 (parallel זַיִת), עֲצֵי שֶׁמֶן oleaster-wood 1 Kings 6:23, 31, 32, 33; once שֶׁמֶן הַמֹּר Esther 2:12 (see מֹר; מֹר also in holy anointing oil Exodus 30:23).

b. As staple

• As condiment Numbers 11:8 (Jehovist Source; see לָשָׁד)
• Of value 1 Kings 17:12, 14, 16; 2 Kings 4:2, 6, 7 etc.
• Symbol of plenty Deuteronomy 32:13; Deuteronomy 33:24; Job 29:6
• Ascribed (falsely) to gift of Baals Hosea 2:7
• As royal treasure 2 Kings 20:13 = Isaiah 39:2, compare 1 Kings 5:25 (שֶׁמֶן כָּתִית, see כָּתִית) = 2 Chronicles 2:9; 2 Chronicles 2:14
• As tribute Hosea 12:2, article of trade Ezekiel 27:17
• Odoriferous Proverbs 27:9; Songs 1:3; Songs 4:10, שֶׁמֶן רוֹקֵחַ Ecclesiastes 10:1, so (figurative) Songs 1:3; Ecclesiastes 7:1
• Sign of luxury Ezekiel 16:13; Proverbs 21:17; of prosperity Ezekiel 16:20

c. As medicament and unguent

• Medicament Isaiah 1:6
• For shield 2 Samuel 1:21, person Amos 6:6; Micah 6:15; Deuteronomy 28:40; Ezekiel 16:9; Psalm 92:11; Psalm 104:15
• Not for mourner 2 Samuel 14:2
• On head token of happiness Ecclesiastes 9:8, of hospitality, רֹאשִׁי דִּשַּׁנְתָּ בַשֶּׁמֶן Psalm 23:5 (figurative), in simile Psalm 133:2; Psalm 141:5

d. For anointing king

• פַּךְ הַשֶּׁמֶן 1 Samuel 10:1; 2 Kings 9:1, 3, 6
• With קֶרֶן 1 Samuel 16:1, 13; 1 Kings 1:39; compare בְּשֶׁמֶן קָדְשִׁי מְשַׁחְתִּיו Psalm 89:21

e. In various figures, of joy

• שֶׁמֶן שָׂשׂוֹן Isaiah 61:3; Psalm 45:8
• Soft words Psalm 55:22; Proverbs 5:3
• As penetrating Psalm 109:18; as clear, transparent Ezekiel 32:14

f. Used in primitive worship

• Poured on stone Genesis 28:18 (Elohist Source), Genesis 35:14 (Jehovist Source)

g. In later ritual

• For anointing priests, tabernacle, altar utensils, etc. (Priests' Code), made of various ingredients, זַיִת among them, Exodus 30:24
• שֶׁמֶן הַמִּשְׁחָה Exodus 25:6; Leviticus 8:2, 10, 12 etc.; שֶׁמֶן מִשְׁחַת־קֹדֶשׁ Exodus 30:25 (twice)
• For lighting Exodus 25:6 + שֶׁמֶן זַיִת זָךְ כָּתִית Exodus 27:20; Leviticus 24:2 (see כָּתִית)
• Poured upon מִנְחָה Leviticus 2:1 etc., compare Leviticus 5:11; Numbers 5:15
• Smeared upon wafers Exodus 29:2; Leviticus 2:4; Exodus 29:23; Leviticus 8:26

h. For use in temple

• 1 Chronicles 9:29

i. For תְּרוּמָה in Ezekiel's temple

• Ezekiel 45:14 (twice in verse) + 7t. chapters 45, 46

j. Efficacy denied

• Micah 6:7

k. Offered to idols

• Isaiah 57:9; Ezekiel 16:18, 19; Ezekiel 23:41

¹ Albr, ZAW xvi (1896), 99, 106 (Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft).

² Robertson Smith (RS), Journal of Philology xiii (1885), 62.

Particle definite article, Noun common both singular absolute

LXX: ἔλαιον ἐλαίῳ ἐλαίου '' pἐξ

LXX Usage Statistics

H8081:

ἔλαιον 58× (29.3%)

ἐλαίῳ 54× (26.0%)

ἐλαίου 42× (20.5%)

'' 5× (2.4%)

pἐξ 3× (1.7%)

--- 3× (1.7%)

ἔλαιόν 3× (1.2%)

ἀρκευθίνων 2× (1.1%)

ὡσ 2× (1.1%)

μύρον 2× (1.1%)

מעשר מַעְשַׂר

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

מעשר

maʻăsêr

Definition

a tenth; especially a tithe

Root

or מעשר; and (in plural) feminine מעשרה; from H6240 (עשר);

Exhaustive

or מעשר; and (in plural) feminine מעשרה; from עשר; a tenth; especially a tithe; tenth (part), tithe(-ing).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H4643

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

מַעֲשֵׂר

masculine noun • Root עשר • Strongs / High • Page 889

the tenth, i.e. the tenth part of the produce of the field, of flocks and herds, which was given to the priests. Also occurs as מַעְשַׂר.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

מַעֲשֵׂר

noun masculine • Root עשר, עשר • Page 395

the tenth part, tithes. Gen. 14: 20; Deut. 14: 23, 28; 26 : 12.

BDB

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon

H4643

I. מַעֲשֵׂר (approximate number of occurrences: 32) noun masculine (compare Numbers 18:28) — tenth part, tithe.

— מַעֲשֵׂר absolute Numbers 18:26 +; construct מַעְשַׂר Leviticus 27:30 +, מַעֲשַׂר Nehemiah 10:39 (before הַמַּעֲשֵׂר); suffix מַעַשְׂרוֺ Leviticus 27:31; plural absolute מַעַשְׂרוֺת Nehemiah 12:44; suffix מַעְשְׂרֹתֵיכֶם Amos 4:4 (3 times) etc.

