Hosea 6:3

Paleo Hebrew Niqqud

RBT Hebrew Interlinear:

ונדעה וְנֵדְעָה

and we are knowing

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

ידע

yâdaʻ

Definition

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

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

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

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3045

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

יָדַע

verb • Root ידע • Strongs / High • Page 583

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

יָדַע

verb • Root ידע • Strongs / High • Page 584

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

יָדַע

verb • Root ידע • Strongs / High • Page 584

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

יָדַע

verb • Root ידע • Strongs / High • Page 585

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

יָדַע

verb • Root ידע • Strongs / High • Page 585

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

יָדַע

verb • Root ידע • Strongs / High • Page 582

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

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

יָדַע

verb • Root ידע • Page 272

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

Conjunction, Verb Qal first person common plural

LXX: ἔγνω γνώσονται ἔγνωσαν ἔγνων οἶδα

LXX Usage Statistics

H3045:

ἔγνω 57× (5.6%)

γνώσονται 51× (4.5%)

ἔγνωσαν 37× (3.7%)

ἔγνων 37× (3.7%)

οἶδα 30× (3.1%)

γνώσῃ 27× (2.4%)

γνώσεσθε 26× (2.4%)

οἶδεν 25× (2.6%)

γνῶναι 24× (2.2%)

ἔγνωσ 21× (2.1%)

נרדפה נִרְדְּפָ֗ה

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

רדף

râdaph

Definition

to run after (usually with hostile intent; figuratively (of time) gone by)

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; to run after (usually with hostile intent; figuratively (of time) gone by); chase, put to flight, follow (after, on), hunt, (be under) persecute(-ion, -or), pursue(-r).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H7291

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

רָדַף

verb • Root רדף • Strongs / High • Page 1323

(tr.) to thrust, to drive, to scare, to chase; (intr.) to drive or chase away, to follow after, to pursue, to strive after, to hunt after.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

רָדַף

verb • Page 609

1. to run or follow after; Ps. 23:6. Metaphorically to follow after righteousness, Prov. 21:21. 2. to pursue, persecute; Gen. 14:14. 3. to chase, to put to flight. Lev. 26:36. Niph. pass. of Kal. Lam. 5:5.

Verb Qal imperfect first person common plural

LXX: κατεδίωξαν κατεδίωξεν αὐτοὺσ ἐδίωξεν διώξεται

LXX Usage Statistics

H7291:

κατεδίωξαν 19× (12.3%)

κατεδίωξεν 13× (8.0%)

αὐτοὺσ 9× (4.6%)

ἐδίωξεν 8× (5.3%)

διώξεται 7× (4.4%)

διώκοντεσ 7× (4.3%)

καταδιωκόντων 6× (3.2%)

'' 5× (3.0%)

καταδιώκοντεσ 4× (2.5%)

διώκοντοσ 3× (2.1%)

לדעת לָדַעַת

None

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

ידע

yâdaʻ

Definition

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

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

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

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3045

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

יָדַע

verb • Root ידע • Strongs / High • Page 583

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

יָדַע

verb • Root ידע • Strongs / High • Page 584

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

יָדַע

verb • Root ידע • Strongs / High • Page 584

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

יָדַע

verb • Root ידע • Strongs / High • Page 585

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

יָדַע

verb • Root ידע • Strongs / High • Page 585

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

יָדַע

verb • Root ידע • Strongs / High • Page 582

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

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

יָדַע

verb • Root ידע • Page 272

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

Preposition, Verb Qal infinitive construct common

LXX: ἔγνω γνώσονται ἔγνωσαν ἔγνων οἶδα

LXX Usage Statistics

H3045:

ἔγνω 57× (5.6%)

γνώσονται 51× (4.5%)

ἔγνωσαν 37× (3.7%)

ἔγνων 37× (3.7%)

οἶδα 30× (3.1%)

γνώσῃ 27× (2.4%)

γνώσεσθε 26× (2.4%)

οἶδεν 25× (2.6%)

γνῶναι 24× (2.2%)

ἔγνωσ 21× (2.1%)

את אֶת־

את-self eternal

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

את

ʼêth

Definition

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

Root

apparent contracted from H226 (אות) in the demonstrative sense of entity;

Exhaustive

apparent contracted from אות in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H853

את

ʼêth

Definition

a hoe or other digging implement

Root

of uncertain derivation;

Exhaustive

of uncertain derivation; a hoe or other digging implement; coulter, plowshare.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H855

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

אֵת

particle • Strongs_Numbers • Page 87

Particle used as a sign of the accusative, indicating the definite object of a verb; also used reflexively, or in designations of time and place. Occasionally interchangeable with other prepositions.

