Isaiah 65:12

Paleo Hebrew Niqqud

RBT Hebrew Interlinear:

ומניתי וּמָנִיתִי

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ו

wāw

Definition

sequential 'and'

Root

From H8505; a prefix

Exhaustive

Vav Conversive/Consecutive: The category “vav conversive / vav consecutive” is not an ancient grammatical datum; it is a modern explanatory construct, developed by early Hebraists to force Biblical Hebrew into a Latin/chronological tense model that it simply does not share.

The notion arose in early modern grammar (17th–19th c.) when scholars assumed:
- verbs must encode tense,
- narratives must advance by past → present → future,
- therefore Hebrew forms that “don’t behave” must be converted.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

מנה

mânâh

Definition

properly, to weigh out; by implication, to allot or constitute officially; also to enumerate or enroll

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; properly, to weigh out; by implication, to allot or constitute officially; also to enumerate or enroll; appoint, count, number, prepare, set, tell.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H4487

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

מָנָה

verb • Root מנה • Strongs / High • Page 871

To split, divide, separate; hence to number, appoint, allot, determine, or dispose. This entry covers the Kal, Niphal (נִמְנָה), Piel (מִנָּה), and Pual (מֻנָּה) stems.

מָנָה

verb • Root מנה • Strongs / High • Page 873

(not used) Aramaic transitive verb, same as Hebrew מָדַד. Derivative is מִנְחָה.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

מָנָה

verb • Page 385

1. to number, to count; e.g. a people (1 Chr. 21: 1, 17. 27: 24). 2. to levy, muster, an army (1 K. 20: 25). 3. to appoint (Is. 65: 12). Niph. 1. to be numbered, counted (Gen. 13: 16. Ecc. 1: 15). 2. to be reckoned, accounted (Is. 53: 12). Pi. 1. to appoint, assign (Dan. 1: 5. Job 7: 3). 2. to appoint, destine (Jon. 2: 1). 3. to set or appoint over any thing (Dan. 1: 11). Pu. pass. (1 Chr. 9: 29).

מָנָה

verb / dec. x. and xi. a. • Root מנה • Page 385

1. a part, portion (Ex. 29: 26. Lev. 7: 33). Particularly of food (1 Sam. 1: 4, Neh. 8: 10). 2. i.q. מְנָת lot, destiny (Jer. 13: 25).

BDB

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon

H4487

I. מָנָה verb — count, number, reckon, assign.

Cognates:

• Late Hebrew id.
• Assyrian manû
• Arabic منى assign, apportion
• Aramaic מְנָא

— Perfect מָנָה Numbers 23:10; וּמָנִ֫יתִי Isaiah 65:12; Imperfect 2 masculine singular תִּמְנֶהֿ 1 Kings 20:25; וַיִּמְנוּ 2 Kings 12:11; Imperative מְנֵה 2 Samuel 24:1; Infinitive construct לִמְנוֺת Genesis 13:16 (4 times); Participle מוֺנֶה Jeremiah 33:13; Psalm 147:4.

1. Qal

a. Count, number

• dust (grains) Genesis 13:16 (Yahwist Source)
• compare עֲפַר יַעֲקֹב Numbers 23:10 (Jehovist Source)
• money 2 Kings 12:11
• stars (מִסְמָּר לַכּוֺכָבִים מ׳) Psalm 147:4
• flock Jeremiah 33:13 (symbol of peace)
• days Psalm 90:12
• people, army 2 Samuel 24:1; 1 Chronicles 21:1, 17
• compare 1 Chronicles 27:24 (object omitted); 1 Kings 20:25

b. Reckon, assign, appoint

• לַחֶרֶב Isaiah 65:12 (with play on מְנִי Isaiah 65:11)

2. Niph`al

— Perfect נִמְנָה Isaiah 53:12; Imperfect יִמָּנֶה Genesis 13:16; 1 Kings 3:8; יִמָּנוּ 1 Kings 8:5, 2 Chronicles 5:6; Infinitive construct הִמָנוֺת Ecclesiastes 1:15.

a. Be counted, numbered

• of descendants Genesis 13:16 (Yahwist Source)
• of people 1 Kings 3:8 (parallel נִסְמַּר)
• of sacrificial animals 1 Kings 8:5, 2 Chronicles 5:6
• indefinite Ecclesiastes 1:15

b. Be reckoned, assigned (a place)

• of servant of יהוה Isaiah 53:12 (with אֶת מּשְׁעִים)

3. Pi`el

(late and in poetry; Biblical Aramaic and ᵑ7 מַנִּי)

— Perfect מִנָּה Daniel 1:10, 11; מִנּוּ Job 7:3; Imperfect וַיְמַן Jonah 2:1 (4 times); Imperative מַן Psalm 61:8.

a. Appoint, ordain

• food Daniel 1:10, 5 (followed by לְ)
• officer Daniel 1:11 (followed by על)
• nights of weariness (לֵילוֺת עָמָל) Job 7:3 (subject indefinite; followed by לְ)
• in story of Jonah: fish Jonah 2:1, ricinus Jonah 4:6, worm Jonah 4:7, wind Jonah 4:8 (all subject יהוה)
• object חֶסֶד וֶאֱמֶת Psalm 61:8 (subject יהוה)

4. Pu`al

— Participle plural מְמֻנִּים 1 Chronicles 9:29 appointed, of porters (followed by על).

¹ Friedrich Delitzsch, Assyrisches Handwörterbuch (HWB 416).

² Yahwist (J) Source.

³ Jehovist (JE) Source.

⁴ Targum.

conjunctive, Verb Qal sequential perfect first person common singular

LXX: προσέταξεν ἀριθμῆσαι

LXX Usage Statistics

H4487:

προσέταξεν 4× (10.7%)

ἀριθμῆσαι 2× (5.3%)

אתכם אֶתְכֶ֜ם

your eternal selves

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

כם

Definition

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

Root

Exhaustive

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

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H9036

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).

BDB

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon

H853

I. אֵת — the mark of the accusative, prefixed as a rule only to nouns that are definite (Moabite idem, Phoenician אית i.e. אִיַּת (Schröd p. 213 f.); Aramaic יָת frequently in Targum Onkelos; Syriac very rare as mark of accusative (for which is preferred), but used often in the sense of substance οὐσία, also in that of self, e.g. ܐܠܗܐ per se, reapse, ܐܠܗܐ sibi ipsi, PS 1640f., Samaritan ܢܡ; Arabic لله, only used with suffix, when it is desired to emphasize the pronoun, e.g. Qor 1:4 W AG i. § 189. [Ethiopic uses ܐܠܗܐ k£y¹ similarly, Di § 150 a; but it is dubious if this is etymologically akin.] The primitive form will have been ʾiwyaṯ, originally a substantive with following Genitive, Ol p. 432; whether ultimately a parallel development with אוּת sign from √ אוָה is uncertain: Ol W AG i. § 188 Lag M i. 226 affirm, Nö ZMG 1886, 738 doubts. In Hebrew the ground-form is אוּת; the forms with אֵת, אֶת being abbreviated. In post-Biblical Hebrew, used in combination with another preposition: thus בְּאוּתוֹ הַיּוֹם = Biblical Hebrew בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא, בְּאוּתָהּ הַשָּׁעָה; or as a nomin., e.g. אוּתוֹ הָאִישׁ = Biblical Hebrew הָאִישׁ הַהוּא).

Cognates:

• Moabite idem
• Phoenician אית i.e. אִיַּת (Schröd p. 213 f.)
• Aramaic יָת frequently in Targum Onkelos
• Syriac very rare as mark of accusative (for which is preferred), but used often in the sense of substance οὐσία, also in that of self, e.g. ܐܠܗܐ per se, reapse, ܐܠܗܐ sibi ipsi, PS 1640f.
• Samaritan ܢܡ
• Arabic لله, only used with suffix, when it is desired to emphasize the pronoun, e.g. Qor 1:4 W AG i. § 189
• Ethiopic uses ܐܠܗܐ k£y¹ similarly, Di § 150 a; but it is dubious if this is etymologically akin

1. As mark of the accusative prefixed to substantives defined either by the article (or כָּל), or by a Genitive or pronominal affix, or in virtue of being proper names

• a. With transitive verbs:
  • Genesis 1:1, 16, 29, 30; Genesis 2:11; Genesis 4:1, 2; Genesis 9:3 (אֶת־כָּל) etc.
  • Similarly אֶת־מִי whom (in particular), Joshua 24:15; 1 Samuel 12:3; 1 Samuel 28:11; Isaiah 6:8 and elsewhere (but never אֶת־מָה); also with זֶה Genesis 29:33; Genesis 44:29; 1 Samuel 21:16; 1 Kings 22:27 +, זֹאת Genesis 29:27; 2 Samuel 13:27 +, אַחֲלֶה Genesis 46:18; Leviticus 11:18; Isaiah 49:21 +.
  • So pretty uniformly in prose; but in poetry אֵת is commonly dispensed with.
  • By the use of אֵת with the pronominal affix, a pronoun can at once, if required, be placed in a position of emphasis; let the order of words from this point of view be carefully noticed in the following passages: Genesis 7:1; Genesis 24:14; Genesis 37:4; Leviticus 10:17; Leviticus 11:33; Numbers 22:32 thee I had slain, and her I had kept alive, Deuteronomy 4:14; Deuteronomy 6:13, 23; Deuteronomy 13:5; Judges 14:3 אוּתָהּ קַח־לִי take for me her, 1 Samuel 14:35; 1 Samuel 15:1; 1 Samuel 18:17; 1 Samuel 21:10 אִם־אֶת־הָהִיא תִּקַּח־לְךָ קַח if thou wilt take that, take it, 1 Kings 1:35; 1 Kings 14:9; Isaiah 43:22; Isaiah 57:11; Jeremiah 9:2.
  • So הָאוּתִי Jeremiah 5:22; Jeremiah 7:19.
  • It also sometimes enables the reflexive sense to be expressed (elsewhere נַפְשָׁם) Jeremiah 7:19; Ezekiel 34:2.
  • Rarely with a substantive which is undefined (Ew § 277 d 2 Ges § 117, 1, R. 2), as Exodus 21:28; Numbers 21:9; Leviticus 20:14; 1 Samuel 24:6 (but see Dr) 2 Samuel 4:11; 2 Samuel 18:18; 2 Samuel 23:21; or which, though definite, is without the article, Genesis 21:30; 2 Samuel 15:16; Leviticus 26:5; 1 Samuel 9:3 (so Numbers 16:15) Isaiah 33:19; Isaiah 41:7; Ezekiel 43:10 (for further examples see Ew 1.c.).
• b. With a passive verb (Ges § 121. 1 Ew § 295 b) conceived as expressing neutrally the action in question, and construed accordingly with an accusative of that which is its real object: examples occur with tolerable frequency from Genesis 4:18 (J) וַיִּוָּלֵד לַחֲנוֹךְ אֶת־עִירָד, Genesis 17:5 (P), לֹא יִקָּרֵא עוֹד אֶת־שִׁמְךָ אַבְרָם there shall not be called (=one shall not call) thy name Abram, Genesis 21:5 (E), Genesis 27:42; 2 Samuel 21:11; 1 Kings 18:13; Hosea 10:6 etc., to Jeremiah 35:18; Jeremiah 38:4; Jeremiah 50:20; Ezekiel 16:4, 5; Esther 2:13 (compare Dr JPh xi. 227 f.): also with passive verbs of filling (Ew § 281 b), as Exodus 1:7 +.
• c. With neuter verbs or expressions, especially such as involve the idea of regarding, or treating, appy. by a construction κατά σύνεσιν (rare): Joshua 22:17; 2 Samuel 11:25; Nehemiah 9:32 (compare 1 Samuel 20:13 Dr). Once after אֵין, Haggai 2:17; אֵין אֶתְכֶם אֲלֵי.
• d. Poet. (si vera lectio), after an abstract noun used with a verbal force: Habakkuk 3:13 (Amos 4:11; Isaiah 13:19; Jeremiah 50:40 מַהֲפֵּכָה exerts a verbal force, like the Arabic nom. verbi [see W AG i. § 196, 43]; and Numbers 10:2; Ezekiel 17:9 לְמַסַּע, לְמַשְׁאוֹת are Aramaizing infinitives: compare Ew § 239 a).

2. אֵת marks an accusative in other relations than that of direct object to a verb

• a. With verbs of motion (very rare): Numbers 13:17; Deuteronomy 1:19; Deuteronomy 2:7 (to 'walk the wilderness'); denoting the goal Judges 19:18; Ezekiel 21:25 (Ew § 281 d, n., 282 a 1).
• b. Denoting time (duration), also very rare: Exodus 13:7; Leviticus 25:22; Deuteronomy 9:25.
• c. Expressing the accus. of limitation (rare): Genesis 17:11, 14; 1 Kings 15:23.

3. Chiefly in an inferior or later style, אֵת (or וְאֵת) is used irregularly, partly (α), as it would seem, to give greater definiteness (so especially וְאֵת) at the mention of a new subject (when it may sometimes be rendered as regards), or through the influence of a neighbouring verb (a construct κατά σύνεσιν), or by an anacoluthon, partly (β) as resuming loosely some other preposition

• Thus (α): Exodus 1:14; Numbers 3:26, 46; Numbers 5:10 (with הָיָה: so Ezekiel 35:10) Numbers 18:21 b Deuteronomy 11:2 (anacoluthon), Deuteronomy 14:13; Joshua 17:11; Judges 20:44, 46 (contr. Judges 20:25; Judges 20:35) 1 Samuel 17:34 (see Dr) 1 Samuel 26:16; 2 Samuel 21:22; 2 Kings 6:5; Isaiah 53:8 (probably), Isaiah 57:12; Jeremiah 23:33 (but read rather with LXX Targum אֶתֶּם הַמַּשָּׂא) Jeremiah 27:8; Jeremiah 36:22; Jeremiah 38:16 Kt, Jeremiah 45:4 b Ezekiel 16:22; Ezekiel 17:21; Ezekiel 20:16; Ezekiel 29:4; b Ezekiel 43:7 (LXX Co prefix הָרְאִיתָ) Ezekiel 44:3; Zechariah 8:17; Ecclesiastes 4:3; Daniel 9:13; Nehemiah 9:19, 34; 1 Chronicles 2:9; 2 Chronicles 31:17.
• In 1 Samuel 30:23; Haggai 2:5 probably some such word as remember is to be understood.
• (β): Jeremiah 38:9; Ezekiel 14:22; b Ezekiel 37:19 b Zechariah 12:10; סָבִיב אֵת 1 Kings 6:5; Ezekiel 43:17 strangely (in 1 Kings LXX omits the clause: so Sta ZAW 1883, 135).
• — In 1 Kings 11:1 וְ is merely and also, and especially (see וְ); 1 Kings 11:25 is corrupt (read with LXX זֹאת הָרָעָה אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה הֲדַד); Ezekiel 47:17, 18, 19 read similarly for וְאֵת, זֹאת: see Ezekiel 47:20.

— For some particulars as to the use of אֵת, see A. M. Wilson Hebraica. vi. 139 ff. 212 ff. (who, however, confuses it sometimes with II. אֵת). For denoting the pronominal object of a verb, אֵת with suffix preponderates relatively much above the verbal affix in P, as compared with J E Deuteronomy Judges Samuel Kings (see Gie ZAW 1881, 258 f.), — partly, probably, on account of the greater distinctness and precision which P loves.

יָת mark of accusative (= Biblical Hebrew I. אֵת; Palmyrene ית; Zinjirli Had. 28 with suffix ותה; Nabataean, Palmyrene with suffix יתו (Lzb 263 Cooke 170; compare RÉS 468); Targum Onkelos Samaritan יָת; Syriac ܒܪ (rare)); — Daniel 3:12 דִּי מְנִיּתָ יָתְהוֹן whom thou hast appointed.

¹ Schröd: Paul Schröder, Die phönizische Sprache, Halle, 1869.

² Lag: Paul de Lagarde, works on Semitic languages.

³ Nö: Theodor Nöldeke, Orientalische Skizzen, Berlin, 1892.

⁴ Ol: Julius Olshausen, Lehrbuch der hebräischen Sprache, Braunschweig, 1861.

⁵ W AG: Wilhelm Gesenius, Thesaurus Linguae Hebraeae, ed. by E. Rödiger, Leipzig, 1835-1858.

⁶ Di: August Dillmann, Ethiopic Grammar, Leipzig, 1857.

⁷ Targ: Targum.

⁸ PS: Payne Smith, Syriac Dictionary.

⁹ Qor: Quran.

¹⁰ Ew: Heinrich Ewald, Ausführliches Lehrbuch der hebräischen Sprache, Göttingen, 1870.

¹¹ Ges: Wilhelm Gesenius, Hebrew Grammar, ed. E. Kautzsch, trans. A. E. Cowley, 2nd English ed., Oxford, 1910 (GKC).

¹² Dr: Samuel Rolles Driver, works on Hebrew.

¹³ JPh: Journal of Philology.

¹⁴ LXX: Septuagint.

¹⁵ Targum: Targum.

¹⁶ Sta: Bernhard Stade, Geschichte des Volkes Israel, Berlin, 1887.

¹⁷ ZAW: Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft.

¹⁸ Gie: Friedrich Giesebrecht, works on Hebrew.

¹⁹ Lzb: Mark Lidzbarski, Handbuch der nordsemitischen Epigraphik, Weimar, 1898.

²⁰ Cooke: George Albert Cooke, North-Semitic Inscriptions, Oxford, 1903.

²¹ RÉS: Revue des Études Sémitiques.

Direct object eternal self, Suffix pronominal second person masculine plural

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H0853:

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לחרב לַחֶ֗רֶב

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

חרב

chereb

Definition

drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement

Root

from H2717 (חרב);

Exhaustive

from חרב; drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement; axe, dagger, knife, mattock, sword, tool.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H2719

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

חֶרֶב

noun / feminine • Root חרב • Strongs / High • Page 524

1. a sword; any sharp instrument like a knife, razor, axe, or chisel. 2. war. 3. dryness or consumption as a disease. 4. grave or mausoleum.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

חֶרֶב

f. verbal • Root חרב • Page 246

1. a sword (Deut. 13:16, 20:13, Josh. 6:21). 2. other cutting instruments like a knife for circumcising (Josh. 5:2), a razor (Ezek. 5:1), a pickaxe (Ex. 20:25), or a battering ram (Ezek. 26:9). 3. dryness, drought (Deut. 28:22).

BDB

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon

H2719

I. חֶ֫רֶב (approximate number of occurrences: 411) noun feminine^{Isaiah 21:15} — sword (as weapon).

Cognates:

• Aramaic חַרְבָּא
• Syriac חַרְבָּא
• Zinjirli חרב
• Arabic حربة ḥarbah dart, javelin

— חֶ֫רֶב absolute Genesis 3:24 +; חָ֑רֶב Exodus 17:13 +; construct חֶ֫רֶב Deuteronomy 33:29 +; suffix חַרְבִּי Exodus 15:9 (13 times); חַרְבְּךָ Genesis 27:40 (7 times); חֵרְבֶּ֑ךָ 1 Samuel 17:33, Psalm 17:13; חַרְבּוֺ Numbers 22:23 (24 times); חַרְבְּכֶם Jeremiah 2:30, Ezekiel 33:26; חַרְבָּם Psalm 37:15, Psalm 44:4; plural חֲרָבוֺת Isaiah 21:15 (5 times); construct חַרְבוֺת Joshua 5:2 (2 times); suffix חַרְבוֺתָיו Ezekiel 26:9; חַרְבוֺתָם Isaiah 2:4 (5 times); חַרְבֹתֵיהֶם Micah 4:3 (2 times).

1. Sword as weapon

a. Sword, as weapon of war

• Genesis 48:22 (Elohist Source)
• Judges 7:14, 20
• 1 Samuel 21:9, and so in all periods
• two-edged (short) sword חֶרֶב וְלָהּ שְׁנֵי פֵיוֺ֖ת גֹּמֶד אָרְכָּהּ Judges 3:16
• compare חֶרֶב מִּיּוֺת Proverbs 5:4 (in simile), חֶרֶב מִּיפִיּוֺת Psalm 149:6
• see also צוּר חֶרֶב edge of sword Psalm 89:44

b. Gird on sword

• חָגַר הַחֶרֶב 1 Samuel 17:39
• 1 Samuel 25:13 (3 times)
• Psalm 45:4 (+ חֶרֶב עַל יָרֵך)
• שִׂים על ירך Exodus 32:27
• compare especially 2 Samuel 20:8

c. Draw the sword

• הֵרִיק הַחֶרֶב Exodus 15:9; Leviticus 26:33; Ezekiel 5:2, 12; 12:14; 28:7
• הוציא הַחֶרֶב Ezekiel 21:8, 10
• פתח הַחֶרֶב Psalm 37:14; Ezekiel 21:33
• נטשׁ Isaiah 21:15 (Graetz¹, Cheyne² read לטשׁ)
• usually שׁלף הַחֶרֶב Numbers 22:23, 31; Joshua 5:13; Judges 3:22; Judges 8:10, 20; 9:54; 1 Samuel 17:51; 31:4 = 1 Chronicles 10:4; 1 Chronicles 21:16
• as characteristic of warriors שֹׁלֵף חֶרֶב Judges 20:2, 15, 17, 25, 35, 46; 2 Samuel 24:9; 2 Kings 3:26; 1 Chronicles 21:5 (twice)
• וַתִּדְבַּק יָדוֺ אֶל־הַחֶרֶב 2 Samuel 23:10, insert also in parallel 1 Chronicles 11:13 (S. R. Driver³)

d. Whet, sharpen the sword

• לטשׁ הַחֶרֶב Psalm 7:13
• שׁנן Deuteronomy 32:41 compare Psalm 64:4
• הוּחַדָּה Ezekiel 21:14, 16

e. Put up the sword into the sheath

• הֵשִׁיב הַחֶרֶב אֶל־נְדָנָהּ 1 Chronicles 21:27
• sheath elsewhere is תַּעַר 1 Samuel 17:51; 2 Samuel 20:8; Jeremiah 47:6; Ezekiel 21:8

f. Slay with sword

• הרג בְּחֶרֶב Joshua 10:11; 13:22 +
• in 1 Samuel 2:33, insert בְּחֶרֶב before אנשׁים (Septuagint, Wellhausen⁴, S. R. Driver³)
• rarely הכה בְּחֶרֶב Joshua 11:10; 2 Kings 19:37 = Isaiah 37:38
• very often הִכָּה לְפִי־חֶרֶב smite according to the mouth of the sword i.e. as the sword can devour (2 Samuel 2:26; 11:25) = without quarter: Numbers 21:24 (Elohist Source); Deuteronomy 13:16a; 20:13; Joshua 11:11, 12, 14 (Deuteronomic Source); Judges 18:27; 21:10; 1 Kings 10:25; Job 1:15, 17
• also with הָעִיר (the city) as object: Joshua 8:24; 10:28, 30, 32, 35, 37, 39; 19:47; Judges 1:8, 25; 20:37; 1 Samuel 22:19 (twice); 2 Samuel 15:14
• הרג לְפִי־חֶרֶב Genesis 34:26 (Yahwist Source); הֶחֱרִים לְפִי־חֶרֶב Deuteronomy 13:16b, Joshua 6:21; 1 Samuel 15:8
• חלשׁ לְפִי־חֶרֶב Exodus 17:13 (Elohist Source); נפל לְפִי־חֶרֶב Joshua 8:24; Judges 4:16
• וַיָּהָם יְהוָה ... לְפִי־חֶרֶב Judges 4:15

g. Devouring

• אכלה הַחֶרֶב etc., of the sword as devouring: — תּאֹכֵל חַרְבִּי בָשָׂר Deuteronomy 32:42 (poetry)
• 2 Samuel 2:26; 11:25; 18:8
• Isaiah 1:10; Jeremiah 2:30; Jeremiah 46:10, 14; Nahum 2:14

h. Slain by sword

• חֲלַל־חֶרֶב Numbers 19:16 (Priestly Code) and frequently in Ezekiel
• חַלְלֵי־חֶרֶב Ezekiel 31:17, 18; 32:21, 25, 28, 29, 30, 32; 35:8
• מְחֻלְלֵי חֶרֶב Ezekiel 35:26 (Cornill⁵ reads חללי־חֶרֶב)

i. Captives of sword

• שְׁבֻיוֺת חֶרֶב Genesis 31:26 (taken by sword)

j. Sword as agent of Yahweh

• Judges 7:20; Isaiah 34:6; Jeremiah 12:12; Jeremiah 47:6 etc.
• Deuteronomy 28:22 (but read חֹרֶב drought)
• לַהַט הַחֶרֶב הַמִּתְהַמֶּכֶת Genesis 3:24
• in poetry: לַהַב חֶרֶב Nahum 3:3, בְּרַק חֶרֶב Deuteronomy 32:41

k. Figurative uses

• of tongue Psalm 57:5; compare 59:8
• of violence, war, etc. Genesis 27:40
• in simile Proverbs 5:4 (of grievous end of dealings with strange women)

2. Knife

• חַרְבוֹת צֻרִים flint knives for circumcision Joshua 5:2, 3 (see Wellhausen⁴)
• חֶרֶב חַדָּה תַּעַר הַגַּלָּבִים Ezekiel 5:1, 2 (according to Cornill⁵ use of sword as razor is significant)

3. Of tools used in hewing stone

• חַרְבְּךָ הֵנַפְתָּ עליה Exodus 20:25
• יִתֹּץ בְּחַרְבוֹתָיו Ezekiel 26:9, according to most = tools, axes, 'steel' (Cornill⁵ 'Eisen'), but possibly swords as implements ready to hand
• 2 Chronicles 34:6 Qere בְּחַרְבֹתֵיהֶם with their tools; read perhaps בְּחָרְבֹתֵיהֶם in their ruins (Bertheau⁶, compare Psalm 109:10)

¹ Heinrich Graetz.

