Joshua 15:49

Paleo Hebrew Niqqud

RBT Hebrew Interlinear:

ודנה וְדַנָּה

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

דנה

Dannâh

Definition

Dannah, a place in Palestine

Root

of uncertain derivation;

Exhaustive

of uncertain derivation; Dannah, a place in Palestine; Dannah.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H1837

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

דַּנָּה

noun proper • Root דנה • Strongs / High • Page 374

A city in Judah, derived from a root meaning 'low ground'.

Conjunction, Noun proper name

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H1837:

No stats available

וקרית וְקִרְיַת־

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

קרית סנה

Qiryath Çannâh

Definition

Kirjath-Sannah or Kirjath-Sepher, a place in Palestine

Root

or קרית ספר; from H7151 (קריה) and a simpler feminine from the same as H5577 (סנסן), or (for the latter name) H5612 (ספר); city of branches, or of a book;

Exhaustive

or קרית ספר; from קריה and a simpler feminine from the same as סנסן, or (for the latter name) ספר; city of branches, or of a book; Kirjath-Sannah or Kirjath-Sepher, a place in Palestine; Kirjath-sannah, Kirjath-sepher.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H7158

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

סְפַר

noun masculine • Root ספר • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1034

A book.

Matched via consonantal key only

סְפַר

aram. trans. (aramaic) • Root ספר • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1034

To inscribe, to write (Aramaic transitive verb, same as Hebrew root סָפַר I.).

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סִפֵּר

verb piel • Root ספר • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1033

1. To count (e.g., the bones). 2. To recount, relate, declare, announce, celebrate, make known, or adduce (a proof) orally.

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סֵפֶר

noun masculine • Root ספר • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1033

A writing, a letter, prophetic writing (scriptura), the art of writing, or learning. Specifically, a bill of sale (סֵפֶר מִקְנָה), letter of covenant (סֵפֶר בְּרִית), or bill of divorce (סֵפֶר כְּרִיתוּת). Commonly, a book.

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סֵפֶר

noun • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1034

Book, writing (especially of the law, chronicles, or kings); document, letter, list (of the living/book of life); sacred books (βιβλία).

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סָפַר

verb • Root ספר • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1032

I. Properly: to cut into, to pierce, to grave, to scratch in, to mark. Hence metaphorically: 1. To write (to scratch into a tablet, to grave in it), cognate in sense with כָּתַב.

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סָפַר

verb • Root ספר • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1033

I. 1. Properly, to make incisions or marks, hence to number (a splitting/dividing of parts). Figuratively, to observe very exactly, to have an oversight of, to watch, or to look closely. 2. To fix the limits of, to set bounds, to appoint, or determine. 3. (Not used) To relate, properly, to say in words. Also (via derivatives/parallels): To cut off, scrape, shave, hence, to write.

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סָפַר

verb • Root ספר • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1033

II. (Not used) Intransitive: to shine, to glitter, to lighten.

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סָפַר

noun / proper name • Root ספר • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1034

1. Same as מִסְפָּר, a numbering or census. 2. N. p. of a city in the south-west corner of Arabia, Saphara.

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סֻפַּר

verb • Root ספר • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1033

To be recounted.

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Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

אֶל

chald. • Page 49

Chald. idem. [to Hebrew אַל]. Dan. 2: 24.

אֶל

preposition • Page 50

Primary preposition meaning: 1. to (sign of the dative); 2. towards, even to (Num. 24:1); 3. at, on, near (1 K. 13:20); 4. about, concerning (Gen. 20:2); 5. in, into (Gen. 8:9); 6. among (1 Sam. 10:22); 7. through (Ezek. 44:7); 8. for, on account of (1 K. 14:5); 9. in combination with other prepositions implies direction.

