Joshua 15:25

Paleo Hebrew Niqqud

RBT Hebrew Interlinear:

וחצור׀ וְחָצוֹר׀

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

חצור חדתה

Châtsôwr Chădattâh

Definition

new Chatsor, a place in Palestine

Root

from H2674 (חצור) and a Aramaizing form of the feminine of H2319 (חדש) (compare H2323 (חדת));

Exhaustive

from חצור and a Aramaizing form of the feminine of חדש (compare חדת); new Chatsor, a place in Palestine; Hazor, Hadattah (as if two places).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H2675

גילה

gîylâh

Definition

joy

Root

or גילת; feminine of H1524 (גיל);

Exhaustive

or גילת; feminine of גיל; joy; joy, rejoicing.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H1525

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

חָצוֹר

proper name • Root חצר • Consonantal / Low • Page 516

An enclosed place, a castle. 1. Proper name of a Canaanitish city in the north of Palestine, upon the marshy sea or lake Samochonitis (Josh. 11, 1). Later, the name of a whole kingdom.

Matched after stripping common prefixes

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

גִּילָה

fem. n. • Root גיל • Page 138

exultation. Is. 35:2.

Conjunction, Noun proper name

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H2675:

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Hazor-hadattah_§Hazor-hadattah@Jos.15.25+:

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חדתה חֲדַתָּה

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

חצור חדתה

Châtsôwr Chădattâh

Definition

new Chatsor, a place in Palestine

Root

from H2674 (חצור) and a Aramaizing form of the feminine of H2319 (חדש) (compare H2323 (חדת));

Exhaustive

from חצור and a Aramaizing form of the feminine of חדש (compare חדת); new Chatsor, a place in Palestine; Hazor, Hadattah (as if two places).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H2675

גילה

gîylâh

Definition

joy

Root

or גילת; feminine of H1524 (גיל);

Exhaustive

or גילת; feminine of גיל; joy; joy, rejoicing.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H1525

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

חָצוֹר

proper name • Root חצר • Consonantal / Low • Page 516

An enclosed place, a castle. 1. Proper name of a Canaanitish city in the north of Palestine, upon the marshy sea or lake Samochonitis (Josh. 11, 1). Later, the name of a whole kingdom.

Matched after stripping common prefixes

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

גִּילָה

fem. n. • Root גיל • Page 138

exultation. Is. 35:2.

Noun proper name

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H2675:

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Hazor-hadattah_§Hazor-hadattah@Jos.15.25:

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וקריות וּקְרִיּוֹת

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

קריות

Qᵉrîyôwth

Definition

Kerioth, the name of two places in Palestine

Root

plural of H7151 (קריה); buildings;

Exhaustive

plural of קריה; buildings; Kerioth, the name of two places in Palestine; Kerioth, Kirioth.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H7152

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

קִרְיּוֹת

noun proper • Root קרי • Consonantal / Low • Page 1298

1. a city in Judah (hamlets); 2. a city of Moab.

Matched after stripping common prefixes

קִרְיֹת

noun proper • Root קרי • Consonantal / Low • Page 1298

1. A city in Judah (related to Iscariot). 2. A city of Moab. Plural meaning: hamlets (from קְרִי).

Matched after stripping common prefixes

Conjunction, Noun proper name

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H7152:

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חצרון חֶצְרוֹן

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

חצרון

Chetsrôwn

Definition

Chetsron, the name of a place in Palestine; also of two Israelites

Root

from H2691 (חצר); court-yard;

Exhaustive

from חצר; court-yard; Chetsron, the name of a place in Palestine; also of two Israelites; Hezron.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H2696

גילה

gîylâh

Definition

joy

Root

or גילת; feminine of H1524 (גיל);

Exhaustive

or גילת; feminine of גיל; joy; joy, rejoicing.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H1525

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

חֶצְרוֹן

noun proper • Root חצר • Strongs / High • Page 520

1. (from חָצֵר; blooming, beautiful) A masculine proper name. 2. (from חָצֵר; hamlet) A proper name of a city in Judah.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

גִּילָה

fem. n. • Root גיל • Page 138

exultation. Is. 35:2.