² T. K. Cheyne.

³ S. R. Driver, Notes on the Hebrew Text of the Books of Samuel.

⁴ J. Wellhausen, Skizzen und Vorarbeiten.

⁵ C. H. Cornill.

⁶ Ernst Bertheau.

Preposition -For/Into Art, Noun common both singular absolute

LXX: ῥομφαίᾳ ῥομφαίαν μάχαιραν μαχαίρᾳ ῥομφαία

LXX Usage Statistics

H2719:

ῥομφαίᾳ 62× (13.7%)

ῥομφαίαν 60× (14.4%)

μάχαιραν 39× (9.4%)

μαχαίρᾳ 35× (8.8%)

ῥομφαία 34× (8.4%)

μαχαίρασ 33× (8.2%)

ῥομφαίασ 28× (7.0%)

μάχαιρα 24× (5.9%)

'' 19× (4.3%)

μαχαίραισ 10× (2.4%)

וכלכם וְכֻלְּכֶם

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

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

כם

Definition

your, personal posessive - noun suffix: 2nd person masculine plural

Root

Exhaustive

Personal posessive pronoun - suffix for nouns, adjectives and passive participles: 2nd person masculine plural

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H9026

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.

BDB

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon

H3605

I. כֹּל (approximate number of occurrences: 5415) noun masculine — the whole, all (once כּוֹל Jeremiah 33:8 Kt.).

Cognates:

• Moabite, Phoenician id.
• Aramaic כּוּל, כֹּל
• Arabic كل
• Sabean כל (compare DHM¹)
• Ethiopic ኩሉ
• Assyrian kullatu

— כֹּל absolute; construct כֹּל Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:16, Genesis 2:20; כֹּל־ Psalm 138:2; more usually כָּל־ (with makkaph: without it, Psalm 35:10; Proverbs 19:7; Kö²); suffix 2 masculine singular in pause כֻּלָּךְ Micah 2:12; 2 feminine singular כֻּלֵּךְ Isaiah 14:29, Isaiah 14:31, כֻּלָּךְ Isaiah 22:1; Song of Solomon 4:7; 3 masculine singular כֻּלֹּה 2 Samuel 2:9 (Dr³) + 17 times, כֻּלּוֹ Genesis 25:25 + 16 times; 3 feminine singular כֻּלָּהּ Genesis 13:10 + 15 times, כֻּלָּא Ezekiel 36:5; 1 plural כֻּלָּנוּ (16 times); 2 plural כֻּלְּכֶם (18 times); 3 masculine plural כֻּלָּם (often), כּוּלָּם Jeremiah 31:34, כֻּלָּ֑הַם 2 Samuel 23:6 (and Jeremiah 15:10 כֻּלְּהֶם); 3 feminine plural כֻּלָּ֫נָה Genesis 42:36; Proverbs 31:29; כֻּלָּֽהְנָה 1 Kings 7:37.

1. With following Genitive

a. The whole of, all, every

• Genesis 2:2 כָּל־צְבָאָם (the whole of their host)
• Genesis 2:13 כָּל־אֶרֶץ כּוּשׁ (the whole of the land of Kush)
• כָּל־הַלַּיְלָה (the whole of the night)
• כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵל (the whole of Israel)
• Deuteronomy 4:29 בְּכָל־לְבָֽבְךָ (with all thy heart)
• With plural nouns: Genesis 5:5 כל־ימי אדם (all the days of Adam); Genesis 37:35 כל־בניו (all his sons); Isaiah 2:2 כל־הגוים (all the nations); Genesis 43:9 כל הימים (continually)
• In poetry, noun may be undetermined: כָּל־יָדַיִם (every hand) Isaiah 13:7; Jeremiah 48:37; Ezekiel 21:12; כל־פנים (every face) Isaiah 25:8

b. Followed by singular, understood collectively

• Genesis 1:21 את כל נפשׁ החיה (every living soul)
• Genesis 2:9 כל עץ נחמד (every kind of tree)
• Genesis 6:12 כָּל־בָּשָׂר (all flesh)
• Numbers 12:3; Judges 16:17 כל האדם (the whole of mankind)
• Exodus 1:22 כל־הבן (all the sons)
• In late Hebrew: בְּכָל־דּוֹר וָדוֹר Psalm 45:18; Esther 9:28; בכל־עיר ועיר 2 Chronicles 11:12

c. Genitive as a relative sentence

• Introduced by אשׁר: Genesis 1:31 את כל אשׁר עשׂה (all that he had made); Joshua 1:7 בְּכֹל אֲשֶׁר תֵּלֵךְ (wheresoever thou goest)
• Rarely with ellipse of relative: Genesis 39:4 וְכָל־יֶשׁ־לוֹ; Psalm 71:18 לְכָל־יָבוֹא

d. Idiomatic use with suffixes

• Placing suffix after the word qualified: 2 Samuel 2:9 יִשְׂרָאֵל כֻּלֹּה (Israel, all of it); Isaiah 14:29 פלשׁת כלך (Philistia, all of thee!)
• Suffix of 3ms used for the mass: Exodus 14:7 עַל־כֻּלּוֹ (upon all of them); Psalm 29:9 כֻּלּוֹ אֹמֵר כָּבוֹד (every one says, Glory!)

e. Affirming or denying of an entire class (any/none)

• Comparative: Genesis 3:1 מכל חית השׂדה (than any beast of the field)
• With negative (none): Exodus 12:16 כל־מלאכה לא יעשׂה (no work shall be done); Psalm 143:2 כי לא־יצדק לפניך כל־חי (for no living thing is righteous before thee)

f. Anomalous gender

feminine very anomalously, severed from its Genitive: 2 Samuel 1:9 כִּי־כָל־עוֹד נַפְשִׁי בִי; Job 27:3; Hosea 14:3 כָּל־תִּשָּׂא עָוֺן.

2. Absolutely

a. Without the article (all things, all)

• Genesis 9:3 את כֹּל; Genesis 16:12 וְיַד כֹּל בּוֹ; Numbers 11:6 אֵין כֹּל (there is nothing)
• Isaiah 44:24 עשֶֹׁה כֹּל (maker of all things); Proverbs 16:4
• As Comprehensive Genitive: Ezekiel 44:30 כָּל־בִּכּוּרֵי כֹל

b. With article (הַכֹּל)

• Referring to things just mentioned: Exodus 29:24 ושׂמת הַכֹּל; Leviticus 1:9; 1 Samuel 30:19 הַכֹּל השׁיב דוד
• In wider sense (the universe, to pan): Jeremiah 10:16 כי יוצר הַכֹּל הוא; Psalm 103:19
• In Ecclesiastes (often): Ecclesiastes 1:2; Ecclesiastes 12:8 הַכֹּל הֶבֶל

Aramaic

I. כֹּל, כָּל־ noun masculine the whole, all (Biblical Hebrew כֹּל).

1. The whole of, all
   • כֹּל חַכִּימֵי בָבֶל Daniel 2:12
   • כל־מלכותא Daniel 6:4
   • suffix 3 masculine plural כָּלְּהוֹן Daniel 2:38; Daniel 7:19
2. With a singular noun, understood collectively (every, any, none)
   • Daniel 3:29 דִּי כָל־עַם (that every people)
   • Daniel 6:8 מִן־כָּל־אֱלָה (of any god)
   • Daniel 2:10 כל־מלך... לא (no king)
   • כָּל־דִּי (whoever/whatever) Daniel 6:8; Ezra 7:23
3. Emphatic כֹּלָּא (absolutely, all things)
   • Daniel 2:40 חָשֵׁל כֹּלָּא (crushing all things)
   • Daniel 4:9, Daniel 4:18 וּמָזוֹן לְכֹלָּא־בֵהּ
   • Daniel 4:25 כֹּלָּא מְטָא (all came upon...)

¹ David Heinrich Müller, Epigraphische Denkmäler aus Arabien (1889).

² Eduard König, Historisch-kritisches Lehrgebäude der hebräischen Sprache (1881-1897).

³ S. R. Driver, Notes on the Hebrew Text of the Books of Samuel (1890).

⁴ Gesenius' Hebrew Grammar, ed. E. Kautzsch, trans. A. E. Cowley (GKC).

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

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%)

לטבח לַטֶּבַח

to the Slaughter

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

טבח

ṭebach

Definition

properly, something slaughtered; hence, a beast (or meat, as butchered); abstractly butchery (or concretely, a place of slaughter)

Root

from H2873 (טבח);

Exhaustive

from טבח; properly, something slaughtered; hence, a beast (or meat, as butchered); abstractly butchery (or concretely, a place of slaughter); [idiom] beast, slaughter, [idiom] slay, [idiom] sore.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H2874

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

טֶ֫בַח

noun masculine • Root טבח • Consonantal / Low • Page 550

1. Slaughter of cattle, hence banquet. 2. Metaphorically, massacre, murder, destruction.

Matched after stripping common prefixes

טֶ֫בַח

noun proper • Root טבח • Consonantal / Low • Page 550

A proper name of a son of Nahor (Gen. 22, 24), and subsequently of a Nahorite Aramaean tribe.

Matched after stripping common prefixes

טֶ֫בַח

noun proper • Root , • Consonantal / Low • Page 550

A proper name of a Mesopotamian locality where the Nahorite branch had their seat, belonging to Aram Zoba.

Matched after stripping common prefixes

טַבָּח

noun • Consonantal / Low • Page 551

To execute sentences of death, as a commander of the royal palace-guard.

Matched after stripping common prefixes

טַבָּח

noun masculine • Root טבח • Consonantal / Low • Page 550

1. A cook, i.e., one who slaughters for the principal meal. 2. A slaughterer, slayer, executioner; used for the royal body-guard or life-guardsmen.

Matched after stripping common prefixes

טָבַח

verb • Root טבח • Consonantal / Low • Page 550

1. To slaughter cattle, particularly for eating. Generally to cook or prepare a meal. 2. Metaphorically, to kill, to murder, to massacre.

Matched after stripping common prefixes

טָבַח

root • Root טבח • Consonantal / Low • Page 550

Properly to extend, to spread, hence to be wide, extended, thick, fat; the organic root being ט־ב־ח. From this root are derived the proper names טֶבַח, טִבְחַת, perhaps also טָפַת.

Matched after stripping common prefixes

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

טֶבַח

noun masculine • Root טבח • Page 259

1. cattle for slaughter, also a feast on them. Prov. 9: 2. Gen. 43: 15. 2. the slaughtering-bench, the slaughter. Prov. 7: 22. Is. 53: 7. 3. a slaughter or destruction of men. Is. 34: 2, 6.

BDB

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon

H2874

I. טֶ֫בַח (approximate number of occurrences: 11) noun masculine — slaughtering, slaughter.

— טֶבַח absolute Genesis 43:16 (6 times); טָבַח Ezekiel 21:20 (3 times); suffix טִבְחָהּ Proverbs 9:2.

1. Meanings and Uses

a. Slaughtering of animals for food

• As accusative of cognate meaning with verb after טָבַח Genesis 43:16 (Jehovist Source), Proverbs 9:2
• Simile of the suffering servant of Yahweh: כַּשֶּׂה לַטֶּבַח יוּבָל Isaiah 53:7
• Simile of the fatuousness of one following a strange woman: Proverbs 7:22
• Metaphor of Babylonian leaders, under figure of bullocks: יֵרְדוּ לַטֶּבַח Jeremiah 50:27; so probably Jeremiah 48:15
• Perhaps also לַטֶּבַח תִּכְרָ֑עוּ Isaiah 65:12

2. Figurative slaughter

a. In poetry, of nations given over by Yahweh

• Generally of the nations: Isaiah 34:2
• Specifically of Edom: Isaiah 34:6 (+ זֶבַח)
• Of Israel, as accusative of cognate meaning with verb after טָבַח (Ezekiel 21:15): Ezekiel 21:20
• Of Ammon: Ezekiel 21:33

¹ Jehovist (Yahwist) Source.

Preposition -For/Into Art, Noun common both singular absolute

LXX: σφαγήν σφαγὴν σφάγια

LXX Usage Statistics

H2874:

σφαγήν 4× (31.5%)

σφαγὴν 2× (17.1%)

σφάγια 2× (17.1%)

תכרעו תִּכְרָעוּ

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

כרע

kâraʻ

Definition

to bend the knee; by implication, to sink, to prostrate

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; to bend the knee; by implication, to sink, to prostrate; bow (down, self), bring down (low), cast down, couch, fall, feeble, kneeling, sink, smite (stoop) down, subdue, [idiom] very.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3766

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

כָּרַע

verb • Root כרע • Strongs / High • Page 740

To kneel down, sink down, bend, crouch, or bow in various contexts such as drinking, prayer, reverence, defeat, or childbirth; to be overthrown or humbled.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

כָּרַע

verb • Root כרע • Page 330

To bend or let one's self down, usually on the knees. Expresses reverence to a deity (Ps. 95:6), sinking from weakness (Job 4:4), or entire prostration (2 Chr. 7:3). (Verse references: Judg. 7:5, 6; 1 K. 8:54; Is. 45:23).

BDB

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon

H3766

I. כָּרַע (approximate number of occurrences: 36) verb — bow down.

Cognates:

• Late Hebrew id.
• Aramaic כְּרַע
• Arabic كرع put one’s mouth into water, or water-vessel; i.e. kneel to drink?

— כָּרַע Perfect 3 masculine singular Genesis 49:6 + 6 times; 3 masculine plural כָּֽרְעוּ Judges 7:6 + 4 times; Imperfect 3 masculine singular יִכְרַע Judges 7:5 + 3 times; 1 singular וָאֶכְרְעָה Ezra 9:5; 3 masculine plural יִכְרְעוּן Job 31:10; 2 masculine plural תִּכְרָ֑עוּ Isaiah 65:12; 1 plural וְנִכְרָָ֑עָה Psalm 95:6 + 6 times; Infinitive construct כְּרֹעַ 1 Kings 8:54; participle כֹּרֵעַ Esther 3:5; plural כֹּרְעִים Esther 3:2; feminine כֹּרְעוֺת Job 4:4.

Qal

1. bow (+ עַל בִּרְכַּיִם) to drink
   • Judges 7:5, 6
   • In supplication to Elijah: 2 Kings 1:13
   • In the worship of God: 1 Kings 8:54; Ezra 9:5
   • With בִּרְכַּיִם as subject and ל of God: 1 Kings 19:18; Isaiah 45:23
   • Without בִּרְכַּיִם with לִפְנֵי: Psalm 22:30; Psalm 72:9
   • Parallel with הִשְׁתַּחֲוָה in worship: 2 Chronicles 7:3; 29:29; Psalm 95:6
   • In obeisance to Haman: Esther 3:2 (twice); Esther 3:5
2. bow down, of the couching lion
   • Genesis 49:9 (poetry)
   • Numbers 24:9 (poetry)
3. pregnant with עַל, bow down over (in order to lie with) a woman
   • Job 31:10
4. bow down, in various contexts
   • Of a woman in childbirth: 1 Samuel 4:19
   • Of animals: Job 39:3
   • Of idols, removed by enemies: Isaiah 46:1, 2
   • בִּרְכַּיִם כֹּרְעוֺת tottering (feeble) knees: Job 4:4
   • Of enemies in death (+ נָפַל): Judges 5:27 (3 times); Psalm 20:9
   • Pregnant without נָפַל: 2 Kings 9:24; Isaiah 65:12
   • With תַּחַת: Isaiah 10:4

Hiphil

— הִכְרִיעַ Perfect 3 masculine singular Psalm 78:31; 2 feminine singular suffix הִכְרַעְתִּנִי Judges 11:35; Imperfect 2 masculine singular תַּכְרִיעַ 2 Samuel 22:40 = Psalm 18:40; Imperative suffix הַכְרִיעֵהוּ Psalm 17:13; Infinitive absolute הַכְרֵעַ Judges 11:35.

1. cause to bow in grief
   • Judges 11:35 (twice)
2. cause to bow down in death
   • Psalm 17:13
   • Psalm 78:31
   • With תַּחַת: 2 Samuel 22:40 = Psalm 18:40

Verb Qal imperfect second person masculine plural

LXX: ἔκαμψεν ἐμπεποδοστάτηκάσ προπεσοῦνται συγκάμψασ

LXX Usage Statistics

H3766:

ἔκαμψεν 3× (7.7%)

ἐμπεποδοστάτηκάσ 2× (5.7%)

προπεσοῦνται 2× (5.7%)

συγκάμψασ 2× (5.7%)

יען יַעַן

for the purpose/because

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

יען

yaʻan

Definition

properly, heed; by implication, purpose (sake or account); used adverbially to indicate the reason or cause

Root

from an unused root meaning to pay attention;

Exhaustive

from an unused root meaning to pay attention; properly, heed; by implication, purpose (sake or account); used adverbially to indicate the reason or cause; because (that), forasmuch ([phrase] as), seeing then, [phrase] that, [phrase] wheras, [phrase] why.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3282

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

יַעַן

verb • Root ענה • Strongs / High • Page 624

An intransitive verb. 1. to howl, to complain, to screech complainingly, of animals of the desert. 2. To raise a cry or a shout of victory.

יַעַן

masculine noun / preposition / conjunction • Root יען ענה • Strongs / High • Page 625

An exact account, proof, plan, or intent. As a preposition, it means 'on account of' or 'because of'. As a conjunction, it can mean 'because', 'although', or 'so that'.

יַעַן

adverb / conjunction • Strongs / High • Page 708

For this very reason; so that.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

יַעַן

substantive • Root ענה • Page 290

purpose, aim; derived from the verb עָנָה. Used as a preposition meaning 'on account of' and as a conjunction meaning 'because'. Often joined with אֲשֶׁר (because that) or כִּי. (Ezek. 5:9, Is. 37:29, Num. 20:12, Judg. 2:20, Lev. 26:43, etc.)

BDB

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon

H3282

I. יַ֫עַן (approximate number of occurrences: 96) preposition and conjunction (see below I. ענה) — on account of, because.

Properly substantive, purpose, intention, but always used as preposition or conjunction (for יַעֲנֶה, of the form יִצְהָר etc.¹; compare ענה mean, intend): —

1. As preposition

Rarely with a substantive:

• יַעַן תּוֺעֲבוֺתֵיכֶם Ezekiel 5:9
• יַעַן מָה Haggai 1:9
• יַעַן בֵּיתִי Haggai 1:9

With a participle:

• יען אמרים Ezekiel 36:13 because of men saying to you (but read probably אָמְרָם²)

Frequently with infinitive:

• יַעַן הִתְמַכֶּרְךָ 1 Kings 21:20 on account of thy having sold thyself
• Amos 5:11
• Isaiah 30:12
• יַעֵן הִתְרַגֶּזְךָ אֵלַי Isaiah 37:29 (= 2 Kings 19:28)
• Jeremiah 5:14
• Jeremiah 7:13
• Jeremiah 23:38
• Jeremiah 48:7

And often (c. 18 t.) in Ezekiel, as Jeremiah 5:7 (read יַעַן הַמְ˜רֹתְכֶם), Jeremiah 13:8, 22; Jeremiah 25:3, 6, 8, 12.

2. As conjunction

a. יַעַן אֲשֶׁר (32 t.), usually with perfect:

• יען אשׁר עשׂית זאת Genesis 22:16 because that thou hast done this
• Deuteronomy 1:36 (Joshua 14:14)
• Judges 2:20
• 1 Samuel 30:22
• 1 Kings 3:11
• 1 Kings 8:18
• Jeremiah 19:4
• Jeremiah 25:8
• Jeremiah 29:23 +
• With imperfect (in frequent. sense) Ezekiel 44:12

b. יַען כִּי:

• יַעַן כִּי מְאַסְתֶּם אֶת יְהוָה Numbers 11:20
• 1 Kings 13:21
• 1 Kings 21:29
• Isaiah 3:16
• Isaiah 7:5
• Isaiah 8:6
• Isaiah 29:13

c. יַעַן alone (23 t.):

• With perfect: יַעַן לֹא הֶאֱמַנְתֶּם בִּי Numbers 20:12
• 1 Samuel 15:23
• 1 Kings 14:13
• 1 Kings 20:42
• 2 Kings 22:19
• Hosea 8:1
• Isaiah 61:1
• Isaiah 65:12
• Isaiah 66:4

With imperfect (frequently) Ezekiel 34:21; of the future Ezekiel 12:12 because he shall not see, etc. (but לְמַעַן אשׁר לא יֵרָאֶה לָעַיִן³): usually the verb follows immediately, but Ezekiel sometimes puts the object first for emphasis, יַעַן אֶת מִקְדָּשִׁי טִמֵּאתָ Ezekiel 5:11, Ezekiel 20:16, 24; Ezekiel 36:6, compare Ezekiel 34:21.

3. Specific combinations

• יַעַן וּבְיַעַן, q.d. because and by the cause (that), followed by perhaps, Leviticus 26:43 (Holiness Code), Ezekiel 13:10.
• יַעַן בְּיַעַז followed by infinitive, Ezekiel 36:3.

(In all, reckoning יַעַן (וּ)בְיַעַן once each, 93 t., of which 20 are in 1–2 Kings, 11 in Jeremiah, 38 in Ezekiel; and only 9 in Genesis—2 Samuel.)

¹ B. Stade, Lehrbuch der hebräischen Grammatik (1879), § 259; F. E. König, Historisch-kritisches Lehrgebäude der hebräischen Sprache (1881–1897), ii. 403.

² Reading suggested by C. H. Cornill, C. H. Toy, and A. Bertholet.

³ Septuagint; also Cornill, E. Kautzsch, and Bertholet.

Noun common both singular absolute

LXX: ἀνθ' ὧν ὅτι ἀντὶ ''

LXX Usage Statistics

H3282:

ἀνθ' 52× (39.1%)

ὧν 43× (27.5%)

ὅτι 8× (6.0%)

ἀντὶ 6× (4.5%)

'' 4× (2.6%)

διὰ 4× (3.0%)

--- 4× (3.0%)

ὅσα 4× (2.1%)

ἐπειδὴ 3× (2.3%)

διότι 3× (2.3%)

קראתי קָרָאתִי

I have summoned

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

קרא

qârâʼ

Definition

to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)

Root

a primitive root (rather identical with H7122 (קרא) through the idea of accosting a person met);

Exhaustive

a primitive root (rather identical with קרא through the idea of accosting a person met); to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications); bewray (self), that are bidden, call (for, forth, self, upon), cry (unto), (be) famous, guest, invite, mention, (give) name, preach, (make) proclaim(-ation), pronounce, publish, read, renowned, say.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H7121

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

קָרָא

verb • Root קרא • Strongs / High • Page 755

to call

קָרָא

verb • Root קרא • Strongs / High • Page 1292

To cry, raise the voice loud, call, cry out (intr.); to call upon, implore God; to proclaim, announce, preach; to praise, celebrate aloud; to name, assign a name (trans.).

קָרָא

verb • Root קרא • Strongs / High • Page 1293

To call (to name, to be named); to call together, to invite (to an assembly or feast); to summon (for defense or tribunal); to call forth, to appoint; to choose; to read aloud, to proclaim. (Nif'al: To be called, celebrated, named, read, or reckoned as belonging to someone).

קָרָא

verb • Root קרא • Strongs / High • Page 1293

(Pi'el: קֵרֵא) To strike upon or hit against a thing; hence to meet, to happen, to befall. (Nif'al: נִקְרָא) To go or come to one, to encounter a person (accidentally), to be met with, to meet by chance, to happen. (Hif'il: הִקְרִיאָ) To cause to happen or befall, misfortune.

קָרָא

verb • Strongs / High • Page 1294

To call, summon, invite; to proclaim, publish; to read; to name.

קָרָא

verb qal • Root קרא • Strongs / High • Page 1293

To call, call out, cry, proclaim; to call together, convoke; to invite; to summon (to tribunal); to call forth, appoint; to call into existence; to choose; to name or be called; to read aloud, declaim.

קָרָא

verb • Root קרא • Strongs / High • Page 1293

To be called, chosen, to be named.

