Ezra 10:37

Paleo Hebrew Niqqud

RBT Hebrew Interlinear:

מתניה מַתַּנְיָה

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STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

מתניה

Mattanyâh

Definition

Mattanjah, the name of ten Israelites

Root

or מתניהו; from H4976 (מתן) and H3050 (יה); gift of Jah;

Exhaustive

or מתניהו; from מתן and יה; gift of Jah; Mattanjah, the name of ten Israelites; Mattaniah.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H4983

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

מַתַּנְיָה

noun proper masculine • Strongs / High • Page 928

A proper name, masculine, see מַתָּנִי.

Noun proper name masculine

LXX: μαθανια μανθανιασ

LXX Usage Statistics

H4983:

μαθανια 7× (48.1%)

μανθανιασ 3× (18.9%)

מתני מַתְּנַי

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

מתני

Mattᵉnay

Definition

Mattenai, the name of three Israelites

Root

from H4976 (מתן); liberal;

Exhaustive

from מתן; liberal; Mattenai, the name of three Israelites; Mattenai.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H4982

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

מַתָּנִי

noun proper masculine • Consonantal / Medium • Page 928

A proper name, masculine, meaning 'gift of Jah'.

Matched via consonantal key only

Noun proper name masculine

LXX:

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H4982:

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ויעשו וְיַעֲשׂוֹ׃

and they are making

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

יעשו

Yaʻăsûw

Definition

Jaasu, an Israelite

Root

from H6213 (עשה); they will do;

Exhaustive

from עשה; they will do; Jaasu, an Israelite; Jaasau.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3299

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

יַעֲשׂוּ

noun proper masculine • Root עשה • Strongs / High • Page 629

Jah is the making one. A masculine proper name, abridged from יַעֲשָׂיָה. This is the K'tib form for which the K'ri is יַעֲשַׂי.

Conjunction, Noun proper name masculine

LXX:

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H3299:

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RBT Translation:

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RBT Paraphrase:
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Julia Smith Literal 1876 Translation:
Mattaniah, Mattenai, and Jaasau,

LITV Translation:
Mattaniah, Mattenai, and Jaasau,

Brenton Septuagint Translation:
Mattaniah, Mattenai: