Habakkuk 2:17

Paleo Hebrew Niqqud

RBT Hebrew Interlinear:

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).

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%)

חמס חֲמַס

violence

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

חמס

châmâç

Definition

violence; by implication, wrong; by meton. unjust gain

Root

from H2554 (חמס);

Exhaustive

from חמס; violence; by implication, wrong; by meton. unjust gain; cruel(-ty), damage, false, injustice, [idiom] oppressor, unrighteous, violence (against, done), violent (dealing), wrong.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H2555

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

חָמָס

noun masculine • Root חמס • Strongs / High • Page 498

violence, oppression.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

חָמָס

m. verbal noun • Root חמס • Page 235

1. Violence, wrong (Gen. 6:11, 13, 49:5). 2. Ill-gotten wealth (Am. 3:10, Prov. 4:17).

Noun common both singular construct

LXX: ἀδικίαν ἀσεβείασ ἀδικίασ ἄδικον ἀνομίασ

LXX Usage Statistics

H2555:

ἀδικίαν 6× (10.1%)

ἀσεβείασ 4× (6.4%)

ἀδικίασ 4× (6.1%)

ἄδικον 3× (5.2%)

ἀνομίασ 3× (5.2%)

ἀσέβεια 3× (5.2%)

ἀδίκου 3× (4.9%)

ἀδικία 3× (4.7%)

ἀσέβειαν 3× (4.1%)

ἀνομίαν 2× (3.5%)

לבנון לְבָנוֹן

White Mountain

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

לבנון

Lᵉbânôwn

Definition

Lebanon, a mountain range in Palestine

Root

from H3825 (לבב); (the) white mountain (from its snow);

Exhaustive

from לבב; (the) white mountain (from its snow); Lebanon, a mountain range in Palestine; Lebanon.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3844

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

לְבָנוֹן

noun proper • Root לבן • Strongs / High • Page 768

A proper name with multiple applications: 1. A high-lying royal tower on Zion. 2. A proper name of a locality near Shiloh. 3. The great mountain range between Palestine and Syria, known as 'the white mountain' for its perpetual snow and famous for its cedars. 4. Used metaphorically for the 'house of the forest of Lebanon' (a tower built by Solomon), a great army, Jerusalem, or as a term for frankincense.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

לְבָנֹון

noun proper • Page 340

Lebanon, proper name of a great range of mountains between Syria and Palestine (Josh. 11:17).

Noun proper name

LXX: λιβάνου λιβάνῳ λίβανον λίβανοσ ὡσ

LXX Usage Statistics

H3844:

λιβάνου 33× (48.1%)

λιβάνῳ 12× (14.5%)

λίβανον 8× (11.1%)

λίβανοσ 8× (10.6%)

ὡσ 3× (5.3%)

ἀντιλίβανον 2× (2.7%)

יכסך יְכַסּךָּ

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

כסה

kâçâh

Definition

properly, to plump, i.e. fill up hollows; by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrecy)

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; properly, to plump, i.e. fill up hollows; by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrecy); clad self, close, clothe, conceal, cover (self), (flee to) hide, overwhelm. Compare כשה.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3680

ך

Definition

you, personal pronoun - verb/prep. 2nd person masculine singular

Root

Exhaustive

Personal object pronoun - suffix for propositions and verbs without an object: 2nd person masculine singular

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H9031

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

כָּסָה

verb • Root כסה • Strongs / High • Page 717

To cover, as with a lid; to clothe; to envelop, as with a veil; to enclose; to cover over or conceal sin, shame, or knowledge.

כָּסָה

verb • Strongs / High • Page 1285

(Not used) transitive, to receive, to keep, of hollowed vessels.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

כָּסָה

verb • Page 323

In Kal found only in the participles (Prov. 12:16, 23; Ps. 32:1). Pi. 1. to cover (Ex. 10:5; Num. 9:15). 2. to cover or clothe one’s self (Gen. 38:14; Jon. 3:6). 3. to conceal, to keep secret (Prov. 10:18; Job 31:33). 4. to cover or pardon (sin) (Prov. 10:12; Ps. 32:1). 5. to discover one's self to any one (Ps. 143:9). Pu. pass. to be covered (1 Chr. 21:16; Ps. 80:11). Niph. pass. (Jer. 51:42). Hithpa. to clothe one’s self (1 K. 11:29; Jon. 3:8).