קָרָא

verb qal • Root קרא • Strongs / High • Page 1293

II. Properly to strike upon or hit against a thing; hence to meet, to happen, to befall (with a double accusative).

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

קָרָא

verb • Page 593

I. to call. Subordinate significations include: (1) to call a person or thing; (2) to call out to any one (Is. 6:3); (3) to call on for help (Ps. 4:4); (4) to call together, an assembly (Joel 1:14); (5) to invite, bid (1 Sam. 9:13); (6) to announce, proclaim (Joel 4:9); (7) to celebrate, praise (Prov. 20:6); (8) to call, choose, appoint (Is. 42:6); (9) to invoke or praise the name of Jehovah (Gen. 4:26).

קָרָא

verb • Page 594

Continuation of previous entry: 2. to name; construed with an accus. of the name and a dative of the person or thing (Gen. 1:5, 4:26). 3. to read (Ex. 24:7, Deut. 17:19). Niph: 1. to be called (Jer. 44:26); 2. to be named (Gen. 2:23, 1 Sam. 9:9). Pu: 1. to be called (Ezek. 10:13); 2. to be named (Is. 48:12, 65:1).

קָרָא

verb • Root קרה • Page 594

II. i.q. קָרָה to meet or befal a person, spoken of an event or destiny (Gen. 49:1, 42:4). Infinitive לִקְרַאת used as a preposition meaning to meet (Gen. 46:29, Ex. 4:27) or over against (Gen. 15:10). Niph: to meet, spoken of persons (Ex. 5:3) or things (Deut. 22:6). Hiph: to cause to happen (Jer. 32:23).

BDB

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon

H7121

I. קָרָא (approximate number of occurrences: 724) verb — call, proclaim, read.

Cognates:

• Late Hebrew id., read aloud, read
• Phoenician קרא call
• Arabic قرأ read aloud, recite, القرآن the Qur’ān
• Aramaic קְרָא, קְרֵי call, etc., so Old Aramaic קרא, Nabatean id., Palmyrene id., קרה

— קָרָא Qal₆₅₅ Perfect קָרָא Genesis 11:9 +, 3 feminine singular consecutive וְקָרָאת Isaiah 7:14¹; 2 masculine singular קָרָאתָ Judges 12:1 +, etc.; Imperfect 3 masculine singular יִקְרָא Genesis 2:19 +; suffix יִקְרְאוֺ Jeremiah 23:6, אֵהוּ- Isaiah 41:2 +; 1 singular אֶקְרָא Deuteronomy 32:3 +, וָאֶקְרָא 1 Samuel 28:15²; 3 feminine plural וַתִּקְרֶאנָה Ruth 4:17 (twice in verse), וַתִּקְרֶאנָ Numbers 25:2; 2 feminine plural תִּקְרֶאנָה Ruth 1:20, 21, etc.; Imperative masculine singular קְרָא Judges 7:3 +, suffix קְרָאֵנִי Psalm 50:15, etc.; Infinitive construct קְרָא 1 Samuel 3:6 +, קְרֹאות (Baer אֹת-) Judges 8:1³; suffix קָרְאִי Psalm 4:2 +, etc.; Participle active קוֺרֵא Amos 5:8 +, קֹרֵא Jeremiah 1:15 +; plural קֹרִאים Psalm 99:6⁴; passive קָרוּא Esther 5:12; plural קְרוּאִים 1 Samuel 9:22; Ezekiel 23:23, קְרֻאִים 1 Samuel 9:13 +; construct קְרוּאֵי Numbers 1:16 Qr (Kt קריאי), Numbers 26:9 Kt (Qr קְרִיאֵי, see קָרִיא).

1. Uttering sound

a. call, cry, utter a loud sound

• Judges 9:7; 2 Samuel 18:25 (in 2 Samuel 18:28 read וַיִּקְרַב⁵)
• Jeremiah 4:6; Daniel 8:16 (+ אמר)
• For help: Genesis 39:15, 18 (Jehovist Source)
• Explicitly בְּקוֺל גְּדוֺל Genesis 39:14 (Jehovist Source), 1 Kings 18:27–28
• With אַחֲרֵי person 1 Samuel 20:37, 1 Samuel 24:8

b. call cry, object in oratio recta (direct speech)

• Judges 7:20
• 1 Samuel 3:4 (read שְׁמוּאֵל שְׁמוּאֵל⁷)
• Leviticus 13:45 (= utter, speak)
• Of command Genesis 45:1 (Elohist Source)

2. Call unto and invocation

a. call unto some one

• אֶל person: Genesis 3:9; Genesis 19:5; Exodus 3:4
• Unto God (אֶל י׳): Psalm 66:17; 1 Chronicles 4:10
• Usually for help: Judges 15:18; 1 Samuel 12:17–18
• To God (ל י׳): Job 14:14; Psalm 57:3

b. cry for help, absolute

• Zechariah 7:13; Isaiah 58:9; Psalm 4:2

c. ק׳ בְּשֵׁם י׳ (invocation)

• Genesis 4:26; Genesis 12:8; 2 Kings 5:11
• With name of Baal: 1 Kings 18:24–26

3. Proclaim

a. with accusative of thing proclaimed

• Amos 4:5; Genesis 41:43
• Proclaim a fast (ק׳ צוֺם): 1 Kings 21:9, 12
• Proclaim peace to: Judges 21:13; Deuteronomy 20:10

b. ק׳ שֵׁם י׳ (proclaim name)

• Deuteronomy 32:3; Psalm 99:6; Exodus 33:19 (Jehovist/Elohist Source)

4. Read

a. read aloud

• In a roll or book: Jeremiah 36:6, 8, 14
• Exodus 24:7 (Elohist Source); 2 Kings 23:2

b. read to oneself

• Deuteronomy 17:19; 2 Kings 19:14

5. Summon and invite

a. with ל person

• Genesis 12:18; Genesis 20:8–9; 1 Samuel 3:5
• Invite to feast: Exodus 34:15; 1 Samuel 16:3, 5

b. with accusative of person

• Genesis 41:8, 14; Amos 5:16
• Passive participle (guests): 1 Samuel 9:13, 22; Zephaniah 1:7

6. Call = Name

a. call one's name so and so (2 accusatives)

• Of person: Genesis 3:20; Genesis 4:25–26; Hosea 1:4, 6, 9
• Of places: Genesis 4:17; Genesis 11:9; Judges 18:29

b. give name to (ל person/location)

• Genesis 1:5; Genesis 1:8; Genesis 2:19; Exodus 33:7

Niph`al

— Perfect 3 masculine singular נִקְרָא Jeremiah 4:20 +; 1 singular נִקְרֵאתִי Esther 4:11; Imperfect 3 masculine singular יִקָּרֵא Genesis 2:23 +; Participle נִקְרָא Isaiah 43:7.

1. reflexive, call oneself
   • Isaiah 48:2
2. passive, be called, named, summoned
   • Be read aloud: Nehemiah 13:1; Esther 6:1
   • Be named: Genesis 2:23; 1 Samuel 9:9; Isaiah 1:26
   • Denoting ownership (עַל נִקְרָא שֵׁם י׳): Jeremiah 15:16; Deuteronomy 28:10; Amos 9:12

Pu`al

— Perfect 3 masculine singular קֹרָא be called, Isaiah 48:8; Ezekiel 10:13; Isaiah 58:12; Isaiah 61:3; Participle מְקרָאִי Isaiah 48:12.

¹ Gesenius' Hebrew Grammar, ed. E. Kautzsch, trans. A. E. Cowley (GKC), § 74g.

² GKC, § 48d; E. Nestle, Margiana (1901), 15.

³ GKC, § 74h.

⁴ GKC, § 74i, 75oo.

⁵ Julius Wellhausen; confirmed by Septuagint; S. R. Driver.

⁶ Jehovist (Yahwist) Source.

⁷ Septuagint; Thenius; Wellhausen; Driver; Kittel; Budde; H. P. Smith.

Verb Qal perfect first person common singular

LXX: ἐκάλεσεν ἐπωνόμασεν ἐβόησεν ἀνέγνω ἐκλήθη

LXX Usage Statistics

H7121:

ἐκάλεσεν 170× (21.5%)

ἐπωνόμασεν 23× (2.9%)

ἐβόησεν 17× (2.0%)

ἀνέγνω 16× (2.0%)

ἐκλήθη 16× (2.1%)

κληθήσεται 15× (2.0%)

καλέσαι 14× (1.9%)

ἐκάλεσα 14× (1.9%)

ἐκέκραξα 12× (1.7%)

ἐκάλεσαν 12× (1.5%)

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).

BDB

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon

H3808

I. לֹא or לוֺא (approximate number of occurrences: 5048) adverb — not.

Cognates:

• Arabic لا
• Aramaic לָא
• Sabean לא
• Assyrian lâ
• (Not in Ethiopic: compare Kö¹ ii. 1. 236; Walker²)

— לוֺא, according to Masora (Fr³), 35 times; besides בְּלוֺא 6 times, and הֲלוֺא, the orthography of which varies much, e.g. in Samuel always הֲלוֺא, in Chronicles always הֲלֹא, on the whole הֲלוֺא 141 times, הֲלֹא 128 times; twice, according to Masora, written לו (קרי לֹא), 1 Samuel 2:16; 1 Samuel 20:2, once לה Deuteronomy 3:11 כתיב: — not — denying objectively, like Greek οὐ (not μὴ = אַל).

1. In predication

a. With a verb

• With finite tenses: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 4:5 (perfect); Genesis 3:4, Genesis 8:21–22 (imperfect).
• In circumstantial clauses: Genesis 44:4 לא הרחיקו, Isaiah 40:20 לֹא יִמּוֺט.
• With final force: Isaiah 41:7; Exodus 28:32 (see GKC⁴ §156. 3).
• Governing two verbs: Exodus 28:43 וְלֹא יִשְׂאוּ עָוֺן וָמֵתוּ, Leviticus 19:12.
• Expressing prohibition: Genesis 2:17 לֹא תאֹכַל מִמֶּנּוּ thou shall not eat of it, Exodus 20:13 לא תגנב.
• With jussive/cohortative (rare): Genesis 24:8; 1 Samuel 14:36.

b. With the infinitive

Only once in בְּלֹא (4a), and with לְ, in the sense of cannot or must not:

• Judges 1:19 כי לא להורישׁ for it was not possible to dispossess.
• Amos 6:10 לא להזכיר בשׁם י׳.

c. Negating the word immediately following

• Genesis 32:29 לֹא יַעֲקֹב יֵאָמֵר עוֺד not Jacob shall thy name be called any more.
• Genesis 45:8 לֹא אַתֶּם שְׁלַחְתֶּם אֹתִי not ye have sent me hither, but God.
• Rhetorically: 2 Kings 6:10 not once, and not twice (but repeatedly).

d. Standing alone

• אִם לֹא if not: Genesis 18:21, Genesis 42:16.
• In answer to a question (Nay): Judges 12:5 ויאמר לא, Genesis 23:11 לא אדני.

e. With interrogative force

• Jonah 4:11, Job 2:10, Exodus 8:22.

2. Not in predication

a. Coupled to an adjective (litotes)

• Hosea 13:13 בן לא־חכם an unwise son.
• Psalm 36:5 דֶּרֶךְ לֹא טוֺב a way not good.

b. With a participle

• Jeremiah 2:2 ארץ לא זרועה.
• Isaiah 62:12 עִיר לֹא נֱעֶזָ֫בָה.

c. With nouns or prepositional phrases

• Genesis 15:13 בארץ לא להם.
• Habakkuk 1:6 מִשְׁכָּנוֺת לֹא־לוֺ.

d. With a substantive forming a compound (un-)

• Deuteronomy 32:21 בְּלֹא אֵל with a not-God.
• Amos 6:13 הַשְּׂמֵחִים לְלֹא דָבָר at a thing which is not.
• Isaiah 10:15 מַטֶּה לֹא עֵץ what is no wood.

e. In circumstantial clauses

• 2 Samuel 23:4 בֹּקֶר לֹא עָבוֺת a morning without clouds.
• Job 34:24 לֹא חֵקֶר without inquiry.

3. As a substantive

Job 6:21 כִּי־עַתָּה הֱיִיתֶם לֹא for now are ye become nothing (compare Aramaic Daniel 4:32).

4. With prefixes

a. בְּלֹא — without

• Jeremiah 22:13 בלא־צדק without justice.
• Job 8:11 בְּלֹא בִצָּה without mire.
• Of time: Leviticus 15:25 בלא עֶת־נִדָּתָהּ outside the time of her impurity.

b. הֲלֹא — nonne?

Inviting an affirmative answer; often used in conversation to win assent:

• Genesis 13:9 Is not the whole land before thee?
• Exodus 4:11 Do not I?
• As a rhetorical affirmative: 1 Kings 11:41 הֲלֹא הֵם כְּתוּבִים are they not written...?

c. וָלֹ֕א — and if not

• 2 Samuel 13:26; 2 Kings 5:17.

d. כְּלוֺא — as though not

• Obadiah 1:16 והיו כלוא היו as though they had not been.

e. לְלֹא — without

• 2 Chronicles 15:3; Amos 6:13.

Note on Orthography: Fifteen times, according to Masora, לא is written by error for לוֺ, e.g., Exodus 21:8; Leviticus 11:21; Isaiah 9:2; Psalm 100:3; Job 13:15 (always with קרי לוֺ).

Aramaic

I. לָא (לָה Daniel 4:32) adverb not (Biblical Hebrew לא).

1. literally not
   • Jeremiah 10:11; Daniel 2:5, 9, 10 etc.
   • before a participle: Daniel 2:27, 43; Daniel 3:16.
   • Daniel 4:32 כְּלָה חֲשׁיבִין as men not accounted of.
2. with infinitive and לְ (must not / cannot)
   • Daniel 6:9 דִּי לָא לִהַשְׁנָיָה which is not to be altered.
   • Ezra 6:8.
3. interrogative הֲלָא
   • Daniel 3:24; Daniel 4:27; Daniel 6:13.

¹ Friedrich Eduard König, Historisch-kritisches Lehrgebäude der hebräischen Sprache (1881–1897).

² Dean A. Walker, "The Semitic Negative," American Journal of Semitic Languages (1896).

³ S. Frensdorff, Die Massora Magna (1876).

⁴ Gesenius' Hebrew Grammar, ed. E. Kautzsch, trans. A. E. Cowley (GKC).

⁵ S. R. Driver, A Treatise on the Use of the Tenses in Hebrew (1892).

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%)

עניתם עֲנִיתם

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ענה

ʻânâh

Definition

properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extension to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout, testify, announce

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extension to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout, testify, announce; give account, afflict (by mistake for ענה), (cause to, give) answer, bring low (by mistake for ענה), cry, hear, Leannoth, lift up, say, [idiom] scholar, (give a) shout, sing (together by course), speak, testify, utter, (bear) witness. See also בית ענות, בית ענת.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H6030

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

עָנָה

verb • Root ענה • Strongs / High • Page 1110

To reply, answer, announce, reveal, declare, or make a judge's sentence; also, to procure, accomplish, hear, comply with, or sing (alternate song/choir); to begin to cry, shout, or speak; in judicial style, to testify, attest, bear witness.

עָנָה

verb qal / pih / hif • Root ענה • Strongs / High • Page 1111

I. To agree; (Pih.) to strike up, a singing match, to sing alternately; (Hif.) to grant. The fundamental significance is to turn, to wind, to turn back, applied to 1. Answering or replying. 2. Repeating, responding, or alternating. 3. Aiming at, intending. 4. Acting, carrying on, doing.

עָנָה

verb qal • Root ענה • Strongs / High • Page 1111

II. Intransitive: 1. To be low, sunk, of the ground. 2. Transferred to persons: to be bowed down, oppressed; to be suppressed, faint-hearted, dispirited, bowed, unfortunate, miserable; to be vexed, to be in toil. Figuratively: to be humble, piously-patient, meek, mild; to be miserable, suffering, unfortunate, helpless.

עָנָה

verb • Root ענה • Strongs / High • Page 1112

To press, enemies. (Hithp.) to be afflicted, to suffer, endure, to bow or submit oneself.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

עָנָה

verb • Root ענה • Page 517

2. to suffer, to be bowed down or oppressed (Ps. 116:10, 119:67). Includes conjugations: Niph. (to be afflicted, Ps. 119:107), Pi. (to oppress, humble, or ravish a woman, Gen. 16:6, 34:2), Pu. (to be oppressed, Ps. 119:71), Hiph. (to humble, 1 K. 8:35), Hithpa. (to humble one's self, Gen. 16:9).

עָנָה

a proper verb • Page 516

I. 1. To answer. Construed with an accus. of the person (Job 1: 7) or an accus. of the thing (Job 40: 2). 2. To hear, liter. to answer a prayer, used particularly of God. 1 Sam. 9: 17. Ps. 3: 5. 3. To begin to speak, particularly in later Hebrew. Job 3: 2. 4. To give testimony, to testify. Gen. 30: 33. Ex. 20: 16. 5. To pass a sentence, responsum dare; spoken of a judge. Ex. 23: 2. 6. To cry, shout, for the onset or for victory. Ex. 32: 18. Jer. 51: 14. 7. To sing. Ex. 15: 21. Niph. 1. To be answered. Job 11: 2. 2. To be heard. Job 19: 7. Pi. i. q. Kal no. 7. to sing. Ex. 32: 18. Is. 27: 2.

עָנָה

a proper verb • Page 516

II. 1. To bestow labour or toil on any thing, to busy one's self therewith, construed with בְ. Citations: Ecc. 1: 14. 3: 10.

BDB

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon

H6030

[עוּן] verb — dwell (probably; √ of following).

Cognates:

• Arabic عون, عان is support, help (see Fleischer¹)

— Qal Perfect 3 feminine singular consecutive וְעָנָה֫ (read וְעָ֫נָה ?) Isaiah 13:22 and jackals shall dwell, etc. (on agreement see GKC² § 145k; "" שׁכן Isaiah 13:21), so LXX Buhl; Cheyne וְשָֽׁכְנוּ; > Peshitta Targum Vulgate and others √ IV. ענה. — Psalm 87:7 see מַעְיָן.

I. עָנָה verb — answer, respond.

Cognates:

• Late Hebrew id., respond, make response
• Targum עֲנָא
• Syriac ענא
• Old Aramaic, Palmyrene ענה
• Arabic עני, ענו intend by saying

— Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular עָנָה Micah 6:5 +; suffix עָנַנִי 1 Samuel 28:15 +, עָנָךְ Isaiah 30:19; Jeremiah 23:37, עָנָהוּ 1 Samuel 9:17 +; 1 singular עָנִיתִי Hosea 14:9, etc.; Imperfect 3 masculine singular יַעֲנֶה Genesis 41:16 +, וַיַּעַן Amos 7:14 +, suffix יַעֲנֵנִי Job 20:3 +, etc.; Imperative עֲנֵה Micah 6:3, Proverbs 26:5 etc.; Infinitive עֲנוֺת Genesis 45:3 +; Participle עֹנֶה Judges 19:28 +, etc.

1. Meanings and Uses

a. Of men

• with accusative of person Genesis 45:3 (Elohist Source), Judges 5:29
• 2 Kings 18:36 = Isaiah 36:21
• specifically be responsive, i.e. answer kindly, grant request 1 Kings 12:7
• = be amenable, docile (toward יהוה) Hosea 2:17 (of Israel in figure)
• seldom and late, with accusative of thing replied to, Job 32:12; Job 33:13, Job 40:2

b. Of God answering (graciously)

• usually with accusative of person; by oracle 1 Samuel 14:37; 1 Samuel 28:6, 15 +
• figurative Habakkuk 2:11
• by deed 1 Samuel 7:9; 1 Kings 18:37 (twice in verse), compare בָּאֵשׁ 1 Kings 18:24; 1 Chronicles 21:26
• especially Hosea 2:23–24; Hosea 14:9, see also Micah 3:4; Isaiah 41:17; Isaiah 49:8; Jeremiah 33:3; Job 12:4 +
• especially Psalms, e.g. Psalm 3:5; Psalm 4:2; Psalm 20:2 (33 times), etc.

c. Rarely with accusative, or clause, of answer

• (+ אֶת־שְׁלוֺם מַּרְעֹה) Genesis 41:16
• Job 15:2; Proverbs 18:23; Nehemiah 8:6 they responded, Amen!
• 2 Samuel 19:43 they made reply against Israel (with עַל against, only here)
• with accusative of person + answer 1 Samuel 20:28
• vouchsafe to: (+ נוֺרָאוֺת תַּעֲנֵנוּ) Psalm 65:6

d. Often + אָמַר

• Genesis 18:27, Exodus 4:1 (Jehovist Source), Exodus 19:8 (Elohist Source), Job 4:1; Job 6:1 etc.
• + אָמַר אֶל־ Genesis 27:39 (16 times); + לְ Genesis 27:37 (8 times)
• יהוה + accusative of person + אָמַר, 1 Samuel 9:8 + 23 times
• seldom + לֵאמֹר Numbers 32:31 (Priests' Code), Genesis 23:5, 10, 14 (Priests' Code), Genesis 41:16; Genesis 42:22 (Elohist Source), Joshua 1:16 (Deuteronomic Source)

e. Seldom + דִּבֶּר

• Joshua 22:21 (Priests' Code), 2 Kings 1:10, 11, 12; Genesis 34:13 (Priests' Code)

2. Respond to an occasion

a. Speak in view of circumstances

• 1 Samuel 9:17, Judges 18:14, Numbers 11:28 (Jehovist-Elohist Source), 2 Kings 1:11 + 19 times

b. Figurative

• (+ יַעֲנֶה אֶת־הַכֹּל) Ecclesiastes 10:19; money meets all demands.

3. Testify and Accusation

a. Respond as a witness, testify

• Participle עֹנֶה Malachi 2:12
• with בְּ (for) Genesis 30:33
• usually against: 1 Samuel 12:3; 2 Samuel 1:16; Isaiah 3:9; Isaiah 59:12; Micah 6:3; Jeremiah 14:7; Numbers 35:30 (Priests' Code), Ruth 1:21
• with בְּפָנָיו: Hosea 5:5; Hosea 7:10; Job 16:8
• with לְפָנָיו: Deuteronomy 31:21 (+ לְעֵד as witness)
• false witness (שֶׁקֶר): Deuteronomy 19:16, Deuteronomy 19:18, Exodus 20:16, Deuteronomy 5:17; Proverbs 25:18; absolute Exodus 23:2 (Elohist Source)

b. Make response as one accused

• Job 9:14, 15

4. Niph`al and Hiph`il

1. Niph`al make answer: subject יהוה, with ל person, Perfect 1 singular נַעֲנֵיתִי Ezekiel 14:4; Participle נַעֲנֶה.
2. Niph`al be answered:
   • Job 11:2 (subject words)
   • of man = receive answer Proverbs 21:3, 1 singular אֵעָנֶה Job 19:7
3. Hiph`il Participle מַעֲנֶה: Ecclesiastes 5:19.

IV. עָנָה verb — sing, chant.

Cognates:

• Arabic غنى sing, chant, غناء singing
• Syriac ענא sing responsively, עניתא hymn, refrain
• Assyrian enû resound (?)
• Egyptian anni loan-word (see Bondi³)

— Qal Perfect 3 masculine plural consecutive וְעָנוּ Jeremiah 51:14; Imperfect 3 masculine singular יַעַנֶה Jeremiah 25:30; 3 feminine singular וַתַּעַן Exodus 15:21; 3 feminine plural וַתַּעֲנֶינָה 1 Samuel 18:7, etc.; Imperative עֱנוּ Numbers 21:17; Psalm 147:7; Infinitive עֲנוֺת Exodus 32:18 (twice in verse); — sing, utter tunefully.

• Exodus 15:21 (Elohist Source)
• of uttering shout (הֵידָד): Jeremiah 25:30, Jeremiah 51:14
• Exodus 32:18 (Elohist Source)
• with ל: Numbers 21:17 (Jehovist-Elohist Source), Psalm 147:7, Ezra 3:11
• + אָמַר 1 Samuel 18:7, 1 Samuel 21:12; 1 Samuel 29:5
• with accusative of thing: Psalm 119:172

Pi`el intensive

• Imperative עַנּוּ־לָֿהּ Isaiah 27:2
• Infinitive קוֺל עַנּוֺת Exodus 32:18 (Elohist Source), Psalm 88:1

Aramaic I. [עֲנָה] verb — answer (see Biblical Hebrew I. עָנָה).

Pe`al Perfect 3 feminine singular עֲנַת Daniel 5:10; 3 masculine plural עֲנוֺ Daniel 2:7 +; Participle active עָנֵה Daniel 2:5 +, plural עָנַיִן Daniel 3:24; — always + אָמַר Participle, answered and said.

1. answer, make reply, to something said
   • Daniel 2:5, 7, 8, 10, 27
   • Daniel 3:16, 24, 25
   • Daniel 4:16b; Daniel 5:17; Daniel 6:13, 14
2. respond to occasion, speak in view of a situation
   • Daniel 2:15, 20, 26
   • Daniel 3:9, 14, 19, 24, 26, 28
   • Daniel 4:16a, 27; Daniel 5:10

¹ H. L. Fleischer, Kleinere Schriften.

