Ezra 2:59

Paleo Hebrew Niqqud

RBT Hebrew Interlinear:

ואלה וְאֵ֗לֶּה

the a mighty one

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

אלה

ʼâlâh

Definition

an imprecation

Root

from H422 (אלה);

Exhaustive

from אלה; an imprecation; curse, cursing, execration, oath, swearing.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H423

אלה

ʼêlâh

Definition

an oak or other strong tree

Root

feminine of H352 (איל);

Exhaustive

lemma אלה first vowel, corrected to אלה; feminine of איל; an oak or other strong tree; elm, oak, teil-tree.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H424

אלה

ʼêl-leh

Definition

these or those

Root

prolonged from H411 (אל);

Exhaustive

prolonged from אל; these or those; an-(the) other; one sort, so, some, such, them, these (same), they, this, those, thus, which, who(-m).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H428

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

אָלָה

verb • Root אל • Strongs_Numbers • Page 132

I. 1. To be strong, powerful, stout (intr.); 2. To strengthen, to swear, confirm by an oath (tr.); 3. To curse (not used); 4. To be fat.

אָלָה

noun feminine • Strongs_Numbers • Page 132

1. An oath (allied in sense is שְׁבֻעָה); 2. A covenant confirmed by an oath; 3. Curse, imprecation, connected with exclamations of swearing.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

אֵלֶּה

pronoun • Page 51

these, employed as the plural of זֶה (zeh) and זאת (zot). Ref: Judg. 6:11, 19; 1 Sam. 17:2, 19; 2 Sam. 18:9, 14; Ezek. 31:14.

אֵלֶּה

chald. pron. plur. • Page 51

Chaldee equivalent of the Hebrew אֵלֶּה (these). Ref: Jer. 10:11.

אָלָה

f. verbal / dec. x • Root אלה • Page 50

1. oath; 2. particularly a covenant confirmed by an oath (Gen. 26:28); 3. imprecation, curse (Num. 5:21).

אָלָה

verb • Page 50

1. to swear (1 K. 8:31); 2. to curse (Judg. 17:2). Hiph. to cause to swear (1 K. 8:31).

אָלָה

verb • Page 50

to lament (Joel 1:8). Equivalent to Syriac usage.

אֵלָה

f. verbal / dec. x • Root אל • Page 50

turpentine-tree, pistacia terebinthus. A common tree in Palestine growing to considerable height with evergreen leaves and clustering fruit (Gen. 35:4).

Conjunction, Particle demonstrative

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H0423:

No stats available

H0424:

No stats available

H0428:

No stats available

העלים הָעֹלִים

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

עלה

ʻâlâh

Definition

to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative; arise (up), (cause to) ascend up, at once, break (the day) (up), bring (up), (cause to) burn, carry up, cast up, [phrase] shew, climb (up), (cause to, make to) come (up), cut off, dawn, depart, exalt, excel, fall, fetch up, get up, (make to) go (away, up); grow (over) increase, lay, leap, levy, lift (self) up, light, (make) up, [idiom] mention, mount up, offer, make to pay, [phrase] perfect, prefer, put (on), raise, recover, restore, (make to) rise (up), scale, set (up), shoot forth (up), (begin to) spring (up), stir up, take away (up), work.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H5927

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

עָלָה

verb intransitive • Strongs / High • Page 1091

I. To be high, above, aloft, to be elevated, raised high. To go to a height, to ascend, to go up (opposite יָרַד). To shoot up, of plants, to sprout. To go or come up, often applied to going from a low to a higher region.

עָלָה

verb intransitive • Strongs / High • Page 1091

II. The reverse of יָרַד; specifically used for going to Assyria, or going into a desert, or pilgrimages to holy places (usually higher).

עָלָה

verb • Root עלה • Strongs / High • Page 1092

To go up, ascend, rise. Used for: going to a higher place, overcoming, subduing, overflowing (river), spreading upwards, leading up, mounting up, increasing, prancing, springing upon, crying out, reaching, or amounting to.

עָלָה

verb • Strongs / High • Page 1093

To offer a burnt-offering (context of the usage of the verb regarding sacrifice).

עָלָה

intransitive verb • Strongs / High • Page 1093

II. 1. To glow, burn, blaze (of sacrifices, flame, anger, wrath). 2. To sprout, grow (of plants). 3. To lighten, shine (of dawn).