Verb Piel imperfect third person masculine singular, Suffix pronominal second person masculine singular

LXX: ἐκάλυψεν καλύψει περιεβάλετο κατακαλύπτον ἐπεκάλυψεν

LXX Usage Statistics

H3680:

ἐκάλυψεν 27× (16.7%)

καλύψει 12× (7.4%)

περιεβάλετο 5× (3.1%)

κατακαλύπτον 5× (2.8%)

ἐπεκάλυψεν 4× (2.3%)

καλύψουσιν 4× (2.3%)

καλύψαι 4× (2.6%)

'' 3× (1.7%)

κρύπτει 3× (1.9%)

κατακαλύψει 3× (2.0%)

ושד וְשֹׁד

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

שד

shôd

Definition

violence, ravage

Root

or שוד; (Job 5:21), from H7736 (שוד);

Exhaustive

or שוד; (Job 5:21), from שוד; violence, ravage; desolation, destruction, oppression, robbery, spoil(-ed, -er, -ing), wasting.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H7701

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

שֹׁד

noun masculine • Root שדד • Strongs / High • Page 1384

masc. 1. (for שָׁדָה, from שָׁדַד I.) same as שַׁד a breast, only figur. of fullness. 2. (once שׁוֹד Job 5, 21, from שָׁדַד) severity, hardness, violence, unusual violence from the Almighty.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

שֵׁד

noun masculine • Page 656

A lord; an evil demon. The names of idols are often used by the later Jews for demons.

שֹׁד

noun masculine • Root שד • Page 656

A mother's breast. (Identified as equivalent to שַׁד). Job 24: 9; Is. 60: 16.

שֹׁד

verb • Root שדד • Page 656

1. Violence, oppression; either actively or passively. Prov. 21: 7, 24: 2, Ps. 12: 6. 2. Desolation, destruction. Is. 51: 19, 59: 7, Jer. 48: 3, Hab. 2: 17.

Conjunction, Noun common both singular construct

LXX: ταλαιπωρίαν σύντριμμα ταλαιπωρία ὄλεθροσ ὡσ

LXX Usage Statistics

H7701:

ταλαιπωρίαν 5× (18.2%)

σύντριμμα 3× (11.8%)

ταλαιπωρία 3× (9.9%)

ὄλεθροσ 2× (8.3%)

ὡσ 2× (7.7%)

ἄρχων 2× (6.4%)

ταλαιπωρίασ 2× (6.4%)

בהמות בְּהֵמוֹת

beasts

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

בהמה

bᵉhêmâh

Definition

properly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal (often collective)

Root

from an unused root (probably meaning to be mute);

Exhaustive

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H929

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

בְּהֵמָה

noun feminine • Root בהם • Lemma_Lookup • Page 223

prop. the dumb, speechless, irrational being; hence generally beast, animal as a collective; tame or wild, particularly cattle

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

בְּהֵמָה

f. prim. • Page 88

1. beast, quadruped. Ecc. 3:19, 21. Lev. 11:2. 2. tame cattle, in opposition to wild beast. Gen. 1:24—26. 3. large cattle, in opposition to small cattle. Gen. 34:23. 4. wild beast of the field. Deut. 32:24. Hab. 2:17. Plur. בְּהֵמוֹת animals. Also as a pluralis excellentiae denoting the Behemoth (hippopotamus) in Job 40:15.

Noun common feminine plural absolute

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H0929:

No stats available

יחיתן יְחִיתַן

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

חתת

châthath

Definition

properly, to prostrate; hence, to break down, either (literally) by violence, or (figuratively) by confusion and fear

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; properly, to prostrate; hence, to break down, either (literally) by violence, or (figuratively) by confusion and fear; abolish, affright, be (make) afraid, amaze, beat down, discourage, (cause to) dismay, go down, scare, terrify.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H2865

הן

Definition

them, personal pronoun - verb/prep. 3rd person feminine plural

Root

Exhaustive

Personal object pronoun - suffix for propositions and verbs without an object: 3rd person feminine plural

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H9039

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

חָתַת

verb • Root חתת • Strongs / High • Page 547

(Kal) to be overthrown, brought to shame, disgraced, confounded, dismayed, terrified, or broken in pieces; (Nif.) to be afraid; (Pi.) to terrify or be broken; (Hif.) to break down or terrify.

חָתַת

verb • Root חתת • Strongs / High • Page 548

to put in fear, to scare, to scare with anguish, to terrify.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

חָתַת

verb • Page 258

1. to break or be broken in pieces. 2. to be terrified, confounded, or made ashamed. Also includes Niph. (not to be confounded with נָחַת), Pi. (to be broken in pieces, to terrify), and Hiph. (to break in pieces, to terrify, to make afraid).