Noun proper name

LXX: εσερων ασρων αρσων εσρων ασρωνι

LXX Usage Statistics

H2696:

εσερων 6× (31.2%)

ασρων 5× (24.4%)

αρσων 3× (15.6%)

εσρων 2× (9.6%)

ασρωνι 2× (8.8%)

Hezron_§Kerioth-hezron@Jos.15.25:

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היא הִיא

herself

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

הוא

hûwʼ

Definition

he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are

Root

of which the feminine (beyond the Pentateuch) is היא; a primitive word, the third person pronoun singular;

Exhaustive

of which the feminine (beyond the Pentateuch) is היא; a primitive word, the third person pronoun singular; he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are; he, as for her, him(-self), it, the same, she (herself), such, that (...it), these, they, this, those, which (is), who.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H1931

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

הוּא

personal pronoun • Root הו • Strongs / High • Page 392

Personal pronoun, 3rd person singular masculine: he, it. It can also be used for emphasis (he himself), as a demonstrative (this, that), to indicate self, or to strengthen other pronouns (I myself, thou thyself).

הוּא

pronoun • Strongs / High • Page 393

Personal pronoun, 3rd person singular masculine: he, it. Can also mean 'the same', 'himself'. It is also used as a designation for God, and can include the verb 'to be'.

הוּא

aramaic personal pronoun (aramaic) • Strongs / High • Page 393

Aramaic personal pronoun of the 3rd person, he.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

הוּא

chald. • Page 178

idem. behold, as for as simply. So in Syr. Dan. 2:43.

הוּא

pronoun • Page 182

1. he, and as a neuter it. In the Pentateuch, used for both genders. 2. self, same, selfsame. Is. 7:14, Ps. 44:5. 3. serves as the substantive verb 'to be' (copula). Is. 43:25. Also used as 'thou (art) the same' in 2 Sam. 7:28.

הוּא

chald. pron. • Page 182

idem (the same). Dan. 2:21.

הוּא

chald. • Page 182

see הֲוָה.

הוּא

unknown • Page 217

see הָוָה.

Pronoun personal third person feminine singular

LXX: αὐτὸσ ἐστιν ἐκείνῃ οὗτοσ ---

LXX Usage Statistics

H1931:

αὐτὸσ 321× (16.5%)

ἐστιν 260× (13.7%)

ἐκείνῃ 197× (10.6%)

οὗτοσ 160× (8.4%)

--- 103× (5.6%)

ἐκείνῳ 67× (3.6%)

ἐστίν 54× (2.9%)

ἐστὶν 54× (2.7%)

'' 50× (2.3%)

τοῦτο 42× (2.2%)

חצור חָצוֹר׃

Court (Hazor)

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

חצור

Châtsôwr

Definition

Chatsor, the name (thus simply) of two places in Palestine and of one in Arabia

Root

a collective form of H2691 (חצר); village;

Exhaustive

a collective form of חצר; village; Chatsor, the name (thus simply) of two places in Palestine and of one in Arabia; Hazor.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H2674

גילה

gîylâh

Definition

joy

Root

or גילת; feminine of H1524 (גיל);

Exhaustive

or גילת; feminine of גיל; joy; joy, rejoicing.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H1525

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

חָצוֹר

proper name • Root חצר • Strongs / High • Page 516

An enclosed place, a castle. 1. Proper name of a Canaanitish city in the north of Palestine, upon the marshy sea or lake Samochonitis (Josh. 11, 1). Later, the name of a whole kingdom.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

גִּילָה

fem. n. • Root גיל • Page 138

exultation. Is. 35:2.

חָצוֹר

noun proper • Page 243

(a court) proper name of several places: 1. a city in Naphtali (Josh. 11:1, 12:19, 19:36); 2. city in Benjamin (Neh. 11:33); 3. a country in Arabia (Jer. 49:28).

Noun proper name

LXX: ασωρ

LXX Usage Statistics

H2674:

ασωρ 12× (62.5%)

Hazor_§Hazor@Jos.15.25:

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RBT Translation:

No verse found

RBT Paraphrase:
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Julia Smith Literal 1876 Translation:
And Hazor, Hadattah, and the city of Hezron (this is Hazor),

LITV Translation:
and Hazor, Hadattah, and Kerioth, and Hezron, which is Hazor,

Brenton Septuagint Translation:
and the cities of Hezron, this is Hazor,