Joshua 15:24

Paleo Hebrew Niqqud

RBT Hebrew Interlinear:

זיף זִיף

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

זיף

Zîyph

Definition

Ziph, the name of a place in Palestine; also of an Israelite

Root

from the same as H2203 (זפת); flowing;

Exhaustive

from the same as זפת; flowing; Ziph, the name of a place in Palestine; also of an Israelite; Ziph.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H2128

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

זִיף

verb • Root זיף • Strongs / High • Page 429

II. (not used) to lend, to borrow.

זִיף

proper name • Root זוף • Strongs / High • Page 431

1. (melting-place) a place in Judah. 2. a masculine proper name.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

זִיף

proper name • Page 201

Proper name of a city in the tribe of Judah, Josh. 15: 55, 2 Chr. 11: 8. The gentile noun is זִיפִי, 1 Sam. 23: 19, 26: 1.

Noun proper name

LXX: ζιφ --- ζιφαῖοι

LXX Usage Statistics

H2128:

ζιφ 6× (45.6%)

--- 2× (16.0%)

ζιφαῖοι 2× (13.6%)

וטלם וָטֶלֶם

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

טלם

Ṭelem

Definition

Telem, the name of a place in Idumaea, also of a temple doorkeeper

Root

from an unused root meaning to break up or treat violently; oppression;

Exhaustive

from an unused root meaning to break up or treat violently; oppression; Telem, the name of a place in Idumaea, also of a temple doorkeeper; Telem.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H2928

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

טֶלֶם

noun proper • Root טלה • Strongs / High • Page 561

Proper name of a city in Judah, meaning 'place of lambs'.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

טֶלֶם

noun proper • Page 263

proper name of a city in the tribe of Judah. Josh. 15: 24. (Possibly same as טְלָאִים in 1 Sam. 15: 4).

Conjunction, Noun proper name

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H2928:

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ובעלות וּבְעָלוֹת׃

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

בעלות

Bᵉʻâlôwth

Definition

Bealoth, a place in Palestine

Root

plural of H1172 (בעלה); mistresses;

Exhaustive

plural of בעלה; mistresses; Bealoth, a place in Palestine; Bealoth, in Aloth (by mistake for a plural from עלה with prepositional prefix).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H1175

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

בְּעָלוֹת

noun proper • Root בעלה • Strongs / High • Page 265

n. p. of a place in the southern part of Judah. Also plural of בַּעֲלָה to designate Baaltis-worship.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

בַּעֲלוֹת

noun proper • Root בעל • Page 108

A city in the southern part of the tribe of Judah. Josh. 15: 24. 1 K. 4: 16.

Conjunction, Noun proper name

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H1175:

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RBT Translation:

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RBT Paraphrase:
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Julia Smith Literal 1876 Translation:
Ziph and Telem and Bealoth,

LITV Translation:
Ziph, and Telem, and Bealoth,

Brenton Septuagint Translation:
and Balmaenan, and their villages,