Jeremiah 49:24

Paleo Hebrew Niqqud

RBT Hebrew Interlinear:

רפתה רָפְתָה

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

רפה

râphâh

Definition

to slacken (in many applications, literal or figurative)

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; to slacken (in many applications, literal or figurative); abate, cease, consume, draw (toward evening), fail, (be) faint, be (wax) feeble, forsake, idle, leave, let alone (go, down), (be) slack, stay, be still, be slothful, (be) weak(-en). See רפא.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H7503

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

רָפָה

verb • Strongs / High • Page 1352

I. To heal (same as רָפָא I.).

רָפָה

unknown • Root רפה • Strongs / High • Page 1352

Proper name derived from רָפָה I.

רָפָה

verb • Strongs / High • Page 1352

II. To darken, to be or become dark, obscure.

רָפָה

verb transitive • Root רוף • Strongs / High • Page 1352

III. To excite shuddering or fear, of giants. (Not used, transitive).

רָפָה

verb • Strongs / High • Page 1352

IV. To be loose, to be unbound, hence to be slack, feeble, weak; to let go; to desist from activity; to be dissolved, broken.

רָפָה

noun masculine • Root רפה • Strongs / High • Page 1352

To be remiss, idle.

רָפָה

adjective • Root רפה • Strongs / High • Page 1353

Weak, slack, loose; opposite חָזַק (firmly laced or pressed). Slack-handed, i.e. inactive, spiritless, faint-hearted, powerless.

רָפָה

trans. verb • Strongs / High • Page 1353

(Not used) transitive verb, same as רָפַד, properly to stay, to lean upon; hence to support.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

רָפָה

adjective • Root רפא • Page 626

weak, without strength. Hence only in the plur. רְפָאִים (the shades), inhabitants of hades conceived as without strength and sensation (Ps. 88:11, Prov. 2:18, Is. 14:9, 26:14).

רָפָה

verb • Page 627

To be slack, to hang down (2 Chr. 15:7); to be dispirited, to despond (2 Sam. 4:1, Is. 13:7). To desist from (Ex. 4:26). To sink, spoken of the day (Judg. 19:9). Niph. to be remiss, idle, lazy (Ex. 5:8, 17). Pi. to slacken or loosen a girdle (Job 12:21); to let down (Ezek. 1:24, 25). Hiph. הִרְפָּה, to let go, desist from (Judg. 11:37, Deut. 9:14); to dismiss, let go (Cant. 3:4, Job 7:19); to cause to cease, to withdraw (2 Sam. 24:16). Hithpa. to behave one's self slackly (Josh. 18:3); to let one's courage fail (Prov. 24:10).

Verb Qal perfect third person feminine singular

LXX: ἄνεσ --- ἀνήσει ἐκλυθήσονται ἔασόν

LXX Usage Statistics

H7503:

ἄνεσ 4× (8.8%)

--- 2× (4.4%)

ἀνήσει 2× (4.4%)

ἐκλυθήσονται 2× (4.4%)

ἔασόν 2× (4.4%)

παρελύθησαν 2× (4.1%)

דמשק דַמֶּשֶׂק

Dumb Leg (Damaseq)

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

דמשק

Dammeseq

Definition

Damascus, a city of Syria

Root

or דומשק; or דרמשק; of foreign origin;

Exhaustive

or דומשק; or דרמשק; of foreign origin; Damascus, a city of Syria; Damascus.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H1834

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

דַּמֶּשֶׂק

proper noun • Root דמשק • Strongs / High • Page 373

The proper name derived from the verb דָּמֶשֶׂק: place of industry.

דַּמֶּשֶׂק

proper noun • Root דמשק • Strongs / High • Page 373

Proper name of an ancient city at the foot of Antilibanus; Damascus. Other forms include דּוּמֶּשֶׂק and דַּרְמֶשֶׂק.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

דֶּמֶשֶׁק

noun • Root דמשק • Page 170

A kind of cloth, silk tapestry; possibly derived from the name Damascus (damask). Am. 3:12.