אֵת

substantive • Root אות • Strongs_Numbers • Page 208

I. Proper substance, being, essence, body, self, essential. It is used as the sign of an accusative, or to give prominence to a noun as subject.

אֵת

preposition • Root אנה • Strongs_Numbers • Page 208

II. With; expressing fellowship or accompaniment. Properly side, support, lean upon.

אֵת

noun masculine • Root אתה • Strongs_Numbers • Page 209

Mattock, coulter of a plough, hoe, prop. anything cutting into.

אֵת

noun masculine • Root אתה • Strongs_Numbers • Page 209

Equivalent to אֵת III., of which it is merely a collateral form.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

אוֹת or אֶת

sign of accusative case • Page 35

A sign of the accusative case.

אֶת

com. gen. chald. • Page 81

Equivalent to the Hebrew אוֹת (sign, miracle). Synonymous with תְּמַהּ. References: Dan. 3: 32, 33; 6: 28.

אַתְּ

pronoun • Page 81

Thou (masc.). Equivalent to אַתָּה. Note: Judg. 17: 2; 1 K. 14: 2.

אַתְּ

pronoun • Page 81

Thou (fem.). In pause אָתְּ. Found in Judg. 17: 2; 1 K. 14: 2. Also sometimes appears as a masculine form (Num. 11: 15; Ezek. 28: 14).

אֵת

ii. particle • Page 81

A primitive particle and sign of the accusative case (with Makk. -אֶת; with suffixes אֹתִי, אֹתָנוּ, etc.). Often denotes the definite direct object but can appear in circumstances where other languages employ the nominative (with passive verbs, neuter verbs, or before a nominative subject). References: Gen. 17: 5; Ex. 10: 8; 1 Sam. 17: 34.

אֵת

preposition • Page 82

1. with, together with (Gen. 4:1); 2. with, near by (Gen. 39:6); 3. in or on a place (1 Sam. 7:16); 4. besides (1 K. 11:25); 5. towards, erga (Ruth 2:20, 2 Sam. 16:17).

Direct object eternal self

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H0853:

No stats available

H0855:

No stats available

יהוה יְהוָה

He Is

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

יהוה

Yᵉhôvâh

Definition

Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

Root

from H1961 (היה); (the) self-Existent or Eternal;

Exhaustive

from היה; (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God; Jehovah, the Lord. Compare יה, יהוה.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3068

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

יְהֹוָה

noun masculine • Root יהה • Strongs / High • Page 590

A pre-Mosaic old Semitic name of the supreme God, which was specially revealed for the older אֵל at the establishment of the Mosaic religion, as an abstract of all divine greatness and holiness.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

יְהֹוָה

proper name • Page 275

The proper name of the deity among the ancient Hebrews. Interpreted as 'the eternal, unchangeable, true' or 'he who is as he shall be.' The text discusses various ancient pronunciations (IAΩ, IABE, IETΩ) and its derivation from the future of הָיָה.

Noun proper name

LXX: κύριοσ κυρίου κυρίῳ κύριον κύριε

LXX Usage Statistics

H3068:

κύριοσ 2605× (41.8%)

κυρίου 1742× (27.8%)

κυρίῳ 598× (8.8%)

κύριον 473× (7.1%)

κύριε 336× (5.4%)

--- 129× (2.1%)

'' 95× (1.3%)

θεὸσ 76× (1.0%)

θεοῦ 69× (0.9%)

θεῷ 28× (0.4%)

כשחר כְּשַׁחַר

like the dawn

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

כ

kə

Definition

like, as

Root

A primitive particle; a prefix Derived terms כאשר‎ (ka'ashér) כמו‎ (k'mó) כמות‎ (k'mót) כש־‎ (k'she-)

Exhaustive

(kaph) — as / like / according to

Core value: correspondence, patterning, resonance
כ never asserts identity. It asserts alignment.
- likeness,
- proportionality,
- conformity to a form.
Aonically, כ signals phase-alignment, not comparison.
not “like X in appearance” but “operating according to the same pattern as X.”
This is why prophetic and poetic language leans heavily on כ: it encodes structural analogy across layers, not metaphor.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

שחר

shachar

Definition

dawn (literal, figurative or adverbial)

Root

from H7836 (שחר);

Exhaustive

from שחר; dawn (literal, figurative or adverbial); day(-spring), early, light, morning, whence riseth.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H7837

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

שְׁחֹר

unknown • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1407

See שְׁחַר.