תְּחֹת

chald. • Page 714

Chaldee equivalent of the Hebrew word תַּחַת (tahat), meaning 'under' or 'from under'. Cited in Dan. 4:11 [4:14].

תַּחַת

noun masculine • Page 713

1. what is under or below. Used as an accusative adverbially, below, beneath. In the construct state used as a preposition: under. Ex. 20:4, Gen. 1:7. 2. what is under a person, a place, spot. Zech. 6:12. (1) as an accusative used adverbially, on or in the place or spot. Ex. 16:29. (2) in the place of, instead of, loco. Lev. 16:32. Est. 2:17.

Verb Hiphil imperfect third person masculine singular, Suffix pronominal third person feminine plural

LXX: πτοηθῇσ ἡττᾶσθε πτοηθῆτε φοβηθῇσ δειλιάσητε

LXX Usage Statistics

H2865:

πτοηθῇσ 5× (10.4%)

ἡττᾶσθε 4× (8.0%)

πτοηθῆτε 3× (6.3%)

φοβηθῇσ 2× (4.2%)

δειλιάσητε 2× (4.2%)

--- 2× (4.2%)

πτοηθήσονται 2× (3.9%)

ἡττηθήσονται 2× (3.9%)

ἐπτοήθησαν 2× (3.9%)

'' 2× (3.5%)

מדמי מִדְּמֵי

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

דם

dâm

Definition

blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshed (i.e. drops of blood)

Root

from H1826 (דמם) (compare H119 (אדם));

Exhaustive

from דמם (compare אדם); blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshed (i.e. drops of blood); blood(-y, -guiltiness, (-thirsty), [phrase] innocent.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H1818

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

דָּם

noun masculine • Root דמה • Consonantal / Medium • Page 371

Blood, properly something viscous and flowing; can refer to the blood of animals or men, menstrual flux, life, blood-guiltiness, murder, or bloodshed.

Matched via consonantal key only

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

דָּם

m. prim. const. • Page 168

1. blood. (Gen. 9:5). Phrases: 'to eat (flesh) with the blood' (1 Sam. 14:32ff); 'innocent blood' (2 K. 21:16); 'blood of grapes' (red wine, Gen. 49:11). 2. bloodshed, murder, bloodguiltiness. (Gen. 37:26, Lev. 17:4).

Prep-M, Noun common masculine plural construct

LXX: αἷμα αἵματοσ αἵματι αἵματα αἱμάτων

LXX Usage Statistics

H1818:

αἷμα 181× (46.7%)

αἵματοσ 68× (16.2%)

αἵματι 23× (5.7%)

αἵματα 17× (4.2%)

αἱμάτων 16× (4.4%)

αὐτῆσ 12× (2.3%)

αἷμά 7× (1.7%)

αἵμασιν 7× (1.6%)

'' 7× (1.7%)

ἔνοχοί 5× (1.5%)

אדם אָדָם

man

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

אדם

ʼâdâm

Definition

ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)

Root

from H119 (אדם);

Exhaustive

from אדם; ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.); [idiom] another, [phrase] hypocrite, [phrase] common sort, [idiom] low, man (mean, of low degree), person.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H120

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

אָדָם

noun masculine • Root אדם • Strongs_Numbers • Page 64

Man, or collectively men, mankind; proper name of the first man, Adam.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

אֻדַּם

verb pual • Root אדם • Page 26

To be red-coloured. Nah. 2:4. Ex. 25:5. 35:7, 23.

אָדָם

m. prim. • Page 26

1. man, i. q. Lat. homo, and collectively men. Subordinate meanings include: (1.) other men, in opposition to those already named (Jer. 32:20; Judg. 18:7, 28; Ps. 73:5); common men (Job 31:33; Hos. 6:7; Ps. 82:7); (2.) men of inferior rank, when opposed to איש. 2. man, i. q. איש = Lat. vir, very rarely (Ecc. 7:28). 3. any one (Lev. 1:2). 4. proper name of the first man. 5. proper name of a city on the Jordan (Josh. 3:16).