דַּמֶּשֶׂק

proper name • Page 170

1. Damascus, a principal city in Syria. Gen. 14:15. 15:2. 2 Sam. 8:6. 1 K. 11:24, 25. 2. An inhabitant of Damascus, a Damascene. Gen. 15:2.

דַּמֶּשֶׂק

proper name • Page 159

Damascus (2 K. 16:10). The form occurs more rarely in this spelling.

Noun proper name

LXX: δαμασκοῦ δαμασκῷ δαμασκόν pεἰσ δαμασκὸν

LXX Usage Statistics

H1834:

δαμασκοῦ 23× (44.4%)

δαμασκῷ 6× (10.4%)

δαμασκόν 5× (8.1%)

pεἰσ 3× (6.1%)

δαμασκὸν 3× (5.5%)

pκατὰ 3× (5.2%)

δαμασκὸσ 2× (4.1%)

δαμασκόσ 2× (4.1%)

'' 2× (3.5%)

t? 2× (2.9%)

הפנתה הִפְנְתָה

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

פנה

pânâh

Definition

to turn; by implication, to face, i.e. appear, look, etc.

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; to turn; by implication, to face, i.e. appear, look, etc.; appear, at (even-) tide, behold, cast out, come on, [idiom] corner, dawning, empty, go away, lie, look, mark, pass away, prepare, regard, (have) respect (to), (re-) turn (aside, away, back, face, self), [idiom] right (early).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H6437

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Fürst Lexicon

יָפֶן

noun • Root יפן • Consonantal / Low • Page 630

Adopted for the noun חֹפֶן; but see הוֹפֶן.

Matched after stripping common prefixes

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

פָּנָה

verb • Page 545

1. to turn, to turn away (Deut. 30:17). 2. to look (Ex. 2:12). 3. trans. as in Hiph. to turn, incline. Includes derivatives in Pi. (to destroy, clear), Hiph. (to turn, incline), and Hoph. (to be turned).

פִּנָּה

noun feminine • Page 546

1. A corner (Prov. 7:8, Ps. 118:22, Job 38:6). 2. A battlement in a wall, pinna (2 Chr. 26:15, Zeph. 1:16). 3. Figuratively the head or leader of a people (Ps. 118:22, Is. 19:13, Zech. 10:4, Judg. 20:2).

Verb Hiphil perfect third person feminine singular

LXX: ἐπέβλεψεν βλέποντεσ ἐπίβλεψον ἐπιβλέποντεσ ἐπιστράφητε

LXX Usage Statistics

H6437:

ἐπέβλεψεν 9× (6.5%)

βλέποντεσ 5× (4.1%)

ἐπίβλεψον 4× (3.3%)

ἐπιβλέποντεσ 4× (3.3%)

ἐπιστράφητε 4× (3.3%)

ἐπέστρεψαν 4× (3.0%)

ἐπιστραφέντεσ 4× (2.9%)

βλέπουσαν 4× (2.9%)

βλεπούσησ 4× (2.9%)

ἐπιβλέπουσα 3× (2.5%)

לנוס לָנוּס

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

נוס

nûwç

Definition

to flit, i.e. vanish away (subside, escape; causatively, chase, impel, deliver)

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; to flit, i.e. vanish away (subside, escape; causatively, chase, impel, deliver); [idiom] abate, away, be displayed, (make to) flee (away, -ing), put to flight, [idiom] hide, lift up a standard.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H5127

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

נוּס

verb • Root נוס • Strongs / High • Page 755

to flee to

נוּס

verb • Root נוס • Strongs / High • Page 955

To flee, to fly, to move on quickly, hence to ride along; to escape; to disappear. Metaphorically, to vanish, to haste away.

נוּס

verb • Root נוס • Strongs / High • Page 974

intransitive verb to give way, to retreat, to draw back, hence to fall away from following God.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

נוּס

verb • Root נוס • Page 433

To flee before any person or thing; construed with מִן (Is. 24:18), לִפְנֵי (Deut. 28:25), or מִפְּנֵי (2 Sam. 23:11). Spoken of inanimate objects like waves (Ps. 104:7) or shadows (Cant. 2:17). Pil. נִוֹסֵס: to chase, drive (Is. 59:19). Hiph. הֵנִיס: to put to flight (Deut. 32:30), or remove secretly (Ex. 9:20). Hithpal. הִתְנוֹסֵס: to flee (Ps. 60:6).

Preposition, Verb Qal infinitive construct common

LXX: ἔφυγεν ἔφυγον φυγεῖν '' φεύξονται

LXX Usage Statistics

H5127:

ἔφυγεν 34× (21.0%)

ἔφυγον 26× (15.7%)

φυγεῖν 8× (5.0%)

'' 6× (3.5%)

φεύξονται 4× (2.6%)

φεύξεται 4× (2.5%)

φεύγετε 4× (2.7%)

φεύγειν 4× (2.1%)

ἀπέδρα 3× (1.9%)

φύγωμεν 3× (2.1%)

ורטט׀ וְרֶטֶט׀

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

רטט

reṭeṭ

Definition

terror

Root

from an unused root meaning to tremble;

Exhaustive

from an unused root meaning to tremble; terror; fear.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H7374

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

רֶטֶט

noun masculine • Page 617

fear, terrour. Jer. 49: 24. (Chald. to tremble, to be afraid.)

Conjunction, Noun common both singular absolute

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H7374:

No stats available

החזיקה הֶחֱזיקָה

strengthen firm

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

חזק

châzaq

Definition

to fasten upon; hence, to seize, be strong (figuratively, courageous, causatively strengthen, cure, help, repair, fortify), obstinate; to bind, restrain, conquer

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; to fasten upon; hence, to seize, be strong (figuratively, courageous, causatively strengthen, cure, help, repair, fortify), obstinate; to bind, restrain, conquer; aid, amend, [idiom] calker, catch, cleave, confirm, be constant, constrain, continue, be of good (take) courage(-ous, -ly), encourage (self), be established, fasten, force, fortify, make hard, harden, help, (lay) hold (fast), lean, maintain, play the man, mend, become (wax) mighty, prevail, be recovered, repair, retain, seize, be (wax) sore, strengthen (self), be stout, be (make, shew, wax) strong(-er), be sure, take (hold), be urgent, behave self valiantly, withstand.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H2388

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Fürst Lexicon

חָזַק

verb • Strongs / High • Page 472

To bind firmly, fasten, twist together strongly. Can mean: to hang fast to something; to be stout or firm; to make firm, support, or preserve; to be strong, sound, or powerful; to increase.

חָזַק

verb • Root חזק • Strongs / High • Page 473

To be firm, strong, for executing or maintaining a thing; to be courageous; to be confirmed, of sovereignty; to remain firm; to be stronger than, to conquer; in a bad sense, to be hard, to be obstinate; to overpower, conquer; to lie upon something with force or violence; to hold fast, to seize hold of.

חָזַק

verb • Root חזק • Strongs / High • Page 1530

to overpower, to compel, to assail with violence, with the accus. ; to oppress; to prevail against.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

חִזֵּק

pi. v. • Root חזק • Page 221

1. to gird.

חֶזֶק

m. verbal / dec. vi. m. • Root חזק • Page 222

Same as חֹזֶק: strength (Ex. 13:3, 14, 16).

חַזָּק

m. verbal adj. idem. • Root חזק • Page 222

Same as חָזָק: strong, mighty (Ex. 19:19, 2 Sam. 3:1).

חָזַק

verb • Page 221

1. to bind fast, to tie strait. 2. to adhere or stick fast (2 Sam. 18:9, 2 Chr. 31:4, Deut. 12:23). 3. to strengthen, be or become strong (Josh. 17:13, Judg. 1:28, Gen. 41:56, 1 Sam. 17:50, 2 Chr. 8:3). 4. to urge on (Ex. 12:33, Ezek. 3:14, Jer. 20:7). 5. to be recovered from a sickness (Is. 39:1). 6. figuratively, to be firm, strong, undaunted (Deut. 31:7, 23, Dan. 10:19, Judg. 7:11). 7. to be hard, obstinate, inflexible (Mal. 3:13, Ex. 7:13, 22). 8. to be confirmed, established (2 K. 14:5, 2 Chr. 25:3).