1. Tenth part

• of homer Ezekiel 45:11
• of bath Ezekiel 45:14

2. Tithe, payment of tenth part

• with מִן of thing Genesis 14:20; Numbers 18:26
• usually construct before noun of thing Deuteronomy 12:17; Deuteronomy 14:23, 28; Deuteronomy 26:12; Leviticus 27:30, 32; 2 Chronicles 31:5, 6 (twice in verse); Nehemiah 10:38; Nehemiah 10:39; Nehemiah 13:5, 12
• absolute Numbers 18:21, 26 (twice in verse); Malachi 3:8, 10; 2 Chronicles 31:12; Nehemiah 10:39; Nehemiah 12:44
• שְׁנַת הַמּ Deuteronomy 26:12 the year of the tithe (i.e. of tithing)
• with Genitive person paying tithe Amos 4:4; Deuteronomy 12:6, 11; Leviticus 27:31; Numbers 18:24, 28

I. עָשׁ Job 9:9 probably error for עישׁ, see עַ֫יִשׁ p. 747.

II. עָשׁ see עשׁשׁ p. 799.

¹ W. Robertson Smith, Lectures on the Religion of the Semites (RS).

² W. Nowack, Lehrbuch der hebräischen Archäologie (Now).

³ I. Benzinger, Hebräische Archäologie (Benz).

⁴ S. R. Driver, A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on Deuteronomy (Dr).

Noun common both singular construct

LXX: ἐπιδέκατα ἐπιδέκατον δεκάτην δεκάτη

LXX Usage Statistics

H4643:

ἐπιδέκατα 9× (26.7%)

ἐπιδέκατον 8× (25.8%)

δεκάτην 6× (18.7%)

δεκάτη 2× (7.1%)

הבת הַבַּת

the Daughter

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ה

Definition

the

Root

Demonstrative primitive

Exhaustive

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

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

בת

bath

Definition

a bath or Hebrew measure (as a means of division) of liquids

Root

probably from the same as H1327 (בתה);

Exhaustive

probably from the same as בתה; a bath or Hebrew measure (as a means of division) of liquids; bath.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H1324

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

בַּת

noun feminine • Root בנן • Strongs / High • Page 929

Daughter. Example of a word where Nun is absorbed, from an older form בַּנְתְּ.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

בַּת

noun feminine • Root בן • Page 120

1. daughter; freq. 2. granddaughter, female descendant. Gen. 36:2. also used with names of cities to denote female inhabitants. 3. poetic personification of cities and countries (e.g. daughter of Tyre, daughter of Babylon). Is. 47:1, 5. Jer. 46:11. 4. daughters of a city, i. e. small villages under its jurisdiction. Num. 21:25, 32. 5. various idiomatic phrases: daughter of ninety years (ninety years old), a wicked or vile woman, daughters of song (singing birds), daughter of the eye (apple of the eye).

בַּת

noun masculine • Page 120

a bath, a measure for liquids, containing the tenth part of a homer. 1 K. 7:26, 38. Ezek. 45:10.

בַּת

chald. • Page 120

i. q. Heb. בַּת a bath. Ezra 7:22.

BDB

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon

H1324

II. בַּת (approximate occurrences: 15) noun masculine^{Ezekiel 45:14} (feminine^{Isaiah 5:10}) — bath, a liquid measure.

Cognates:

• Greek τέמנω
• Greek βάδος (Epiphanius)
• Greek βάτος (Josephus²)
• Syriac instrument for pressing olives

— בַּת absolute Isaiah 5:10 (6 times); (בָּ֑ת Ezekiel 45:11); construct בַּת Ezekiel 45:10; plural בַּתִּים 2 Chronicles 2:9 (twice in verse) + 3 times.

1. Definition and Usage

A liquid measure equal to the אֵיפָה of dry measure, each being 1/10 חֹמֶר (homer):

• Ezekiel 45:11 (twice in verse)
• Ezekiel 45:14 (twice in verse) (Cornill strikes out two occurrences)
• Isaiah 5:10
• 1 Kings 7:26, 38
• 2 Chronicles 2:9 (twice in verse)
• 2 Chronicles 4:5

a. Accurate measure

• בַּת־צֶדֶק a righteous (accurate, full) bath Ezekiel 45:10 (parallel to אֵיפַת־צֶדֶק)

The actual size of the bath is approximately 40 litres (compare Attic metretes^2,3; = 39.39 litres³; see also Brandis⁴, Smith⁵, Riehm⁶).

— בָּתָה see below בתת.

— 1. בַּת see below בֵּן.

¹ Lagarde, Orientalia, ii. 10 f. (Lag^{Or. ii. 10 f.}).

² Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews, viii. 2. 9.

³ Boeckh, Metrologische Untersuchungen über Gewichte, Münzfuss und Masse des Alterthums (1838), 259 f.

⁴ J. Brandis, Münz- Mass- u. Gewichtswesen 29 f.

⁵ Smith's Dictionary of the Bible, article "Weights and Measures."

⁶ Riehm, Handwörterbuch des biblischen Altertums (HWB), 934 f.

Particle definite article, Noun common both singular absolute

LXX: χοῖνιξ βάδων κοτύλαι μέτρων

LXX Usage Statistics

H1324:

χοῖνιξ 3× (16.8%)

βάδων 2× (14.0%)

κοτύλαι 2× (14.0%)

μέτρων 2× (14.0%)

מן מִן־

from out of

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

מן

min

Definition

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

Root

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

Exhaustive

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

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H4480

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

מִן

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

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

מִן

preposition • Strongs / High • Page 866

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

מִן

preposition • Strongs / High • Page 867

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

מִן

preposition • Root מן • Strongs / High • Page 868

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

מִן

preposition • Strongs / High • Page 869

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

מִן

preposition • Strongs / High • Page 870

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

מִן

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

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

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

מִן

prefix • Root מנן , • Page 383

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

מִן

unknown • Root מן • Page 350

Out of, from. See the full form מִן.

מִן

preposition • Page 384

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

מִן

m. plur. מִנִּים • Page 383

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

מַן

chald. pron. • Page 383

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

BDB

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon

H4480

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

Cognates:

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

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

1. With verbs expressing separation or removal

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

a. Local separation and motion

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

b. Away from, far from

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

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

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

2. Out of (Greek ἐκ, Latin ex)

a. Of proceeding, expelling, or looking out of

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

b. Of the material out of which anything is formed

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

c. Of source or origin

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

d. Of the source or author of an action

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

e. Immediate or efficient cause

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

f. feminine of the remoter cause, the ultimate ground

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

3. Partitively

a. One or some out of many

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

b. Indefinite: some of

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

4. Of time

a. Terminus a quo: from, since

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

b. Marking the period succeeding the limit: after

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

5. From ... to (even to)

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

6. In comparisons (beyond, above, than)

a. Compared with another distinct object

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

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

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

c. Too much for: surpassing powers

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

7. Prefixed to an infinitive

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

8. As a conjunction

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

9. In compounds

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

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

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

³ Zerweck, Die Hebräische Präposition Min (1894).

Preposition

LXX: ἀπὸ ἐκ ἀπ' ἐμοῦ ''

LXX Usage Statistics

H4480a:

ἀπὸ 252× (23.4%)

ἐκ 244× (22.7%)

ἀπ' 136× (12.6%)

ἐμοῦ 65× (5.0%)

'' 43× (3.4%)

αὐτῆσ 42× (3.3%)

--- 32× (3.0%)

ἀφ' 17× (1.6%)

παρὰ 16× (1.5%)

παρ' 14× (1.3%)

הכר הַכֹּר

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ה

Definition

the

Root

Demonstrative primitive

Exhaustive

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

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

כר

kôr

Definition

properly, a deep round vessel, i.e. (specifically) a cor or measure for things dry

Root

from the same as H3564 (כור);

Exhaustive

from the same as כור; properly, a deep round vessel, i.e. (specifically) a cor or measure for things dry; cor, measure. Aramaic the same.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3734

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

כֹּר

noun / masculine • Root כור • Strongs / High • Page 733

A deepened vessel, later a measure for dry goods containing 10 ephahs or baths.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

כַּר

m. plur. • Page 327

I. 1. a pasture. Is. 30:23. Ps. 65:14. 2. a pasture lamb, a fat lamb. Deut. 32:14. Is. 34:6. Ezek. 39:18.

כַּר

noun • Page 328

in the phrase כַּר הַגָּמָל a camel's saddle, a camel's tent, a small tent which is fastened on the back of a camel. Gen. 31: 34.

BDB

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon

H3734

I. כֹּר (approximate number of occurrences: 8) noun masculine — kor, a measure (usually dry).

Cognates:

• Late Hebrew כּוֺר
• Aramaic כּוֺרָא
• Greek κόρος
• Arabic كُرّ¹
• Assyrian kâru²

— כֹּר = חֹמֶר (Ezekiel 45:14 compare Ezekiel 45:11). Root dubious; perhaps כרה³, כרר⁴, or כור⁵.

1. Meanings and Uses

a. Dry measure

• Of fine flour (סֹלֶת) 1 Kings 4:22
• Of meal (קָ֑מַח) 1 Kings 4:22
• Of wheat (חִטִּים) 1 Kings 5:11
• plural כֹּרִים of wheat and barley (חִטִּים, שְׂעֹרִים) 2 Chronicles 2:10; 2 Chronicles 27:5

b. Liquid measure

• Used for oil הַכֹּר Ezekiel 45:14

In 1 Kings 5:11 read בַּת שֶׁמֶן (bath of oil) for Massoretic Text כֹּר שֶׁמֶן (compare Septuagint and 2 Chronicles 2:10).

See further Benz⁶; Nowack⁷ on capacity and measures.

Aramaic

I. כּוֺר noun masculine kôr, a measure of wheat (Biblical Hebrew כֹּר).

1. measure of capacity
   • plural absolute כּוֺרִין Ezra 7:22

¹ Siegmund Fraenkel, Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (1886), 207.

² Friedrich Delitzsch, Assyrisches Handwörterbuch (HWB), 349.

³ Paul de Lagarde, Orientalia ii. 30; Bilding der Nomina (BN), 40, 156.

⁴ Theodor Nöldeke, Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft (ZDMG) 1886, xi, 734.

⁵ Friedrich Delitzsch, Prolegomena eines neuen hebräisch-aramäischen Wörterbuchs zum Alten Testament (1886), 113.

⁶ Immanuel Benzinger, Hebräische Archäologie (1894), 183 ff.

⁷ Wilhelm Nowack, Lehrbuch der hebräischen Archäologie (1894), i. 203.