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

עָלָה

verb • Page 508

To go up, ascend, mount. Applied to people (ascending to a country or place of judgment), things (roads leading, countries extending, lots coming up), plants (shooting or growing up), or metaphorically (rising in value, advancing, excelling, coming to mind). Includes derived forms: Niph. (to be brought up, driven away, or exalted) and Hiph. (to lead or bring up, present an offering, take away, or enroll). (Is. 14:14, Ex. 24:13, Gen. 49:4, Prov. 21:22, Gen. 13:1, Jer. 48:15, Job 36:33, Prov. 24:31, Am. 8:8, 1 K. 22:35, Deut. 28:43, Ezra 1:11, Ps. 47:10, Gen. 37:28, Is. 57:6, Lev. 14:20).

עִלָּה

chald. n.f. • Root עלל • Page 509

A cause, occasion, or pretext. Found in Dan. 6: 5, 6.

Particle definite article, Verb Qal participle active masculine plural absolute

LXX: ἀνέβη ἀνέβησαν ἀναβήσεται ἀνάβηθι ἀνήνεγκεν

LXX Usage Statistics

H5927:

ἀνέβη 144× (15.2%)

ἀνέβησαν 56× (5.8%)

ἀναβήσεται 42× (4.5%)

ἀνάβηθι 29× (3.3%)

ἀνήνεγκεν 23× (2.3%)

ἀναβῆναι 18× (1.9%)

ἀνήγαγεν 18× (1.9%)

ἀνάβητε 16× (1.8%)

--- 15× (1.7%)

ἀναβῇ 14× (1.6%)

מתל מִתֵּל

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

מ

mi / min

Definition

from

Root

Abbreviated from H4480

Exhaustive

(mem) — from / out of

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

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

תל מלח

Têl Melach

Definition

Tel-Melach, a place in Babylonia

Root

from H8510 (תל) and H4417 (מלח); mound of salt;

Exhaustive

from תל and מלח; mound of salt; Tel-Melach, a place in Babylonia; Tel-melah.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H8528

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

מְלַח

noun masculine • Root מלח • Consonantal / Medium • Page 856

Aramaic word for salt, same as Hebrew. It was offered cheap in the temple-market.

Matched via consonantal key only

מְלַח

verb (aramaic) • Root מלח • Consonantal / Medium • Page 856

Aramaic transitive verb meaning to eat salt; coupled with the noun מְלַח, it forms the expression to 'eat the salt of the palace', i.e. to eat the king's bread, to be in his service.

Matched via consonantal key only

מֶלַח

noun masculine • Root מלח • Consonantal / Medium • Page 856

a garment torn to pieces, rags, tatters. (only in plural מְלָחִים).

Matched via consonantal key only

מֶלַח

noun masculine • Root מלח • Consonantal / Medium • Page 856

Properly salt-water, the sea; commonly salt. It is a symbol of durability and indissolubility, hence 'a covenant of salt' (בְּרִית מֶלַח) is a solemn, firm covenant. Salt was also used in offerings, for purification, and to make land barren.

Matched via consonantal key only

מַלָּח

noun • Root מלח • Consonantal / Medium • Page 855

Properly a sea-voyager.

Matched via consonantal key only

מַלָּח

noun masculine • Root מלח • Consonantal / Medium • Page 856

one who has to do with the sea, a seaman, mariner.

Matched via consonantal key only

מָלַח

verb • Root מלח • Consonantal / Medium • Page 855

I. To spring, to flow, of the sea, then to be like the sea, salt. (Kal not used)

Matched via consonantal key only

מָלַח

verb • Root מלח • Consonantal / Medium • Page 855

II. To fall to pieces, to be rubbed in pieces, worn out, torn in pieces, of clothes; to be scattered as dust, to evaporate, of a vapoury cloud. (Kal unused)

Matched via consonantal key only

מָלַח

verb • Root מלח • Consonantal / Medium • Page 856

A denominative verb meaning to salt, to sprinkle with salt.

Matched via consonantal key only

מֻלַּח

verb • Root מלח • Consonantal / Medium • Page 856

to be salted, spiced.

Matched via consonantal key only

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

מָ

unknown • Root מה • Page 350

See מָה Note.