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

³ Bondi, Dem Hebräisch-Phönizischen Sprachzweige angehörige Lehnwörter in der hieroglyphischen und hieratischen Schrift.

Verb Qal perfect second person masculine plural

LXX: ἀπεκρίθη ὑπολαβὼν ἀποκριθεὶσ ἀπεκρίθησαν ''

LXX Usage Statistics

H6030b:

ἀπεκρίθη 82× (21.0%)

ὑπολαβὼν 25× (7.2%)

ἀποκριθεὶσ 22× (6.0%)

ἀπεκρίθησαν 20× (5.2%)

'' 11× (2.7%)

ἐπάκουσόν 10× (2.8%)

---% 8× (1.9%)

--- 7× (2.0%)

εἰσάκουσόν 6× (1.7%)

ἐπακούσεται 6× (1.7%)

דברתי דִּבַּרְתִּי

I have ordered words

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

דבר

dâbar

Definition

perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue; answer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise, pronounce, rehearse, say, speak, be spokesman, subdue, talk, teach, tell, think, use (entreaties), utter, [idiom] well, [idiom] work.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H1696

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

דִּבֶּר

verb / piel stem • Root דבר • Consonantal / Medium • Page 350

To speak, in the widest usage; to speak what is spoken. It has many nuances depending on the preposition used, such as to reveal, promise, command, threaten, declare, or speak against/on behalf of someone.

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דֶּ֫בֶר

noun masculine • Root דבר • Consonantal / Medium • Page 353

Snatching away, hence destruction, ruin, pestilence.

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דֶּ֫בֶר

m. / noun proper • Consonantal / Medium • Page 353

An unused word for pasture, hence the proper name לֹא דְּבַר or לוֹ דְּבַר (Lo-debar), a place name.

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דֶּבֶר

noun • Root דבר • Consonantal / Medium • Page 351

Pestilence, plague. Derived from the figurative sense of דָּבַר II (to destroy).

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דָּבַר

verb • Root דבר • Consonantal / Medium • Page 350

To range, to put together in a row, to set in order, to bind together, especially words, i.e. to speak. (This form, Kal, appears only in the participle).

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דָּבַר

verb • Root דבר • Consonantal / Medium • Page 351

A verb root with multiple senses. I. to speak (expressed in derived conjugations). Pi'el (דִּבֶּר): to speak. Puhal (דֻּבַּר): to be promised, to be wooed. Hithpa'el (הִדַּבֵּר): to talk with one another.

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דָּבַר

verb • Root דבר • Consonantal / Medium • Page 351

A verb root with multiple senses. II. (Kal not used) to drive, to lead, to guide. Figuratively: to snatch away, destroy. Pi'el (דִּבֵּר): to snatch away, to destroy. Hif'il (הִדְבִּיר): to drive, lead, subjugate.

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דָּבַר

verb • Root דבר • Consonantal / Medium • Page 351

A verb root with multiple senses. III. (not used) to be behind, to follow, to pursue.

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דָּבַר

verb • Root דבר • Consonantal / Medium • Page 351

A verb root with multiple senses. IV. (not used) transposed from דבק, meaning to stick, to pierce.

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דָּבָר

noun masculine • Root דבר • Consonantal / Medium • Page 351

A word, a saying, a speech, a matter, a thing. Derived from דָּבַר I (to speak).

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דָּבָר

noun • Root דבר • Consonantal / Medium • Page 352

A word; speech, discourse, saying, oracle; command, precept, law, regulation; an inquiry, account, answer; utterance of God, revelation, oracle; decree, plan, proposal; report, news; a thing, matter, object of discourse; occurrence, action, history, affairs; relation, reference, way; cause, suit at law, ground.

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דֹּ֫בֶר

noun masculine • Root דבר , דבר • Consonantal / Medium • Page 353

1. pasture. 2. back, turning of the back, progress.

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דֹּבֶר

noun • Root דבר • Consonantal / Medium • Page 351

Pasture. Derived from דָּבַר II (to lead, to guide).

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דְּבֵר

proper name • Consonantal / Medium • Page 353

A reference to the proper name דְּבִיר (Debir).

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דַּבָּר

noun masculine • Root דבר • Consonantal / Medium • Page 353

The speaker, i.e. the spirit of God which speaks out of the prophets.

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Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

דָּבַר

verb • Page 154

To speak; used in various idioms: 3. to speak with one's self or meditate (Gen. 24:45). 4. to speak or promise good concerning any one (Num. 10:29). 5. to speak kindly with any one (2 K. 25:28). 6. to speak kindly or peaceably (Ps. 28:3). 7. to pass sentence against (2 K. 25:6). Sense 2: to destroy (2 Chr. 22:10), derived from 'to drive away'. Includes Niph. (to speak together, Mal. 3:16), Hiph. (to subdue, Ps. 18:48), and Hithpa. (2 Sam. 14:13).

דֶּבֶר

m. plur. דְּבָרִים • Root דבר • Page 155

Pestilence. (Ex. 9:3, Lev. 26:25, Deut. 28:21, Hos. 13:14). Ideas of death and pestilence are often expressed by the same word.

דֹּבֶר

noun masculine • Root דבר • Page 155

A fold, pasture. (Mic. 2:12, Is. 5:17). Comparable to Syriac and Arabic terms for a field.

דָּבַר

verb • Root דבר • Page 153

1. Probably as its primary signification, to lead, to drive. Hence the derivatives דָּבָר, דִּבְרָה, מִדְבָּר. 2. To put in order, to arrange, connect; and hence to connect words, to speak. In Kal found in the participle דֹּבֵר and the infinitive דַּבֵּר (Ps. 51:6). Much more common in Pi. דִּבֶּר (fut. יְדַבֵּר) meaning to speak, loquor (different from אָמַר to say). Covers various grammatical constructions including speaking to (preceded by אֶל, לְ, or עִם), speaking of (preceded by אֶת or עַל), and speaking against (preceded by בְּ or אֶל). Also used to mean 'to promise' (Deut. 19:8).

BDB

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon

H1696

I. דָּבַר (approximate number of occurrences: 1142) verb — speak.

Cognates:

• Assyrian dabâru, Pi`el drive away
• Arabic דבר follow behind, depart, perish
• Syriac דבר lead, guide
• Aramaic דְּבַר lead, guide
• Phoenician דבר speak
• Greek λαλεῖν, λέγειν
• Latin loqui, dicere
• German reden, sagen

Qal

— 41 occurrences, only infinitive and participle. Infinitive suffix בְּדָבְרֶ֑ךָ Psalm 51:6; participle דֹּבֵר Exodus 6:29 (30 times); plural דֹּבְרִים Numbers 36:5, Psalm 109:20; construct דֹּבְרֵי Psalm 5:7; feminine דֹּבְרוֺת Numbers 27:7, Psalm 31:19; passive דָּבֻר Proverbs 25:11.

Meanings and Uses

• Absolute: Numbers 27:7, Numbers 32:27, Numbers 36:5 (Priests' Code); דָּבָר דָּבֻר word spoken Proverbs 25:11.
• With accusative of thing: דֹּבֵר דָּבָר speaking a word Job 2:13; (+ אמת) Psalm 15:2; (+ שׁלום) Esther 10:3; (+ שׁקר) Psalm 63:12.
• With אֶל of person: Genesis 16:13 (Yahwist Source), Exodus 6:29 (Priests' Code).
• With בְּאָזְנֵי in the ears of: Deuteronomy 5:1, Jeremiah 28:7.
• Of an angel: הַמַּלְאָךְ הַדֹּבֵר בִּי the angel that spake with me Zechariah 1:9, 13, 14.

Niph`al

— Perfect נִדְבְּרוּ Malachi 3:16; participle הַנִּדְבָּרִים Ezekiel 33:30. Reciprocal sense, speak with one another, talk.

• Absolute: Malachi 3:16.
• With בְּ, against: Psalm 119:23, Ezekiel 33:30.
• With עַל, concerning: Malachi 3:13.

Pi`el

— 1089 occurrences. Perfect דִּבֶּר Genesis 12:4 +; Imperfect יְדַבֵּר Genesis 44:7 +; Imperative דַּבֵּר Genesis 24:38 +; Infinitive דַּבֵּר Genesis 24:50 +; participle מְדַבֵּר Genesis 27:6 +; feminine מְדַבֶּרֶת 1 Samuel 1:13 +.

1. Absolute

• Deuteronomy 18:17 followed by לֵאמֹר.
• Phrases: אני יהוה דברתי Ezekiel 5:13 (18 times in Ezekiel); כי פי יהוה דבר Isaiah 1:20, Isaiah 40:5, Micah 4:4.

2. With accusative of thing

• את הדברים האלה Exodus 20:1, Deuteronomy 5:19.
• דבר קשׁות spake rough words Genesis 42:7 (Elohist Source).
• יְהוּדִית the Jewish language Nehemiah 13:24.

3. With persons

• a. rarely accusative: Genesis 37:4 (Yahwist Source).
• b. with אֶל (most frequent): Genesis 8:15; וַיְדַבֵּר יהוה אֶל משֶׁה לֵאמֹר Exodus 6:10 (87 times, Priests' Code); אל לב speak unto one's heart Genesis 24:45.
• c. with לְ speak to, promise to: 1 Kings 2:19; Joshua 10:12 (Deuteronomic Source); in D phrases כאשׁר דבר ל as he promised to Deuteronomy 1:11, 15:6.
• d. with אֵת speak with: Genesis 17:3, 21:2 (Priests' Code); דבר משׁפטים את give judgment against Jeremiah 39:5.
• e. with עִם speak with: Genesis 29:9, Exodus 19:9 (Yahwist Source); דִּבַּרְתִּי אֲנִי עִם לִבִּי Ecclesiastes 1:16.
• feminine לִפְנֵי before, in the presence of: Exodus 6:12, Numbers 36:1 (Priests' Code).

4. With בְּ

• a. instrumental: דבר בְּ speak by means of Numbers 12:2 (Elohist Source); בְּשֵׁם דִּבֶּר speak in the name of Exodus 5:23.
• b. local: בְּאָזְנֵי in the ears of Genesis 20:8.
• c. of the object: speak of, about Deuteronomy 6:7, 1 Samuel 19:3.
• d. hostility: against Numbers 12:1, 21:5 (Elohist Source).

5. With עַל

Of the object concerning or about which one speaks: Genesis 18:19, Jeremiah 1:16; דבר על לב speak kindly, comfort Genesis 34:3, Isaiah 40:2.

6. With infinitive

דבר לעשׂות promise to do Exodus 32:14 (Yahwist Source), Jonah 3:10.

Note: וַתְּדַבֵּר in 2 Chronicles 22:10 is a scribal error for וַתְּאַבֵּד and she destroyed (cf. 2 Kings 11:1).

Pu`al

— Imperfect בַּיּוֺם שֶׁיְּדֻבַּרבָּֿהּ in the day when she may be spoken for Song of Solomon 8:8; participle נִכְבָּדוֺת מְדֻבָּר בָּךְ glorious things are being spoken in thee Psalm 87:3.

Hithpa`el

— Participle מִדַּבֵּר = מִתְדַּבֵּר. With accusative מִדַּבֵּר הַדָּבָר הַזֶּה speaking this word 2 Samuel 14:13; מִדַּבֵּר אֶל speaking unto Numbers 7:89 (Priests' Code), Ezekiel 2:2.

Hiph`il

— Imperfect וַיַּדְבֵּר עַמִּים תַּחְתָּי Psalm 18:48; יַדְבֵּר עַמִּים תַּחְתֵּינוּ Psalm 47:4. Either leads (as Aramaic דַּבַּר) or subdues (as Arabic turn the back).

¹ Gesenius' Hebrew Grammar, ed. E. Kautzsch, trans. A. E. Cowley, 2nd English ed., Oxford, 1910 (GKC).

² Gesenius' Thesaurus philologicus criticus linguae Hebraeae et Chaldaeae (Thes).

³ Mühlau & Volck, Gesenius' Handwörterbuch (MV).

⁴ H. Ewald, Lehrbuch der hebräischen Sprache (Ew).

Verb Piel perfect first person common singular

LXX: ἐλάλησεν λάλησον ἐλάλησα λαλήσω εἶπεν

LXX Usage Statistics

H1696:

ἐλάλησεν 344× (29.7%)

λάλησον 62× (5.7%)

ἐλάλησα 51× (4.6%)

λαλήσω 44× (3.9%)

εἶπεν 44× (3.8%)

λαλῆσαι 42× (3.6%)

ἐλάλησασ 38× (3.4%)

ἐλάλησαν 38× (3.3%)

'' 27× (2.1%)

λαλῶν 26× (2.3%)

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).

BDB

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon

H3808

I. לֹא or לוֺא (approximate number of occurrences: 5048) adverb — not.

Cognates:

• Arabic لا
• Aramaic לָא
• Sabean לא
• Assyrian lâ
• (Not in Ethiopic: compare Kö¹ ii. 1. 236; Walker²)

— לוֺא, according to Masora (Fr³), 35 times; besides בְּלוֺא 6 times, and הֲלוֺא, the orthography of which varies much, e.g. in Samuel always הֲלוֺא, in Chronicles always הֲלֹא, on the whole הֲלוֺא 141 times, הֲלֹא 128 times; twice, according to Masora, written לו (קרי לֹא), 1 Samuel 2:16; 1 Samuel 20:2, once לה Deuteronomy 3:11 כתיב: — not — denying objectively, like Greek οὐ (not μὴ = אַל).

1. In predication

a. With a verb

• With finite tenses: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 4:5 (perfect); Genesis 3:4, Genesis 8:21–22 (imperfect).
• In circumstantial clauses: Genesis 44:4 לא הרחיקו, Isaiah 40:20 לֹא יִמּוֺט.
• With final force: Isaiah 41:7; Exodus 28:32 (see GKC⁴ §156. 3).
• Governing two verbs: Exodus 28:43 וְלֹא יִשְׂאוּ עָוֺן וָמֵתוּ, Leviticus 19:12.
• Expressing prohibition: Genesis 2:17 לֹא תאֹכַל מִמֶּנּוּ thou shall not eat of it, Exodus 20:13 לא תגנב.
• With jussive/cohortative (rare): Genesis 24:8; 1 Samuel 14:36.

b. With the infinitive

Only once in בְּלֹא (4a), and with לְ, in the sense of cannot or must not:

• Judges 1:19 כי לא להורישׁ for it was not possible to dispossess.
• Amos 6:10 לא להזכיר בשׁם י׳.

c. Negating the word immediately following

• Genesis 32:29 לֹא יַעֲקֹב יֵאָמֵר עוֺד not Jacob shall thy name be called any more.
• Genesis 45:8 לֹא אַתֶּם שְׁלַחְתֶּם אֹתִי not ye have sent me hither, but God.
• Rhetorically: 2 Kings 6:10 not once, and not twice (but repeatedly).

d. Standing alone

• אִם לֹא if not: Genesis 18:21, Genesis 42:16.
• In answer to a question (Nay): Judges 12:5 ויאמר לא, Genesis 23:11 לא אדני.

e. With interrogative force

• Jonah 4:11, Job 2:10, Exodus 8:22.

2. Not in predication

a. Coupled to an adjective (litotes)

• Hosea 13:13 בן לא־חכם an unwise son.
• Psalm 36:5 דֶּרֶךְ לֹא טוֺב a way not good.

b. With a participle

• Jeremiah 2:2 ארץ לא זרועה.
• Isaiah 62:12 עִיר לֹא נֱעֶזָ֫בָה.

c. With nouns or prepositional phrases

• Genesis 15:13 בארץ לא להם.
• Habakkuk 1:6 מִשְׁכָּנוֺת לֹא־לוֺ.

d. With a substantive forming a compound (un-)

• Deuteronomy 32:21 בְּלֹא אֵל with a not-God.
• Amos 6:13 הַשְּׂמֵחִים לְלֹא דָבָר at a thing which is not.
• Isaiah 10:15 מַטֶּה לֹא עֵץ what is no wood.

e. In circumstantial clauses

• 2 Samuel 23:4 בֹּקֶר לֹא עָבוֺת a morning without clouds.
• Job 34:24 לֹא חֵקֶר without inquiry.

3. As a substantive

Job 6:21 כִּי־עַתָּה הֱיִיתֶם לֹא for now are ye become nothing (compare Aramaic Daniel 4:32).

4. With prefixes

a. בְּלֹא — without

• Jeremiah 22:13 בלא־צדק without justice.
• Job 8:11 בְּלֹא בִצָּה without mire.
• Of time: Leviticus 15:25 בלא עֶת־נִדָּתָהּ outside the time of her impurity.

b. הֲלֹא — nonne?

Inviting an affirmative answer; often used in conversation to win assent:

• Genesis 13:9 Is not the whole land before thee?
• Exodus 4:11 Do not I?
• As a rhetorical affirmative: 1 Kings 11:41 הֲלֹא הֵם כְּתוּבִים are they not written...?

c. וָלֹ֕א — and if not

• 2 Samuel 13:26; 2 Kings 5:17.

d. כְּלוֺא — as though not

• Obadiah 1:16 והיו כלוא היו as though they had not been.

e. לְלֹא — without

• 2 Chronicles 15:3; Amos 6:13.

Note on Orthography: Fifteen times, according to Masora, לא is written by error for לוֺ, e.g., Exodus 21:8; Leviticus 11:21; Isaiah 9:2; Psalm 100:3; Job 13:15 (always with קרי לוֺ).

Aramaic

I. לָא (לָה Daniel 4:32) adverb not (Biblical Hebrew לא).

1. literally not
   • Jeremiah 10:11; Daniel 2:5, 9, 10 etc.
   • before a participle: Daniel 2:27, 43; Daniel 3:16.
   • Daniel 4:32 כְּלָה חֲשׁיבִין as men not accounted of.
2. with infinitive and לְ (must not / cannot)
   • Daniel 6:9 דִּי לָא לִהַשְׁנָיָה which is not to be altered.
   • Ezra 6:8.
3. interrogative הֲלָא
   • Daniel 3:24; Daniel 4:27; Daniel 6:13.

¹ Friedrich Eduard König, Historisch-kritisches Lehrgebäude der hebräischen Sprache (1881–1897).

² Dean A. Walker, "The Semitic Negative," American Journal of Semitic Languages (1896).

³ S. Frensdorff, Die Massora Magna (1876).

⁴ Gesenius' Hebrew Grammar, ed. E. Kautzsch, trans. A. E. Cowley (GKC).

⁵ S. R. Driver, A Treatise on the Use of the Tenses in Hebrew (1892).

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%)

שמעתם שְׁמַעְתֶּם

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

שמע

shâmaʻ

Definition

to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.); [idiom] attentively, call (gather) together, [idiom] carefully, [idiom] certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, [idiom] diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear(-ken, tell), [idiom] indeed, listen, make (a) noise, (be) obedient, obey, perceive, (make a) proclaim(-ation), publish, regard, report, shew (forth), (make a) sound, [idiom] surely, tell, understand, whosoever (heareth), witness.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H8085

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

שָׁמַע

verb • Root שמע • Strongs / High • Page 755

to listen to, hearken

שָׁמַע

verb qal • Root שמע • Strongs / High • Page 1450

I. To give ear to, to hear, attend; generally with an accusative of the thing or person; to be an ear-witness; to hear with pleasure; to hear of God; to obey.

שָׁמַע

verb qal • Root שמע • Strongs / High • Page 1451

To hear (absol. or with accusative); to obey, to follow; metaphorically, to understand, to be intelligent, to be attentive; to get knowledge of, to hear a call.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

שָׁמַע and שָׁמֵעַ

verb • Root שמע • Page 687

1. to hear; to hearken, obey (Job 26:14, Ps. 92:12, Gen. 23:8, Ex. 24:7). 2. to understand (Gen. 11:7, 42:23). Also includes Niph. (to be heard), Pi. (to cause to hear, summon), and Hiph. (to cause to hear, announce, call together).

BDB

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon

H8085

I. שָׁמַע (approximate number of occurrences: 1159) verb — hear.

Cognates:

• Late Hebrew idem
• Phoenician שמע
• Assyrian šemû
• Arabic سَمِعَ
• Sabean סמע (especially epithet of divinity סמע he who hears)
• Ethiopic ሰምዐ
• Aramaic שְׁמַע

— שָׁמַע absolute Genesis 24:52 +; שָׁמֵ֑עַ Jeremiah 36:13; 2 feminine singular שָׁמַ֫עַתְּ 1 Kings 1:11; plural שָׁמֵ֑עוּ Judges 2:17; imperfect יִשְׁמַע Exodus 6:30; imperative שְׁמַע Amos 7:16; infinitive absolute שָׁמוֺעַ Isaiah 6:9; construct שְׁמֹעַ 1 Samuel 15:22.

1. Human subject (or thing personified)

a. Hear (perceive by ear)

• (+ קוֺל) Genesis 3:10 (Jehovist Source)
• (+ דבר) Amos 8:11
• (+ חָכְמָה) 1 Kings 5:14
• absolute Deuteronomy 4:33

b. Hear one speaking

• Genesis 27:6 (Jehovist Source)
• Jeremiah 26:7
• Numbers 11:10

c. Hear it said (hear say)

• 1 Samuel 13:4
• Joshua 22:11 (Priests' Code)
• (+ עַל person) Genesis 41:15 (Elohist Source)

d. Hear of, concerning

• Exodus 18:1
• Psalm 48:9
• (+ ב person, hear exultantly of fate) Psalm 92:12

e. Power to hear

• 2 Samuel 19:36
• (of idols) Deuteronomy 4:28
• figurative (spiritual power) Jeremiah 5:21; Deuteronomy 29:8

f. Listen to, with attention

• Amos 4:1
• Numbers 12:6 (Jehovist-Elohist Source)
• לֵב שֹׁמֵעַ 1 Kings 3:9

g. Understand (language)

• Genesis 11:7 (Jehovist Source)
• Deuteronomy 28:49
• Genesis 42:23 (Elohist Source)

h. Hearing a judicial case

• Deuteronomy 1:16–17
• 1 Kings 3:11

i. Listen, yield, obey

• Genesis 42:21 (Elohist Source)
• (+ אֶל person) Judges 2:17
• (+ בְּקוֺל) Deuteronomy 4:30; Jeremiah 3:13
• absolute (be obedient) Isaiah 1:19

2. Of God as subject

a. Hear (with favor)

• Genesis 21:17 (Elohist Source)
• (+ תְּפִלָּה) 1 Kings 8:45
• absolute (hear and forgive) 1 Kings 8:30

b. Hear and answer

• (+ אֶל person) Deuteronomy 3:36
• (+ אֶל city) Genesis 16:11
• Psalm 22:23

Niph`al

— be heard, be regarded.

1. be heard (of voice, sound) 1 Samuel 1:13; (of report) Genesis 45:16 (Elohist Source).
2. be heard of Deuteronomy 4:32.
3. be regarded, obeyed Ecclesiastes 9:17.
4. hearing was granted 2 Chronicles 30:27.

Pi`el

— cause to hear, assemble.

• 1 Samuel 15:4; 1 Samuel 23:8.

Hiph`il

— cause to hear, proclaim.

a. Of man

• Deuteronomy 30:12
• (utter sound/proclaim) Joshua 6:10 (Jehovist Source); Isaiah 52:7
• absolute (musical term, sound aloud) 1 Chronicles 15:19; 2 Chronicles 5:13

b. Of God

• Deuteronomy 4:10, 36
• (tell/proclaim) Isaiah 42:9; Isaiah 43:12

Aramaic

I. שְׁמַע verb hear (Biblical Hebrew שָׁמַע).

1. Pe`al
   • hear (sense of hearing) Daniel 5:23
   • hear sound/word Daniel 3:5, Daniel 6:15
2. Hithpe`el (shew oneself obedient)
   • Daniel 7:27

¹ Mark Lidzbarski, Handbuch der nordsemitischen Epigraphik (Lzb).

² Wilhelm Gesenius, Hebrew Grammar, ed. E. Kautzsch (GKC).

³ Fritz Hommel, Chrestomathie.

Verb Qal perfect second person masculine plural

LXX: ἤκουσεν ἀκούσατε ἤκουσαν ἤκουσα ἄκουε

LXX Usage Statistics

H8085:

ἤκουσεν 130× (10.0%)

ἀκούσατε 76× (6.4%)

ἤκουσαν 58× (4.6%)

ἤκουσα 42× (3.5%)

ἄκουε 37× (3.1%)

ὡσ 30× (2.6%)

ἀκοῦσαι 29× (2.1%)

ἀκούσῃ 28× (2.2%)

'' 26× (1.9%)

εἰσήκουσεν 25× (2.0%)

ותעשו וַתַּעֲשׂוּ

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ו

wāw

Definition

sequential 'and'

Root

From H8505; a prefix

Exhaustive

Vav Conversive/Consecutive: The category “vav conversive / vav consecutive” is not an ancient grammatical datum; it is a modern explanatory construct, developed by early Hebraists to force Biblical Hebrew into a Latin/chronological tense model that it simply does not share.