Conjunction, Noun proper name

LXX: γραμμάτων πόλισ πόλιν

LXX Usage Statistics

H7158:

γραμμάτων 10× (43.5%)

πόλισ 6× (35.4%)

πόλιν 4× (21.1%)

סנה סַנָּה

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

קרית סנה

Qiryath Çannâh

Definition

Kirjath-Sannah or Kirjath-Sepher, a place in Palestine

Root

or קרית ספר; from H7151 (קריה) and a simpler feminine from the same as H5577 (סנסן), or (for the latter name) H5612 (ספר); city of branches, or of a book;

Exhaustive

or קרית ספר; from קריה and a simpler feminine from the same as סנסן, or (for the latter name) ספר; city of branches, or of a book; Kirjath-Sannah or Kirjath-Sepher, a place in Palestine; Kirjath-sannah, Kirjath-sepher.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H7158

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

סְפַר

noun masculine • Root ספר • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1034

A book.

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סְפַר

aram. trans. (aramaic) • Root ספר • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1034

To inscribe, to write (Aramaic transitive verb, same as Hebrew root סָפַר I.).

Matched via consonantal key only

סִפֵּר

verb piel • Root ספר • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1033

1. To count (e.g., the bones). 2. To recount, relate, declare, announce, celebrate, make known, or adduce (a proof) orally.

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סֵפֶר

noun masculine • Root ספר • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1033

A writing, a letter, prophetic writing (scriptura), the art of writing, or learning. Specifically, a bill of sale (סֵפֶר מִקְנָה), letter of covenant (סֵפֶר בְּרִית), or bill of divorce (סֵפֶר כְּרִיתוּת). Commonly, a book.

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סֵפֶר

noun • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1034

Book, writing (especially of the law, chronicles, or kings); document, letter, list (of the living/book of life); sacred books (βιβλία).

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סָפַר

verb • Root ספר • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1032

I. Properly: to cut into, to pierce, to grave, to scratch in, to mark. Hence metaphorically: 1. To write (to scratch into a tablet, to grave in it), cognate in sense with כָּתַב.

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סָפַר

verb • Root ספר • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1033

I. 1. Properly, to make incisions or marks, hence to number (a splitting/dividing of parts). Figuratively, to observe very exactly, to have an oversight of, to watch, or to look closely. 2. To fix the limits of, to set bounds, to appoint, or determine. 3. (Not used) To relate, properly, to say in words. Also (via derivatives/parallels): To cut off, scrape, shave, hence, to write.

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סָפַר

verb • Root ספר • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1033

II. (Not used) Intransitive: to shine, to glitter, to lighten.

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סָפַר

noun / proper name • Root ספר • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1034

1. Same as מִסְפָּר, a numbering or census. 2. N. p. of a city in the south-west corner of Arabia, Saphara.

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סֻפַּר

verb • Root ספר • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1033

To be recounted.

Matched via consonantal key only

Noun proper name

LXX: γραμμάτων πόλισ πόλιν

LXX Usage Statistics

H7158:

γραμμάτων 10× (43.5%)

πόλισ 6× (35.4%)

πόλιν 4× (21.1%)

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%)

דבר דְבִר׃

has aligned/alignment

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

דביר

Dᵉbîyr

Definition

Debir, the name of an Amoritish king and of two places in Palestine

Root

or (shortened) דבר; (Joshua 13:26 (but see H3810 (לא דבר))), the same as H1687 (דביר);

Exhaustive

or (shortened) דבר; (Joshua 13:26 (but see לא דבר)), the same as דביר; Debir, the name of an Amoritish king and of two places in Palestine; Debir.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H1688

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

דְּבִיר

noun masculine • Root דבר • Strongs / High • Page 348

1. The hinder part of the temple, the west hall, the holy of holies. 2. A proper name of a royal Canaanite city, later in Judah, also called Kirjath-sepher. 3. A proper name of a Phenician king.

דְּבִיר

noun • Root דבר • Strongs / High • Page 351

The inner sanctuary of the temple, oracle. Derived from דָּבַר III (to be behind).

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).

Noun proper name

LXX: δαβιρ

LXX Usage Statistics

H1688a:

δαβιρ 12× (94.1%)

RBT Translation:

No verse found

RBT Paraphrase:
No verse found

Julia Smith Literal 1876 Translation:
And Dannah, and Kirjath-Sannah (this is Debir),

LITV Translation:
and Dannah, and Kirjath-sannah, which is Debir,

Brenton Septuagint Translation:
and Dannah and the city of Letters, this is Debir;