Prep-M, Noun proper name

LXX: θελμελεθ

LXX Usage Statistics

H8528:

θελμελεθ 4× (100.0%)

מלח מֶלַח

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

תל מלח

Têl Melach

Definition

Tel-Melach, a place in Babylonia

Root

from H8510 (תל) and H4417 (מלח); mound of salt;

Exhaustive

from תל and מלח; mound of salt; Tel-Melach, a place in Babylonia; Tel-melah.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H8528

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

מְלַח

noun masculine • Root מלח • Consonantal / Medium • Page 856

Aramaic word for salt, same as Hebrew. It was offered cheap in the temple-market.

Matched via consonantal key only

מְלַח

verb (aramaic) • Root מלח • Consonantal / Medium • Page 856

Aramaic transitive verb meaning to eat salt; coupled with the noun מְלַח, it forms the expression to 'eat the salt of the palace', i.e. to eat the king's bread, to be in his service.

Matched via consonantal key only

מֶלַח

noun masculine • Root מלח • Consonantal / Medium • Page 856

a garment torn to pieces, rags, tatters. (only in plural מְלָחִים).

Matched via consonantal key only

מֶלַח

noun masculine • Root מלח • Consonantal / Medium • Page 856

Properly salt-water, the sea; commonly salt. It is a symbol of durability and indissolubility, hence 'a covenant of salt' (בְּרִית מֶלַח) is a solemn, firm covenant. Salt was also used in offerings, for purification, and to make land barren.

Matched via consonantal key only

מַלָּח

noun • Root מלח • Consonantal / Medium • Page 855

Properly a sea-voyager.

Matched via consonantal key only

מַלָּח

noun masculine • Root מלח • Consonantal / Medium • Page 856

one who has to do with the sea, a seaman, mariner.

Matched via consonantal key only

מָלַח

verb • Root מלח • Consonantal / Medium • Page 855

I. To spring, to flow, of the sea, then to be like the sea, salt. (Kal not used)

Matched via consonantal key only

מָלַח

verb • Root מלח • Consonantal / Medium • Page 855

II. To fall to pieces, to be rubbed in pieces, worn out, torn in pieces, of clothes; to be scattered as dust, to evaporate, of a vapoury cloud. (Kal unused)

Matched via consonantal key only

מָלַח

verb • Root מלח • Consonantal / Medium • Page 856

A denominative verb meaning to salt, to sprinkle with salt.

Matched via consonantal key only

מֻלַּח

verb • Root מלח • Consonantal / Medium • Page 856

to be salted, spiced.

Matched via consonantal key only

Noun proper name

LXX: θελμελεθ

LXX Usage Statistics

H8528:

θελμελεθ 4× (100.0%)

תל תֵּל

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

תל חרשא

Têl Charshâʼ

Definition

Tel-Charsha, a place in Babylonia

Root

from H8510 (תל) and the feminine of H2798 (חרשים); mound of workmanship;

Exhaustive

from תל and the feminine of חרשים; mound of workmanship; Tel-Charsha, a place in Babylonia; Tel-haresha, Tel-harsa.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H8521

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

חַרְשָׁא

proper name • Root חרש • Consonantal / Medium • Page 536

A proper name.

Matched via consonantal key only

חַרְשָׁא

noun proper masculine • Root חרש • Consonantal / Medium • Page 538

1. An Aramaic proper name, masculine, derived from חָרָשׁ (worker). 2. In the phrase תֵּל חַרְשָׁא (hill of magician), a locality along the river Chebar where Jewish exiles were settled.

Matched via consonantal key only

Noun proper name

LXX: θελαρησα αρησα

LXX Usage Statistics

H8521:

θελαρησα 2× (54.1%)

αρησα 2× (45.9%)

חרשא חַרְשָׁא

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

תל חרשא

Têl Charshâʼ

Definition

Tel-Charsha, a place in Babylonia

Root

from H8510 (תל) and the feminine of H2798 (חרשים); mound of workmanship;

Exhaustive

from תל and the feminine of חרשים; mound of workmanship; Tel-Charsha, a place in Babylonia; Tel-haresha, Tel-harsa.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H8521

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

חַרְשָׁא

proper name • Root חרש • Consonantal / Medium • Page 536

A proper name.

Matched via consonantal key only

חַרְשָׁא

noun proper masculine • Root חרש • Consonantal / Medium • Page 538

1. An Aramaic proper name, masculine, derived from חָרָשׁ (worker). 2. In the phrase תֵּל חַרְשָׁא (hill of magician), a locality along the river Chebar where Jewish exiles were settled.