The notion arose in early modern grammar (17th–19th c.) when scholars assumed:
- verbs must encode tense,
- narratives must advance by past → present → future,
- therefore Hebrew forms that “don’t behave” must be converted.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

עשה

ʻâsâh

Definition

to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application; accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, [idiom] certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, [phrase] displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, [phrase] feast, (fight-) ing man, [phrase] finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, [phrase] hinder, hold (a feast), [idiom] indeed, [phrase] be industrious, [phrase] journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, [phrase] officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, [idiom] sacrifice, serve, set, shew, [idiom] sin, spend, [idiom] surely, take, [idiom] thoroughly, trim, [idiom] very, [phrase] vex, be (warr-) ior, work(-man), yield, use.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H6213

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

עָשָׂה

verb • Root עשה • Strongs / High • Page 755

to make for

עָשָׂה

verb • Root עשה • Strongs / High • Page 1140

1. To do, to make, to form, to construct (e.g., an ark, altar, garments); to build up, to establish, to create. 2. To acquire (by labor); to make or procure a name (fame); to make money; to bring, to make (i.e., to be of use). Also, to prepare (food, sacrifice); to offer; to appoint, constitute to an office. 3. Metaphorically, to keep, to celebrate (a feast, e.g., Sabbath, Passover); to live through or spend the time of life; to perform, to practise, observe, to consider. 4. To do, generally without an object (good or evil); to deal with, execute upon. 5. Altogether generally to act, the interpretation being drawn from the context; to act considerately or falsely.

עָשָׂה

verb • Strongs / High • Page 1141

To do, to make, to prepare, to work, to act, to perform, to effect. Also: to bring forth, to beget; to give milk; to bear fruit; to put forth shoots; to be made, created, sacrificed, executed; to be committed (a crime); to be celebrated (a festival); to happen, to become. (Includes Nif. passive, Pih. to press/squeeze, Puh. to be made/created).

עָשָׂה

verb • Strongs / High • Page 1141

(unused) intr. to be shaggy, rough, rough-haired, of men; probably also of a rough, rugged forest-mountain.

עָשָׂה

verb • Strongs / High • Page 1139

(I) tr. 1. To feel, to touch. 2. To labour = to do; to work; to create (of God); to accomplish; to execute (a vow or wrath); to make, to form, fabricari.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

עָשַׂה

ii. in kal • Page 531

to press, squeeze, (the breast.) Ezekiel 23:21. (Chald. עֲשָׁא idem.)

עָשָׂה

verb • Root עשה • Page 530

To make, do, act. Extensive entry covering various nuances: 1. to make/do (Gen. 1:7); 2. to labour (Ex. 5:9); 3. to execute or accomplish (Ps. 37:5); 4. to prepare or dress food (Gen. 18:7); 5. to make or acquire riches (Gen. 31:1); 6. to pass or spend time (Ecc. 6:12); 7. to keep one's self or abide (Ruth 2:19); 8. to produce or bear fruit (Gen. 1:11); 9. to offer or present (Ex. 10:25); 10. to appoint to an office (1 Sam. 12:6); 11. to celebrate or keep a festival (Ex. 12:48).

עָשָׂה

verb • Page 532

1. to labour, fabricari. 2. to be made smooth or polished, to be bright, to shine. Jer. 5: 28. Hithpa. to think or be mindful of any one. Jon. 1: 6.

BDB

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon

H6213

I. עָשָׂה (approximate number of occurrences: 2622) verb — do, make.

Cognates:

• Late Hebrew idem
• Moabite עשתי
• Proper names עשיו, אלעשה, מעשיהו

— עָשָׂה 3 masculine singular Perfect Genesis 3:1 +; suffix עָשָׂהוּ Hosea 8:6 +; 3 feminine singular עָֽשְׂתָה Deuteronomy 22:21 +, וְעָשָׂת Leviticus 25:21; 2 masculine singular עָשִׂיתָ Genesis 3:14 +; Imperfect 3 masculine singular יַעֲשֶׂה Genesis 18:25 +, וַיַּעֲשֶׂה 1 Kings 16:25, וַיַּעַשׂ Isaiah 5:2 +; jussive תַּעַשׂ Genesis 22:12 +; 1 singular אֶעֱשֶׂה Genesis 2:18 +, וָאַעַשׂ Deuteronomy 10:3; Infinitive absolute עָשׂה Jeremiah 44:17 +; construct עֲשׂוֺת Genesis 2:4 +; Participle active עשֶֹׁה Isaiah 5:5 +; passive עָשׂוּי Exodus 3:16 +.

1. Meanings and Uses: Do

a. General usage

• With accusative Genesis 3:14 (Jehovist Source), Genesis 20:10 (Elohist Source)
• Do right in eyes of יהוה 2 Kings 12:3; evil 2 Kings 8:18
• Do commands Deuteronomy 16:12, Numbers 15:39 (Priests' Code)
• Perform a work (מַעֲשֶׂה) Exodus 18:20, (מְלָאכָה) Genesis 2:2

b. To or with someone

• To someone (ל) Genesis 20:9 (Elohist Source)
• Against reflexive (עַל) Jeremiah 26:19
• With someone (אֵת / עִם) Deuteronomy 1:30, Ruth 2:11
• Maintain cause (מִשְׁמַּט) 1 Kings 8:45

c. Kindness and Goodness

• Do kindness (חֶסֶד) Genesis 19:19, 2 Samuel 2:5
• Kindness and truth (חֶסֶד וֶאֱמֶת) Joshua 2:14 (Jehovist/Elohist Source)
• Do good (טוֺב) Genesis 26:29

2. Meanings and Uses: Make

a. Create or produce

• Ark Genesis 8:6; idols Judges 18:24
• Of God's creation Genesis 1:7, 1:25 (Priests' Code), Nehemiah 9:6
• Produce fruit or grain Hosea 8:7, Genesis 1:11

b. Transform or Appoint

• Make something out of material Exodus 25:18, Deuteronomy 10:3
• Make into something Hosea 8:4, Psalm 104:4
• Appoint priests or feasts 1 Kings 12:31–32

c. Ritual and Celebration

• Prepare sacrifice 1 Kings 18:23, Judges 6:19
• Make offering (עוֺלָה) Judges 13:16, Leviticus 16:24
• Observe/celebrate Passover Exodus 12:48, Sabbath Exodus 31:16

d. Other uses

• Acquire property Genesis 12:5, Deuteronomy 8:17
• Make war Genesis 14:2, peace Joshua 9:15
• Spend or pass days Ecclesiastes 6:12

3. Passive and Reflexive Forms

Niphal — be done, be made.

• Be done (of work) Judges 16:11, (of offence) Deuteronomy 13:15
• Be executed (of decree) Esther 9:1
• Be made (of objects) 1 Kings 10:20, Jeremiah 3:16
• Be observed (of festival) 2 Kings 24:22

Pual — be made.

• עֻשֵּׂיתִי Psalm 139:15 I was made.

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II. עָשָׂה verb Pi`el — press, squeeze.

Cognates:

• Late Hebrew עִשָּׂה
• Aramaic עַסִּי
• Arabic عص

• 3 plural עִשּׂוּ דַּדֵּי בְּתוּלִים Ezekiel 23:3, 23:8
• Infinitive construct בְּעַשּׂוֺת Ezekiel 23:21 (read as Pi`el)

¹ Mesha Inscription (MI), l. 23, 26.

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

³ David Heinrich Müller, SB Berl. Akkadian 1886.

conjunctive, Verb Qal sequential imperfect second person masculine plural

LXX: ἐποίησεν ποιήσεισ ἐποίησαν ποιῆσαι ποιήσω

LXX Usage Statistics

H6213a:

ἐποίησεν 538× (20.3%)

ποιήσεισ 196× (7.3%)

ἐποίησαν 191× (7.2%)

ποιῆσαι 141× (5.2%)

ποιήσω 113× (4.3%)

ποιήσει 111× (4.2%)

'' 86× (2.9%)

ἐποίησασ 82× (3.2%)

ποιεῖν 79× (2.9%)

ποιήσετε 76× (2.9%)

הרע הָרַע

causing evil

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

רע

raʻ

Definition

bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)

Root

from H7489 (רעע);

Exhaustive

from רעע; bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral); adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, [phrase] displease(-ure), distress, evil((-favouredness), man, thing), [phrase] exceedingly, [idiom] great, grief(-vous), harm, heavy, hurt(-ful), ill (favoured), [phrase] mark, mischief(-vous), misery, naught(-ty), noisome, [phrase] not please, sad(-ly), sore, sorrow, trouble, vex, wicked(-ly, -ness, one), worse(-st), wretchedness, wrong. (Incl. feminine raaah; as adjective or noun.).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H7451

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

רַע

adjective / masculine • Root רעע • Strongs / High • Page 1344

I. bad, unpleasant; expressing what is unsalutary either by its internal unfitness and worthlessness, or injuriousness; hence ill-favoured, envious, wicked, evil, malignant, hurtful, troubled, sorrowful.

רַע

adjective • Strongs / High • Page 1345

1. wild; evil, bad, unpleasant; sad spirit; painful. 2. In a moral sense: evil, sinful. 3. to be displeasing in one's eyes. Without a noun: bad, also as an adv.

רַע

noun masculine • Strongs / High • Page 1345

II. m. 1. abstr. ill, evil (that one does); adversity, calamity, misfortune; in a moral sense, wickedness, sin. 2. concr. an evil one, a sinner.

רַע

noun masculine • Strongs / High • Page 1345

III. m. 1. (from רִיעַ) noise, noise of war, cry of grief, rolling of thunder. 2. (from רֵעָה II) a friend, companion; defect, flaw.

רַע

adjective / noun masculine • Root רעע • Strongs / High • Page 1347

I. Bad, evil, morally wicked (adj.); often in a moral sense, what is bad religiously speaking, wickedness, vice, as a deed, sin; also concrete the wicked (n.).

רַע

adjective / substantive • Root רעע • Strongs / High • Page 1350

Bad, evil, wicked, mischievous, sorrowful, vexed, envious, jealous. (Also functions as a noun meaning an evil-doer, foolishness, viciousness, badness, discord).

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

רַע

verb • Root רעע • Page 622

1. bad, of a bad quality. Lev. 27: 10. 2. ugly, ill-favoured. Gen. 41: 3. 3. evil, unfortunate, calamitous. Jer. 7: 6. 4. evil, pernicious, dangerous. Gen. 37: 33. 5. having an evil eye, envious. Prov. 23: 6. 6. sad; spoken of the heart or countenance. Gen. 40: 7.

BDB

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon

H7451

I. רַע (approximate number of occurrences: 226) adjective — bad, evil.

— רַע masculine singular Genesis 6:5 +; רָ֑ע Genesis 31:24 +; plural רָעִים Genesis 13:13 +; construct רָעֵי Ezekiel 7:24 (strike out Cornill¹); feminine singular רָעָה Genesis 37:2 (37 times); plural רָעוֺת Genesis 28:8 (14 times); רָעֹת Genesis 41:27.

1. Bad, disagreeable, malignant

• Of a woman: רָעָה בְּעֵינֵי Exodus 21:8 (Elohist Source; perhaps verb רָ֫עָה); plural Genesis 28:8 (Priestly Code)
• Poisonous herb: 2 Kings 4:41
• Malignant boils: Deuteronomy 28:35, Job 2:7
• Diseases: Deuteronomy 7:15, Deuteronomy 28:59, 2 Chronicles 21:19, Ecclesiastes 6:2
• Deadly sword: Psalm 144:10; arrows: Ezekiel 5:16; severe judgments: Ezekiel 14:21; wonders: Deuteronomy 6:22
• מַלְאֲכֵי רָעִים fierce messengers: Psalm 78:49 (compare Ewald², Gesenius³)
• Wild beasts: Genesis 37:20, 33 (Jehovist-Elohist Source), Leviticus 26:6 (Holiness Code), Ezekiel 5:17, Ezekiel 14:15, 21, Ezekiel 34:25
• Unclean thing: Deuteronomy 23:10

2. Bad, unpleasant (pain, unhappy, misery)

• ימים רעים evil days: Genesis 47:9 (Priestly Code), Proverbs 15:15
• Unpleasant business: Ecclesiastes 1:13, 4:8, 5:13, compare 2:17, 9:3
• הַמַּעֲשֶׂה הָרָע: Ecclesiastes 4:3
• דבר הרע evil report: Exodus 33:4 (Jehovist Source), דִּבָּה רָעָה Genesis 37:2 (Jehovist-Elohist Source), Numbers 14:37 (Priestly Code), שׁם רע Deuteronomy 22:14, 19, Nehemiah 6:13
• שְׁמוּעָה רָעָה: Jeremiah 49:23, Psalm 112:7
• Painful discipline: Proverbs 15:10; evil occurrence: 1 Kings 5:18; evil net: Ecclesiastes 9:12; instruments: Isaiah 32:7
• כל הדבר הרע all evil things: Joshua 23:15 (Deuteronomic Source)
• רַע it is bad/harmful: Isaiah 3:11, Jeremiah 2:19
• Of speech, רע או טוב speak bad or good: Genesis 24:50 (Jehovist Source); מטוב עד רע Genesis 31:24, 29 (Elohist Source); לְמֵרָע ועד טוב 2 Samuel 13:22
• Of the divine spirit producing frenzy: 1 Samuel 16:14–16, 23, 18:10, 19:9

3. Evil, displeasing

עָשָׂה רַע בְּעֵינֵי סַרְנֵי פְלשְׁתִּים: 1 Samuel 29:7.

4. Bad of its kind

Land: Numbers 13:19 (Jehovist Source); place: Numbers 20:5 (Jehovist-Elohist Source); waters: 2 Kings 2:19; figs: Jeremiah 24:2, 3, 8; kine: Genesis 41:3–4, 19–21, 27 (Elohist Source); מוּם רע: Deuteronomy 15:21, compare 17:1.

5. Bad (of low value)

Leviticus 27:10, 12, 14, 33 (Holiness Code), compare Malachi 1:8; רַע רַע יאֹמַר הַקּוֺנֶה: Proverbs 20:14.

6. Worse than (comparative/superlative)

מִן comparative: 2 Samuel 19:8; as superlative, רָעֵי גוֺיִם worst of nations: Ezekiel 7:24.

7. Sad, unhappy

לֶב רָע sad heart: Proverbs 25:20; of face: Genesis 40:7 (Elohist Source), Nehemiah 2:2; רע לְפָנָיו: Nehemiah 2:1.

8. Devise evil device

חָשַׁב מַחֲשֶׁבֶת רָעָה: Ezekiel 38:10, Esther 9:25.

9. Bad, unkind (disposition/temper)

וְלֶב רָע when the mind is vicious: Proverbs 26:23; רַע עַיִן evil of eye: Proverbs 23:6, 28:22; רוּחַ רָעָה bad temper: Judges 9:23.

10. Ethically bad, evil, wicked

a. In general

• אם טוב ואם רע: Ecclesiastes 12:14

b. Of persons

• אִישׁ רע: 1 Samuel 30:22; אדם רע: Psalm 140:2; המן הרע הזה: Esther 7:6
• רָע evil man: Psalm 10:15, Job 21:30, Proverbs 11:21, 12:13, 24:20
• רָעִים evil men: Genesis 13:13 (Jehovist Source), Jeremiah 6:29, 15:21, Ezekiel 30:12, Job 35:12, Proverbs 4:14, 14:19
• רָעוֺת evil women: Jeremiah 2:33; שׁכנים רעים: Jeremiah 12:14
• Of generation, people, congregation: Deuteronomy 1:35, Jeremiah 13:10, Numbers 14:27, 35 (Priestly Code), Jeremiah 8:3
• רַע בְּעֵינֵי י׳: Genesis 38:7 (Jehovist-Elohist Source) = 1 Chronicles 2:8
• עָשָׂה הָרָע בְּעֵינֵי י׳: Numbers 32:13 (Redactor), Deuteronomy 4:25, 9:18, 17:2, 31:29, Judges 2:11 (48 times), 2 Kings 21:15, Isaiah 65:12, Jeremiah 7:30, Psalm 51:6

c. Of thoughts

• יֵצֶר: Genesis 6:5, 8:21 (Jehovist Source)
• הַלֵּב הָרָע: Jeremiah 3:17, 7:24, 11:8, 16:12, 18:12
• רעות (words): Proverbs 15:28

d. Deeds, actions

• עשׂה דבר הרע: Deuteronomy 13:12, 17:5, 19:20, Nehemiah 13:17
• דבר רע: Psalm 64:6, 141:4, Ecclesiastes 8:3, 5; דברים: 1 Samuel 2:23, 2 Kings 17:11
• דֶּרֶךְ evil way: 1 Kings 13:33, Jeremiah 18:11, 23:22; דרכים: 2 Kings 17:13, Ezekiel 33:11, Zechariah 1:4
• מעשׂינוּ: Ezra 9:13; מעללים: Zechariah 1:4, Nehemiah 9:35
• בֶּצַע רע: Habakkuk 2:9; תועבות רעות: Ezekiel 6:11, 8:9
• כִּי רָעוֺת בִּמְגוּרָם: Psalm 55:16

II. רַע (approximate number of occurrences: 126) noun masculine — evil, distress, misery, injury, calamity.

— absolute רַע Numbers 11:1 +; בְּרָע Exodus 5:19 +; רָ֑ע Genesis 48:16 +.

1. Evil, distress, adversity

• יָרֵא רַע fear evil: Psalm 23:4, Zephaniah 3:15
• בּוֺרֵא רָ֑ע (of God): Isaiah 45:7; הביא רע: Isaiah 31:2
• אם טוב ואם רע prosperity or adversity: Jeremiah 42:6
• יוֺם רע day of calamity: Amos 6:3, Psalm 49:6, 94:13
• בְּרָע in adversity: Exodus 5:19 (Elohist Source), Psalm 10:6
• מכל רע from all evil: Genesis 48:16 (Elohist Source), Psalm 121:7

2. Evil, injury, wrong

• עשׂה רע with עִם: Genesis 31:29 (Elohist Source); with ל: Jeremiah 39:12
• As object of חשּׁב: Hosea 7:15; חרשׁ: Proverbs 6:14, 14:22
• לֹא יִתְנַבֵּא טוֺב כִּי אִם רָ֑ע: 1 Kings 22:8, 18
• לרע for harm: Isaiah 59:7, Jeremiah 7:6, Psalm 56:6

3. Ethical evil

• Deuteronomy 30:15, 2 Samuel 14:17, Isaiah 5:20, Amos 5:14
• עשׂה רע: 2 Kings 21:9, 2 Chronicles 12:14, Nehemiah 9:28
• שׂנא רע: Amos 5:15, Psalm 97:10, Proverbs 8:13
• סר מֵרָע depart from evil: Isaiah 59:15, Psalm 34:15, Proverbs 3:7
• כי ברע הוא set on evil: Exodus 32:22 (Jehovist Source)
• אֵשֶׁת רע evil woman: Proverbs 6:24 (perhaps read רֵעַ friend)

III. רָעָה (approximate number of occurrences: 310) noun feminine — evil, misery, distress, injury.

— absolute רָעָה Genesis 26:29 +; construct רָעַת Genesis 6:5 +; suffix רָֽעָתִי Psalm 35:4 +; plural רָעוֺת Deuteronomy 31:17 +, רָעֹת Jeremiah 44:9.

1. Evil, misery, distress

• באה הרעה: Ezekiel 7:5, Isaiah 47:11
• הביא רעה: Jeremiah 4:6, 1 Kings 21:29, 2 Samuel 17:14
• יוֺם רעה: Jeremiah 17:17, Ecclesiastes 12:1
• ראה ברעה: Numbers 11:15 (Jehovist-Elohist Source), Obadiah 1:13, Esther 8:6
• נִחַם עַל רָעָה repent of evil: Exodus 32:12, 14 (Jehovist Source), Jeremiah 18:8, Joel 2:13

2. Evil, injury, wrong

• עשׂה רעה with עִם: Genesis 26:29 (Jehovist Source), Judges 15:3
• Object of השׁב: Genesis 50:20 (Elohist Source), Jeremiah 36:3
• גמל רעה: Genesis 50:17 (Elohist Source), 1 Samuel 24:18
• לְרָעָה for harm: Genesis 31:52, Deuteronomy 29:20, Amos 9:4

3. Ethical evil

• 1 Samuel 12:17, Isaiah 47:10, Jeremiah 2:19
• עָשָׂה רָעָה: Genesis 39:9, Deuteronomy 31:18 (Jehovist Source)
• שׁוּב מרעה turn from evil: Jeremiah 18:8, 23:14, 44:5
• בִּעֵר רעה consume evil: Judges 20:13

¹ C. H. Cornill, Das Buch des Propheten Ezechiel (1886).

² Heinrich Ewald, Lehrbuch der hebräischen Sprache des Alten Bundes.

³ Gesenius' Hebrew Grammar, ed. E. Kautzsch, trans. A. E. Cowley, 2nd English ed., Oxford, 1910 (GKC).

Particle definite article, Adjective adjective both singular absolute

LXX: πονηρὸν κακὰ κακά κακῶν πονηρὰ

LXX Usage Statistics

H7451a:

πονηρὸν 89× (12.6%)

κακὰ 62× (9.4%)

κακά 58× (8.8%)

κακῶν 31× (4.3%)

πονηρὰ 26× (4.0%)

κακίαν 26× (3.8%)

κακία 24× (3.4%)

--- 21× (3.4%)

πονηρόν 18× (2.7%)

κακίασ 18× (2.5%)

בעיני בְּעֵינַי

within dual-eyes

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

עין

ʻayin

Definition

an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)

Root

probably a primitive word;

Exhaustive

probably a primitive word; an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape); affliction, outward appearance, [phrase] before, [phrase] think best, colour, conceit, [phrase] be content, countenance, [phrase] displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, [phrase] favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), [idiom] him, [phrase] humble, knowledge, look, ([phrase] well), [idiom] me, open(-ly), [phrase] (not) please, presence, [phrase] regard, resemblance, sight, [idiom] thee, [idiom] them, [phrase] think, [idiom] us, well, [idiom] you(-rselves).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H5869

י

Definition

my, personal posessive - noun suffix: 1st person common singular

Root

Exhaustive

Personal posessive pronoun - suffix for nouns, adjectives and passive participles: 1st person singular

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H9020

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

עַיִן

noun feminine • Root עין • Strongs / High • Page 1081

1. The eye, oculus, as the organ of sight; used figuratively for perception, attention, favorable/unfavorable views, and expression of emotion (e.g., proud, humble, joyous look). It also denotes the middle of the forehead (between the eyes), or proximity ('in the eyes of one'). 2. The eye as a fountain of tears. 3. A look or gaze (e.g., piercingly, enviously). 4. What presents itself to the sight: a phenomenon, appearance, sight, or prospect.

עַיִן

noun feminine • Strongs / High • Page 1082

The eye, bead or pearl, of wine.

עַיִן

noun feminine • Strongs / High • Page 1082

A fountain (constr. עֵין), pl. עֲיָנֹת.

עַיִן

noun proper • Strongs / High • Page 1082

Proper name of a city of Simeon/Levitical city within Judah (7a), or a locality in the north-east of Palestine (7b).

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

עַיִן

com. gen. • Page 503

1. an eye (Ezek. 12: 12). 2. 'before the eyes of any one' (Gen. 23: 11, 18). 3. 'in the eyes', i.e. in the judgment.

עַיִן

m. denom. • Root עין • Page 505

looking askance, envious. Found in 1 Sam. 18:9 Keri.

עַיִן

noun • Page 504

1. Ment or opinion, often conveying the idea of seeming or appearing (Gen. 19:14, 2 Sam. 10:3). 2. A bead or bubble in wine (Prov. 23:31). 3. Perhaps a look (Cant. 4:9). 4. Face, countenance, like פָנִים (Ps. 6:8, Num. 14:14). 5. The surface (Ex. 10:5, Num. 22:5). 6. Appearance, form (Num. 11:7, Lev. 13:5, Ezek. 1:4). 7. A spring, fountain, with plural עֵינוֹת (Gen. 16:7). The eye is figuratively considered a fountain of tears.

BDB

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon

H5869

I. עַ֫יִן (approximate number of occurrences: 859) noun feminine^{Genesis 3:7} and (Zechariah 3:9; 4:10 Albr¹) masculine — eye.

Cognates:

• Phoenician ען
• Aramaic עֵינָא, עַיְינָא
• Palmyrene עינא
• Syriac ܥܰܝܢܳܐ
• Assyrian ênu, enu
• Arabic عَيْن
• Ethiopic ዐይን

— עַ֫יִן absolute Exodus 21:4 +; construct עֵין Exodus 21:26 +; suffix עֵינִי Genesis 44:21 +; suffix 3 masculine plural עֵינָם Isaiah 13:18, עֵינֵמוֺ Psalm 73:7; usually dual עֵינַיִם Genesis 20:16 +; construct עֵינֵי Genesis 3:7 +, עֵנֵי Isaiah 3:8; suffix עֵינַי Genesis 31:10 +, עֵינֶיךָ Judges 6:17 + etc.