חָזַק

verb • Root חזק • Page 222

To fortify or intrench (2 Chr. 11:11, 12); to repair (2 K. 12:8); to build anew (Neh. 3:19); to strengthen (Judg. 16:28); to heal (Ezek. 34:4, 16); to urge on or inspire with courage (Jer. 23:14, Job 4:3); to support, help, or assist (2 Chr. 29:34, Ezra 6:22); to harden the heart (Ex. 4:21). Hithpa. stem: to be strengthened, confirmed; to gather one’s strength (Gen. 48:2); to take courage (2 Chr. 15:8); to act courageously (2 Sam. 10:12); to oppose (2 Chr. 13:7, 8).

Verb Hiphil perfect third person feminine singular

LXX: ἐκράτησεν κατίσχυσεν ἐκράτησαν ἀνδρίζου κατισχῦσαι

LXX Usage Statistics

H2388:

ἐκράτησεν 24× (8.3%)

κατίσχυσεν 16× (5.0%)

ἐκράτησαν 10× (3.4%)

ἀνδρίζου 8× (2.8%)

κατισχῦσαι 8× (2.6%)

ἐπελάβετο 8× (2.5%)

ἴσχυε 7× (2.4%)

ἐνίσχυσεν 7× (2.3%)

κατέσχεν 5× (1.7%)

ἰσχύσατε 5× (1.8%)

צרה צָרָה

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

צרה

tsârâh

Definition

tightness (i.e. figuratively, trouble); transitively, a female rival:

Root

feminine of H6862 (צר);

Exhaustive

feminine of צר; tightness (i.e. figuratively, trouble); transitively, a female rival:; adversary, adversity, affliction, anguish, distress, tribulation, trouble.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H6869

Fürst

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צָרָה

verb • Root צרה • Strongs / High • Page 1249

(Not used) intransitive. to flow out, to drop out, to trickle, of resin, balsam (Ar. صَرَى the same); connected in its organic root with צָרַדָה.

צָרָה

noun feminine • Root צרר • Strongs / High • Page 1249

1. Concretely: a female enemy, therefore a rival. 2. Abstractly (with a of motion צָרָתָה): distress, affliction, straits, misfortune, anguish, or the pain of a woman in labour.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

צָרָה

fem. of צַר • Page 575

I. a female adversary, particularly a rival. 1 Sam. 1: 6. II. distress, trouble. Is. 8: 22. Ps. 120 : 1.

Noun common feminine singular absolute

LXX: θλίψεωσ θλίψει θλῖψισ θλῖψιν θλίψεων

LXX Usage Statistics

H6869b:

θλίψεωσ 25× (36.6%)

θλίψει 9× (11.3%)

θλῖψισ 6× (8.8%)

θλῖψιν 4× (5.4%)

θλίψεων 4× (5.1%)

κακῶν 3× (4.3%)

θλίψεισ 3× (4.1%)

κακῇ 2× (3.0%)

θλίψεώσ 2× (3.0%)

ἀναγκῶν 2× (2.6%)

וחבלים וַחֲבָלִים

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

חבל

chebel

Definition

a rope (as twisted), especially a measuring line; by implication, a district or inheritance (as measured); or a noose (as of cords); figuratively, a company (as if tied together); also a throe (especially of parturition); also ruin

Root

or חבל; from H2254 (חבל);

Exhaustive

or חבל; from חבל; a rope (as twisted), especially a measuring line; by implication, a district or inheritance (as measured); or a noose (as of cords); figuratively, a company (as if tied together); also a throe (especially of parturition); also ruin; band, coast, company, cord, country, destruction, line, lot, pain, pang, portion, region, rope, snare, sorrow, tackling.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H2256

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

חֲבַל

verb • Root חבל • Consonantal / Medium • Page 453

(not used) Aram. tr. same as Hebr. חָבַל II. to wound, to injure.

Matched via consonantal key only

חֲבָל

noun masculine • Consonantal / Medium • Page 453

Aram. m. hurt, damage.

Matched via consonantal key only

חֲבֹל

noun masculine • Consonantal / Medium • Page 453

1. a pledge. 2. perverseness, sinning.

Matched via consonantal key only

חִבֵּל

verb • Root חבל • Consonantal / Medium • Page 452

A denominative from חֵבֶל. The fundamental signification is of twisting and binding in the widest sense.

Matched via consonantal key only

חִבֵּל

verb • Root חבל • Consonantal / Medium • Page 452

To destroy; to cause corruption.

Matched via consonantal key only

חִבֵּל

verb • Root חבל • Consonantal / Medium • Page 453

Pih. to bring forth, with pain.

Matched via consonantal key only

חֵבֶל

noun / masculine • Root חבל • Consonantal / Medium • Page 452

A cord, rope, lace, chain, or leash. Figuratively: a band or net (of sin, misery, death); a measuring line, portion, lot, district, region; splendid bindings; a band of men; destruction.

Matched via consonantal key only

חֵבֶל

noun • Consonantal / Medium • Page 453

writhings, twistings, the pains of birth, tormenta.

Matched via consonantal key only

חַבֵּל

verb • Root חבל • Consonantal / Medium • Page 453

Pa. (inf. חַבָּלָה) to destroy, a house; to kill; to fell.

Matched via consonantal key only

חָבַל

verb • Root חבל • Consonantal / Medium • Page 451

1. to wind together, to bind together (e.g., a rope), hence to associate together. 2. Figuratively: to pledge, to take something as a pledge. 3. Figuratively: to act perversely, corruptly.

Matched via consonantal key only

חָבַל

verb • Root חבל • Consonantal / Medium • Page 452

To transgress, to sin. Figuratively: to twist, to bend from pain (e.g., childbirth); to conceive, to copulate.

Matched via consonantal key only

חָבַל

verb • Root חבל • Consonantal / Medium • Page 452

To wound, to injure. To cut into, to make a notch in; hence to damage, to corrupt, to destroy. (Kal not used).

Matched via consonantal key only

חָבַל

verb • Root חבל • Consonantal / Medium • Page 452

To conduct, to lead, to manage (e.g. people, war); to steer a ship. (Not used in Kal).

Matched via consonantal key only

חֹבֵל

noun masculine • Root חבל • Consonantal / Medium • Page 453

helm-work (from חבל III.), prop. a (ship's) steering, guiding, gubernaculum.

Matched via consonantal key only

חֹבֵל

noun masculine • Consonantal / Medium • Page 453

1. a steersman. 2. collect. sailors.

Matched via consonantal key only

חֻבַּל

verb • Root חבל • Consonantal / Medium • Page 452

To be broken; figuratively, to be destroyed (spoken of the spirit).

Matched via consonantal key only

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

חֶבֶל

noun masculine • Root חבל • Page 212

1. line, rope, cord (Josh. 2:15, Ecc. 12:6). 2. especially a measuring-line (Am. 7:17, 2 Sam. 8:2). 3. a portion of land measured out and assigned to any one by lot (Josh. 17:14, 19:9, Ps. 16:6, Deut. 32:9). 4. a district of country, a region (Deut. 3:4, 13:14). 5. a snare, net (Ps. 140:6, Job 18:10, Ps. 18:5, 116:3). 6. a band or company of men (1 Sam. 10:5, 10).

חֲבָל

m. verbal from חָבַל no. ii • Root חבל • Page 212

a pawn, pledge. (Ezek. 18:12, 16, 33:15).

חֲבָל

m. chald. • Page 212

hurt, injury. (Dan. 3:25).

חֲבָל

m. chald. • Page 212

injury. (Ezra 4:22).

חִבֵּל

noun masculine • Root חבל • Page 212

found only Prov. 23:34. a part of a ship, probably the mast, so called from the ropes (חֶבֶל) by which it is made fast.

חֵבֶל

noun masculine • Root חבל • Page 211

Pains or throes of a woman in childbirth. Usually in the plural חֲבָלִים (Is. 13:8; 66:7; Jer. 13:21; 22:23). Verbal from חָבַל no. III. 2.