Particle definite article, Noun common both singular absolute

LXX: t? κόρων βεθ κόροι

LXX Usage Statistics

H3734a:

t? 6× (36.6%)

κόρων 4× (28.7%)

βεθ 2× (14.3%)

κόροι 2× (14.3%)

עשרת עֲשֶׂרֶת

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

עשר

ʻeser

Definition

ten (as an accumulation to the extent of the digits)

Root

masculine of term עשרה; from H6237 (עשר);

Exhaustive

masculine of term עשרה; from עשר; ten (as an accumulation to the extent of the digits); ten, (fif-, seven-) teen.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H6235

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

עֲשָׂרָה

fem. prop. collect. • Root עשר • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1143

(from עֶשֶׂר; without a constr. state) fem. prop. collect. union, association, hence multitude, heap, multiplicity; but only as a card. number fem. ten.

Matched via consonantal key only

עֲשָׂרָה

numeral • Root עשר • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1144

Ten (feminine form, for עֶשֶׂר). Joined only to feminine numbers from 1 to 9, to make up 11 to 19.

Matched via consonantal key only

עֶשְׂרָה

numeral (aramaic) • Root עשר • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1144

Aramaic feminine numeral, same as Hebrew עֶשֶׂר.

Matched via consonantal key only

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

עֲשָׂרָה

noun • Page 531

Cross-reference: see עֶשֶׂר

עָשְׂרָה

noun • Page 531

Cross-reference: see עֶשֶׂר

BDB

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon

H6235

I. עֶשֶׂר, עֲשָׂרָה (approximate number of occurrences: 176) noun masculine and feminine — ten.

Cognates:

• Late Hebrew עֶשֶׂר
• Moabite עשרֿ¹
• Phoenician עשר, עסר, עשרת
• Arabic عشر, عشرة
• Sabean עשר, עשרת
• Ethiopic ዐሥር, ዐሥርቱ
• Assyrian ešertu
• Aramaic עֲסַר, עַסְרָא; עֲשַׂר, עַשְׂרָא
• Syriac ܥܣܪ, ܥܣܪܐ
• Nabataean עשר
• Palmyrene עשרתא

— masculine (with noun feminine) עֶ֫שֶׂר 2 Samuel 15:16 (53 times); עָ֑שֶׁר 1 Kings 7:43, 1 Chronicles 6:46; feminine (with noun masculine): absolute עֲשָׂרָה Genesis 24:10 (69 times); construct עֲשֶׂ֫רֶת 1 Samuel 17:18 (46 times); plural עֲשָׂרֹת Exodus 18:21 (2 times).

1. Meaning and Uses

a. A ten

• plural tens in phrase שָׂרֵי עֲשָׂרֹת captains of tens Exodus 18:21, 25 (Elohist Source), Deuteronomy 1:15.

b. Ten, enumerating persons or things

• masculine עֶ֫שֶׂר before feminine plural noun Genesis 45:23 (43 times); after noun 1 Kings 7:27, 43; Joshua 15:57; Joshua 21:5, 26 (Priestly Code); 1 Chronicles 6:46; 2 Chronicles 4:7; before בָּאַמָּה ten cubits 1 Kings 6:3, 25, 26; 1 Kings 7:23, 24.
• feminine עֲשָׂרָה before masculine plural noun Genesis 45:23 (25 times); including 10,000 עֲשָׂרָה אֲלָפִים 2 Samuel 18:3; 2 Kings 24:14; before collective noun בָּקָר 1 Kings 5:3; רֶכֶב 2 Kings 13:7; עֲשָׂרָה לֶחֶם הַוֶּה 1 Samuel 17:17 these ten loaves; after masculine plural noun Genesis 32:16 (twice in verse); Genesis 43:3 (Elohist Source); Joshua 17:5 (J-E Source); Numbers 29:23 (Priestly Code); noun omitted (for men) Genesis 18:32 (Jehovist Source); (for shekels by weight) Genesis 24:22 (Jehovist Source); Numbers 7:14; (for shekels by value) 2 Samuel 18:11; (for measures of grain) Haggai 2:16; with article the ten Genesis 18:23 (Jehovist Source).
• construct עֲשֶׂ֫רֶת before masculine plural noun Exodus 34:28 (18 times); כַּעֲשֶׂרֶת הַיָּמִים 1 Samuel 25:38; עֲשֶׂ֫רֶת אֲלָפִים 10,000 Judges 1:4 (26 times); noun omitted עֲשֶׂ֫רֶת כֶּסֶף (i.e. shekels) Judges 17:10.

2. With other numbers

• masculine עֶשֶׂר after larger number, מֵאָה שָׁנִים וָעֶשֶׂר Genesis 50:22, 26; Joshua 24:29 (Elohist Source); Judges 2:8.
• Before larger number עֶשֶׂר שָׁנִים וּתְשַׁע מֵאוֺת שָׁנָה Genesis 5:14 (Priestly Code).
• feminine עֲשָׂרָה after larger number Ezra 8:12, Ezra 1:10.
• After smaller number שִׁבְעָה שְׁקָלִים וַעֲשָׂרָה הַכָּ֑סֶף Jeremiah 32:9 (= 17 shekels).

¹ MI = Moabite Inscription (Mesha Stone).

² Elohist Source.

³ Priestly Code.

⁴ Jehovist (Yahwist) Source.

⁵ J-E Source (Jehovist-Elohist combination).