1. Literally as physical organ

a. of man

• Exodus 21:6 (Elohist Source)
• Genesis 3:6 (Jehovist Source)
• Leviticus 26:16 (Holiness Code)
• Deuteronomy 34:4, 7 (Priests' Code / Narrative)
• Judges 16:28 (+ שְׁתֵּי)

b. anthropomorphically of God

• Psalm 33:18
• Psalm 34:16

c. of idols

• Psalm 115:5
• Psalm 135:16

d. of beasts

• Genesis 30:41 (Jehovist Source)
• Job 40:24 (hippopotamus)
• Job 41:10 (crocodile)
• Job 28:7 (bird)

e. in visions (of wheels, stones)

• Ezekiel 1:18
• Ezekiel 10:12
• Zechariah 3:9

f. subject of seeing

• Genesis 45:12 (Elohist Source)
• Deuteronomy 3:27 (with ראה)
• Genesis 13:10 (+ נָשָׂא lift up)
• Leviticus 13:12 (מַרְאֵה עֵינֵי as far as one can see)

2. Eyes as showing mental qualities

a. Arrogance and Humility

• arrogance: Isaiah 2:11; Isaiah 5:15; Psalm 101:5; Proverbs 6:17
• humility: Job 22:29 (שַׁח עַיִן)
• pity: Deuteronomy 7:16 (לֹא תָחֹס עֵינְךָ not have pity)

3. Figurative of mental and spiritual faculties

a. Enlightenment and Vision

• Genesis 3:5, 7 (Jehovist Source)
• Numbers 24:4, 16 (גְּלּוּי עַיִן opened of eye)
• Psalm 123:2 (looking to God)

b. In the view/opinion of (בְּעֵינֵי)

• Genesis 16:4, 5 (Jehovist Source)
• Genesis 21:11 (Elohist Source)
• Deuteronomy 12:8 (הַיָּשָׁר בְּעֵינָיו right in his own eyes)

4. Transferred meanings

a. Surface and Appearance

• surface of earth: Exodus 10:5, 15 (Jehovist Source)
• appearance: Leviticus 13:5; Numbers 11:7
• gleam/sparkle: Ezekiel 1:4; Proverbs 23:31 (of wine)

5. Other phrases

• eye for an eye: עַיִן תַּחַת עַיִן Exodus 21:24; Leviticus 24:20
• eye to eye: עַיִן בְּעַיִן Numbers 14:14; Isaiah 52:8
• in the presence of: לְעֵינֵי Genesis 42:24; Exodus 4:30
• between the eyes (forehead): בֵּין עֵינַיִם Exodus 13:9; Deuteronomy 6:8

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II. עַ֫יִן (approximate number of occurrences: 23) noun feminine — spring (of water).

Cognates:

• Phoenician ען
• Assyrian ênu, înu
• Arabic عَيْن
• Ethiopic ዐይን
• Syriac ܥܰܝܢܳܐ
• Aramaic עֵינָא

— עַ֫יִן absolute 1 Samuel 29:1 +, עָ֑יִן Genesis 49:22; construct עֵין Genesis 24:13 +; plural עֲיָנֹת Deuteronomy 8:7, construct עֵינוֺת Exodus 15:27.

a. Particular springs

• עֵין חֲרֹד (En-harod) Judges 7:1
• עֵין הַקּוֺרֵא (En-hakkore) Judges 15:19
• עֵין רֹגֵּל (En-rogel) 2 Samuel 17:17; Joshua 15:7
• עֵין הַתַּנִּין (Dragon-spring) Nehemiah 2:13

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Aramaic

I. [עַיִן] noun feminine^{Ezra 5:5} — eye (Biblical Hebrew עַיִן).

1. literally eye
   • construct עֵין Ezra 5:5 (of God)
   • plural עַיְנִין Daniel 7:8, Daniel 7:20 (of a horn)
   • dual construct עַיְנֵי Daniel 7:8 (of man)
   • suffix עַיְנַי Daniel 4:31

¹ Karl Albrecht, "Das Geschlecht der Hebräischen Hauptwörter," Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft (ZAW) 16 (1896): 75.

² Elohist Source.

³ Jehovist (Yahwist) Source.

⁴ Holiness Code.

⁵ Priests' Code / Narrative.

Preposition, Noun common both dual construct, Suffix pronominal first person both singular

LXX: ὀφθαλμοῖσ ἐναντίον ἐνώπιον ὀφθαλμοὺσ ὀφθαλμοὶ

LXX Usage Statistics

H5869a:

ὀφθαλμοῖσ 134× (13.0%)

ἐναντίον 111× (12.6%)

ἐνώπιον 87× (10.0%)

ὀφθαλμοὺσ 80× (7.8%)

ὀφθαλμοὶ 74× (6.9%)

ὀφθαλμοί 58× (5.6%)

ὀφθαλμῶν 54× (5.6%)

ὀφθαλμούσ 38× (3.8%)

κατ' 28× (3.2%)

ὀφθαλμόσ 27× (2.5%)

ובאשר וּבַאֲשֶׁר

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

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

אשר

ʼăsher

Definition

who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.

Root

a primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number);

Exhaustive

a primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number); who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.; [idiom] after, [idiom] alike, as (soon as), because, [idiom] every, for, [phrase] forasmuch, [phrase] from whence, [phrase] how(-soever), [idiom] if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), [idiom] though, [phrase] until, [phrase] whatsoever, when, where ([phrase] -as, -in, -of, -on, -soever, -with), which, whilst, [phrase] whither(-soever), who(-m, -soever, -se). As it is indeclinable, it is often accompanied by the personal pronoun expletively, used to show the connection.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H834

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

אֲשֶׁר

noun proper • Root אשיר אשר • Lemma_Lookup • Page 204

Proper name of a city east of Shechem, on the border of Manasseh.

אֲשֶׁר

pronoun relative • Lemma_Lookup • Page 204

Relative pronoun: who, which; forming the relative in prose.

אֲשֶׁר

relative particle • Lemma_Lookup • Page 205

A relative particle or pronoun (who, which, that). It serves to connect a following clause with a preceding noun or pronoun. It can function as the subject or object within its clause (often supplemented by a pronominal suffix). In the accusative, it acts as a subordinate conjunction expressing relations of place (where, whither), time (when), and manner (as, that). It forms various compound conjunctions with prepositions, such as עַל אֲשֶׁר (wherefore, because), בְּכֹל אֲשֶׁר (wherever), and כַּאֲשֶׁר (as).

אֲשֶׁר

pronoun relative / conjunction • Lemma_Lookup • Page 206

Relative pronoun and conjunction: that, which, where, so that, because, in order that. Used to express object and design, clauses relating to time (when), or causal relationships.

אֲשַׁר

verb • Root אשר • Lemma_Lookup • Page 212

(not used) Aram. equivalent to Hebr אֶתֶר.

אֲשֻׁר

masc. / fem. • Root אשר אשר • Lemma_Lookup • Page 204

1. A tree, commonly sherbin-cedar, larch, or box-tree. 2. A step, walk.

אֶשֶׁר

noun masculine • Root אשר • Lemma_Lookup • Page 203

Name of a tree; also the proper name of a city.

אֶשֶׁר

noun masculine / noun proper • Root אשר • Lemma_Lookup • Page 203

Happy; used as a proper name Asher (son of Jacob and the tribe named after him).

אֶשֶׁר

noun masculine • Root אשר • Lemma_Lookup • Page 204

Fortune, happiness; hence as an interjection in the construct state: hail! happy!

אָשֵׁר

verb • Lemma_Lookup • Page 203

To be connected, united (equivalent to אָסַר).

אָשַׁר

verb • Lemma_Lookup • Page 203

To go about, run about; to go, to walk, to step along.

אָשַׁר

verb • Root אשר • Lemma_Lookup • Page 203

To be united, by love, marriage, etc.; to be firm, strong, pressed together.

אָשַׁר

verb • Root ישר • Lemma_Lookup • Page 203

To be straight (even of a way); in a moral sense: to be right, honest, upright; to be prosperous, happy.

אָשַׁר

verb • Root עשר • Lemma_Lookup • Page 1143

(which see); Ar. the same, hence עָשִׁיר a spouse, an associate. Deriv. אֲשֵׁרָה, עֲשֵׁרָה, עָשִׁירָה.

אָשֻׁר

noun masculine • Root אשר • Lemma_Lookup • Page 204

Step, walk.

אֹשֶׁר

noun masculine • Lemma_Lookup • Page 204

Prosperity.

אֻשַּׁר

verb • Lemma_Lookup • Page 203

To be led, guided.

אֲשֶׁר אַחֲרֵי־כֵן

adverbial phrase • Lemma_Lookup • Page 708

After that.

אֲשַׂרְאֵל

noun proper masculine • Root אשר • Lemma_Lookup • Page 206

Proper noun, masculine. ('El is allied). Found in 1 Chr. 4, 16. Equivalent to the Phenician Osiris, an epithet of Ba'al.

אֲשַׂרְאֵלָה

noun proper masculine • Root אשר אלה • Lemma_Lookup • Page 206

Proper noun, masculine. Found in 1 Chr. 25, 2. A variant reading is יְשַׂרְאֵלָה (Jesharelah).

אֲשֵׁרָה

noun feminine • Lemma_Lookup • Page 206

Name of a Phenician goddess, sometimes identified with the Sidonian Astarte; also refers to the wooden image/pillar of the goddess standing beside the altar of Ba'al.

אָשֵׁרִי

adjective • Lemma_Lookup • Page 204

Gentile of Asher; Asherite.

אֲשְׂרִיאֵל

noun proper masculine • Lemma_Lookup • Page 207

Proper name of a man (Num. 26:31; Josh. 17:2).

אֲשֵׁרִים

noun masculine plural • Lemma_Lookup • Page 207

Male images of Baal, of wood, symbolising Baal as a generating power, and distinct from images of Ashera.

אֻשַּׁרְנָא

noun masculine (aramaic) • Root אשר • Lemma_Lookup • Page 207

A wall (Ezr. 5:3), properly a firm thing. Formed from אָשַׁר with the termination na.

אֲשֶׁר עַל־הַבַּיִת

phrase • Lemma_Lookup • Page 238

head of the palace, minister of the court

אֶת־אֲשֶׁר

relative phrase • Lemma_Lookup • Page 87

the person whom or the thing which

כַּאֲשֶׁר

conjunction • Root אשר • Lemma_Lookup • Page 669

as, when, according as, since.

תְּלַאשַּׂר

unknown • Lemma_Lookup • Page 1515

see תְּלָאשֶׁר.

תְּלָאשָׂר

noun proper • Root תל אשר • Lemma_Lookup • Page 1513

(as also תְּלַשַּׁר Is. 37, 12, also in mss. תְּלַסַּר) n. p. of a Mesopotamian province and city, inhabited by the בְּנֵי עֶדֶן, and formerly subject to Assyria Is. 37, 12; 2 Kings 19, 12. The word has arisen from תֵּל and אָשָׁר = אָשׂוּר.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

אֲשֶׁר

pronoun relative • Page 79

Relative pronoun: who, which, that. Used for both genders and numbers. Often acts as a sign of relation for other pronouns and adverbs (e.g., אֲשֶׁר-שָׁם 'where', אֲשֶׁר-מִשָּׁם 'whence').

אֲשֶׁר

adv. or conjunction • Page 80

Used as an adverb or conjunction; signifies (1.) *that, to the end that, ut*; (2.) *that, how that, quod*; (3.) *because*; (4.) *if*; (5.) *for*; (6.) *when*; (7.) *as*; (8.) *where*. References include Gen. 11:7, Deut. 4:40, Ex. 11:7, Jos. 2:10, 1 Sam. 24:19, 1 K. 8:33, Lev. 4:22, Jer. 33:22, Num. 20:13.

אֶשֶׁר

noun masculine • Root אשר • Page 80

*Prosperity*. Reference: Gen. 30:13.

אֶשֶׁר

noun • Page 79

Happiness, prosperity; found only in the plural construct אַשְׁרֵי (the happinesses of). (Ps. 1:1, 2:12, 32:1, 33:12; Prov. 3:13, 8:34; Deut. 33:29).

אָשֵׁר

m. proper name • Page 79

1. A son of Jacob, progenitor of one of the tribes of Israel. 2. A city not far from Shechem (Josh. 17:7).

אָשַׁר

verb • Root ישר • Page 79

1. To go straight, proceed (Prov. 9:6). 2. To be right, suitable, successful, or prosperous (Hab. 2:4). Pi.: To lead or guide straight (Prov. 23:19; Is. 1:17). Pu.: To be guided or pronounced happy (Ps. 41:3; Prov. 3:18).

BDB

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon

H834

אַשֶׁר particle of relation (Moabite idem; origin dubious: 1 according to Tsepreghi Diss. Lugd. p. 171 Mühlau Bö. Lb. ii. 79 n. Sta Morg. Forsch. 1875, 188; Lb. § 167 Hom ZMG 1878, 708 ff. Müll § 153 Sayce Hebraica. ii. 51 Lag M. i. 255 & especially Krae Hebraica. vi. 298 ff, originally a substantive 'place' = ܐܠܗܐ footstep, mark, ሀሁሂሄ (do.), אֲתָר, ܐܒܓܕ place, Assyrian ašru, used (see Kraetz.) both as a substantive 'there, where,' and as a relative of place 'where': in Hebrew this development has advanced further, and it has become a relative sign Generally. The chief objection to this explanation is that it would isolate Hebrew from the other Semitic languages, in which pronouns are formed regularly from demonstrative roots (compare also Nö ZMG 1886, 738). 2 according to Phi St. C. 73 Sperling Nota Rel. im Hebr. 1876, 15-22 for אֲשֶׁל, developed from the relative שֶׁ (q. v.) by (1) the prefixing of either a merely prosthetic א, or, better, a pronominal א (giving rise to אש, the form of the relative in Phoenician), and (2) the addition of the demonstrative root ל [found also in אֵל, אֵלָה, הָלָזֶה (q. v.), السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ he who, አማር: who (plural)]: the main objection to this explanation is the change of ל to ר, which is hardly rendered probable by the compare of Syriac ܒܝܫܐ by side of הָלְכָא. 1 seems preferable, the primitive root having acquired different significations in the different Semitic languages, and having been weakened in Hebrew to a mere particle of relation).

Cognates:

• Moabite idem
• Phoenician אש (regularly), also sometimes ש
• Syriac ܐܝܢܐ, ܕ
• Arabic الّذي
• Ethiopic ያ
• Assyrian ašru

A sign of relation, bringing the clause introduced by it into relation with an antecedent clause. As a rule אַשֶׁר is a mere connecting link, and requires to be supplemented (see the grammars) by a pronominal affix, or other word, such as שָׁם, defining the nature of the relation more precisely: e.g. Genesis 1:11 אַשֶׁר זַרְעָהּ literally as to which, its seed is in it = in which is its seed, Psalm 1:4 like the chaff אַשֶׁר תִּדְּפֶנּוּ רוּחַ as to which, the wind drives it = which the wind drives, etc.; & so אַשֶׁר שָׁם = where, אַשֶׁר מִשָּׁם = whence, Genesis 2:11; Genesis 3:23; Genesis 20:13 etc. Sometimes also (see below) the relation expressed by it is specifically temporal, local causal, etc. More particularly

1. Relative Pronoun Uses

it includes its pronominal antecedent, whether in the nominative or oblique cases, as Numbers 22:6 and he whom thou cursest is cursed, Exodus 4:12 and I will teach thee אַשֶׁר תְּדַבֵּר that which thou shalt say; and with particles or prepositions, as אֵת אַשֶׁר (according to the context) him who . . ., those who . . ., that which . . . ; לַאֲשֶׁר to him who . . . Genesis 43:16, to those who . . . Genesis 47:24, to that which Genesis 27:8; מֵאֲשֶׁר Judges 16:30; 2 Samuel 18:18 than those whom; Leviticus 27:24 לַאֲשֶׁר קָנָהוּ מֵאִתּוֹ to him from whom he bought it, Numbers 5:7; Isaiah 24:2 כַּאֲשֶׁר יֵשׁ בּוֹ like him against whom there is a creditor.

2. Pronominal Affix and Defining Adjunct

instances of אַשֶׁר followed by a pronominal affix, or by שָׁם, שָׁמָה, מִשָּׁם, are so common that the examples cited above will be sufficient. Very rarely there occurs the anomalous construction עִם אַשֶׁר Genesis 31:32 for אַשֶׁר עִמּוֹ (see Genesis 44:9), בַּאֲשֶׁר Isaiah 47:12 for אַשֶׁר בָּהֶם, לַאֲשֶׁר for אַשֶׁר לָהֶם Ezekiel 23:40: Psalm 119:49 see under עַל אַשֶׁר. It is followed by the pronoun in the nominative, in the following cases:

• (a) immediately, mostly before an adjective or participle, Genesis 9:3 all moving things אַשֶׁר הוּא חַי which are living, Leviticus 11:26; Numbers 9:13; Numbers 14:8,27; Numbers 35:31; Deuteronomy 20:20; 1 Samuel 10:19 (see Dr) 2 Kings 25:19 ("" Jeremiah 52:25 הָיָה) Jeremiah 27:9; Ezekiel 43:19; Haggai 1:9; Ruth 4:15; Nehemiah 2:18; Ecclesiastes 7:26; before a verb 2 Kings 22:13 (omitted 2 Chronicles 34:21).
• (b) in a negative sentence, at the end: Genesis 7:2; Genesis 17:12; Numbers 17:5; Deuteronomy 17:15 אַשֶׁר לֹא אָחִיךָ הוּא who is not thy brother, Deuteronomy 20:15; Judges 19:12; 1 Kings 8:41 "" 1 Kings 9:20 "".

N.B. Psalm 16:3 אַשֶׁר בָּאָרֶץ הֵמָּה is an unparalleled expression for 'who are in the land'; read אֲשֶׁר בָּאָרֶץ הֵמָּה אֲדִירִי וְגָבְהוּ 'the saints that are in the land, they (הֵמָּה) are the nobles, in whom,' etc.

3. First Person Pronouns

sometimes (though rarely) the defining adjunct is a pronoun of 1 or 2 person as well as of 3 person. In such cases it is strictly to be rendered I who . . ., thou who, etc.; Hosea 14:4 אַשֶׁר בְּךָ יְרֻחָם יָתוּם thou by whom the fatherless is compassionated! Jeremiah 31:32 I, whose covenant they brake, Jeremiah 32:19; Isaiah 49:23; Job 37:17 f. thou whose garments are warm . . ., canst thou? etc., Psalm 71:19; Psalm 71:20; Psalm 144:12 we whose sons, etc., Psalm 139:15 my frame was not hidden from thee, אֲשֶׁר עֻשִּׂיתִי בַסֵּתֶר I who was wrought in secret (= though I was wrought in secret), Exodus 14:13 for ye who have seen the Egyptians to-day, — ye shall not see them again for ever! (compare Psalm 41:9).

4. Dispensing with Defining Adjunct

the defining pron. adjunct is dispensed with — a. when אַשֶׁר represents the simple subject of a sentence, or the direct object of a verb: so constantly, as Genesis 2:1 the work אַשֶׁר עָשָׂה which he made, Genesis 3:3 the tree אַשֶׁר בְּתוֹךְ הַגָּן which is in the midst of the garden, etc. b. after words denoting time, place, or manner, so that אַשֶׁר then becomes equivalent to when, where, why:

• (α) Genesis 6:4 אֲחֲרֵי כֵן אַשֶׁר afterwards, when, etc. (compare 2 Chronicles 35:20) Genesis 45:6 there are still 5 years אַשֶׁר אֵין חָרִישׁ when there shall be no plowing, Joshua 14:10; 1 Kings 22:25; after יוֹם or הַיּוֹם Deuteronomy 4:10; Judges 4:14; 1 Samuel 24:5 (see Dr) 2 Samuel 19:25; Jeremiah 20:14 and elsewhere; similarly Genesis 40:13.
• (β) Genesis 35:13 בַּמָּקוֹם אַשֶׁר דִּבֶּר אִתּוֹ in the place where he spake with him, Genesis 35:14; Genesis 39:20; Numbers 13:27; Numbers 22:26; Deuteronomy 1:31 in the desert which thou sawest, where (accents Ke Di), Deuteronomy 8:15; 1 Kings 8:9 (unless לֻחוֹת הַבְּרִית has here fallen out: see Dr & Deuteronomy 9:9) Isaiah 55:11; Isaiah 64:10; Psalm 84:4.
• So (γ) in אֶל אַשֶׁר to (the place) which (or whither) Exodus 32:34; Ruth 1:16; אֶל כָּל אַשֶׁר to every (place) whither Joshua 1:16; Proverbs 17:8; בַּאֲשֶׁר in (the place) where Judges 5:27; Judges 17:8,9; 1 Samuel 23:13; 2 Kings 8:1; Ruth 1:16,17; Job 39:30, once only with שָׁם Genesis 21:17; בְּכָל אַשֶׁר wheresoever Joshua 1:7,9; Judges 2:15; 1 Samuel 14:47; 1 Samuel 18:5; 2 Samuel 7:7; 2 Kings 18:7; עַל אַשֶׁר to (the place) whither (or which) 2 Samuel 15:20; 1 Kings 18:12; עַל כָּל אַשֶׁר Jeremiah 1:7.
• (δ) זֶה הַדָּבָר אַשֶׁר this is the reason that or why . . . Joshua 5:4; 1 Kings 11:27.

5. Extreme Instances

c. more extreme instances Leviticus 14:22,30,31; Numbers 6:21; Deuteronomy 7:19 (wherewith), Deuteronomy 28:20; 1 Samuel 2:32 (wherein), 1 Kings 2:26; Judges 8:15 (about whom), Isaiah 8:12 (where יֹאמַר would be followed normally by לוֹ), Isaiah 31:6 turn ye to (him as to) whom they have deeply rebelled, Isaiah 47:15; Zephaniah 3:11; Ecclesiastes 3:9; 1 Kings 14:19 (= how).

6. Poetry Usage

d. it is dispensed with only in appearance after אֵת אַשֶׁר אָמַר (אָמַר תִּי followed by the words used, its place being really taken by a pronoun in the speech which follows, as Genesis 3:17 the tree as to which I commanded thee saying, Thou shalt not eat from it, Exodus 22:8; Deuteronomy 28:68; Judges 7:4 (זֶה) Judges 8:15 (where the noun repeated takes the place of the pronoun, compare Deuteronomy 9:2) 1 Samuel 9:17 (זֶה):23 +; compare 2 Samuel 11:16; 2 Kings 17:12; 2 Kings 21:4. 5 אַשֶׁר sometimes in poetry = one who, a man who (men who), ὅστις, οὗτινος, Psalm 24:4; Psalm 55:20; Psalm 95:4; Psalm 95:5; Job 4:19; Job 5:5 (Hi) Job 15:17.

7. Substantive Antecedent Insertion

6 אַשֶׁר occasionally receives its closer definition by a substantive following it, in other words, its logical antecedent is inserted in the relative clause: (a) in the phrase peculiar to Jeremiah, אֶל יְרוּשָׁלַיִם אֶל אַשֶׁר הָיָה דְבַר יְהוָה that which came (of) the word of יְהוָה to Jeremiah Jeremiah 14:1; Jeremiah 46:1; Jeremiah 47:1; Jeremiah 49:34 (compare Ew § 334); (b) Exodus 25:9; Numbers 33:4; 1 Samuel 25:30; 2 Kings 8:12; 2 Kings 12:6 לְכָל אַשֶׁר יִמְצָא שָׁם בַּדֶּקֶת Ezekiel 12:25; compare the Ethiopic usage Di § 201; (c) (antecedent repeated) Genesis 49:30 = Genesis 50:13, 1 Samuel 25:30 (יְהוָה repeated), Isaiah 54:9 (probably) as to which I sware that, etc., Amos 5:1 which I take up over you (as) a dirge.