Conjunction, Noun common masculine plural absolute

LXX: σχοίνισμα ὠδῖνεσ σχοινία σχοινίοισ σχοινίον

LXX Usage Statistics

H2256b:

σχοίνισμα 9× (13.8%)

ὠδῖνεσ 8× (12.9%)

σχοινία 8× (11.9%)

σχοινίοισ 5× (7.2%)

σχοινίον 4× (6.6%)

σχοινίῳ 3× (4.2%)

---% 3× (3.4%)

ὠδῖνασ 2× (3.3%)

σχοινίσματα 2× (3.3%)

--- 2× (3.3%)

אחזתה אֲחָזַתָּה

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

אחז

ʼâchaz

Definition

to seize (often with the accessory idea of holding in possession)

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; to seize (often with the accessory idea of holding in possession); [phrase] be affrighted, bar, (catch, lay, take) hold (back), come upon, fasten, handle, portion, (get, have or take) possess(-ion).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H270

ה

Definition

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

Root

Exhaustive

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

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H9034

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

אָחַז

verb • Root אחז • Strongs_Numbers • Page 99

1. to lay hold of, seize, take; 2. to hold together, to join, to fit (e.g., in architecture)

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

אָחַז

verb • Page 39

1. To seize, lay hold of (Judg. 12:6, Ex. 4:4). 2. To take, catch, in hunting or fishing (Cant. 2:15, Ecc. 9:12). 3. To hold (1 Chr. 13:9, 2 Chr. 25:5). 4. To bind, join, fasten (1 K. 6:6, Ezek. 41:6). 5. To close, bar (Neh. 7:3). 6. To bind beams together (1 K. 6:10). 7. To take out, particularly passively to be drawn out by lot (Num. 31:30, 1 Chr. 24:6).

Verb Qal perfect third person feminine singular, Suffix pronominal third person feminine singular

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H0270:

No stats available

כיולדה כַּיּוֹלֵדָה׃

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

כ

kə

Definition

like, as

Root

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

Exhaustive

(kaph) — as / like / according to

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

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

ילד

yâlad

Definition

to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage; bear, beget, birth(-day), born, (make to) bring forth (children, young), bring up, calve, child, come, be delivered (of a child), time of delivery, gender, hatch, labour, (do the office of a) midwife, declare pedigrees, be the son of, (woman in, woman that) travail(-eth, -ing woman).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3205

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

יָלַד

verb • Root ילד • Strongs / High • Page 608

To bear, to bring forth, spoken of women giving birth to children, beasts bearing young, or birds laying eggs.

יָלַד

verb • Root ילד • Strongs / High • Page 609

To bear, bring forth (of a woman); to beget (of a father). Figuratively: to bring forth, make appear, cause to take place; to create, produce, appoint.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

יָלַד

verb • Root ילד • Page 283

1. to bring forth, as a mother (Gen. 4:1; Prov. 17:25). 2. to beget, as a father (Gen. 4:18; Ps. 2:7). 3. to lay eggs (Jer. 17:11). Includes stems: Niph. נוֹלַד (to be born, Gen. 4:18), Pi. יִלֵּד (to help to bring forth, as a midwife, Ex. 1:16), Pu. יֻלַּד (to be born, Gen. 10:21), and Hiph. הוֹלִיד (to cause to bring forth, Is. 66:9).

Preposition -Like Art, Verb Qal participle active feminine singular absolute

LXX: ἐγέννησεν ἔτεκεν γεννῆσαι ἔτεκον ἐτέχθησαν

LXX Usage Statistics

H3205:

ἐγέννησεν 153× (30.2%)

ἔτεκεν 97× (18.6%)

γεννῆσαι 17× (3.0%)

ἔτεκον 11× (2.2%)

ἐτέχθησαν 9× (1.8%)

τικτούσησ 9× (1.6%)

ὡσ 8× (1.7%)

τεκεῖν 7× (1.3%)

τέξεται 7× (1.3%)

ἐγένοντο 7× (1.4%)

RBT Translation:

No verse found

RBT Paraphrase:
No verse found

Julia Smith Literal 1876 Translation:
Damascus was relaxed, she turned back to flee, and terror laid hold of her, and pain and sorrows seized her, as she bringing forth.

LITV Translation:
Damascus has become feeble; she has turned to flee, and trembling has seized her ; anguish and sorrows have taken her like a woman in labor.