Noun common both singular absolute

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H0120:

No stats available

וחמס וַחֲמַס־

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

חמס

châmâç

Definition

violence; by implication, wrong; by meton. unjust gain

Root

from H2554 (חמס);

Exhaustive

from חמס; violence; by implication, wrong; by meton. unjust gain; cruel(-ty), damage, false, injustice, [idiom] oppressor, unrighteous, violence (against, done), violent (dealing), wrong.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H2555

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

חָמָס

noun masculine • Root חמס • Strongs / High • Page 498

violence, oppression.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

חָמָס

m. verbal noun • Root חמס • Page 235

1. Violence, wrong (Gen. 6:11, 13, 49:5). 2. Ill-gotten wealth (Am. 3:10, Prov. 4:17).

Conjunction, Noun common both singular construct

LXX: ἀδικίαν ἀσεβείασ ἀδικίασ ἄδικον ἀνομίασ

LXX Usage Statistics

H2555:

ἀδικίαν 6× (10.1%)

ἀσεβείασ 4× (6.4%)

ἀδικίασ 4× (6.1%)

ἄδικον 3× (5.2%)

ἀνομίασ 3× (5.2%)

ἀσέβεια 3× (5.2%)

ἀδίκου 3× (4.9%)

ἀδικία 3× (4.7%)

ἀσέβειαν 3× (4.1%)

ἀνομίαν 2× (3.5%)

ארץ ארֶץ

earthly one

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ארץ

ʼerets

Definition

the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

Root

from an unused root probably meaning to be firm;

Exhaustive

from an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land); [idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H776

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

אֶרֶץ

verb • Strongs_Numbers • Page 193

(Not used) To be hard, firm, dense. (Root of the following noun)

אֶרֶץ

noun feminine • Strongs_Numbers • Page 193

Earth, as firm land i.e. a dense firm mass, in opposition to water. Includes meanings: a) the earth in opposition to heaven; b) earth as an element/material; c) the ground; d) piece of land/field; e) land of habitation or fatherland.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

אֶרֶץ

noun masculine • Page 73

Earth, land. (masc. rarely, Gen. 13: 6; Is. 9: 18).

אֶרֶץ

noun feminine • Page 74

1. earth; also inhabitants of the earth, Gen. 6:11. 11:1. 2. land; e.g. אֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם the land of Egypt. Sometimes Palestine, Joel 1:2. 3. jurisdiction of a city. Josh. 8:1. Plur. אֲרָצוֹת lands.

Noun common both singular absolute

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H0776:

No stats available

קריה קִרְיָה

meeting-city

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

קריה

qiryâh

Definition

building; a city

Root

from H7136 (קרה) in the sense of flooring, i.e.

Exhaustive

from קרה in the sense of flooring, i.e.; building; a city; city.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H7151

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

קִרְיָה

aram. f. city (aramaic) • Root קרא • Strongs / High • Page 1298

Aramaic feminine noun for city (def. קִרְיָא).

קִרְיָה

noun feminine • Root קרה • Strongs / High • Page 1298

properly a connected row of houses, then a city (poetic usage for עִיר).

קִרְיָה

noun proper feminine • Strongs / High • Page 1298

City. Used for Jerusalem and Babylon. Often used in compound names of cities.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

קִרְיָה

noun feminine • Page 596

a city, i. q. עִיר, but almost solely in poetry (Is. 1: 21, 26. 22: 2. 25: 2. 26: 5. 32: 13). Kindred with קִיר no. 2. or verbal from קָרָה to build.

Noun common feminine singular absolute

LXX: πόλισ πόλεωσ πόλεισ πόλιν

LXX Usage Statistics

H7151:

πόλισ 14× (38.1%)

πόλισ 7× (16.9%)

πόλεωσ 6× (14.9%)

πόλεισ 3× (8.1%)

πόλιν 2× (5.7%)

וכל וְכָל־

and every/all

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

כל

kôl

Definition

properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

Root

or (Jeremiah 33:8) כול; from H3634 (כלל);

Exhaustive

or (Jeremiah 33:8) כול; from כלל; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense); (in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3605

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

כֹּל

noun / masculine • Root כלל • Strongs / High • Page 695

Properly 'all, whole, totality'. 1. Used adjectivally to mean 'all' or 'the whole of', as in 'all the earth'. 2. Describes a plurality of individual persons or things, translated as 'all'.

כֹּל

substantive / adverb • Root כלל • Strongs / High • Page 696

A substantive meaning all, the whole, every, any. When used with a negative, it means none at all. It can also function as an adverb meaning wholly or altogether.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

כֹּל

chald. • Page 316

Same as Hebrew (all, every). Often appears with Makkeph as -כֹּל. References: Dan. 2:40, 4:9, 18, 25.

כֹּל

m. verbal • Root כלל • Page 315

A substantive meaning 'all', 'the whole', or 'totality'. Frequently used as an adjective (Jer. 33:8). 1. all. 2. every one.