8. Genitive Circumlocution

7 אֵת אַשֶׁר לְ that (belongs, belong, belonged) to, is used a. either alone or preceded by כָּל to express (all) that (belongs) to, as Genesis 14:23 מִכָּל אֲשֶׁר לְךָ of all that is thine, Genesis 31:1 מֵאֲשֶׁר לְאָבִינוּ of that which was our father's, Genesis 32:24 & sent over אֵת אֲשֶׁר לוֹ that which he had, + often b. as a circumlocution of the Genitive, as Genesis 29:9 עִם הַצֹּאן אֲשֶׁר לְאָבִיהָ with the sheep that were her father's, Genesis 40:5; Genesis 47:4; Leviticus 9:8; Judges 6:11; 1 Samuel 25:7 הָרֹעִים אֲשֶׁר לְךָ, 2 Samuel 14:31 אֵת הַחֶלְקָה אֲשֶׁר לִי, 2 Samuel 23:8; 1 Kings 1:8,33 עַל הַמִּרְכֶּבֶת אֲשֶׁר לִי upon mine own mule, 1 Kings 1:49; 1 Kings 4:2; 2 Kings 11:10; 2 Kings 16:13; Ruth 2:21; and especially in the case of a compound expression depending on a single Genitive, as Genesis 23:9; Genesis 40:5; Genesis 41:43 מִרְכֶּבֶת הַמִּשְׁנֶה אֲשֶׁר לוֹ the chariot of the second rank which he had, Exodus 38:30; Judges 3:20; Judges 6:25; 1 Samuel 17:40; 1 Samuel 21:8 אֲבִיר הָרֹעִים אֲשֶׁר לְשָׁאוּל the mightiest of Saul's herdmen, 1 Samuel 24:5 אֵת כְּנַף הַמְּעִיל אֲשֶׁר לְשָׁאוּל, 2 Samuel 2:8 Saul's captain of the host, 1 Kings 10:28; 1 Kings 15:20; 1 Kings 22:31; Jeremiah 52:17; Ruth 4:3. c. with names of places (especially such as do not readily admit the stative construct) Judges 18:28; Judges 19:14 הַגִּבְעָה אֲשֶׁר לִבְנֵי יָמִין Gibeah (the hill) of Benjamin, Judges 20:4; 1 Samuel 17:1; 1 Kings 15:27; 1 Kings 16:15; 1 Kings 17:9; 1 Kings 19:3; 2 Kings 14:11. compare שֶׁ (q. v.) which in Rabb, like the Aramaic דִּי, ܐܢܐ, is in habitual use as a mark of the Genitive. — N.B. In Aramaic also דִּי, ܕ, without לְ, expresses the Genitive relation, as מִלְּתָא דִּי מַלְכָּא, literally the word, that of the king = the word of the king. The few apparent cases of a similar use of אַשֶׁר are, however, too foreign to the general usage of the language to be regarded otherwise than as due to textual error: 1 Samuel 13:8 read אֲשֶׁר אָמַר (or שָׁם Exodus 19:5) שְׁמֻאֵל (Dr ἕπεστιν); 1 Kings 11:25 supply עָשָׂה (Dr ἠν ἀπέστειλεν); 2 Kings 25:10 supply אֵת with (as "" Jeremiah 52:14); 2 Chronicles 34:22 read וְאֲשֶׁר אָמַר הַמֶּלֶךְ (compare Dr) and those whom the king appointed (abbreviated from 2 Kings 22:14); compare Ew § 292 a, b with note.

9. Conjunction Usage

8 אַשֶׁר becomes, like Aramaic דִּי, ܕ, a conjunction approximating in usage to כִּי: thus a. = quod, ὅτι, that, subordinating an entire sentence to a verb of knowing, remembering, etc. (a) with אֵת Deuteronomy 9:7 forget not אֵת אֲשֶׁר הִקְצַפְתָּ the fact that (= how) thou provokedst, etc., Deuteronomy 29:15; Joshua 2:10; 1 Samuel 24:11; 1 Samuel 24:19; 2 Samuel 11:20 know ye not אֵת אֲשֶׁר יֹרִים how they shoot from off the wall? 2 Kings 8:12; Isaiah 38:3 #NAME? 1 Kings 14:19; 2 Kings 14:15; 2 Kings 20:20. Of time (peculiarly) 2 Samuel 14:15 עַתָּה אֲשֶׁר now (is it) that . . . Zechariah 8:20 (probably) yet (shall it be) that . . . Zechariah 8:23; compare כִּמְעַט שֶׁ Song of Solomon 3:4. (β) without אֵת (not very common, כִּי being usually employed): after יָדַע Exodus 11:7; Ezekiel 20:26 (very strange in Ezekiel: see Hi) Job 9:5 (Ew De Di) Ecclesiastes 8:12, רָאָה Deuteronomy 1:31 (RV) 1 Samuel 18:15, הִתְוַדָּה to confess Leviticus 5:5; Leviticus 26:40 b, הִשְׁבִּיעַ 1 Kings 22:16 (caused to swear that . . .); after a noun Isaiah 38:7 הָאוֹת אֲשֶׁר the sign that . . . ("" 2 Kings 20:9 כִּי): with growing frequency in late Hebrew, 2 Chronicles 2:7, and especially Nehemiah, Esther: Nehemiah 2:5,10; Nehemiah 7:65 (= Ezra 2:63) Nehemiah 8:14,15; Nehemiah 10:31; Nehemiah 13:1,19,22; Esther 1:19; Esther 2:10; Esther 3:4; Esther 6:2; Esther 8:11; Ecclesiastes 3:22 (מֵאֲשֶׁר) Ecclesiastes 5:4; Ecclesiastes 7:18 (with טוֹב: contrast Ruth 2:22) Ruth 2:22; Ruth 2:29; Ruth 8:12; Ruth 8:14; Ruth 9:1; Daniel 1:8 (twice in verse). (γ) prefixed to a direct citation, like כִּי q. v. (= ὅτι recitativum) (rare) 1 Samuel 15:20; 2 Samuel 1:4; 2 Samuel 2:4 (see Dr) Psalm 10:6 (probably), Nehemiah 4:6. b. it is resolvable into so that: Genesis 11:7 אֲשֶׁר לֹא יִשְׁמְעוּ so that they understand not, etc., Genesis 13:16; Genesis 22:14 אֲשֶׁר יֵאָמֵר so that it is said, Exodus 20:26; Deuteronomy 4:10,40 אֲשֶׁר יִיטַב לָכֶם Deuteronomy 6:3; Deuteronomy 28:27,51; 1 Kings 3:12,13; 2 Kings 9:37; Malachi 3:19. c. it has a causal force, forasmuch as, in that, since: Genesis 30:18; Genesis 31:49 and Mizpah, אֲשֶׁר אָמַר for that he said, Genesis 34:13,27; Genesis 42:21 we are guilty, אֲשֶׁר רָאִינוּ we who saw (or, in that we saw), Numbers 20:13 Meribah, because they strove there, Deuteronomy 3:24; Joshua 4:7,23; Joshua 22:31; Judges 9:17; 1 Samuel 2:23; 1 Samuel 15:15; 1 Samuel 20:42 go in peace, אֲשֶׁר נִשְׁבַּעְנוּ forasmuch as we have sworn, 1 Samuel 25:26 thou whom (= or, seeing that) יְהוָה hath withholden, 2 Samuel 2:5 blessed are ye of יְהוָה, אֲשֶׁר עֲשִׂיתֶם, who (οὗτινος) have done (or in that ye have done), 1 Kings 3:19; 1 Kings 15:5; 2 Kings 12:3; 2 Kings 17:4; 2 Kings 23:26; Jeremiah 16:13; Ecclesiastes 8:11,12 (Hi De Now). Here also belongs its use in אֲשֶׁר לָמָּה since why . . . ? (= lest) Daniel 1:10: see below לָמָּה. On אֲשֶׁר עַל כֵּן forasmuch as Job 34:27 see below כִּי עַל כֵּן. d. it expresses a condition (rare & peculiar): Leviticus 4:22 אֲשֶׁר יֶחֱטָא in (case) that = when (or if) a ruler sinneth (Leviticus 4:3; Leviticus 4:13; Leviticus 4:37 אִם), Numbers 5:29 (explained differently by Ew § 334 a), Deuteronomy 11:27 and the blessing אֲשֶׁר תִּשְׁמְעוּ if ye hearken (Deuteronomy 11:28 אִם), Deuteronomy 18:22 Ges, Joshua 4:21 אֲשֶׁר יִשְׁאָלֻן when they ask . . ., then . . . (Joshua 4:6 כִּי), Isaiah 31:4. In 1 Kings 8:33 ("" 2 Chronicles 6:24 כִּי, compare 2 Chronicles 6:35; 2 Chronicles 6:37) אֲשֶׁר may be rendered indifferently because or when. Once, similarly, אֵת אֲשֶׁר 1 Kings 8:31 ("" אִם). e. perhaps (exceptionally) = כַּאֲשֶׁר, as, Jeremiah 33:22; Isaiah 54:9 (followed by כֵּן; but כֵּן q. v. sometimes stands without כַּאֲשֶׁר, & אֲשֶׁר may in these passages connect with what precedes); according to some also Jeremiah 48:8; Psalm 106:34 (in a connection where כַּאֲשֶׁר would be more usual: אֲשֶׁר may however be the object of אָמַר). In 1 Samuel 16:7 אֲשֶׁר יִרְאֶה הָאָדָם read כַּאֲשֶׁר, see Dr. f. combined with prepositions, אֲשֶׁר converts them into conjunctions: see below, בַּאֲשֶׁר, כַּאֲשֶׁר, מֵאֲשֶׁר. On its use similarly with (אַחֲרֵי) אַחַר, מִבְּלִי, בְּעָבוּר, עַל דְּבַר, יַעַן, לְמַעַן, כְּפִי, עַד, עַל, עָקֵב, מִמִּנִּי, תַּחַת, see these words. — הָאֲשֶׁר, with ה interrogative, occurs once, 2 Kings 6:22. In Deuteronomy 15:14 also read כַּאֲשֶׁר: note בָּרַכְתָּ before. Note 1 אֲשֶׁר being a connecting link, without any perfectly corresponding equivalent in English, its force is not unfrequently capable of being represented in more than one way. See e.g. 2 Samuel 2:5 (above 8c), Isaiah 28:12 unto whom he said, or for that he said to them. Note 2. The opinion that אֲשֶׁר has an asseverative force (like כִּי, q. v.), or introduces the apodosis, is not probably, being both alien to its general usage & not required by the passages alleged. Render Isaiah 8:20 either 'Surely according to this word will those speak who have no dawn,' or '. . . will they speak when (compare above 8d Deuteronomy 11:27; Joshua 4:21) they have no dawn.'

Compounds

בַּאֲשֶׁר

19 a. in (that) which . . . Isaiah 56:4; Isaiah 65:12; Isaiah 66:4 (above 1); Ecclesiastes 3:9 in (that, in) which (4c); Isaiah 47:12 (see 2). b. adverb in (the place) where: above 4b (γ). c. conjunction in that, inasmuch as, Genesis 39:9,23; Ecclesiastes 7:2; Ecclesiastes 8:4; compare ܒܕܝܠ. d. Jonah 1:8 בַּאֲשֶׁר לְמִי on account of whom? (בַּאֲשֶׁר לְ on account of, framed on model of Aramaic בְּדִיל: see below שֶׁ).

כַּאֲשֶׁר

see below כְּ.

מֵאֲשֶׁר

17 a. from (or than) that which (him, them, etc., that . . .) Genesis 3:11; Exodus 29:27 (twice in verse); Numbers 6:11 (see Leviticus 4:26; Joshua 10:11; Judges 16:30; Isaiah 47:13 +; than that . . . Ecclesiastes 3:22; לְבַד מֵאֲשֶׁר Esther 4:11. b. adverb from (the place) where: above 4a (β). c. conjunction from (the fact) that . . ., since Isaiah 43:4.

כַּאֲשֶׁר

conjunction according as, as, when (compare for the combined Aramaic כְּדִי, כַּד) — 1 according to that which, according as, as: a. Genesis 34:12 I will give כַּאֲשֶׁר תֹּאמְרוּ אֵלַי according as ye shall (or may) say unto me, Genesis 44:1; Exodus 8:23; Numbers 22:8; 1 Samuel 2:16; Genesis 34:22 if we are circumcised כַּאֲשֶׁר הֵמָּה נְמוֹלִים; Genesis 41:21 כַּאֲשֶׁר בַּתְּחִלָּה as at the beginning, so כֵּן בְּרָאשִׁית Joshua 8:5,6; 2 Samuel 7:10; Exodus 5:13 כַּאֲשֶׁר בִּהְיוֹת הַתָּבֶן Genesis 7:9 they came in two by two כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוָּה אֱלֹהִים אֶת נֹחַ, as God commanded Noah; so, or similarly, very often, especially in P, Genesis 7:16; Genesis 8:21; Genesis 12:4; Genesis 17:23; Genesis 21:1 (twice in verse); Exodus 16:24; Exodus 39:1,5,7; Numbers 3:16,42 etc.; כֵּן כַּאֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר Deuteronomy 1:21; Deuteronomy 2:1; Deuteronomy 6:3,19 #NAME? Deuteronomy 1:21. b. answered, for increased emphasis, by כֵּן (compare כְּ 2d), Genesis 50:12 וַיַּעֲשׂוּ כֵּן כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוָּם, Exodus 7:10,20; Genesis 18:5 (J) כֵּן חַי כַּאֲשֶׁר דִּבַּרְתָּ, Exodus 10:10 (iron.), Amos 5:14 (do.); in opposed to order, Judges 1:7 כַּאֲשֶׁר עָשִׂיתִי, כֵּן שִׁלַּמְתִּי לִי, Exodus 7:6 כֵּן עָשׂוּ כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוָּה יְהוָה, compare Exodus 12:28,50; Exodus 39:43; Numbers 5:4; Numbers 17:26; Numbers 36:10 (all P); with imperfect (frequently) Numbers 2:17 (P) כַּאֲשֶׁר יַחֲנוּ כֵּן יִסָּעוּ; of degree = the more . . . the more, Exodus 1:12 וְכַאֲשֶׁר יְעַנּוּ אֹתוֹ כֵּן יִרְבֶּה וְכֵן יִפְרֹץ, compare Exodus 17:11 (JE) כַּאֲשֶׁר יָרִים מֹשֶׁה יָדוֹ according as he held up, etc., Israel prevailed; in an oath or solemn promise, Numbers 14:28 אִם לֹא כַּאֲשֶׁר דִּבַּרְתֶּם כֵּן אֶעֱשֶׂה, Deuteronomy 28:63 (Jeremiah 31:28), 1 Kings 1:30; Isaiah 10:11; Isaiah 14:24; Isaiah 52:14 f. (see כֵּן 2b). c. answered by וְ (Dr § 127 γ) Exodus 16:34; Numbers 1:19. d. often in similes (followed by imperfect of habit) Exodus 33:11 כַּאֲשֶׁר יְדַבֵּר אִישׁ אֶל רֵעֵהוּ, Numbers 11:12; Deuteronomy 1:44; Isaiah 9:2; Isaiah 66:20 +, answered by כֵּן Isaiah 31:4; Isaiah 55:10; Isaiah 66:22; Amos 3:12 +; a second verb is, in such cases, in the perfect with וְ consecutive (Dr § 115) Deuteronomy 22:26; Isaiah 29:8 כַּאֲשֶׁר יַחֲלֹם הָרָעֵב וְהִנֵּה אֹכֵל, Isaiah 65:8; Amos 5:19. e. הָיָה כַּאֲשֶׁר (compare הָיָה כְּ) to be as if, Job 10:19 כַּאֲשֶׁר לֹא הָיִיתִי כֵּן אֶהְיֶה, Zechariah 10:6 וְהָיָה כַּאֲשֶׁר לֹא זְנַחְתִּים. 2 with a casual force, in so far as, since (German demgemäss dass), Genesis 26:29 if thou doest us no harm כַּאֲשֶׁר לֹא נְגַעֲנוּךָ according as, in so far as, we have not touched thee; Numbers 27:14 כַּאֲשֶׁר מְרִיתֶם פִּי inasmuch as ye have defied my mouth, Judges 6:27; 1 Samuel 28:18 (answered by עַל כֵּן), 2 Kings 17:26; Micah 3:4. 3 with a temporal force, when, Genesis 18:33 and יְהוָה went away כַּאֲשֶׁר כִּלָּה when he had finished, etc., Genesis 32:3; Genesis 32:32; 1 Samuel 8:6; 2 Samuel 12:21 +; answered by וְ (Dr § 127 β), 1 Samuel 6:6; 1 Samuel 12:8; וַיְהִי כַּאֲשֶׁר and it came to pass, when . . . Genesis 12:11; Genesis 20:13; Genesis 24:22,52; Exodus 32:19 + often; Genesis 43:14 כַּאֲשֶׁר שָׁכַלְתִּי שָׁכָלְתִּי when I am bereaved, I am bereaved! an expression of resignation, so Esther 4:16 כַּאֲשֶׁר אָבַדְתִּי אָבָדְתִּי. Joshua 2:7 אַחֲרֵי כַּאֲשֶׁר is a 'conflate' reading, omit either אַחֲרֵי or כַּאֲשֶׁר. Of future time, Genesis 27:40; Genesis 40:14 כַּאֲשֶׁר יִיטַב לִי, Hosea 7:12; Ecclesiastes 4:17; Ecclesiastes 5:3, and without a verb Isaiah 23:5 כַּאֲשֶׁר שָׁמַע לְמִצְרַיִם. — Micah 3:3 כַּאֲשֶׁר is simply as that which, Job 29:25 as one who.

שֶׁ, also (Genesis 6:3 [? see 4a], Judges 5:7 (twice in verse); Song of Solomon 1:7; Job 19:29 [?]) שַׁ, שָׁ in שָׁאַתָּה Judges 6:17, and שְׁ in שְׁהוּא Ecclesiastes 2:22, שְׁהֵם Ecclesiastes 3:18 (elsewhere before guttural שֶׁ, as שֶׁאֲנִי Song of Solomon 1:6; Ecclesiastes 2:18, שֶׁאֲהֵבִים Psalm 146:3, שֶׁעָל Judges 7:12; Judges 8:26, שֶׁרְאֹשִׁי Song of Solomon 5:2), relative particle who, which, that, etc. (constantly in Late Hebrew; Aramaic of Nerab, Ldzb 371, 445; Assyrian sha; Phoenician אש (regularly), also sometimes ש (Ldzb 227f.): according to Ges Ew § 181 b Ol p. 439 Sta § 176 e, abbreviated from אַשֶׁר; more probably (Sperling [see אַשֶׁר], Kö ii. 323 f.) an original demonstrative particle), synonym with אַשֶׁר, but in usage limited to late Hebrew, and passages with north Palestinian colouring, namely Judges 5:7 (twice in verse) [אַשֶׁר Judges 5:27], Judges 6:17; Judges 7:12; Judges 8:26; 2 Kings 6:11 (see 4c), Jonah 1:7,12; Jonah 4:10 [אַשֶׁר 11t.], Psalm 122:3; Psalm 122:4; Psalm 123:2; Psalm 124:1; Psalm 124:2; Psalm 124:6; Psalm 129:6; Psalm 129:7; Psalm 133:2; Psalm 133:3; Psalm 135:2; Psalm 135:8; Psalm 135:10; Psalm 136:23; Psalm 137:8; Psalm 137:9; Psalm 144:15; Psalm 146:3; Psalm 146:5; Lamentations 2:15,16; Lamentations 4:9; Lamentations 5:18; Ezra 8:20; 1 Chronicles 5:20; 1 Chronicles 27:27; Canticles (uniformly, except in title Song of Solomon 1:1); Ecclesiastes (68 t.; אֲשֶׁא 89t.); also (dubious) Genesis 6:3; Genesis 49:10 (שִׁלֹה Dr § 176 e), Job 19:29; and in the proper name (מִי שָׁאֵל and מְתוּשָׁאֵל). — In usage, שֶׁ is in the main parallel with אַשֶׁר, namely 1 as pronoun who, which, whom, Judges 7:12 כָּהוּל שֶׁעָל שְׁפָת הַיָּם (compare חוּל c), Psalm 122:3; Psalm 124:6 etc.; him whom, that which, etc., Song of Solomon 1:7; Song of Solomon 3:1; 1 Chronicles 27:27; Ecclesiastes 1:11; Ecclesiastes 6:3 וְרַב שֶׁיִּהְיֶה לִימָיו and much (verb) is that which his days amount to (Hi De and others), Ecclesiastes 6:10; הוּא שֶׁ that which Ecclesiastes 1:9 (twice in verse); in the Genitive, אֲשֶׁרִי שֶׁ Psalm 137:8; Psalm 137:9; Psalm 146:5. — On מַה שֶׁ in Eccl = whatever, what, see מָה 1e b. 2 as a connecting link; = where (compare אַשֶׁר p. 81, and 4b β), מְקוֹם שֶׁ Ecclesiastes 1:7; Ecclesiastes 11:3 (compare מְקוֹם אַשֶׁר Genesis 39:20 +: Ges § 130c), whither Psalm 122:4 (שֶׁשָׁמָּה Dr § 176 e), when Song of Solomon 8:8; Ecclesiastes 12:3 בַּיּוֹם שֶׁ (compare ib. 4b a). 3 as a conjunction (compare אַשֶׁר 8); — a. that, after רָאָה Ecclesiastes 2:13; Ecclesiastes 3:18, יָרַע Ecclesiastes 1:17; Ecclesiastes 2:14; Ecclesiastes 9:5; Job 19:19 (?), דִּבֵּר Ecclesiastes 2:15, אָמַר Ecclesiastes 8:14, עָשָׂה אוֹת Judges 6:17; as subject of sentence, Ecclesiastes 3:13; Ecclesiastes 5:15; also in the phrases, (a) what is ... that? Song of Solomon 5:9 (usually כִּי; see מָה 1d b), מֶה הָיָה שֶׁ how comes it that ...? Ecclesiastes 7:10; (b) Song of Solomon 3:4 כִּמְעַט שֶׁעָבַרְתִּי hardly (was it) that (German kaum dass) I had passed, etc., Ecclesiastes 7:14 עַל דִּבַּר שֶׁלֹּא יִמְצָא to the intent that ..., Ecclesiastes 5:15 כָּל עֻמָּת שֶׁבָּא exactly as ..., Ecclesiastes 12:9 תּוֹר שֶׁ besides that, עַד שֶׁ (עַד Dr § 176 e Judges 5:7) until that Psalm 123:2; Song of Solomon 2:7,17 + (see III. עַד II 1 a a and b; compare Late Hebrew Yoma Song of Solomon 5:1), while Song of Solomon 1:12 (ib. 2d); עָשָׂה שֶׁ to make or cause that ..., Ecclesiastes 3:14 (compare Ezekiel 36:27). b. involving a reason (compare אַשֶׁר 8c), because, since, Song of Solomon 1:6 (twice in verse); Song of Solomon 5:2; Ecclesiastes 2:18 b. Hence שֶׁלָּמָּה Song of Solomon 1:7 since why? = lest (see מָה 4d b). 4 compounds: a. בְּשֶׁ, i. q. בַּאֲשֶׁר c (p. 84a) in that, seeing that, Ecclesiastes 2:16; also (according to Dr § 176 e Hu De) Genesis 6:3 בְּשֶׁגָּם הוּא בָשָׂר because that he also is flesh; but see שָׁגָג. b. כְּשֶׁ, i. q. כַּאֲשֶׁר p. 455: — (a) according as Ecclesiastes 5:14; Ecclesiastes 12:7; (b) when (so often in Late Hebrew, as Ab Ecclesiastes 1:8 (3 t. in verse); Ecclesiastes 1:14) Ecclesiastes 9:12; Ecclesiastes 10:3. c. מִשֶׁ, i. q. מֵאֲשֶׁר a (p. 84:a), 2 Kings 6:12 מִי מִשֶׁלָּנוּ who of those that are ours? (but Klo Kmp Kau Benz מְגַלֶּה לָנוּ who betrays us? compare Dr § 176 e); Ecclesiastes 5:4 than that (compare מֵאֲשֶׁר Ecclesiastes 3:22), + Ecclesiastes 2:24 (read מִשֶׁיֹּאכַל with Ew De, etc.; compare Ecclesiastes 3:22). d. שֶׁל, like אַשֶׁר לְ (אַשֶׁר 7b), a mark of the Genitive: thrice, adding slight emphasis to the suffix, Song of Solomon 1:6 = Song of Solomon 8:12 כַּרְמִי שֶׁלִּי my vineyard (literally my vineyard, which is mine), Song of Solomon 3:7 מִטָּתוֹ שֶׁלִּשְׁלֹמֹה (so often in Late Hebrew, but without any special emphasis, as Aboth Song of Solomon 1:12 הוֹי מְתַלְמִידֵי שֶׁלְאַהֲרֹן be of Aaron's disciples, Song of Solomon 2:1 הוֹי מְתַפַּלֵּל בְּשֶׁלּוֹ, Song of Solomon 2:2; Song of Solomon 3:2 הוֹי מִתְפַּלֵּל בְּשֶׁלָּהֶם; compare ܐܠܗܐ in Syriac, as Luke 6:42 ܒܪܐܠܗܐ my words, Nö § 225). And with בְּ, בְּשֶׁל literally through that which belongs to or concerns, pleonastic for on account of (a late, unidiomatic translation of Aramaic בְּדִיל, from בְּ, דִּי, and לְ, as in Onk Genesis 12:13 בְּדִילִי on my account, Genesis 30:27; Genesis 39:5 בְּדִיל יוֹסֵף, בְּדִיל מָא on account of what? Judges 8:1; 2 Samuel 9:1; 1 Kings 11:12,39, etc.), Jonah 1:7 בְּשֶׁלְּמִי on account of whom? ("" Jonah 1:8 בַּאֲשֶׁר לְמִי; probably a gloss), Jonah 1:12 בְּשֶׁלִּי on account of me (Dr § 176 e בְּדִיל מַן, בְּדִילִי); Ecclesiastes 8:17 בְּשֶׁל אֲשֶׁר יַעֲמֹל הָאָדָם on account of (the fact) that (= seeing that) man labours, etc. (unidiomatic translation of Aramaic בְּדִיל דִּי because that, as Genesis 6:3 בְּדִיל דִּי אִינּוּן בִסְרָא, Genesis 39:9 בְּדִיל דִּי אִיתֵית לִי [for Hebrew בַּאֲשֶׁר אֵת אִשְׁתּוֹ]; Palmyrene בדיל די Ldzb 233, — in Tariff Genesis 1:4 (Cooke N. Semitic Inscr. 320) = ἐπίδη). [שֹׁא] see [שׁוּא].