Matched via consonantal key only

שְׁחֹר

noun masculine • Root שחר • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1407

Blackness, nigror, soot, black coals.

Matched via consonantal key only

שִׁחַר

verb • Root שחר • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1410

(Pih.) to seek zealously; to wish, to desire; to turn, i. e. to seek what had been left.

Matched via consonantal key only

שָׁחַר

root • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1410

a blackbird; comp. also שְׁחַרְוּר to be dark.

Matched via consonantal key only

שָׁחַר

verb • Root שחר • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1410

II. (part. שָׁחַר) trans. prop. to split, to cut through, to break through; hence 1. to divide, to separate, to prove, to examine, to seek after a thing, to desire, to strive after. 2. to charm.

Matched via consonantal key only

שִׁחֵר

verb piel • Root שחר • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1409

To be very muddy or black, metaphorically to be slimy (e.g. of the Nile).

Matched via consonantal key only

שַׁחַר

noun masculine • Root שחר • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1410

masc. prop. 1. the shining or the breaking forth, of light; hence the early light, the dawn, aurora. 2. blackness, and therefore darkness, obscurity. 3. (from Arab.) to enchant. 4. searching out, examination. 5. kind of the dawn (in אֵילַת הַשַּׁחַר).

Matched via consonantal key only

שָׁחַר

verb • Root שחר • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1409

To burn, to lighten, to shine; used of the dawn and figuratively of early youth.

Matched via consonantal key only

שָׁחַר

verb • Root שחר • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1409

To be black, of the skin (in elephantiasis); generally to be dark, of coal, soot; to be browned, of colour.

Matched via consonantal key only

שָׁחֹר and שְׁחֹר

adjective / f. • Root שחר • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1410

(pl. שְׁחֹרִים m., שְׁחֹרָה, pl. שְׁחֹרוֹת f.) black, of hair, of horses, of a raven; swarthy, of the skin.

Matched via consonantal key only

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

שַׁחַר

noun masculine • Page 665

The morning light, dawn.

שָׁחַר

verb • Page 665

To be black. Job 30:30 (my skin is black and comes off from me).

שָׁחַר

verb • Root שחר • Page 665

To seek. In Kal only Prov. 11:27. In Piel (Pi.): to seek, often construed with an accusative. Job 7:21; Prov. 7:15; 13:24. Usually derived from the noun שַׁחַר (dawn).

Preposition, Noun common both singular absolute

LXX: ὄρθρου ὄρθροσ ὄρθρον ὡσ

LXX Usage Statistics

H7837:

ὄρθρου 5× (17.8%)

ὄρθροσ 5× (16.7%)

ὄρθρον 4× (13.1%)

ὡσ 2× (7.4%)

נכון נָכוֹן

he who is erected

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

כון

kûwn

Definition

properly, to be erect (i.e. stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix, prepare, apply), or figurative (appoint, render sure, proper or prosperous)

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; properly, to be erect (i.e. stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix, prepare, apply), or figurative (appoint, render sure, proper or prosperous); certain(-ty), confirm, direct, faithfulness, fashion, fasten, firm, be fitted, be fixed, frame, be meet, ordain, order, perfect, (make) preparation, prepare (self), provide, make provision, (be, make) ready, right, set (aright, fast, forth), be stable, (e-) stablish, stand, tarry, [idiom] very deed.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3559

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

כּוּן

verb • Root כון • Strongs / High • Page 683

Properly, to stand, stand upright, stand firm; therefore to be, to exist. Transitive: to prepare, to create.

כּוּן

verb • Root כון • Strongs / High • Page 684

To be certainly; to be ready, determined; to be conducted, managed; to prepare oneself.

כּוּן

verb • Root כון • Strongs / High • Page 684

(not used) properly, to make firm, to ground, cognate in sense to שָׁפַת; metaphorically, to spread out, to make broad, flat, of a cake.

כּוּן

verb • Root כון • Strongs / High • Page 684

(not used) to set up, erect, a pillar.

כּוּן

noun • Root כון • Strongs / High • Page 684

(properly, establishing, founding of the...)