Matched via consonantal key only

Noun proper name

LXX: θελαρησα αρησα

LXX Usage Statistics

H8521:

θελαρησα 2× (54.1%)

αρησα 2× (45.9%)

כרוב כְּרוּב

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

כרוב

Kᵉrûwb

Definition

Kerub, a place in Babylon

Root

the same as H3742 (כרוב);

Exhaustive

the same as כרוב; Kerub, a place in Babylon; Cherub.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3743

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

כְּרוּב

m. noun • Root כרב • Strongs / High • Page 734

The seizing or laying hold of; commonly a griffin, a winged being of the bird-of-prey kind which guarded the garden of Eden; a cherub.

כְּרוּב

noun • Root כרב • Strongs / High • Page 735

Cherub; a mythological being, often depicted with wings, associated with guarding sacred places like Eden. In biblical tradition, a being dedicated and anointed by God, protecting and sheltering. Ezekiel's vision describes it as a living creature with four faces (man, lion, ox, eagle) and four wings, symbolizing divine attributes. Artificial figures of Cherubim were placed on the Ark of the Covenant.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

כְּרוּב

noun plural / dec. i. • Page 328

the cherub, a poetical being in the writings of the ancient Hebrews; symbols of might and power. Ezek. 1: 10; Gen. 3: 24; Ps. 18: 11.

Noun proper name

LXX: χαρουβ

LXX Usage Statistics

H3743:

χαρουβ 2× (100.0%)

אדן אַדָּן

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

אדן

ʼAddân

Definition

Addan, an Israelite

Root

intensive from the same as H134 (אדן); firm;

Exhaustive

intensive from the same as אדן; firm; Addan, an Israelite; Addan.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H135

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

אִדָּן

noun proper • Lemma_Lookup • Page 67

(Strong) Proper noun found in Ezra 2:59.

אֶדֶן

verb • Root אדן • Lemma_Lookup • Page 67

(Not used) To make fast or firm, to set; metaphorically to determine, command, rule.

אֶדֶן

noun masculine • Lemma_Lookup • Page 67

Properly the solid, hence fundament, basis, pedestal of a pillar; threshold.

אַדָּן

noun • Lemma_Lookup • Page 67

Aramaic form equivalent to Hebrew Adon (Lord), used in proper names.

בַּלְאֲדָן

noun proper • Lemma_Lookup • Page 246

1. n. p. of a Babylonian king, father of מְרֹדָךְ. 2. surname of Merodach himself.

נְבוּזַרְאֲדָן

noun proper masculine • Lemma_Lookup • Page 935

Chaldee n. p. of the distinguished general of Nebuchadnezzar, who destroyed completely Jerusalem, usually bearing the surname רַב טַבָּחִים (head of the palace-guard).

Noun proper name

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H0135:

No stats available

אמר אִמֵּר

he has said

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

אמר

ʼImmêr

Definition

Immer, the name of five Israelites

Root

from H559 (אמר); talkative;

Exhaustive

from אמר; talkative; Immer, the name of five Israelites; Immer.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H564

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

אֱמֹר

noun masculine • Root אמר • Lemma_Lookup • Page 157

Mountain (not used in this form).

אֲמַר

verb • Root אמר • Lemma_Lookup • Page 156

Aramaic (Chaldee): 1. To say; to communicate a thing orally or in writing. Used in various forms including impersonal participle.

אִמֵּר

noun proper masculine • Lemma_Lookup • Page 157

High; proper name of a man (Immer); proper name of a place.

אִמַּר

noun masculine • Lemma_Lookup • Page 157

Lamb, young sheep.

אֵמֶר

noun masculine • Lemma_Lookup • Page 157

Word, discourse, utterance; command.

אֵמֶר

noun masculine • Lemma_Lookup • Page 157

Word, discourse; song of victory, hymn.

אָמַר

verb • Root אמר • Lemma_Lookup • Page 155

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

אָמַר

verb • Root אמר • Lemma_Lookup • Page 755

to say, speak

אִמְרָה

noun feminine • Root אמר • Lemma_Lookup • Page 157

Word, speech (same as אֶמְרָה).

אֶמְרָה

noun feminine • Root אמר • Lemma_Lookup • Page 157

Word, speech.

אֶמְרָה

verb • Root אמר • Lemma_Lookup • Page 384

I will say (voluntative).

אֱמֹרִי

noun gent. m. • Root אמר • Lemma_Lookup • Page 157

Amorite, i.e. mountaineer; name of one of the greatest and most important of the races of the Canaanite or Phenician people.