¹ Tsepreghi Diss. Lugd. p. 171 Mühlau Bö. Lb. ii. 79 n. Sta Morg. Forsch. 1875, 188; Lb. § 167 Hom ZMG 1878, 708 ff. Müll § 153 Sayce Hebraica. ii. 51 Lag M. i. 255 & especially Krae Hebraica. vi. 298 ff.

² Phi St. C. 73 Sperling Nota Rel. im Hebr. 1876, 15-22.

³ Nö ZMG 1886, 738.

⁴ Ew § 334.

⁵ Dr.

⁶ Hi.

⁷ Ew De Di.

⁸ Ew De.

⁹ Ew § 334 a.

¹⁰ Hu De.

¹¹ Dr § 176 e.

¹² Kö ii. 323 f.

¹³ Ges Ew § 181 b Ol p. 439 Sta § 176 e.

¹⁴ Dr § 176 e.

¹⁵ Hi De and others.

¹⁶ Dr § 176 e.

¹⁷ Klo Kmp Kau Benz.

¹⁸ Ew De, etc.

¹⁹ Nö § 225.

²⁰ Cooke N. Semitic Inscr. 320.

Conjunction, Preposition, Particle relative

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לא לֹא־

not

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

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).

BDB

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon

H3808

I. לֹא or לוֺא (approximate number of occurrences: 5048) adverb — not.

Cognates:

• Arabic لا
• Aramaic לָא
• Sabean לא
• Assyrian lâ
• (Not in Ethiopic: compare Kö¹ ii. 1. 236; Walker²)

— לוֺא, according to Masora (Fr³), 35 times; besides בְּלוֺא 6 times, and הֲלוֺא, the orthography of which varies much, e.g. in Samuel always הֲלוֺא, in Chronicles always הֲלֹא, on the whole הֲלוֺא 141 times, הֲלֹא 128 times; twice, according to Masora, written לו (קרי לֹא), 1 Samuel 2:16; 1 Samuel 20:2, once לה Deuteronomy 3:11 כתיב: — not — denying objectively, like Greek οὐ (not μὴ = אַל).

1. In predication

a. With a verb

• With finite tenses: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 4:5 (perfect); Genesis 3:4, Genesis 8:21–22 (imperfect).
• In circumstantial clauses: Genesis 44:4 לא הרחיקו, Isaiah 40:20 לֹא יִמּוֺט.
• With final force: Isaiah 41:7; Exodus 28:32 (see GKC⁴ §156. 3).
• Governing two verbs: Exodus 28:43 וְלֹא יִשְׂאוּ עָוֺן וָמֵתוּ, Leviticus 19:12.
• Expressing prohibition: Genesis 2:17 לֹא תאֹכַל מִמֶּנּוּ thou shall not eat of it, Exodus 20:13 לא תגנב.
• With jussive/cohortative (rare): Genesis 24:8; 1 Samuel 14:36.

b. With the infinitive

Only once in בְּלֹא (4a), and with לְ, in the sense of cannot or must not:

• Judges 1:19 כי לא להורישׁ for it was not possible to dispossess.
• Amos 6:10 לא להזכיר בשׁם י׳.

c. Negating the word immediately following

• Genesis 32:29 לֹא יַעֲקֹב יֵאָמֵר עוֺד not Jacob shall thy name be called any more.
• Genesis 45:8 לֹא אַתֶּם שְׁלַחְתֶּם אֹתִי not ye have sent me hither, but God.
• Rhetorically: 2 Kings 6:10 not once, and not twice (but repeatedly).

d. Standing alone

• אִם לֹא if not: Genesis 18:21, Genesis 42:16.
• In answer to a question (Nay): Judges 12:5 ויאמר לא, Genesis 23:11 לא אדני.

e. With interrogative force

• Jonah 4:11, Job 2:10, Exodus 8:22.

2. Not in predication

a. Coupled to an adjective (litotes)

• Hosea 13:13 בן לא־חכם an unwise son.
• Psalm 36:5 דֶּרֶךְ לֹא טוֺב a way not good.

b. With a participle

• Jeremiah 2:2 ארץ לא זרועה.
• Isaiah 62:12 עִיר לֹא נֱעֶזָ֫בָה.

c. With nouns or prepositional phrases

• Genesis 15:13 בארץ לא להם.
• Habakkuk 1:6 מִשְׁכָּנוֺת לֹא־לוֺ.

d. With a substantive forming a compound (un-)

• Deuteronomy 32:21 בְּלֹא אֵל with a not-God.
• Amos 6:13 הַשְּׂמֵחִים לְלֹא דָבָר at a thing which is not.
• Isaiah 10:15 מַטֶּה לֹא עֵץ what is no wood.

e. In circumstantial clauses

• 2 Samuel 23:4 בֹּקֶר לֹא עָבוֺת a morning without clouds.
• Job 34:24 לֹא חֵקֶר without inquiry.

3. As a substantive

Job 6:21 כִּי־עַתָּה הֱיִיתֶם לֹא for now are ye become nothing (compare Aramaic Daniel 4:32).

4. With prefixes

a. בְּלֹא — without

• Jeremiah 22:13 בלא־צדק without justice.
• Job 8:11 בְּלֹא בִצָּה without mire.
• Of time: Leviticus 15:25 בלא עֶת־נִדָּתָהּ outside the time of her impurity.

b. הֲלֹא — nonne?

Inviting an affirmative answer; often used in conversation to win assent:

• Genesis 13:9 Is not the whole land before thee?
• Exodus 4:11 Do not I?
• As a rhetorical affirmative: 1 Kings 11:41 הֲלֹא הֵם כְּתוּבִים are they not written...?

c. וָלֹ֕א — and if not

• 2 Samuel 13:26; 2 Kings 5:17.

d. כְּלוֺא — as though not

• Obadiah 1:16 והיו כלוא היו as though they had not been.

e. לְלֹא — without

• 2 Chronicles 15:3; Amos 6:13.

Note on Orthography: Fifteen times, according to Masora, לא is written by error for לוֺ, e.g., Exodus 21:8; Leviticus 11:21; Isaiah 9:2; Psalm 100:3; Job 13:15 (always with קרי לוֺ).

Aramaic

I. לָא (לָה Daniel 4:32) adverb not (Biblical Hebrew לא).

1. literally not
   • Jeremiah 10:11; Daniel 2:5, 9, 10 etc.
   • before a participle: Daniel 2:27, 43; Daniel 3:16.
   • Daniel 4:32 כְּלָה חֲשׁיבִין as men not accounted of.
2. with infinitive and לְ (must not / cannot)
   • Daniel 6:9 דִּי לָא לִהַשְׁנָיָה which is not to be altered.
   • Ezra 6:8.
3. interrogative הֲלָא
   • Daniel 3:24; Daniel 4:27; Daniel 6:13.

¹ Friedrich Eduard König, Historisch-kritisches Lehrgebäude der hebräischen Sprache (1881–1897).

² Dean A. Walker, "The Semitic Negative," American Journal of Semitic Languages (1896).

³ S. Frensdorff, Die Massora Magna (1876).

⁴ Gesenius' Hebrew Grammar, ed. E. Kautzsch, trans. A. E. Cowley (GKC).

⁵ S. R. Driver, A Treatise on the Use of the Tenses in Hebrew (1892).

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%)

חפצתי חָפַצְתִּי

I wanted

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

חפץ

châphêts

Definition

properly, to incline to; by implication (literally but rarely) to bend; figuratively, to be pleased with, desire

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; properly, to incline to; by implication (literally but rarely) to bend; figuratively, to be pleased with, desire; [idiom] any at all, (have, take) delight, desire, favour, like, move, be (well) pleased, have pleasure, will, would.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H2654

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

חָפֵץ

trans. verb • Root חפף • Strongs / High • Page 512

I. To move to and fro, to wag.

חָפֵץ

verb intransitive • Root חפץ • Strongs / High • Page 512

II. To incline, bend, bow; hence to have an affection for, a pleasure in, to love, to desire, to wish.

חָפֵץ

adjective • Root חפץ • Strongs / High • Page 512

Wishing, desiring, willing.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

חָפֵץ

verb • Page 241

1. to bend, incline. Job 40:17. 2. to be favourably inclined towards any one, to take delight in him, to love him; Gen. 34:19. 2 Sam. 20:11. 3. to have a desire, be willing, or be pleased to do any thing. Deut. 25:8. Ps. 40:19. 1 Sam. 2:25.

חָפֵץ

m. verbal adj. • Root חפץ • Page 241

willing, desiring, delighting. 1 Chr. 28:9. Joined with the personal pronouns it forms a periphrasis for the verb.

BDB

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon

H2654

I. חָפֵץ (approximate number of occurrences: 74) verb — delight in.

Cognates:

• Arabic خفض be mindful of, attentive to, keep, protect
• Aramaic חֲפַץ whence חַפִּיץ eager, zealous
• Arabic חפז anger (excitement), enrage
• Late Hebrew חֵפֶץ weakened to thing
• Phoenician in proper name חפצבעל

— חָפֵץ Perfect Genesis 34:19 (28 times); feminine הָפֵ֑צָה Isaiah 66:3 (?); 2 masculine חָפַצְתָּ Deuteronomy 21:14 (4 times); חָפָ֫צְנוּ Job 21:14 + 14 times; Imperfect יַחְמֹּץ Deuteronomy 25:7 (7 times); יֶחְמָּ֑ץ Psalm 37:23, Psalm 147:10; plural יַחְמְּצוּ Isaiah 13:17, Jeremiah 6:10; יֶחְמָּ֑צוּ Psalm 68:31; יֶחְמָּצוּ֑ן Isaiah 58:2 (twice) + 9 times; Infinitive absolute חָפֹץ Ezekiel 18:23.

1. Of men

a. Take pleasure in, delight in

With בְּ:

• A woman: Genesis 34:19 (Jehovist Source), Deuteronomy 21:14, Esther 2:14
• A man: 1 Samuel 18:22, 1 Samuel 19:1, 2 Samuel 20:11
• Matters and things: 2 Samuel 24:3, Isaiah 13:17, Isaiah 66:3, Jeremiah 6:10, Psalm 109:17, Psalm 112:1, Psalm 119:35, Proverbs 18:2, Esther 6:6–7, 9 (twice), 11
• With accusative: Psalm 68:31, Isaiah 58:2, Ecclesiastes 8:3
• Implicit object: Psalm 73:25

b. Delight, desire, be pleased to do a thing

• Deuteronomy 25:7–8
• 1 Kings 9:1
• Esther 6:6
• Ruth 3:13
• Psalm 40:9
• Job 9:3, 13:3, 21:14, 33:32
• Isaiah 58:2
• Jeremiah 42:22

c. Absolute

• עַד שֶׁתֶּחְמָּ֑ץ until it please (of love): Songs 2:7, Songs 3:5, Songs 8:4

2. Of God

a. Delight in, have pleasure in

With בְּ:

• Persons: Numbers 14:8 (Jehovist Source), 2 Samuel 15:26, 2 Samuel 22:20 (= Psalm 18:20), 1 Kings 10:9, 2 Chronicles 9:8, Psalm 22:9, Psalm 41:12, Isaiah 62:4
• Negative (not in strength of a horse): Psalm 147:10
• In doing evil: Malachi 2:17
• In the death of the sinner: Ezekiel 18:32, Ezekiel 33:11
• In mercy, justice, and righteousness: Jeremiah 9:23, Hosea 6:6, Micah 7:18
• In truth (אמת): Psalm 51:8
• With בחר באשׁר (לא) חפצתי: Isaiah 56:4, Isaiah 65:12, Isaiah 66:4
• With accusative (negative): blood of bullocks Isaiah 1:11, sacrifices Psalm 40:7, Psalm 51:18, 21
• With the way of a man: Psalm 37:23
• Universal sovereignty (כל אשׁר חפץ): Psalm 115:3, Psalm 135:6, Isaiah 55:11, Jonah 1:14

b. Pleased to do a thing

• With infinitive: Judges 13:23, 1 Samuel 2:25, Isaiah 53:10

c. With imperfect subject

• י׳ חָפֵץ יגדיל תּורה Yahweh was pleased to magnify teaching: Isaiah 42:21

¹ Friedrich Delitzsch, Prolegomena eines neuen hebräisch-aramäischen Wörterbuchs zum Alten Testament (1886).

² Theodor Nöldeke, Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft (ZDMG), 1886, 742.

³ Franz Delitzsch, Commentary on Ecclesiastes (Glossary).

⁴ Gesenius' Hebrew Grammar, ed. E. Kautzsch, trans. A. E. Cowley (GKC).

II. חָפַץ verb — bend down.

Cognates:

• Arabic خفض lower, depress (as wings, Qor 15:88)

— Qal Imperfect יַחְמֹּץ זְנָבוֺ כְמוֺ־אָרֶז Job 40:17 he bendeth down (extendeth down stiffly) his tail like a cedar.

¹ Wetzstein in Franz Delitzsch, Commentary on Job, 526.

² Ferdinand Hitzig, Das Buch Hiob (1874), 299.

Verb Qal perfect first person common singular

LXX: ἠθέλησεν θέλει θέλω βούλομαι θελήσει

LXX Usage Statistics

H2654a:

ἠθέλησεν 6× (7.9%)

θέλει 5× (6.6%)

θέλω 5× (6.6%)

βούλομαι 4× (5.3%)

θελήσει 4× (5.1%)

βούληται 4× (5.1%)

ἠθέλησα 3× (4.0%)

ἐβούλετο 3× (3.8%)

ἐβουλόμην 2× (2.6%)

ἠθέλησασ 2× (2.6%)

בחרתםפ בְּחַרְתֶּם׃פ

in the hand

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

בחר

bâchar

Definition

properly, to try, i.e. (by implication) select

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H977

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

בַּחַר

noun masculine • Root בחר • Lemma_Lookup • Page 233

same as בָּחוּר (young man/select)

בָּחַר

verb • Lemma_Lookup • Page 233

I. 1. to prove (metals by the fire), to glow, to purify; to try, to examine. 2. to choose, to seek out, to select, to test; to have pleasure in, to love. (Niph. to be chosen; Puh. to be selected)

בָּחַר

verb • Root בחר • Lemma_Lookup • Page 233

II. (not used) 1. to mature, ripen. 2. to hasten forwards, to advance.

בָּחַר

verb • Lemma_Lookup • Page 233

III. (not used) to be deep, low, prop. divided through, deepened.

בַּחֻרִים

noun proper • Root בחר • Lemma_Lookup • Page 234

Low ground, low land; a Benjaminite city in the vicinity of Jerusalem.

בַּחֻרִים

noun masculine plural • Lemma_Lookup • Page 234

Youth.

בַּחֲרֻם

noun proper • Root בחר • Lemma_Lookup • Page 234

Low ground; a city whence one of David's heroes sprang.

יִבְחַר

noun proper masculine • Root בחר • Lemma_Lookup • Page 571

chooser, selecter (viz. Jah is); a proper name.

מִבְחָר

masculine noun / proper noun • Root בחר • Lemma_Lookup • Page 803

1. The select, finest, best. 2. A youth; also a proper masculine name.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

בָּחַר

verb • Page 92

1. To choose, select, elect. 2. To take pleasure in any thing or any body, to like, be pleased. 3. As in Aram. to prove, examine.

BDB

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon

H977

בָּחַר verb choose (compare Aramaic בְּחַר, Syriac ܒܚܪ, Assyrian bēru (√ בּאַר)¹).

Cognates:

• Aramaic בְּחַר
• Syriac ܒܚܪ
• Assyrian bēru (√ בּאַר)¹

Qal

Perfect בָּחַר Deuteronomy 7:6 (66 times); יִבְחַר Isaiah 41:24 (60 times); אֶבְחַר Job 29:25 (Baer); Imperative בְּחַר Exodus 17:9 (5 times); Infinitive absolute בָּחֹר 1 Samuel 2:28; Isaiah 7:15, 16; Infinitive construct suffix בָּחֳרִי Ezekiel 20:5; Participle בֹּחֵר 1 Samuel 20:30; Zechariah 3:2; passive בָּחוּר Exodus 14:7 (18 times).

1. With בְּ (in)

a. Divine choice

• Of Abraham Nehemiah 9:7
• Israel Deuteronomy 7:7; Isaiah 44:1; Ezekiel 20:5; to become his people Deuteronomy 7:6; 14:2; Jeshurun Isaiah 44:2
• The seed of the patriarchs Deuteronomy 4:37; 10:15
• Levites Deuteronomy 18:5; 21:5; 1 Chronicles 15:2; 2 Chronicles 29:11
• Aaron Psalm 105:26
• Judah 1 Chronicles 28:4 not Ephraim Psalm 78:67
• Levi and Judah Jeremiah 33:24
• The king Deuteronomy 17:15, especially David 1 Samuel 10:24; 16:8, 9, 10; 2 Samuel 6:21; 1 Kings 8:16 (= 2 Chronicles 6:6) 1 Chronicles 28:4, 5; 29:1; 6:5; Psalm 78:70
• Others Numbers 16:5; 17:20 (P) Haggai 2:23
• Place of sacrifice Deuteronomy 12:18; 14:25; 16:7, 15; 17:8; 2 Chronicles 7:12
• The city 1 Kings 8:16, 44 (= 2 Chronicles 6:5, 34) 1 Kings 11:32; Jerusalem 2 Chronicles 6:6; Isaiah 14:1; Zechariah 1:17; 2:16; Zechariah 3:2; Zion Psalm 132:13; delusions Isaiah 66:4

b. Man's choice

• Of ways Proverbs 3:31; Isaiah 66:3
• Good things Isaiah 7:15, 16
• Life Deuteronomy 30:19
• Gods Judges 10:14; Isaiah 41:24
• God's pleasure Isaiah 56:4; 65:12; 66:4

2. With אֲשֶׁר (which)

a. Divine choice

• Israel Isaiah 41:8 יַעֲקֹב אֲשֶׁר בָּחַרְתִּיךָ, 43:10
• The people 1 Kings 3:8; Psalm 33:12
• Men Numbers 16:7 (P) Psalm 65:5
• King 2 Samuel 16:18; 1 Kings 11:34
• Place of sacrifice Deuteronomy 12:14, 26; 15:20; 17:10; 31:11 (D) Joshua 9:27 (P), especially לָשֻׁם שְׁמוֹ שָׁם Deuteronomy 12:5, 21; 14:24, לְשַׁכֵּן שְׁמוֹ שָׁם 12:11; 14:23; 16:2, 6, 11; Nehemiah 1:9
• The city 1 Kings 8:48 (= 2 Chronicles 6:38), לָשֻׁם שְׁמִי שָׁם 1 Kings 11:36; 14:21 (= 2 Chronicles 12:13); Jerusalem 1 Kings 11:13; 2 Kings 21:7 (= 2 Chronicles 33:7) 2 Kings 23:27
• Fast Isaiah 58:5, 6
• Way Psalm 25:12

b. Man's choice

• Place to dwell in Deuteronomy 23:7
• Gardens Isaiah 1:29
• King 1 Samuel 12:13
• Wives Genesis 6:2 (J)
• What to do 2 Samuel 15:15

3. With accusative and לְ (to)

Choose someone or something for:

a. Divine choice

• Of Levi 1 Samuel 2:28
• Jacob Psalm 135:4; 135:5
• Inheritance Psalm 47:5

b. Human choice

• Persons Exodus 17:9; Joshua 24:15, 22 (E) 1 Samuel 8:18; 13:12; 2 Samuel 24:12 (= 1 Chronicles 21:20)
• Things Genesis 13:11 (J) 1 Samuel 17:40; 1 Kings 18:23, 25; Job 34:4

4. With accusative and מִן (from)

Choose, select from 2 Samuel 10:9 (= 1 Chronicles 19:10).

5. With accusative

a. Divine choice

• Temple 2 Chronicles 7:16
• Judah Psalm 78:68
• Servant Isaiah 41:9; 49:7

b. Man's choice

• Persons Exodus 18:28 (E) Judges 5:8; Joshua 8:3 (J) 2 Samuel 17:1
• Things Job 7:15; 9:14; 15:5; 29:25; 34:33; Psalm 119:30; 119:173; Proverbs 1:29; Isaiah 40:20

6. With עַל (upon)

כִּי עַל זֶה בָּחַרְתָּ מַעֲנִי for this thou hast chosen rather than affliction Job 36:21; with accusative and עַל pregnantly כָּל אֲשֶׁר תִּבְחַר עָלַי all that thou choosest (to lay) upon me 2 Samuel 19:39.

7. With לְ (to) of accusative

1 Samuel 20:30 (many manuscripts have בְּ; but חָבֵר companion²).

The participle בָּחוּר chosen, of a ruler Psalm 89:20, warrior Jeremiah 49:19 (= 50:44); as cedars Song of Solomon 5:15; collective רֶכֶב בָּחוּר chosen chariots Exodus 14:7 (E); אִישׁ בָּחוּר chosen men, warriors Judges 20:15, 16, 34; 1 Samuel 24:3; 2 Chronicles 13:3, 17, for which בָּחוּר alone 1 Kings 12:21 2 Chronicles 11:1; 25:5; בְּחוּרֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל 1 Samuel 26:2; Psalm 78:31; 2 Samuel 10:9 בְּחוּרֵי בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל (|| 1 Chronicles 19:10 בָּחוּר בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל, doubtless the true reading, as 2 Samuel 6:1).

8. Test, try

(Aramaic = בְּחַן) בְּחַרְתִּיךָ בְּכוּר עֹנִי I have tested thee in the furnace of affliction Isaiah 48:10³.

Niphal

נִבְחַר Jeremiah 8:3; Participle נִבְחָר Proverbs 8:10 (5 times).

To be chosen.

a. Absolute chosen, choice Proverbs 8:10, 19; 10:20.

b. Construct מִן, וְנִבְחַר מוּת מֵחַיִּים death will be chosen rather than life Jeremiah 8:3; choicer than Proverbs 16:16; 22:1; נִבְחַר לַיהוָה מִזֶּבַח choicer (more acceptable) to Yahweh than peace-offering Proverbs 21:3.

Pual

יֻבְחַר chosen, selected Ecclesiastes 9:4 (יֻחְבַּר Qr).

¹ Friedrich Delitzsch, Prolegomena eines neuen hebräisch-aramäischen Wörterbuchs zum Alten Testament, Leipzig, 1886.

² Many manuscripts have בְּ; but חָבֵר companion (compare Julius Wellhausen, Die Composition des Hexateuchs, Berlin, 1876; Samuel Rolles Driver, Notes on the Hebrew Text of the Books of Samuel, Oxford, 1890).

³ I have tested thee in the furnace of affliction (compare Wilhelm Gesenius, Hebrew Grammar, ed. E. Kautzsch, trans. A. E. Cowley, 2nd English ed., Oxford, 1910 §§ 90, 3b, 96; Heinrich Ewald, Commentary on the Prophets of the Old Testament; Franz Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Prophecies of Isaiah; Thomas Kelly Cheyne, The Prophecies of Isaiah; Samuel Rolles Driver, Isaiah: His Life and Times), but chosen (compare Rashi, Commentary on Isaiah; John Calvin, Commentary on Isaiah; Authorized Version).

Verb Qal perfect second person masculine plural

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H0977:

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RBT Translation:

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RBT Paraphrase:
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Julia Smith Literal 1876 Translation:
And I numbered you to the sword, and ye all shall bend to the slaughter, because I called, and ye answered not: I spake and ye heard not; and ye will do evil in mine eyes, and in what I delighted not, ye chose.

LITV Translation:
And I will number you to the sword; and you shall all bow down to the slaughter; because I called and you did not answer. I spoke, and you did not hear; and you did the evil in My eyes; and you chose that in which I had no pleasure.

Brenton Septuagint Translation:
I will deliver you up to the sword, ye shall all fall by slaughter: for I called you, and ye hearkened not; I spoke, and ye refused to hear; and ye did evil in my sight, and chose the things wherein I delighted not.