כּוּן

noun proper • Root כון • Strongs / High • Page 685

A proper noun for a city in Aram-Zobah, along with טִבְחַת or בֶּטַח, lying on the high road toward the Euphrates. The entry discusses its possible identification with Conna or Berothai and its etymological connection to Saturn worship or the concept of 'foundation', 'firmness', or 'continuance'.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

כּוּן

verb • Page 311

Literally to stand up; not used in Kal. In Pilel כּוֹנֵן: 1. to raise up, erect; 2. to found; 3. to direct (e.g., an arrow); 4. to prepare, form, make. In Pulal כּוֹנָן: to be prepared, to be established. In Hithpalel הִתְכּוֹנֵן: 1. to be founded, established; 2. to make one's self ready. In Hiph. הֵכִין: 1. to raise up, erect, place; 2. to appoint to an office; 3. to found; 4. to direct (heart or arrow); 5. to prepare. In Niph.: to be placed upright, to stand firm; metaphorically to be becoming, right, suitable.

כּוּן

proper noun • Page 312

A Phenician city, which in the parallel passage 2 Sam. 8:9, is called בֵּרוֹתַי Berytus. Mentioned in 1 Chr. 18:8.

Verb Niphal participle active masculine singular absolute

LXX: ἡτοίμασεν ἡτοίμασαν '' ἕτοιμοσ ἑτοιμάσαι

LXX Usage Statistics

H3559a:

ἡτοίμασεν 19× (8.6%)

ἡτοίμασαν 11× (5.0%)

'' 6× (2.4%)

ἕτοιμοσ 5× (2.4%)

ἑτοιμάσαι 5× (2.2%)

ἡτοιμάσθη 5× (1.9%)

ἡτοίμασασ 4× (1.8%)

ἡτοίμασα 4× (1.8%)

--- 4× (1.9%)

ἑτοίμη 4× (1.9%)

מוצאו מוֹצָאוֹ

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

מוצא

môwtsâʼ

Definition

a going forth, i.e. (the act) an egress, or (the place) an exit; hence, a source or product; specifically, dawn, the rising of the sun (the East), exportation, utterance, a gate, a fountain, a mine, a meadow (as producing grass)

Root

or מצאxlit môtsâ corrected to môtsâʼ; from H3318 (יצא);

Exhaustive

or מצאxlit môtsâ corrected to môtsâʼ; from יצא; a going forth, i.e. (the act) an egress, or (the place) an exit; hence, a source or product; specifically, dawn, the rising of the sun (the East), exportation, utterance, a gate, a fountain, a mine, a meadow (as producing grass); brought out, bud, that which came out, east, going forth, goings out, that which (thing that) is gone out, outgoing, proceeded out, spring, vein, (water-) course (springs).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H4161

הו

Definition

his, personal posessive - noun suffix: 3rd person masculine singular

Root

Exhaustive

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

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H9023

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

מוֹצָא

noun masculine • Root יצא • Strongs / High • Page 826

1. an act of going out, egress, going away; the rising of the sun; utterance; export; a divine sentence. 2. the place from which something comes, a mine, a spring; the east; place of egress. 3. origin, descent.

מוֹצָא

noun masculine • Root צדה • Strongs / High • Page 826

the desert; a district near the Dead Sea. The term is intended to have assonance with יוֹצְאֵיהֶם.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

מוֹצָא

m. verbal • Root יצא • Page 363

1. a going out, rising of the sun. Num. 33:2; Ps. 19:7. 2. place where water rises, a spring, the east. Is. 41:18; Ps. 75:7. 3. that which comes out (of the lips). Num. 30:13. 4. origin, descent, race. 1 K. 10:28.

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

LXX: ἐξόδουσ ἐκπορευόμενα ἔξοδοσ ὡσ ἔξοδον

LXX Usage Statistics

H4161:

ἐξόδουσ 4× (11.5%)

ἐκπορευόμενα 3× (8.1%)

ἔξοδοσ 3× (7.6%)

ὡσ 2× (6.3%)

ἔξοδον 2× (6.3%)

διεξόδουσ 2× (5.7%)

ויבוא וְיָבוֹא

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

בוא

bôwʼ

Definition

to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H935

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

בּוֹא

verb • Strongs_Numbers • Page 224

1. To go, to wander; usually with announcing the limit of one's going. 2. To arrive, to come at (distinguished from הָלַךְ in expressing the limit of going). In this sense metaphorically: a) to be born, to appear; b) to reach to one, to be equal to him; c) to reach inanimate things; d) to come upon, to fall upon (suddenly), e.g., of an enemy or calamity; e) to come to pass, to be fulfilled (of wishes, promises); f) of inanimate things, to come near; g) applied to time; h) with the preposition בְּ, to come with somewhat, i.e., to bring.