Noun common feminine singular construct

LXX: δέκα '' ἑκατὸν ---

LXX Usage Statistics

H6235:

δέκα 146× (77.4%)

'' 6× (2.8%)

ἑκατὸν 5× (2.8%)

--- 4× (2.2%)

δέκα 4× (2.2%)

εἴκοσι 3× (1.7%)

δεκαδάρχουσ 3× (1.4%)

δώδεκα 2× (1.1%)

δώδεκα 2× (1.1%)

ὡσεὶ 2× (1.1%)

הבתים הַבַּתּים

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ה

Definition

the

Root

Demonstrative primitive

Exhaustive

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

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

בת

bath

Definition

a bath or Hebrew measure (as a means of division) of liquids

Root

probably from the same as H1327 (בתה);

Exhaustive

probably from the same as בתה; a bath or Hebrew measure (as a means of division) of liquids; bath.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H1324

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

בַּת

noun feminine • Root בנן • Strongs / High • Page 929

Daughter. Example of a word where Nun is absorbed, from an older form בַּנְתְּ.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

בַּת

noun feminine • Root בן • Page 120

1. daughter; freq. 2. granddaughter, female descendant. Gen. 36:2. also used with names of cities to denote female inhabitants. 3. poetic personification of cities and countries (e.g. daughter of Tyre, daughter of Babylon). Is. 47:1, 5. Jer. 46:11. 4. daughters of a city, i. e. small villages under its jurisdiction. Num. 21:25, 32. 5. various idiomatic phrases: daughter of ninety years (ninety years old), a wicked or vile woman, daughters of song (singing birds), daughter of the eye (apple of the eye).

בַּת

noun masculine • Page 120

a bath, a measure for liquids, containing the tenth part of a homer. 1 K. 7:26, 38. Ezek. 45:10.

בַּת

chald. • Page 120

i. q. Heb. בַּת a bath. Ezra 7:22.

BDB

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon

H1324

II. בַּת (approximate occurrences: 15) noun masculine^{Ezekiel 45:14} (feminine^{Isaiah 5:10}) — bath, a liquid measure.

Cognates:

• Greek τέמנω
• Greek βάδος (Epiphanius)
• Greek βάτος (Josephus²)
• Syriac instrument for pressing olives

— בַּת absolute Isaiah 5:10 (6 times); (בָּ֑ת Ezekiel 45:11); construct בַּת Ezekiel 45:10; plural בַּתִּים 2 Chronicles 2:9 (twice in verse) + 3 times.

1. Definition and Usage

A liquid measure equal to the אֵיפָה of dry measure, each being 1/10 חֹמֶר (homer):

• Ezekiel 45:11 (twice in verse)
• Ezekiel 45:14 (twice in verse) (Cornill strikes out two occurrences)
• Isaiah 5:10
• 1 Kings 7:26, 38
• 2 Chronicles 2:9 (twice in verse)
• 2 Chronicles 4:5

a. Accurate measure

• בַּת־צֶדֶק a righteous (accurate, full) bath Ezekiel 45:10 (parallel to אֵיפַת־צֶדֶק)

The actual size of the bath is approximately 40 litres (compare Attic metretes^2,3; = 39.39 litres³; see also Brandis⁴, Smith⁵, Riehm⁶).

— בָּתָה see below בתת.

— 1. בַּת see below בֵּן.

¹ Lagarde, Orientalia, ii. 10 f. (Lag^{Or. ii. 10 f.}).

² Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews, viii. 2. 9.

³ Boeckh, Metrologische Untersuchungen über Gewichte, Münzfuss und Masse des Alterthums (1838), 259 f.

⁴ J. Brandis, Münz- Mass- u. Gewichtswesen 29 f.

⁵ Smith's Dictionary of the Bible, article "Weights and Measures."

⁶ Riehm, Handwörterbuch des biblischen Altertums (HWB), 934 f.

Particle definite article, Noun common masculine plural absolute

LXX: χοῖνιξ βάδων κοτύλαι μέτρων

LXX Usage Statistics

H1324:

χοῖνιξ 3× (16.8%)

βάδων 2× (14.0%)

κοτύλαι 2× (14.0%)

μέτρων 2× (14.0%)

חמר חמֶר

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

חמר

chômer

Definition

properly, a bubbling up, i.e. of water, a wave; of earth, mire or clay (cement); also a heap; hence, a chomer or dry measure

Root

from H2560 (חמר);

Exhaustive

from חמר; properly, a bubbling up, i.e. of water, a wave; of earth, mire or clay (cement); also a heap; hence, a chomer or dry measure; clay, heap, homer, mire, motion.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H2563

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

חֹמֶר

masculine noun • Root חמר • Strongs / High • Page 500

1. A tough mass of earth, clay, loam; also earth, dust generally. 2. A boiling, foaming. 3. A heap, mass; a measure for dry goods.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

חֹמֶר

noun masculine • Page 236

1. clay, loam, as a cement in building, Gen. 11:3... 2. mud, mire. Is. 10:6. Job 30:19.

חֹמֶר

m. dec. vi • Root חמר • Page 236

1. a heap. Ex. 8:10. 2. a homer, a larger measure, containing ten baths in liquid, or ten ephahs in dry measure. Lev. 27:16. Ezek. 45:11, 13, 14.

חֹמֶר

m. verbal • Root חמר • Page 236

roaring, raging. Hab. 3:15.

BDB

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon

H2563

I. חֹ֫מֶר (approximate number of occurrences: 15) noun masculine — cement, mortar, clay.

— חֹ֫מֶר absolute Genesis 11:3 (13 times); construct Isaiah 10:6 (2 times).