אִמְרִי

noun proper masculine • Root אמר • Lemma_Lookup • Page 157

Projecting; proper name of a man (Imri).

אֲמַרְיָה

noun proper masculine • Lemma_Lookup • Page 157

Proper name of a man (Jah is promiser).

אֲמַרְיָהוּ

noun proper masculine • Lemma_Lookup • Page 158

Proper noun masculine. A longer form standing for Amariah. 2 Chr. 19, 11; 31, 15.

אַמְרָפֶל

noun proper • Lemma_Lookup • Page 158

Proper noun of a king of Shinar at the time of Abraham (Gen 14:1, 9). Regarded as compounded of אָם (like) and noun of the Aramaean Saturn, and פָּל.

הִתְאַמֵּר

verb • Root אמר • Lemma_Lookup • Page 156

Hithpael form: To lift up oneself, to boast, brag; to conduct oneself in a commanding way or imperiously.

מֵאמַר

noun masculine • Lemma_Lookup • Page 800

The same as the previous entry; a mandate or edict.

מַאֲמָר

noun masculine • Lemma_Lookup • Page 800

A mandate, an edict.

נֶאֱמַר

verb • Root אמר • Lemma_Lookup • Page 156

Niphal form: 1. To be said, told; to be revealed, communicated. Often used impersonally ('it is said'). 2. To be named.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

אִמַּר

chald. n.m. • Root אמר • Page 59

lamb. (Ezra 6:9, 17; 7:17).

Noun proper name masculine

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H0564:

No stats available

ולא וְלֹא

and not

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

לא

lôʼ

Definition

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

Root

or לוא; or לה; (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle;

Exhaustive

or לוא; or לה; (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle; not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles; [idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as truly as, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] verily, for want, [phrase] whether, without.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3808

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

לֹא

negative particle • Root אל • Strongs / High • Page 759

A negative particle; not, no. It functions as an absolute negative, a negative answer to a question, or a refusal. Used with verbs in various tenses and moods to express negation or prohibition.

לֹא

particle • Strongs / High • Page 761

A K'ri reading for לוֹ.

לֹא

adverb / particle • Strongs / High • Page 760

Not; No; Nothing (substantive use); Before (cognate sense to טֶרֶם).

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

לֹא

adverb • Page 338

A primitive adverb of negation (more rarely לוֹא). 1. not. 2. no (Gen. 19:2). 3. nothing (Job 6:21). 4. without (1 Chr. 2:30). 5. interrogative, nonne? (Jon. 4:11). 6. lest, that not (Ex. 28:32). 7. In combination with adjectives/substantives it gives a negative signification (e.g., לֹא עֹז without strength).

Conjunction, Particle negative

LXX: οὐκ οὐ μὴ οὐδὲ οὐχ

LXX Usage Statistics

H3808:

οὐκ 1137× (34.5%)

οὐ 797× (24.2%)

μὴ 184× (5.6%)

οὐδὲ 150× (4.5%)

οὐχ 127× (3.9%)

οὐχὶ 120× (3.6%)

--- 98× (3.0%)

'' 94× (2.4%)

---% 62× (1.5%)

οὐκέτι 50× (1.4%)

יכלו יָכְל֗וּ

they are finishing/able

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

יכל

yâkôl

Definition

to be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might)

Root

or (fuller) יכול; a primitive root;

Exhaustive

or (fuller) יכול; a primitive root; to be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might); be able, any at all (ways), attain, can (away with, (-not)), could, endure, might, overcome, have power, prevail, still, suffer.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3201

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יָכֹל

verb • Root יכל • Strongs / High • Page 571

(not used) intransitive: to be condensed, tight, strong, proceeding from the idea of being wound together.

יָכֹל

verb • Root יכל • Strongs / High • Page 607

To be able, can; to prevail, overcome. Also used in the sense of to contain, bear, or refrain.

יָכֹל

verb • Root יכל • Strongs / High • Page 608

To be able, I can; to overcome, to prevail. Also used to mean to be powerless, or not to prevail.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

יָכֹל

verb • Root יכל • Page 283

1. to be able (Gen. 13:6, 45:1; Ex. 7:21). 2. to be permitted (by law) (Gen. 43:32; Num. 9:6). 3. to be able to endure, to suffer (Jer. 44:22; Prov. 30:21). 4. to prevail, or obtain the mastery over any one (Gen. 32:26; Jer. 20:10; Ps. 13:5).