בּוֹא

verb • Root בוא • Strongs_Numbers • Page 225

To go in, to enter, to come; to arrive; to go down (of the sun).

בּוֹא

verb • Root בוא • Strongs_Numbers • Page 755

to come to

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

בּוֹא

verb • Page 88

1. to go or come in, to enter. Gen. 6:18. Frequently opposed to יָצָא. 2. to lie with a woman, inire feminam. Gen. 16:2. 3. spoken of the sun, to set, go down (below the horizon). Gen. 15:17. 28:11.

בּוֹא

verb • Page 89

To go in, to enter, to come. Includes many specific idioms: to conduct oneself (Josh. 15:18); to come in as revenue (1 K. 10:14); to enter into a covenant (2 Chr. 15:12); to come upon someone or befall them (Lam. 1:10); to come to pass or be fulfilled (Prov. 13:12); to bring something (with ב, Ps. 66:13); to obtain (Ps. 69:28). Hiphil: to bring in, carry in, or lead (2 Sam. 9:10). Hophal: passive (Lev. 10:18).

Conjunction, Verb Qal third person masculine singular

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H0935:

No stats available

כגשם כַגֶּשֶׁם

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

כ

kə

Definition

like, as

Root

A primitive particle; a prefix Derived terms כאשר‎ (ka'ashér) כמו‎ (k'mó) כמות‎ (k'mót) כש־‎ (k'she-)

Exhaustive

(kaph) — as / like / according to

Core value: correspondence, patterning, resonance
כ never asserts identity. It asserts alignment.
- likeness,
- proportionality,
- conformity to a form.
Aonically, כ signals phase-alignment, not comparison.
not “like X in appearance” but “operating according to the same pattern as X.”
This is why prophetic and poetic language leans heavily on כ: it encodes structural analogy across layers, not metaphor.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

גשם

geshem

Definition

a shower

Root

from H1652 (גשם);

Exhaustive

from גשם; a shower; rain, shower.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H1653

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

גֶּשֶׁם

noun • Root גשם • Strongs / High • Page 342

I. (pl. גְּשָׁמִים, constr. גִּשְׁמֵי) m. rain, e. g. a strong rain, a continuing one, like the regular (early or latter) rain, beneficent and reviving thunder-rain and other pouring rain.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

גֶּשֶׁם

noun • Root גשם • Page 149

Idem (Same as heavy rain). Verbal from גָּשַׁם (Ezek. 22:24).

גֶּשֶׁם

noun masculine • Root גשם • Page 149

A heavy rain, shower, differing from light rain (1 K. 18:45, Prov. 25:23, Ezek. 13:11, 38:22, Job 37:6). Verbal from גָּשַׁם.

גֶּשֶׁם

noun • Page 149

Body (Dan. 4:30 [33], 5:21).

גָּשַׁם

verb • Root גשם • Page 149

In Kal not used. Hiph. to cause to rain (Jer. 14:22).

Preposition -Like Art, Noun common both singular absolute

LXX: ὑετὸσ ὑετὸν ὑετοῦ ὑετόσ χειμὼν

LXX Usage Statistics

H1653:

ὑετὸσ 10× (26.0%)

ὑετὸν 7× (18.3%)

ὑετοῦ 4× (10.6%)

ὑετόσ 2× (5.3%)

χειμὼν 2× (4.9%)

---% 2× (4.0%)

לנו לָנוּ

to ourselves

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

נו

Definition

us, personal pronoun - verb/prep. 1st person common plural

Root

Exhaustive

Personal object pronoun - suffix for propositions and verbs without an object: 1st person plural

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H9035

Preposition, Suffix pronominal first person both plural

כמלקוש כְּמַלְקוֹשׁ

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

כ

kə

Definition

like, as

Root

A primitive particle; a prefix Derived terms כאשר‎ (ka'ashér) כמו‎ (k'mó) כמות‎ (k'mót) כש־‎ (k'she-)

Exhaustive

(kaph) — as / like / according to

Core value: correspondence, patterning, resonance
כ never asserts identity. It asserts alignment.
- likeness,
- proportionality,
- conformity to a form.
Aonically, כ signals phase-alignment, not comparison.
not “like X in appearance” but “operating according to the same pattern as X.”
This is why prophetic and poetic language leans heavily on כ: it encodes structural analogy across layers, not metaphor.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

מלקוש

malqôwsh

Definition

the spring rain; figuratively, eloquence

Root

from H3953 (לקש); (compare H3954 (לקש))

Exhaustive

from לקש; (compare לקש); the spring rain; figuratively, eloquence; latter rain.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H4456

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

מַלְקוֹשׁ

noun masculine • Root לקש • Strongs / High • Page 863

The latter or harvest-rain, which falls in the month Nisan. It waters the earth, does good at the right time, and symbolizes animating discourse.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

מַלְקוֹשׁ

noun masculine • Root לקש • Page 382

The latter rain, falling in Palestine in March and April before harvest (Deut 11:14; Jer. 3:3, 5:24).