1. Mortar, cement

For holding building-stones (brick) together:

• Genesis 11:3 (Jehovist Source)
• Exodus 1:14 (Priests' Code / Narrative) (both parallel with לְבֵנִים)
• Nahum 3:14 (parallel with טִיט)

2. Clay

a. As material of vessels

• Jeremiah 18:4, 6
• חֹ֫מֶר הַיֹּצֵר Isaiah 29:16
• In simile of God’s fashioning man: Isaiah 45:9; Isaiah 64:7; Job 10:9
• As material of human bodies: בָּתֵּי חֹ֫מֶר Job 4:19; compare Job 33:6
• As material of bulwarks (disparagingly): Job 13:12
• חֹ֫מֶר חוֹתָם = seal-clay, i.e. clay upon which seal is pressed

b. As mire

• חֹ֫מֶר חוּצוֹת Isaiah 10:6
• הֹרָנִי לַחֹ֫מֶר Job 30:19 he hath cast me into the mire, i.e. deeply humiliated me (עָפָר and אֵפֶר in parallel clause)
• As simile of commonness, abundance: Job 27:16 (parallel with עָפָר)

II. חֹ֫מֶר noun masculine — heap (compare I. חֲמוֹר).

• construct חֹ֫מֶר מַיִם רַבִּים Habakkuk 3:15 a heap of great waters (parallel with יָם), but text dubious, see I. חמר
• plural חֳמָרִים חֳמָרִים Exodus 8:10 (Jehovist Source), of dead frogs gathered in heaps

III. חֹ֫מֶר (occurrences: 11) noun masculine — homer, a dry measure (perhaps from above root, but dubious).

Cognates:

• Assyrian amâru (surround, contain)
• Assyrian imêru (a measure)

— חֹ֫מֶר absolute Isaiah 5:10 (5 times in Ezekiel); construct Hosea 3:2 (3 times); plural חֳמָרִים Numbers 11:32.

• Of barley: Hosea 3:2; Ezekiel 45:13
• זֶרַע חֹ֫מֶר שְׂעֹרִים Leviticus 27:16 i.e. land on which a homer of barley seed was sown
• Of wheat: Ezekiel 45:13
• General seed: Isaiah 5:10
• Equivalent to 10 ephahs (or baths): Ezekiel 45:11 (3 times in verse); Ezekiel 45:14 (twice in verse)

¹ Jehovist (Yahwist) Source.

² Priests' Code / Narrative.

³ F. Hultsch, Griechische und römische Metrologie, 2nd ed., 1882, pp. 448, 452f.

⁴ I. Benzinger, Hebräische Archäologie, 1894, pp. 183 f.

⁵ W. Nowack, Lehrbuch der hebräischen Archäologie, i, 1894, pp. 203 f.

Noun common both singular absolute

LXX: γομορ πηλὸσ πηλῷ θιμωνιὰσ ὡσ

LXX Usage Statistics

H2563c:

γομορ 7× (18.4%)

πηλὸσ 5× (13.5%)

πηλῷ 3× (7.6%)

θιμωνιὰσ 2× (6.3%)

ὡσ 2× (6.3%)

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%)

עשרת עֲשֶׂרֶת

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

עשר

ʻeser

Definition

ten (as an accumulation to the extent of the digits)

Root

masculine of term עשרה; from H6237 (עשר);

Exhaustive

masculine of term עשרה; from עשר; ten (as an accumulation to the extent of the digits); ten, (fif-, seven-) teen.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H6235

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

עֲשָׂרָה

fem. prop. collect. • Root עשר • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1143

(from עֶשֶׂר; without a constr. state) fem. prop. collect. union, association, hence multitude, heap, multiplicity; but only as a card. number fem. ten.

Matched via consonantal key only

עֲשָׂרָה

numeral • Root עשר • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1144

Ten (feminine form, for עֶשֶׂר). Joined only to feminine numbers from 1 to 9, to make up 11 to 19.

Matched via consonantal key only

עֶשְׂרָה

numeral (aramaic) • Root עשר • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1144

Aramaic feminine numeral, same as Hebrew עֶשֶׂר.

Matched via consonantal key only

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

עֲשָׂרָה

noun • Page 531

Cross-reference: see עֶשֶׂר

עָשְׂרָה

noun • Page 531

Cross-reference: see עֶשֶׂר

BDB

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon

H6235

I. עֶשֶׂר, עֲשָׂרָה (approximate number of occurrences: 176) noun masculine and feminine — ten.

Cognates:

• Late Hebrew עֶשֶׂר
• Moabite עשרֿ¹
• Phoenician עשר, עסר, עשרת
• Arabic عشر, عشرة
• Sabean עשר, עשרת
• Ethiopic ዐሥር, ዐሥርቱ
• Assyrian ešertu
• Aramaic עֲסַר, עַסְרָא; עֲשַׂר, עַשְׂרָא
• Syriac ܥܣܪ, ܥܣܪܐ
• Nabataean עשר
• Palmyrene עשרתא

— masculine (with noun feminine) עֶ֫שֶׂר 2 Samuel 15:16 (53 times); עָ֑שֶׁר 1 Kings 7:43, 1 Chronicles 6:46; feminine (with noun masculine): absolute עֲשָׂרָה Genesis 24:10 (69 times); construct עֲשֶׂ֫רֶת 1 Samuel 17:18 (46 times); plural עֲשָׂרֹת Exodus 18:21 (2 times).

1. Meaning and Uses

a. A ten

• plural tens in phrase שָׂרֵי עֲשָׂרֹת captains of tens Exodus 18:21, 25 (Elohist Source), Deuteronomy 1:15.

b. Ten, enumerating persons or things

• masculine עֶ֫שֶׂר before feminine plural noun Genesis 45:23 (43 times); after noun 1 Kings 7:27, 43; Joshua 15:57; Joshua 21:5, 26 (Priestly Code); 1 Chronicles 6:46; 2 Chronicles 4:7; before בָּאַמָּה ten cubits 1 Kings 6:3, 25, 26; 1 Kings 7:23, 24.
• feminine עֲשָׂרָה before masculine plural noun Genesis 45:23 (25 times); including 10,000 עֲשָׂרָה אֲלָפִים 2 Samuel 18:3; 2 Kings 24:14; before collective noun בָּקָר 1 Kings 5:3; רֶכֶב 2 Kings 13:7; עֲשָׂרָה לֶחֶם הַוֶּה 1 Samuel 17:17 these ten loaves; after masculine plural noun Genesis 32:16 (twice in verse); Genesis 43:3 (Elohist Source); Joshua 17:5 (J-E Source); Numbers 29:23 (Priestly Code); noun omitted (for men) Genesis 18:32 (Jehovist Source); (for shekels by weight) Genesis 24:22 (Jehovist Source); Numbers 7:14; (for shekels by value) 2 Samuel 18:11; (for measures of grain) Haggai 2:16; with article the ten Genesis 18:23 (Jehovist Source).
• construct עֲשֶׂ֫רֶת before masculine plural noun Exodus 34:28 (18 times); כַּעֲשֶׂרֶת הַיָּמִים 1 Samuel 25:38; עֲשֶׂ֫רֶת אֲלָפִים 10,000 Judges 1:4 (26 times); noun omitted עֲשֶׂ֫רֶת כֶּסֶף (i.e. shekels) Judges 17:10.

2. With other numbers

• masculine עֶשֶׂר after larger number, מֵאָה שָׁנִים וָעֶשֶׂר Genesis 50:22, 26; Joshua 24:29 (Elohist Source); Judges 2:8.
• Before larger number עֶשֶׂר שָׁנִים וּתְשַׁע מֵאוֺת שָׁנָה Genesis 5:14 (Priestly Code).
• feminine עֲשָׂרָה after larger number Ezra 8:12, Ezra 1:10.
• After smaller number שִׁבְעָה שְׁקָלִים וַעֲשָׂרָה הַכָּ֑סֶף Jeremiah 32:9 (= 17 shekels).

¹ MI = Moabite Inscription (Mesha Stone).

² Elohist Source.

³ Priestly Code.

⁴ Jehovist (Yahwist) Source.

⁵ J-E Source (Jehovist-Elohist combination).

Noun common feminine singular construct

LXX: δέκα '' ἑκατὸν ---

LXX Usage Statistics

H6235:

δέκα 146× (77.4%)

'' 6× (2.8%)

ἑκατὸν 5× (2.8%)

--- 4× (2.2%)

δέκα 4× (2.2%)

εἴκοσι 3× (1.7%)

δεκαδάρχουσ 3× (1.4%)

δώδεκα 2× (1.1%)

δώδεκα 2× (1.1%)

ὡσεὶ 2× (1.1%)

הבתים הַבַּתּים

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ה

Definition

the

Root

Demonstrative primitive

Exhaustive

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

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

בת

bath

Definition

a bath or Hebrew measure (as a means of division) of liquids

Root

probably from the same as H1327 (בתה);

Exhaustive

probably from the same as בתה; a bath or Hebrew measure (as a means of division) of liquids; bath.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H1324

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

בַּת

noun feminine • Root בנן • Strongs / High • Page 929

Daughter. Example of a word where Nun is absorbed, from an older form בַּנְתְּ.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

בַּת

noun feminine • Root בן • Page 120

1. daughter; freq. 2. granddaughter, female descendant. Gen. 36:2. also used with names of cities to denote female inhabitants. 3. poetic personification of cities and countries (e.g. daughter of Tyre, daughter of Babylon). Is. 47:1, 5. Jer. 46:11. 4. daughters of a city, i. e. small villages under its jurisdiction. Num. 21:25, 32. 5. various idiomatic phrases: daughter of ninety years (ninety years old), a wicked or vile woman, daughters of song (singing birds), daughter of the eye (apple of the eye).

בַּת

noun masculine • Page 120

a bath, a measure for liquids, containing the tenth part of a homer. 1 K. 7:26, 38. Ezek. 45:10.

בַּת

chald. • Page 120

i. q. Heb. בַּת a bath. Ezra 7:22.

BDB

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon

H1324

II. בַּת (approximate occurrences: 15) noun masculine^{Ezekiel 45:14} (feminine^{Isaiah 5:10}) — bath, a liquid measure.

Cognates:

• Greek τέמנω
• Greek βάδος (Epiphanius)
• Greek βάτος (Josephus²)
• Syriac instrument for pressing olives

— בַּת absolute Isaiah 5:10 (6 times); (בָּ֑ת Ezekiel 45:11); construct בַּת Ezekiel 45:10; plural בַּתִּים 2 Chronicles 2:9 (twice in verse) + 3 times.

1. Definition and Usage

A liquid measure equal to the אֵיפָה of dry measure, each being 1/10 חֹמֶר (homer):

• Ezekiel 45:11 (twice in verse)
• Ezekiel 45:14 (twice in verse) (Cornill strikes out two occurrences)
• Isaiah 5:10
• 1 Kings 7:26, 38
• 2 Chronicles 2:9 (twice in verse)
• 2 Chronicles 4:5

a. Accurate measure

• בַּת־צֶדֶק a righteous (accurate, full) bath Ezekiel 45:10 (parallel to אֵיפַת־צֶדֶק)

The actual size of the bath is approximately 40 litres (compare Attic metretes^2,3; = 39.39 litres³; see also Brandis⁴, Smith⁵, Riehm⁶).

— בָּתָה see below בתת.

— 1. בַּת see below בֵּן.

¹ Lagarde, Orientalia, ii. 10 f. (Lag^{Or. ii. 10 f.}).

² Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews, viii. 2. 9.

³ Boeckh, Metrologische Untersuchungen über Gewichte, Münzfuss und Masse des Alterthums (1838), 259 f.

⁴ J. Brandis, Münz- Mass- u. Gewichtswesen 29 f.

⁵ Smith's Dictionary of the Bible, article "Weights and Measures."

⁶ Riehm, Handwörterbuch des biblischen Altertums (HWB), 934 f.

Particle definite article, Noun common masculine plural absolute

LXX: χοῖνιξ βάδων κοτύλαι μέτρων

LXX Usage Statistics

H1324:

χοῖνιξ 3× (16.8%)

βάδων 2× (14.0%)

κοτύλαι 2× (14.0%)

μέτρων 2× (14.0%)

חמר חֹמֶר׃

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

חמר

chômer

Definition

properly, a bubbling up, i.e. of water, a wave; of earth, mire or clay (cement); also a heap; hence, a chomer or dry measure

Root

from H2560 (חמר);

Exhaustive

from חמר; properly, a bubbling up, i.e. of water, a wave; of earth, mire or clay (cement); also a heap; hence, a chomer or dry measure; clay, heap, homer, mire, motion.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H2563

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

חֹמֶר

masculine noun • Root חמר • Strongs / High • Page 500

1. A tough mass of earth, clay, loam; also earth, dust generally. 2. A boiling, foaming. 3. A heap, mass; a measure for dry goods.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

חֹמֶר

noun masculine • Page 236

1. clay, loam, as a cement in building, Gen. 11:3... 2. mud, mire. Is. 10:6. Job 30:19.

חֹמֶר

m. dec. vi • Root חמר • Page 236

1. a heap. Ex. 8:10. 2. a homer, a larger measure, containing ten baths in liquid, or ten ephahs in dry measure. Lev. 27:16. Ezek. 45:11, 13, 14.

חֹמֶר

m. verbal • Root חמר • Page 236

roaring, raging. Hab. 3:15.

BDB

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon

H2563

I. חֹ֫מֶר (approximate number of occurrences: 15) noun masculine — cement, mortar, clay.

— חֹ֫מֶר absolute Genesis 11:3 (13 times); construct Isaiah 10:6 (2 times).

1. Mortar, cement

For holding building-stones (brick) together:

• Genesis 11:3 (Jehovist Source)
• Exodus 1:14 (Priests' Code / Narrative) (both parallel with לְבֵנִים)
• Nahum 3:14 (parallel with טִיט)

2. Clay

a. As material of vessels

• Jeremiah 18:4, 6
• חֹ֫מֶר הַיֹּצֵר Isaiah 29:16
• In simile of God’s fashioning man: Isaiah 45:9; Isaiah 64:7; Job 10:9
• As material of human bodies: בָּתֵּי חֹ֫מֶר Job 4:19; compare Job 33:6
• As material of bulwarks (disparagingly): Job 13:12
• חֹ֫מֶר חוֹתָם = seal-clay, i.e. clay upon which seal is pressed

b. As mire

• חֹ֫מֶר חוּצוֹת Isaiah 10:6
• הֹרָנִי לַחֹ֫מֶר Job 30:19 he hath cast me into the mire, i.e. deeply humiliated me (עָפָר and אֵפֶר in parallel clause)
• As simile of commonness, abundance: Job 27:16 (parallel with עָפָר)

II. חֹ֫מֶר noun masculine — heap (compare I. חֲמוֹר).

• construct חֹ֫מֶר מַיִם רַבִּים Habakkuk 3:15 a heap of great waters (parallel with יָם), but text dubious, see I. חמר
• plural חֳמָרִים חֳמָרִים Exodus 8:10 (Jehovist Source), of dead frogs gathered in heaps

III. חֹ֫מֶר (occurrences: 11) noun masculine — homer, a dry measure (perhaps from above root, but dubious).

Cognates:

• Assyrian amâru (surround, contain)
• Assyrian imêru (a measure)

— חֹ֫מֶר absolute Isaiah 5:10 (5 times in Ezekiel); construct Hosea 3:2 (3 times); plural חֳמָרִים Numbers 11:32.

• Of barley: Hosea 3:2; Ezekiel 45:13
• זֶרַע חֹ֫מֶר שְׂעֹרִים Leviticus 27:16 i.e. land on which a homer of barley seed was sown
• Of wheat: Ezekiel 45:13
• General seed: Isaiah 5:10
• Equivalent to 10 ephahs (or baths): Ezekiel 45:11 (3 times in verse); Ezekiel 45:14 (twice in verse)

¹ Jehovist (Yahwist) Source.

² Priests' Code / Narrative.

³ F. Hultsch, Griechische und römische Metrologie, 2nd ed., 1882, pp. 448, 452f.

⁴ I. Benzinger, Hebräische Archäologie, 1894, pp. 183 f.

⁵ W. Nowack, Lehrbuch der hebräischen Archäologie, i, 1894, pp. 203 f.

Noun common both singular absolute

LXX: γομορ πηλὸσ πηλῷ θιμωνιὰσ ὡσ

LXX Usage Statistics

H2563c:

γομορ 7× (18.4%)

πηλὸσ 5× (13.5%)

πηλῷ 3× (7.6%)

θιμωνιὰσ 2× (6.3%)

ὡσ 2× (6.3%)

RBT Translation:

No verse found

RBT Paraphrase:
No verse found

Julia Smith Literal 1876 Translation:
And the law of oil, the bath of oil, the tenth of the bath from the cor, ten baths the homer, for ten baths are the homer.

LITV Translation:
And the statute of oil, the bath of oil, the tenth of the bath out of the cor; (ten baths, a homer, for ten baths are a homer);

Brenton Septuagint Translation:
And ye shall give as the appointed measure of oil one bath of oil out of ten baths; for ten baths are a homer.