Conjunction, Noun common both singular absolute

LXX: πάντα πᾶσ πάντεσ πᾶν πάντασ

LXX Usage Statistics

H3605:

πάντα 921× (17.0%)

πᾶσ 451× (8.4%)

πάντεσ 441× (8.4%)

πᾶν 351× (6.5%)

πάντασ 297× (5.6%)

πᾶσαν 267× (4.9%)

πάντων 242× (4.4%)

πάσασ 230× (4.4%)

--- 227× (4.5%)

πᾶσα 214× (4.0%)

ישבי יֹשְׁבֵי

those who are seated down

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ישב

yâshab

Definition

properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry; (make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, [idiom] fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, [idiom] marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, return, seat, set(-tle), (down-) sit(-down, still, -ting down, -ting (place) -uate), take, tarry.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3427

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

יָשַׁב

verb • Root ישב • Strongs / High • Page 656

To sit, remain, dwell. The fundamental meaning is to keep firmly in a place, to hold it firmly, to possess it, and therefore to sit. Piel (יִשֵּׁב): to pitch a dwelling. Hifil (הוֹשִׁיב): to cause to sit, to cause to dwell, to cause to be inhabited. Hophal (הוּשַׁב): to be inhabited, to be made to dwell, to be settled in.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

יָשַׁב

verb • Root ישב • Page 301

1. To seat one's self, to sit (Ps. 9:8, Ps. 80:2, Is. 37:16). Includes sitting as a judge (Ps. 9:8) or lying in wait (Ps. 10:8). 2. To continue (Gen. 24:55, 29:19, Hos. 3:3). 3. To dwell (Gen. 13:6, Gen. 4:20, Ps. 22:4). 4. Passive: to be inhabited or habitable (Is. 13:20, Jer. 17:6). Niph. נוֹשַׁב to be inhabited (Ex. 16:35).

Verb Qal participle active masculine plural construct

LXX: κατοικοῦντασ κατοικοῦντεσ ἐκάθισεν ἐκάθισαν κατῴκησεν

LXX Usage Statistics

H3427:

κατοικοῦντασ 88× (7.4%)

κατοικοῦντεσ 80× (6.4%)

ἐκάθισεν 61× (5.4%)

ἐκάθισαν 37× (3.4%)

κατῴκησεν 34× (3.1%)

ἐκάθητο 29× (2.8%)

κατῴκησαν 28× (2.6%)

κατῴκει 24× (2.3%)

κατοικοῦσιν 23× (2.0%)

κατοικεῖν 23× (2.2%)

בהס בָהּ׃ס

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ב

bə

Definition

in, by

Root

A primitive particle; a prefix

Exhaustive

(beth) — in / within / by means of

Core value: interiority, enclosure, participation

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

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

ה

Definition

her, personal pronoun - verb/prep. 3rd person feminine singular

Root

Exhaustive

Personal object pronoun - suffix for propositions and verbs without an object: 3rd person feminine singular

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H9034

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

בְּ

preposition • Page 84

A preposition with various meanings: 4. by (swearing, Gen. 22:16); 5. through (Num. 12:2); 6. upon (Num. 14:10); 7. to a place or thing (Judg. 6:35); 8. against (Gen. 16:12); 9. concerning (after 'to speak'); 10. out of, from (Gen. 44:5); 11. among; 12. before (Gen. 23:18); 13. for (Deut. 19:21); 14. on account of (Gen. 18:28); 15. after, according to (Gen. 1:26); 16. as (Job 34:36); 17. used with verbs of sense; 18. Beth essentiae (Jehovah is among my helpers, Ps. 118:7); 19. before an infinitive: when, while, after, since (Gen. 2:4).

בּ

prefix • Page 83

A prefix preposition with various meanings: 1. In or into a place/subject. 2. With, denoting an instrument, aid, or concomitance. 3. On, at, or near.

Preposition, Suffix pronominal third person feminine singular

RBT Translation:

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RBT Paraphrase:
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Julia Smith Literal 1876 Translation:
For the violence of Lebanon shall cover thee, and the destruction of beasts shall terrify them from the bloods of man, and the violence of the earth, of the city, and all dwelling in it.

LITV Translation:
For the violence of Lebanon shall cover you, and the ruin of beasts shall terrify them because of the blood of men and the violence of the land, the city, and all those dwelling in it.

Brenton Septuagint Translation:
For the ungodliness of Lebanon shall cover thee, and distress because of wild beasts shall dismay thee, because of the blood of men, and the sins of the land and city, and of all that dwell in it.