Verb Qal perfect third person common plural

LXX: δυνήσεται δυνήσομαι δυνήσῃ ἠδύναντο δυνησόμεθα

LXX Usage Statistics

H3201:

δυνήσεται 21× (10.0%)

δυνήσομαι 20× (9.6%)

δυνήσῃ 16× (7.6%)

ἠδύναντο 16× (7.7%)

δυνησόμεθα 11× (5.2%)

δύνωνται 10× (4.8%)

ἠδυνάσθησαν 8× (3.8%)

ἐδύναντο 8× (3.8%)

ἠδύνατο 7× (3.4%)

δύνηται 6× (2.9%)

להגיד לְהַגִּיד

to expose

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ל

lə

Definition

to, for

Root

A primitive particle; a prefix

Exhaustive

(lamed) — to / toward / for

Core value: orientation, directionality, belonging
ל is often mistranslated as purpose (“in order to”), but that smuggles in future-time. In reality, ל marks:
- movement toward,
- dedication unto,
- reference with respect to.
Aonically, ל is vectorial, not teleological.
not “for the sake of a future outcome”
but “oriented toward a locus or pole.”
This is why possession (“belongs to”) and motion (“toward”) use the same preposition: both indicate relational alignment, not time.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

נגד

nâgad

Definition

properly, to front, i.e. stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to one present); specifically, to expose, predict, explain, praise

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; properly, to front, i.e. stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to one present); specifically, to expose, predict, explain, praise; bewray, [idiom] certainly, certify, declare(-ing), denounce, expound, [idiom] fully, messenger, plainly, profess, rehearse, report, shew (forth), speak, [idiom] surely, tell, utter.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H5046

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Fürst Lexicon

נָגַד

verb • Root נגד • Strongs / High • Page 941

To rise, swell out, be prominent (e.g., of high land or the breast); to be arched. Metaphorically: to be in front, be before, or be opposite; to be manifest, visible, clear. (The Kal form of this verb is unused).

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

נָגַד

verb • Root נגד • Page 424

in Kal not used. Probably literal to be before. Hiph. הִגִּיד: 1. to declare, show, make known (Gen. 3:11; 9:22; 29:12; 37:5; Ezek. 43:10; Job 26:4; 42:3). 2. to announce, publish (Ps. 111:6; 9:12; 71:17; 92:3; 75:10). 3. to betray (Job 17:5). 4. to solve a riddle (Judg. 14:19).

Preposition, Verb Hiphil infinitive construct common

LXX: ἀπήγγειλεν ἀπηγγέλη ἀνήγγειλαν ἀνήγγειλεν ἀνηγγέλη

LXX Usage Statistics

H5046:

ἀπήγγειλεν 49× (12.8%)

ἀπηγγέλη 27× (6.8%)

ἀνήγγειλαν 21× (5.2%)

ἀνήγγειλεν 16× (4.1%)

ἀνηγγέλη 15× (3.9%)

ἀναγγελεῖ 13× (3.5%)

ἀπαγγελῶ 10× (2.7%)

ἀναγγεῖλαι 10× (2.6%)

ἀπαγγεῖλαι 10× (2.8%)

ἀναγγείλατε 9× (2.5%)

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).

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%)

אבותם אֲבוֹתָם

their fathers

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

אב

ʼâb

Definition

father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application

Root

a primitive word;

Exhaustive

a primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application; chief, (fore-) father(-less), [idiom] patrimony, principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H1

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

אָב

noun masculine • Root אבה • Strongs_Numbers • Page 43

Father; benefactor, care-taker, supporter; spiritual benefactor (teacher, instructor, counsellor); chief adviser, Visier; lord, possessor, holder (figuratively in compounds); founder of a domestic society or race; spiritual begetter, i.e. Creator, God.

אָב

noun masculine • Strongs_Numbers • Page 44

God, as the creator, benefactor, care-taker, ruler; frequently used in compound proper names denoting God.