Preposition, Noun common both singular absolute

LXX: ὄψιμον

LXX Usage Statistics

H4456:

ὄψιμον 5× (60.7%)

יורה יוֹרֶה

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ירה

yârâh

Definition

properly, to flow as water (i.e. to rain); transitively, to lay or throw (especially an arrow, i.e. to shoot); figuratively, to point out (as if by aiming the finger), to teach

Root

or (2 Chronicles 26:15) ירא; a primitive root;

Exhaustive

or (2 Chronicles 26:15) ירא; a primitive root; properly, to flow as water (i.e. to rain); transitively, to lay or throw (especially an arrow, i.e. to shoot); figuratively, to point out (as if by aiming the finger), to teach; ([phrase]) archer, cast, direct, inform, instruct, lay, shew, shoot, teach(-er,-ing), through.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3384

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

יָרָה

verb • Root ירה • Strongs / High • Page 646

To be terrified, afraid. Intransitive verb, same as יָרֵא.

יָרָה

verb • Root ירה • Strongs / High • Page 646

A verb with multiple meanings. 1. To throw (with a sling), to shoot (arrows). 2. To lay a foundation or cornerstone, to found. Nif. (נוֹרָה): to be struck with arrows. Hif. (הוֹרָה): to cast, throw, shoot; figuratively to hurt or injure.

יָרָה

verb • Root ירה • Strongs / High • Page 646

An intransitive verb. 1. To glow, to burn. 2. To shine, to glitter, to light; hence to see.

יָרָה

verb • Root ירה • Strongs / High • Page 647

A verb with several meanings. Hifil: 1. to shew, to point out, i.e. to cause to see. 2. to teach, to instruct. Hofal: pass. to be moistened, quickened.

יָרָה

verb • Root ירה • Strongs / High • Page 647

Transposed from רָוָה. Kal: to flow abundantly, to stream over. As a noun, the early rain. Hifil: to water, to fructify. Nif'al: to be moistened.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

יָרָה

verb • Page 297

I. 1. To throw, cast (Ex. 15:4, Josh. 18:6). 2. To found or to raise a monument (Job 38:6, Gen. 31:51). 3. To sprinkle, to wet (Hos. 6:3). Niphal: to be shot through with arrows (Ex. 19:13). Hiphil הוֹרָה: to throw, cast, especially to shoot an arrow (1 Sam. 20:20, 36) or to sprinkle/wet, referring to the early rain (Joel 2:23).

יָרָה

verb • Page 297

II. Found only in the Hiphil form הוֹרָה. 1. To show, direct (Gen. 46:28, Prov. 6:13). 2. To instruct, teach (Ex. 35:34).

Verb Hiphil imperfect third person masculine singular

LXX: αὐτοῖσ νομοθέτησόν --- νομοθετήσει ἐάν

LXX Usage Statistics

H3384a:

αὐτοῖσ 3× (3.1%)

νομοθέτησόν 2× (2.4%)

--- 2× (2.4%)

νομοθετήσει 2× (2.4%)

ἐάν 2× (2.4%)

δηλώσεισ 2× (2.4%)

ἐτόξευσαν 2× (2.1%)

κατατοξεῦσαι 2× (2.1%)

συμβιβάσω 2× (2.1%)

τοξόται 2× (2.1%)

ארץ אָרֶץ׃

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

RBT Translation:

No verse found

RBT Paraphrase:
No verse found

Julia Smith Literal 1876 Translation:
And we shall know, we shall pursue to know Jehovah: as the morning his going forth was prepared; and he shall come as the rain to us, as the latter rain, the early rain of the earth.

LITV Translation:
Then we shall know, we who follow on to know Jehovah. His going forth is established as the dawn. And He shall come to us as the rain, as the latter and former rain to the earth.

Brenton Septuagint Translation:
let us follow on to know the Lord: we shall find him ready as the morning, and he will come to us as the early and latter rain to the earth.