אָב

noun masculine • Strongs_Numbers • Page 254

Father (used here as master/teacher)

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

אָב

m. prim. irreg. • Page 16

1. father, properly so called; freq. 2. grandfather, forefather, ancestor (Gen. 28: 13, 1 K. 15: 11, 1 Chr. 2: 45, Gen. 4: 20, 21). 3. maker, creator (Job 38: 28). In this sense, applied to Jehovah (Is. 63: 16, 64: 7). 4. benefactor, guardian (Job 29: 16, Ps. 68: 6). Applied to the expected Messiah as אֲבִי עַד 'the eternal father of his people' (Is. 9: 5). 5. a title of respect for prophets and priests, even from kings (2 K. 6: 21, 13: 14, Judg. 17: 10). 6. 'father of the king', an oriental expression to designate a vizier or prime minister (Gen. 45: 8).

אָב

noun masculine • Page 17

Father. Beyond the literal sense, it is used for a counsellor or teacher (Gen. 41:43) and figuratively for the grave (Job 17:14). It appears in compound proper names (e.g., Abraham, Abigail) and includes the Chaldee form (Dan. 2:23).

אָב

noun masculine • Root אבה • Page 17

Wish, desire. Core biblical reference: Job 34:36.

Noun common feminine plural construct, Suffix pronominal third person masculine plural

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H0001:

No stats available

וזרעם וְזַרְעָם

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

זרע

zeraʻ

Definition

seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity

Root

from H2232 (זרע);

Exhaustive

from זרע; seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity; [idiom] carnally, child, fruitful, seed(-time), sowing-time.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H2233

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

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זֶרַע

noun masculine • Root זרע • Strongs / High • Page 447

1. corn, plants, seed-corn, fruit, produce. 2. grain. 3. seed, semen. 4. children, posterity. 5. stock, family, race.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

זֶרַע

m. verbal • Root זרע • Page 209

1. seed of plants (Gen. 1:11,12,29). 2. corn, grain in general (Job 39:12). 12. hence seed-time, winter (Gen. 8:22).

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

LXX: σπέρμα σπέρματοσ σπέρματι σπέρματί σπέρματόσ

LXX Usage Statistics

H2233:

σπέρμα 106× (47.6%)

σπέρματοσ 29× (12.3%)

σπέρματι 19× (7.6%)

σπέρματί 16× (5.7%)

σπέρματόσ 14× (5.8%)

'' 6× (2.6%)

σπόρον 5× (2.0%)

γένοσ 4× (1.7%)

γένουσ 4× (1.5%)

--- 3× (1.5%)

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

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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).

Particle

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H0518a:

No stats available

מישראל מִיִּשְׂרָאֵל

from God-Prevails

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

מ

mi / min

Definition

from

Root

Abbreviated from H4480

Exhaustive

(mem) — from / out of

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

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

ישראל

Yisrâʼêl

Definition

Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity

Root

from H8280 (שרה) and H410 (אל); he will rule as God;

Exhaustive

from שרה and אל; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity; Israel.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3478

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יִשְׂרָאֵל

noun proper masculine • Root שרה • Strongs / High • Page 662

A proper name with multiple meanings: the patriarch Jacob; the Israelite people; an honorary title for the pious; the northern kingdom of Israel; the whole kingdom after the exile.

יִשְׂרָאֵל

noun proper masculine • Root ישר • Strongs / High • Page 662

A proper name, meaning 'El is a true, honest one.' Described as a ground-form to יְשַׂרְאֵלָה.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

מָ

unknown • Root מה • Page 350

See מָה Note.

Prep-M, Noun proper name

LXX: ισραηλ '' --- ιακωβ

LXX Usage Statistics

H3478:

ισραηλ 2245× (92.9%)

'' 57× (2.1%)

--- 50× (2.2%)

ισραηλ 8× (0.3%)

ιακωβ 4× (0.2%)

t? 4× (0.1%)

ιερουσαλημ 4× (0.2%)

[b] 3× (0.1%)

ισραηλίτου 3× (0.1%)

ισραηλίτιδοσ 3× (0.1%)

הם הֵם׃

themeselves

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

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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'.

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%)

RBT Translation:

No verse found

RBT Paraphrase:
No verse found

Julia Smith Literal 1876 Translation:
And these going up from Tel-Melah Tel-Harsa, Cherub, Addan, Immer and they were not able to announce their father's house, and their seed, if they were from Israel.

LITV Translation:
And these were they who went up from Telmelah, Telharsa, Cherub, Addan and Immer (but they were not able to declare their father's house and their seed, whether they were of Israel):

Brenton Septuagint Translation:
And these are they that went up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addan, Immer: and they were not able to tell the house of their fathers, and their seed, whether they were of Israel: